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Study of top-quark production and decay vertices with LCD fast simulation
We report a study of top-quark reconstruction in e+e−→tt events at a 500 GeV linear collider using the LCD Fast simulator. The initial study of top-quark anomalous couplings is also reported. The final states of 4 jets and lepton as well as 6 jets are used. Using the 4 jets and lepton final state, we estimate the preliminary sensitivities for form factors at the γ/Z0tt vertex. In the 6 jets reconstruction, we show abilities of the top-quark charge identification and the c-quark tagging in W decays.
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BEAM BACKGROUND AND MDI DESIGN FOR SUPERKEKB/BELLE-II
The Belle experiment, operated at the asymmetric electron-positron collider KEKB, had accumulated a data sample with an integrated luminosity of more than 1 ab −1 before the shutdown in June 2010. We have started upgrading both the accelerator and the detector, SuperKEKB and Belle-II, to achieve the target luminosity of 8 × 10 35 cm −2 s −1 . With the increased luminosity, the beam background will be severe. The development of MachineDetector Interface (MDI) design is crucial to cope with the increased background and protect Belle-II detector. We will present the estimation of impact from each beam background sources at SuperKEKB and our countermeasures for them, such as collimators to stop Touschek-scattered beam particles, Tungsten shield to protect inner detectors from shower particles, and dedicated beam pipe design around interaction point to stop synchrotron radiation, etc.
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Electron identification using the TOPAZ detector at TRISTAN
Abstract We present an electron-identification method using the time-projection chamber and the lead-glass calorimeter in the TOPAZ detector system. Using this method we have achieved good electron identification against hadron backgrounds over a wide momentum range in the hadronic events produced by both single-photon exchange and two-photon processes. Pion-rejection factors and electron efficiencies were 163 and 68.4% for high- P T electrons and 137 and 42.7% for low- P T electrons in the single-photon-exchange process, and 8600 and 36.0% for the two-photon process, respectively.
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Design and Status of the SuperKEKB Accelerator Control Network System
We have upgraded the accelerator control network system for SuperKEKB, the next generation B-factory experiment in Japan. The designed network system has the higher performance based on the wider bandwidth data transfer, and more reliable and redundant configuration. For the SuperKEKB beamline construction and accelerator components maintenance, we have installed the new wireless network system consists with the Leaky Coaxial (LCX) cable antennas and collinear antennas into the 3 km circumference accelerator tunnel. In this paper, we describe the design and current status of the SuperKEKB accelerator control network system.
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PROGRESS OF DESIGN STUDY OF INTERACTION REGION QUADRUPOLES FOR THE SUPER-KEKB
For KEKB upgrade, we are studying the design of the final focus quadrupoles to achieve very small β-functions at the interaction point (IP). For each beam, the final beam focusing system consists of quadrupole-doublet of the superconducting and permanent magnets. In this paper, the design progress of final focusing magnets is reported.
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Mechanisms affecting performance of the BaBar resistive plate chambers and searches for remediation
The BaBar experiment at PEPII relies on the instrumentation of the flux return (IFR) for both muon identification and KL detection. The active detector is composed of resistive plate chambers (RPCs) operated in streamer mode. Since the start of operation the RPCs have suffered persistent efficiency deterioration and dark current increase problems. The ‘‘autopsy’’ of bad BaBar RPCs revealed that in many cases uncured linseed oil droplets had formed on the inner surface of the Bakelite plates, leading to current paths from oil ‘‘stalagmites’’ bridging the 2mm gap. In this paper, a possible model of this ‘‘stalagmite’’ formation and its effect on the dark current and efficiency of RPC chambers is presented. Laboratory test results strongly support this model. ARTICLE IN PRESS *Corresponding author. Tel.: +1-609-258-4391; fax: +1-609-258-6360. E-mail address: changguo@princeton.edu (C. Lu). 0168-9002/03/$ see front matter r 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01292-0 Based upon this model we are searching for solutions to eliminate the unfavorable effect of the oil stalagmites. The lab tests show that the stalagmite resistivity increases dramatically if exposed to the air, an observation that points to a possible way to remedy the damage and increase the efficiency. We have seen that flowing an oxygen gas mixture into the chamber helps to polymerize the uncured linseed oil. Consequently, the resistivity of the bridged oil stalagmites increases, as does that of the oil coating on the frame edges and spacers, significantly reducing the RPC dark currents and low-efficiency regions. We have tested this idea on two chambers removed from BaBar because of their low efficiency and high dark current. These test results are reported in the paper, and two other remediation methods also mentioned. We continue to study this problem, and try to find new treatments with permanent improvement. r 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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SEARCH FOR LORENTZ AND CPT VIOLATION EFFECTS IN MUON SPIN PRECESSION
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The DEAR experiment—first results on kaonic hydrogen
Abstract The goal of the DEAR (DAΦNE exotic atom research) experiment is the precise determination of the isospin dependent antikaon–nucleon scattering lengths. The experiment accurately measures the Kα line shift and broadening, due to the strong interaction, in kaonic hydrogen and, for the first time, in kaonic deuterium. A precision measurement of kaonic hydrogen tests chiral symmetry breaking in systems with strangeness. An initial analysis of the DEAR experiment yields a shift ɛ 1 s = − 195 ± 45 eV and a width Γ 1 s = 250 ± 125 eV , which is more precise than the previous kaonic X-ray experiment KpX at KEK, and allows for the first time to disentangle the full pattern of the kaonic hydrogen K-series line Kα, Kβ and Kγ.
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Specification and design of a radial vane silicon tracker for a new measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment g-2 and electric dipole moment at J-PARC
A new measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment (g-2) and electric dipole moment (EDM) of the positive muon at J-PARC is proposed. In this experiment, we plan to use a radial vane silicon detector for detecting muon decay positrons. Specification and design study of the detector has been promoted. In order to confirm validity of use of the radial vane silicon detector and decide detector parameters, we are developing simulation and positron track reconstruction tools. First version of those using Geant4 and Hough transform method in ideal condition was constructed and the track finding efficiency was investigated. In parallel, for understanding the detector response, we began to test the most recent double sided silicon strip detector in existence. In this paper, we report the progress of the simulation and the experimental studies for the optimization of the detector parameters.
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A search for deeply bound kaonic nuclear states at J‐PARC
J‐PARC E15 experiment aims to search for the lightest kaonic nuclei, namely K−pp bound states, using in‐flight (K−, n) reactions. The advantage of this experiment is to perform exclusive measurement by missing mass study using the primary neutrons and invariant mass spectroscopy via such decay as K−pp→Λp→pπ−p, simultaneously. In this report, an overview of this experiment and the current status are presented.
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Kaonic nitrogen X-ray transition yields in a gaseous target
Abstract The first measurement of the yields of three kaonic nitrogen X-ray transitions, using the DEAR (DAΦNE Exotic Atom Research) setup at the DAΦNE collider of Frascati, is reported. The yields are 41.5±8.7(stat.)±4.1(sys.)% for the n =7→6 transition, 55.0±3.9(stat.)±5.5(sys.)% for the n =6→5 transition and 57.4±15.2(stat.)±5.7(sys.)% for the n =5→4 transition at a density ρ =3.4 ρ NTP . By using the experimental yields in an atomic cascade calculation, a 1 to 3% K-shell electron population in the n =6 level was deduced.