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Apparatus for a Search for T-violating Muon Polarization in Stopped-Kaon Decays

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2012-08-27 v1

Abstract

The detector built at KEK to search for T-violating transverse muon polarization in K+ --> pi0 mu+ nu (Kmu3) decay of stopped kaons is described. Sensitivity to the transverse polarization component is obtained from reconstruction of the decay plane by tracking the mu+ through a toroidal spectrometer and detecting the pi0 in a segmented CsI(Tl) photon calorimeter. The muon polarization was obtained from the decay positron asymmetry of muons stopped in a polarimeter. The detector included features which minimized systematic errors while maintaining high acceptance.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0302001,
  title  = {Apparatus for a Search for T-violating Muon Polarization in Stopped-Kaon Decays},
  author = {E246 Collaboration and M. Abe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0302001},
  year   = {2012}
}

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56 pages, 30 figures, submitted to NIM