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Title: Technical design report for the CODEX- β demonstrator
Abstract The CODEX-βapparatus is a demonstrator for the proposed future CODEX-b experiment, a long-lived-particle detector foreseen for operation at IP8 during HL-LHC data-taking. The demonstrator project, intended to collect data in 2025, is described, with a particular focus on the design, construction, and installation of the new apparatus.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2209769
PAR ID:
10621402
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Publisher / Repository:
JINST
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Instrumentation
Volume:
20
Issue:
07
ISSN:
1748-0221
Page Range / eLocation ID:
T07007
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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