Calorimeter/absorber optimization for a RHIC dimuon experiment

Abstract The RD-10/45 research and development effort on calorimeter/absorber optimization for a Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider dimuon experiment had an extended run in 1991 and 1992 at the BNL Alternating Gradient Synchrotron. Measurements were made of the leakage of 1–8 GeV/ c particles behind various model hadron calorimeters. Behavior of the calorimeter/absorber as a muon-identifier was studied. Comparisons of data from the RD-10/45 experiment to results calculated with the GEANT 3.15 simulation package using the GHEISHA and FLUKA hadron shower codes were made.