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SIDDHARTA-2 apparatus for kaonic atoms research on the DA$\Phi$NE collider

Instrumentation and Detectors 2023-11-29 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

SIDDHARTA-2 represents a state-of-the-art experiment designed to perform dedicated measurements of kaonic atoms, which are particular exotic atom configurations composed of a negatively charged kaon and a nucleus. Investigating these atoms provides an exceptional tool to comprehend the strong interactions in the non-perturbative regime involving strangeness. The experiment is installed at the DAΦ\PhiNE electron-positron collider, of the INFN National Laboratory of Frascati (INFN-LNF) in Italy, aiming to perform the first-ever measurement of the 2p\rightarrow1s X-ray transitions in kaonic deuterium, a crucial step towards determining the isospin-dependent antikaon-nucleon scattering lengths. Based on the experience gained with the previous SIDDHARTA experiment, which performed the most precise measurement of the kaonic hydrogen 2p\rightarrow1s X-ray transitions, the present apparatus has been upgraded with innovative Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs), distributed around a cryogenic gaseous target placed in a vacuum chamber at a short distance above the interaction region of the collider. We present a comprehensive description of the SIDDHARTA-2 setup including the optimization of its various components during the commissioning phase of the collider.

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@article{arxiv.2311.16144,
  title  = {SIDDHARTA-2 apparatus for kaonic atoms research on the DA$\Phi$NE collider},
  author = {F. Sirghi and F. Sgaramella and L. Abbene and C. Amsler and M. Bazzi and G. Borghi and D. Bosnar and M. Bragadireanu and A. Buttacavoli and M. Carminati and M. Cargnelli and A. Clozza and G. Deda and L. De Paolis and R. Del Grande and K. Dulski and L. Fabbietti and C. Fiorini and I. Friščić and C. Guaraldo and M. Iliescu and M. Iwasaki and A. Khreptak and S. Manti and J. Marton and M. Miliucci and P. Moskal and F. Napolitano and S. Niedźwiecki and H. Ohnishi and K. Piscicchia and F. Principato and A. Scordo and D. Sirghi and M. Skurzok and M. Silarski and A. Spallone and K. Toho and L. Toscano and M. Tüchler and O. Vazquez Doce and C. Yoshida and J. Zmeskal and C. Curceanu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.16144},
  year   = {2023}
}

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32 pages, 21 figures