The EMU Alignment Project is organized around the need of locating each of the 360 endcap cathode strip chambers (CSC) w.r.t. the Tracking System. It is part of the overall Muon Alignment effort, which also includes the Barrel Muon Alignment and the Link System.

• Endcap Muon Alignment Project (June 99) [.pdf file]
• Topical Index of Project [Word .doc file]
• Error Estimates on Alignment Reconstruction  [Word .doc file]
• Endcap Muon Alignment Project File (Feb 2000) [project .mpp file]

• Study of Position Resolution with COPS (NIM paper, May 7, 1998) [.pdf file]
• CCD Radiation Studies[.pdf file]
• CCD Filters[.pdf file]
• Sony ILX 551A sensor[.pdf file]
• CCD box assembly drawings [.jpg file1]  [.jpg file2]  [.jpg file3]

ORCA Modifications For CSC Misalignment Studies in the Endcap [html link]

ORCA Software Help Pages [html link]

"Simulation and Study of the CMS Endcap Alignment Scheme"
     R. Lee, Purdue Univ., PhD Thesis
     [MS Word Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, References, Vita, Appendix A]  [.pdf]

Recent CMS Notes from the EMU Alignment Group

• ISR 2000 Test Summary Note [.doc]
• COCOA Reconstruction at the CERN ISR 2000 Test [.doc]
• COCOA Simulation of the EMU Alignment Scheme [.doc] [.pdf]
• Effect of CSC Misalignment on Single Muon pt Reconstruction [.doc] [.pdf]

EMU Alignment Drawings [.xls file]

EMU Alignment Database [.xls file]

EMU Alignment Aperture ME1-3SLM[.xls file],  SLM ReV4-16[.xls file],  XFER line[.xls file]

Readout System

• PNPI Readout Proposal (Oct. 27th 2000 with revision)  [Word .doc file]
• Readout Architecture[.pdf file]
• Cabling Scheme [.jpg file1]  [.jpg file2]
• Power consumption Estimates[.xls file]

ISR2000 Test [html link]

• ISR Test Results: DCOPS sensors (DRAFT!)  [.ps of whole document]  (this .ps file is really big), broken up versions: [.ps of main body + fig 1 and fig 125],  [fig 2 through fig 27],  [fig 28 through fig 48],  [fig 49 through fig 61],  [fig 63 through fig 103],  [fig 104 through fig 124],
• ISR Test Results: Analog sensors  [.doc file] [.ps]
• ISR Test Results: Reconstruction using COCOA (Draft version) [.doc],[Appendix_A.ps],[Appendix_B.ps]

CMS Alignment DAQ Development (by Evgeniy Sharapov) [html link]

WBS-Tasks-Safty-Survey-Scehdule-Installation issues:
    WBS [.mpp file] , Tasks[Word .doc file] ,  Safety [Word .doc file] ,  Survey [Word .doc file] ,
       Schedule [Word .doc file] , Installation [Word .doc file]

Talks and Reviews [html link]   <-- Updated (Feb. 25th, 2002, with EDR2002  talks)!!

EMU Alignment meeting Minutes (1999)  [html link]

EMU Alignment Web at NEU [html link]

EMU Alignment People, Snapshot in Year 2000 with FTE infor.  [Word .doc file]

CMS Muon Alignment home page
Barrel Alignment System
Link Alignment System