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HK: Fachverband Physik der Hadronen und Kerne

HK 8: Instrumentation I

HK 8.1: Group Report

Monday, March 16, 2026, 16:15–16:45, PHIL A 301

Status report on the CBM-TRD — •Dennis Spicker for the CBM collaboration — Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Uni, Max von Laue Str. 1, 60438, Frankfurt am Main

At the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), the Compressed Baryonic Matter experiment (CBM) is designed to measure particles resulting from heavy-ion collisions at exceedingly high interaction rates. The Transition Radiation Detector (TRD), a subsystem of the CBM experiment, will comprise four layers of Multi-Wire-Proportional-Chambers (MWPC), each equipped with a foam radiator enabling the generation of transition radiation. The principal objective of the TRD is to distinguish between electrons and pions, to augment the light nuclei identification, and to provide tracking information.

This report gives an overview of the current status of the TRD project. Series production of detector modules is commencing. Various quality assurance procedures have been developed for use during series production and on finished detector modules. A new software framework is intended to facilitate the management of the results of these procedures. Also, an improved version of the readout front-end electronics is currently undergoing testing.
Supported by:
German BMFTR-grants 05P24PM1 and 05P24RF2
HFHF: Helmholtz Forschungsakademie Hessen für FAIR
NRW-FAIR-Netzwerk

Keywords: Heavy Ion Collisions; FAIR; CBM; Detector