The Forward Hadron Calorimeter (FHCal) is one of the sub-detectors of MPD/NICA experiment that is under construction in Dubna, Russia. Its main aim is determination of geometry of heavy ion collisions by measuring the energy distribution of spectators (nucleons that do not participate in collision). FHCal consists of two 44-module arms, placed symmetrically at left and right sides from the interaction point. Every module has a sandwich structure of 42 lead-scintillator plates divided in 7 equal segments. In order to determine the energy of absorbed nucleons, FHCal modules must be properly calibrated. The methods of calibration with cosmic muons are presented in this work.

Topics
Heavy-ion collisions, Hadrons, Leptons, Nucleons, Calorimetry, Scintillators, Educational assessment
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