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Alignment of the CMS tracker with LHC and cosmic ray data

Abstract

The central component of the CMS detector is the largest silicon tracker ever built. The precise alignment of this complex device is a formidable challenge, and only achievable with a significant extension of the technologies routinely used for tracking detectors in the past. This article describes the full-scale alignment procedure as it is used during LHC operations. Among the specific features of the method are the simultaneous determination of up to 200 000 alignment parameters with tracks, the measurement of individual sensor curvature parameters, the control of systematic misalignment effects, and the implementation of the whole procedure in a multi-processor environment for high execution speed. Overall, the achieved statistical accuracy on the module alignment is found to be significantly better than 10μm.

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© CERN 2014 for the benefit of the CMS collaboration, published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License by IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation and DOI. Received 10 March 2014, accepted for publication 23 April 2014. Published 6 June 2014. We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centres and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research and the Austrian Science Fund; the Belgian Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, and Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; the Brazilian Funding Agencies (CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP); the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science; CERN; the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, and National Natural Science Foundation of China; the Colombian Funding Agency (COLCIENCIAS); the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport, and the Croatian Science Foundation; the Research Promotion Foundation, Cyprus; the Ministry of Education and Research, Recurrent financing contract SF0690030s09 and European Regional Development Fund, Estonia; the Academy of Finland, Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, and Helsinki Institute of Physics; the Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules / CNRS, and Commissariat à l' Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives / CEA, France; the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren, Germany; the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece; the National Scientific Research Foundation, and National Innovation Office, Hungary; the Department of Atomic Energy and the Department of Science and Technology, India; the Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Iran; the Science Foundation, Ireland; the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy; the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the World Class University program of NRF, Republic of Korea; the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences; the Ministry of Education, and University of Malaya (Malaysia); the Mexican Funding Agencies (CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP, and UASLP-FAI); the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand; the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission; the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the National Science Centre, Poland; the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal; JINR, Dubna; the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research; the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia; the Secretaría de Estado de Investigaciόn, Desarrollo e Innovaciόn and Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010, Spain; the Swiss Funding Agencies (ETH Board, ETH Zurich, PSI, SNF, UniZH, Canton Zurich, and SER); the National Science Council, Taipei; the Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics, the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology of Thailand, Special Task Force for Activating Research and the National Science and Technology Development Agency of Thailand; the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority; the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and State Fund for Fundamental Researches, Ukraine; the Science and Technology Facilities Council, U.K.; the US Department of Energy, and the US National Science Foundation. Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A. P. Sloan Foundation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; the Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium); the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of Czech Republic; the Council of Science and Industrial Research, India; the Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino); the HOMING PLUS programme of Foundation for Polish Science, cofinanced by EU, Regional Development Fund; and the Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF.

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Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research and the Austrian Science Fund
Belgian Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique and Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
CNPq (Brazil)
CAPES (Brazil)
FAPERJ (Brazil)
FAPESP (Brazil)
Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science
CERN
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ministry of Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
Croatian Science Foundation
Research Promotion Foundation, Cyprus
Ministry of Education and Research
SF0690030s09
European Regional Development Fund, Estonia
Academy of Finland
Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, and Helsinki Institute of Physics
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules / CNRS, and Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives / CEA, France
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren, Germany
General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece
National Scientific Research Foundation, and National Office for Research and Technology (Hungary)
Department of Atomic Energy and the Department of Science and Technology, India
Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Iran
Science Foundation, Ireland
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the World Class University Program of NRF (KOREA)
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Ministry of Education, and University of Malaya (Malaysia)
CINVESTAV, CONACYT, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico)
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the National Science Centre, Poland
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
JINR (Dubna)
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Federal Agency of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia
Secretaría de Estado de Investigaciόn, Desarrollo e Innovaciόn and Programa Consolider-Ingenio 2010, Spain
ETH Board
ETH Zurich
PSI
SNF
UniZH
Canton Zurich and SER
National Science Council (Taipei)
Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics
Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology of Thailand
Special Task Force for Activating Research and the National Science and Technology Development Agency of Thailand
Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
State Fund for Fundamental Researches, Ukraine
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Department of Energy (DOE)
NSF
Marie-Curie programme and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union)
Leventis Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'índustrie et dans l'Ágriculture (FRIA-Belgium)
Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium)
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of Czech Republic
Council of Science and Industrial Research, India
Compagnia di San Paolo (Torino)
HOMING PLUS programme of Foundation for Polish Science
Regional Development Fund
Thalis and Aristeia programmes cofinanced by EU-ESF
Greek NSRF
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

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