@article{38780876ed4348f684c800207361da24,
title = "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.",
keywords = "Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, particle-beams), Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, Particle tracking detectors",
author = "{The CMS Collaboration} and S. Chatrchyan and V. Khachatryan and Sirunyan, {A. M.} and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and T. Bergauer and M. Dragicevic and J. Er{\"o} and C. Fabjan and M. Friedl and R. Fr{\"u}hwirth and Ghete, {V. M.} and C. Hartl and N. H{\"o}rmann and J. Hrubec and M. Jeitler and W. Kiesenhofer and V. Kn{\"u}nz and M. Krammer and I. Kr{\"a}tschmer and D. Liko and I. Mikulec and D. Rabady and B. Rahbaran and H. Rohringer and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and J. Strauss and A. Taurok and W. Treberer-Treberspurg and W. Waltenberger and Wulz, {C. E.} and V. Mossolov and N. Shumeiko and {Suarez Gonzalez}, J. and S. Alderweireldt and M. Bansal and S. Bansal and W. Beaumont and T. Cornelis and {De Wolf}, {E. A.} and X. Janssen and A. Knutsson and S. Luyckx and L. Mucibello and S. Ochesanu and B. Roland and R. Rougny and {Van Mechelen}, P. and {Van Remortel}, N. and {Van Spilbeeck}, A.",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Drs. J Williams and T Palmer for PTRF fragment DNA constructs. This work was supported by the grants NIH DK-30425 and DK-092942 to PFP. The authors declare no financial conflict of interest.",
year = "2014",
month = jun,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1088/1748-0221/9/06/P06009",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "9",
journal = "Journal of Instrumentation",
issn = "1748-0221",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
number = "6",
}