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Calibration of the polarimeter POMME with polarized deuterons at 1.8 GeV
Abstract We report here the results of the calibration of the polarimeter POMME for vector polarized deuterons at an energy of 1.8 GeV. The results show that inclusive deuteron-carbon scattering has substantial vector analyzing power even at this high energy. The results obtained on two analyzers, carbon, which is generally used and a lighter material, paraffin, are found to be similar.
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The aerogel threshold Cherenkov detector for the High Momentum Spectrometer in Hall C at Jefferson Lab
We describe a new aerogel threshold Cherenkov detector installed in the HMS spectrometer in Hall C at Jefferson Lab. The Hall C experimental program in 2003 required an improved particle identification system for better identification of p=K=p, which was achieved by installing an additional threshold Cherenkov counter. Two types of aerogel with n 1⁄4 1:030 and n 1⁄4 1:015 allow one to reach 10 3 proton and 10 2 kaon rejection in the 1–5GeV/c momentum range with pion detection efficiency better than 99% (97%). The detector response shows no significant position dependence due to a diffuse light collection technique. The diffusion box was equipped with 16 Photonis XP4572 photo multiplier tubes (PMTs). The mean number of photo-electrons in saturation was 16 and 8, respectively. This allows even for separation of slower particles slightly above threshold. r 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. PACS: 29.40.Ka; 25.30.Rw
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Measurement of Analyzing Powers for Polarized Proton Scattering on CH2 Target at Proton Momentum Range from 1.75 to 5.3 GeV/c
We report a new measurement of analyzing powers for the reaction p + CH2 → one charged particle +X, at proton momenta of 1.75, 3.8, 4.5 and 5.3 GeV/c. These results extend the existing data basis, necessary for proton polarimetry at intermediate energy, and confirm the feasibility of an extended polarimeter based on this process. The experiment is performed at the accelerator complex of the JINR‐LHE (Dubna).
29593010
Pion absorption above the Delta (1232) resonance.
Two-proton and three-proton inclusive [pi][sup +] absorption cross sections were measured for incident pion energies from 250 to 500 MeV on targets of [sup 12]C, [sup 58]Ni, [sup 90]Zr, [sup 118]Sn, and [sup 208]Pb using a large solid angle bismuth germanate detector array. Pion absorption events leading to three or more protons in the final state were observed to become more significant with increasing incident pion energy and were dominant at 500 MeV. The total absorption cross sections were inferred from analyses of the data with uncertanties of approximately 25%.
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Measurement of tensor polarization of deuterons from 3He->d+p breakup at momenta from 4.60 to 5.66 GeV/c
The tensor polarization p{sub 20} of deuterons emitted in the {sup 1}H(3{sup 3}He,d{leftrightarrow})X reaction at 0{sup o} in the laboratory system was measured at the Saturne National Laboratory in Saclay using the SPES-4 spectrometer with the HYPOM polarimeter located downstream from its focal plane. The momentum of the detected deuterons was kept fixed at 3.77 GeV/c, while the momentum of the {sup 3}He beam was varied from 4.60 to 5.66 GeV/c, thus providing a range of internal momenta k of the deuteron in {sup 3}He from 0 up to 0.4 GeV/c. The data obtained are compared with theoretical predictions.
43065058
Pion absorption in light nuclei.
Cross sections have been measured for proton emission following ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{+}$ absorption on $^{6}\mathrm{Li}$, $^{7}\mathrm{Li}$, $^{9}\mathrm{Be}$, $^{10}\mathrm{B}$, $^{11}\mathrm{B}$, $^{12}\mathrm{C}$, and $^{13}\mathrm{C}$, for pion kinetic energies of 50, 100, 140, and 180 MeV using a large-solid-angle bismuth germanate detector array.
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New Measurements of Upsilon Spin Alignment at the Tevatron
We describe a new analysis of {Upsilon}(nS) {yields} {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup -} decays collected in p{bar p} collisions with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. This analysis measures the angular distributions of the final state muons in the {Upsilon} rest frame, providing new information about {Upsilon} production polarization. We find the angular distributions to be nearly isotropic up to {Upsilon} p{sub T} of 40 GeV/c, consistent with previous measurements by CDF, but inconsistent with results obtained by the D0 experiment. The results are compared with recent NLO calculations based on color-singlet matrix elements and non-relativistic QCD with color-octet matrix elements.
55746504
The versatile link, a common project for super-LHC
A common project to develop a bi-directional, radiation tolerant, high speed (4.8 Gb/s) optical link for future high energy physics experiments is described. Due to be completed in 2012, it targets the upgrade programs of detectors installed at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The development of radiation and magnetic field tolerant opto-electronic devices, fibre and connectors is described. Both Single-Mode and Multi-Mode versions of the system operating respectively at 850 nm and 1310 nm wavelength are proposed. First results at component and system level are presented, based mostly on commercially available devices.
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Tevatron bunch length studies at CDF
A luminous interaction region can be described by the distribution in (x, y, z) over which p{bar p} interactions are observed in a detector. The spatial size of this distribution can be written in terms of expressions that involve only combinations of the proton and anti-proton bunch sizes. Hence, it is not possible to determine the sizes of the proton and anti-proton bunches independently by fitting the distribution of (x, y, z) from the recorded events. If, in addition to the coordinates (x, y, z) at which p{bar p} interactions occur, the times at which the interactions took place are also measured, then it becomes possible to measure the lengths of the proton and anti-proton bunches separately. This sensitivity is due to a correlation between z and t that arises from the fact that the proton and anti-proton bunches travel in opposite directions. The derivation presented in section 2 quantifies this correlation, resulting in an expression for the probability density as a function of z and t for p{bar p} interactions. By fitting the distributions observed at CDF using this model, we measure the lengths of the proton and anti-proton bunches at times throughout several Tevatron stores. From this analysismore » the evolution of the bunch lengths can be studied. We attempt to correlate these with other measures of the bunch length obtained using different experimental techniques.« less
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Influence of luminosity leveling on the CDF-II B-Physics program
The effective bandwidth of the CDF-II level 1 trigger is approximately 25 kHz. Some of this bandwidth is used to record events that form the data sets used by the high p{sub T} physics analyses. The remaining bandwidth is used by triggers that are sensitive to hadronic B decays and provide one of the most important samples used for the study of B{sub s}{sup 0} mixing. At high luminosities, the hadronic B triggers have rates that greatly exceed the available bandwidth. Rather than incur large dead-times associated with these excessive rates, these B triggers are prescaled to limit the total trigger rate to the effective level 1 trigger bandwidth. The prescales are dynamically adjusted as the store progresses so that all of the bandwidth that is not used for the high p{sub T} physics program is used to record hadronic B triggers. In principle, the luminosity could be held at a more constant level throughout the store in such a way that the integrated luminosity would be the same as that obtained from a normal store. It has been suggested that this would allow B triggers to be recorded with lower prescales and consequently with higher B{sub s}{sup 0} signal efficiencies. This note describes a parametric model of the high p{sub T} and hadronic B triggers used by CDF and compares the yields of reconstructed B{sub s}{sup 0} decays that would result with and without luminosity leveling.
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K0 Phenomena Associated with Neutrino Induced mu- e+ Events.
Using the Fermilab 15-ft neon-hydrogen bubble chamber we have identified seventeen events of the type ..nu../sub ..mu../N ..-->.. ..mu../sup -/e/sup +/X. The ratio of the production of these events to ordinary neutrino charged-current events is (7.7 +- 3.0) x 10/sup -3/ for positron energy greater than 800 MeV and neutrino energy greater than 10 GeV. Associated with these seventeen events are 11 V's, of which eight fit K/sub s//sup 0/ ..-->.. ..pi../sup +/..pi../sup -/ and three fit K/sub s//sup 0/ ..-->.. ..pi../sup +/..pi../sup -/ and ..lambda.. ..-->.. p..pi../sup -/ ambiguously. The average K/sup 0/ multiplicity per ..mu../sup -/e/sup +/ event is determined to be 1.84/sup +0.63//sub -0.53/.