ATLAS hadron tile calorimeter: Experience in prototype construction and module mass production

This work reflects the long-term (1994–2002) experience of JINR in organizing and participating in large-scale international cooperation of research centers and industrial enterprises of Russia, Europe, and the United States in construction of the ATLAS hadron barrel calorimeter. Considerable attention is given to R&D works and quality-control methods; the role of the laser metrology developed at JINR in providing high-precision assembly of main calorimeter structural components (submodules and modules) is especially emphasized.