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In order to investigate the longitudinal beam dynamics during the adiabatic capture and acceleration processes of the CRing in HIAF project, a simulation of both processes above is carried out with $U^{34+}$ ions. The ions will be captured…

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We report on measurements of charge transfer in GEM structures in high magnetic fields. These were performed in the framework of the R&D work for a Time Projection Chamber at a future Linear Collider. A small test chamber has been installed…

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The particle identification of charged hadrons, especially for the separation of $K$ and $\pi$, is crucial for the flavour physics study. Ionization measurement with the cluster counting technique, which has much less fluctuation than…

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