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Gérald Grenier

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arXiv2026

Comparative study and optimization of SDHCAL hadronic energy reconstruction methods

We present a detailed study of hadronic shower energy reconstruction methods for the Semi-Digital Hadronic Calorimeter (SDHCAL) within the ILD detector concept, using the Particle Flow Algorithm (PFA) APRIL. Using samples of single $K^0_L$ and dijet ($u,d,s$) events, we compare linear, quadratic, split, and polynomial regression-based reconstruction formulas, focusing on their impact on linearity and resolution. The study also addresses angular corrections required in the barrel region due to non-perpendicular particle incidence. Results show that while all methods achieve good overall performance, the split method and the polynomial regression provide the best compromise across different energy regimes, offering improved resolution at low energies without compromising linearity at higher energies. For dijets, sensitivity to PFA confusion dominates the resolution at high energies. These findings highlight the potential of future improvements, notably the integration of precise timing information from the T-SDHCAL into APRIL, to further reduce confusion and enhance hadronic energy reconstruction for next-generation lepton colliders.

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arXiv2022

Recent developments of the SDHCAL prototype

After the construction and successful operation of the first technological prototype of the Semi-Digital Hadronic CALorimeter (SDHCAL), developed within the CALICE collaboration, new R{\&}D efforts have been initiated to fully validate the SDHCAL option for future experiments proposed for the ILC and CEPC colliders. The SDHCAL is a sampling hadronic calorimeter using large Glass Resistive Plate Chamber (GRPC) as active medium with embedded readout electronics. The GRPC prototype size is 1~m$^2$ while future detectors require GRPC detectors with scalable length up to 3~m long (0.9$\times$3~m$^2$). The readout Printed Circuit Board (PCB) consists of 1~cm$^2$ copper pads on one side and 64-channel HARDROC readout chips on the other side. The design of such large size scalable detectors has been addressed (...) A first fully assembled prototype of 2~m$^2$ with 4 GRPCs is expected to be ready in year 2022. In addition, new developpements to replace single gap GRPC by multigap GRPC coupled with fast timing electronics are being pursued. A time resolution better than 50 ps is achievable. This will allow to follow the temporal evolution of the hadronic showers developing in the calorimeter. In parallel, the first SDHCAL prototype has been extensively tested in beam test facilities. Refined analysis techniques are being developed to improve the energy and shower reconstruction. The latest analysis developments cover techniques to improve the spatial uniformity of the response and a better treatment of the particle incidence angle in the energy reconstruction.

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arXiv2016

Performance of the SDHCAL technological prototype

The SDHCAL technological prototype is a $1 \times 1 \times 1.3$~m$^3$ high-granularity Semi-Digital Hadronic CALorimeter using Glass Resistive Plate Chambers as sensitive medium. It is one of the two HCAL options considered by the ILD Collaboration to be proposed for the detector of the future International Linear Collider project. The prototype is made of up to 50 GRPC detectors of 1~m$^2$ size and 3~mm thickness each with an embedded semi-digital electronics readout that is autotriggering and power-pulsed. The GRPC readout is finely segmented into pads of 1~cm$^2$. This proceeding describes the prototype, its operation and its performance in energy reconstruction. Aspects of the GRPC readout modelling and comparisons with simulations are also presented.

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arXiv2014

A hadronic calorimeter with Glass RPC as sensitive medium

The SDHCAL technological prototype is a $1 \times 1 \times 1.3$ m$^3$ high-granularity Semi-Digital Hadronic CALorimeter using Glass Resistive Plate Chambers as sensitive medium. It is one of the two HCAL options considered by the ILD Collaboration to be proposed for the detector of the future International Linear Collider project. The prototype is made of up to 50 GRPC detectors of 1 m$^2$ size and 3 mm thickness each with an embedded semi-digital electronics readout that is autotriggering and power-pulsed. The GRPC readout is finely segmented into pads of 1 cm$^2$. Measured performances of the GRPC and the full SDHCAL prototype in terms of homogeneity, low noise and energy resolution are presented in this proceeding.

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