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Installation and Commissioning of the GlueX DIRC

The GlueX experiment takes place in experimental Hall D at Jefferson Lab (JLab). With a linearly polarized photon beam of up to 12 GeV energy, GlueX is a dedicated experiment to search for hybrid mesons via photoproduction reactions. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-03 A. Ali , F. Barbosa , J. Bessuille , E. Chudakov , R. Dzhygadlo , C. Fanelli , J. Frye , J. Hardin , A. Hurley , E. Ihloff , G. Kalicy , J. Kelsey , W. B. Li , M. Patsyuk , J. Schwiening , M. Shepherd , J. R. Stevens , T. Whitlatch , M. Williams , Y. Yang

The GlueX DIRC Project

The GlueX experiment was designed to search for and study the pattern of gluonic excitations in the meson spectrum produced through photoproduction reactions at a new tagged photon beam facility in Hall D at Jefferson Laboratory. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-03 Justin Stevens , Fernando Barbosa , Jason Bessuille , Eugene Chudakov , Roman Dzhygadlo , Cristiano Fanelli , John Frye , John Hardin , Jim Kelsey , Maria Patsyuk , Carsten Schwartz , Jochen Schwiening , Matthew Shepherd , Tim Whitlatch , Michael Williams

The GlueX DIRC Program

The GlueX experiment is located in experimental Hall D at Jefferson Lab (JLab) and provides a unique capability to search for hybrid mesons in high-energy photoproduction, utilizing a ~9 GeV linearly polarized photon beam. The initial,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-17 A. Ali , F. Barbosa , J. Bessuille , E. Chudakov , R. Dzhygadlo , C. Fanelli , J. Frye , J. Hardin , A. Hurley , G. Kalicy , J. Kelsey , W. Li , M. Patsyuk , C. Schwarz , J. Schwiening , M. Shepherd , J. R. Stevens , T. Whitlatch , M. Williams , Y. Yang

A study of decays to strange final states with GlueX in Hall D using components of the BaBar DIRC

We propose to enhance the kaon identification capabilities of the GlueX detector by constructing an FDIRC (Focusing Detection of Internally Reflected Cherenkov) detector utilizing the decommissioned BaBar DIRC components. The GlueX FDIRC…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-08-04 The GlueX Collaboration , M. Dugger , B. Ritchie , I. Senderovich , E. Anassontzis , P. Ioannou , C. Kourkoumeli , G. Vasileiadis , G. Voulgaris , N. Jarvis , W. Levine , P. Mattione , W. McGinley , C. A. Meyer , R. Schumacher , M. Staib , F. Klein , D. Sober , N. Sparks , N. Walford , D. Doughty , A. Barnes , R. Jones , J. McIntyre , F. Mokaya , B. Pratt , W. Boeglin , L. Guo , E. Pooser , J. Reinhold , H. Al Ghoul , V. Crede , P. Eugenio , A. Ostrovidov , A. Tsaris , D. Ireland , K. Livingston , D. Bennett , J. Bennett , J. Frye , M. Lara , J. Leckey , R. Mitchell , K. Moriya , M. R. Shepherd , O. Chernyshov , A. Dolgolenko , A. Gerasimov , V. Goryachev , I. Larin , V. Matveev , V. Tarasov , F. Barbosa , E. Chudakov , M. Dalton , A. Deur , J. Dudek , H. Egiyan , S. Furletov , M. Ito , D. Mack , D. Lawrence , M. McCaughan , M. Pennington , L. Pentchev , Y. Qiang , E. Smith , A. Somov , S. Taylor , T. Whitlatch , B. Zihlmann , R. Miskimen , B. Guegan , J. Hardin , J. Stevens , M. Williams , V. Berdnikov , G. Nigmatkulov , A. Ponosov , D. Romanov , S. Somov , I. Tolstukhin , C. Salgado , P. Ambrozewicz , A. Gasparian , R. Pedroni , T. Black , L. Gan , S. Dobbs , K. Seth , X. Ting , A. Tomaradze , T. Beattie , G. Huber , G. Lolos , Z. Papandreou , A. Semenov , I. Semenova , W. Brooks , H. Hakobyan , S. Kuleshov , O. Soto , A. Toro , I. Vega , N. Gevorgyan , H. Hakobyan , V. Kakoyan

Light Meson Spectroscopy with GlueX and Beyond

The GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab was specifically designed for precision studies of the light-meson spectrum. For this purpose, a photon beam with energies up to 12 GeV is directed onto a liquid hydrogen target contained within a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-10-23 Alexander Austregesilo

Light-Meson Spectroscopy at GlueX

GlueX at Jefferson Lab aims to study the light meson spectrum with an emphasis on the search for light hybrid mesons. To this end, a linearly-polarized $9\,$GeV photon beam impinges on a hydrogen target contained within a hermetic detector…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-07-01 A. Austregesilo

The GlueX Experiment: Recent Results and Future Plans

The GlueX experiment, located in experimental Hall D of Jefferson Lab, seeks to map the spectrum of light mesons in search of exotic hybrid mesons, a predicted class of hadronic states with explicit gluonic degrees of freedom. GlueX is a…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-01-08 Jonathan Zarling

DIRC, a New Type of Particle Identification System for BABAR

The DIRC, a new type of Cherenkov imaging device, has been selected as the primary particle identification system for the BABAR detector at the asymmetric B-factory, PEP-II. It is based on total internal reflection and uses long,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 Jochen Schwiening

A study of meson and baryon decays to strange final states with GlueX in Hall D (A proposal to the 39th Jefferson Lab Program Advisory Committee)

The primary motivation of the GlueX experiment is to search for and ultimately study the pattern of gluonic excitations in the meson spectrum produced in gamma p collisions. Recent lattice QCD calculations predict a rich spectrum of hybrid…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-10-17 The GlueX Collaboration , M. Dugger , B. Ritchie , E. Anassontzis , P. Ioannou , C. Kourkoumeli , G. Voulgaris , N. Jarvis , W. Levine , P. Mattione , C. A. Meyer , R. Schumacher , P. Collins , F. Klein , D. Sober , D. Doughty , A. Barnes , R. Jones , J. McIntyre , F. Mokaya , B. Pratt , I. Senderovich , W. Boeglin , L. Guo , P. Khetarpal , E. Pooser , J. Reinhold , H. Al Ghoul , S. Capstick , V. Crede , P. Eugenio , A. Ostrovidov , N. Sparks , A. Tsaris , D. Ireland , K. Livingston , D. Bennett , J. Bennett , J. Frye , J. Leckey , R. Mitchell , K. Moriya , M. R. Shepherd , A. Szczepaniak , R. Miskimen , M. Williams , P. Ambrozewicz , A. Gasparian , R. Pedroni , T. Black , L. Gan , J. Dudek , F. Close , E. Swanson , S. Denisov , G. Huber , S. Katsaganis , D. Kolybaba , G. Lolos , Z. Papandreou , A. Semenov , I. Semenova , M. Tahani , W. Brooks , S. Kuleshov , A. Toro , F. Barbosa , E. Chudakov , H. Egiyan , M. Ito , D. Lawrence , L. Pentchev , Y. Qiang , E. S. Smith , A. Somov , S. Taylor , T. Whitlatch , E. Wolin , B. Zihlmann

Spin-Density Matrix Elements for Vector Meson Photoproduction at GlueX

The GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab aims to study the light meson spectrum with an emphasis on the search for hybrid mesons. To this end, a linearly-polarized $9\,$GeV photon beam impinges on a hydrogen target contained within a detector…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-08-26 A. Austregesilo

Gluonic Excitations and Experimental Hall-D at Jefferson Lab

A new tagged photon beam facility is being constructed in experimental Hall-D at Jefferson Lab as a part of the 12 GeV upgrade program. The 9 GeV linearly-polarized photon beam will be produced via coherent Bremsstrahlung using the CEBAF…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-07-09 Justin R. Stevens

DIRC, the Internally Reflecting Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector for BABAR

The DIRC is a new type of Cherenkov imaging device that will be used for the first time in the BABAR detector at the asymmetric B-factory, PEP-II. It is based on total internal reflection and uses long, rectangular bars made from synthetic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 DIRC Collaboration

Particle identification in the GlueX detector with machine learning

In particle physics experiments, identifying the types of particles registered in a detector is essential for the accurate reconstruction of particle collisions. At Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab), the GlueX…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-09-18 Eric Habjan , Richard Dube , James McIntyre , Mezmur Edo , Richard Jones

GlueX: The Search for Gluonic Excitations at Jefferson Laboratory

One of the unanswered and most fundamental questions in physics regards the nature of the confinement mechanism of quarks and gluons in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Exotic hybrid mesons manifest gluonic degrees of freedom and their…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-11-17 D. S. Carman

Exploring Photoproduction with the GlueX Experiment

The GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab (Newport News, VA USA) is designed to explore the spectrum of mesons up to about 3 GeV. We present results on the production of light-quark resonances with linearly polarized photons. These results…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-11-30 Matthew Shepherd

Optical Properties of the DIRC Fused Silica Cherenkov Radiator

The DIRC is a new type of Cherenkov detector that is successfully operating as the hadronic particle identification system for the BABAR experiment at SLAC. The fused silica bars that serve as the DIRC's Cherenkov radiators must transmit…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 M. Convery , B. Ratcliff , X. Sarazin , J. Schwiening , J. Va'vra

First Results from The GlueX Experiment

The GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab ran with its first commissioning beam in late 2014 and the spring of 2015. Data were collected on both plastic and liquid hydrogen targets, and much of the detector has been commissioned. All of the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-05-30 The GlueX Collaboration , H. Al Ghoul , E. G. Anassontzis , F. Barbosa , A. Barnes , T. D. Beattie , D. W. Bennett , V. V. Berdnikov , T. Black , W. Boeglin , W. K. Brooks , B. Cannon , O. Chernyshov , E. Chudakov , V. Crede , M. M. Dalton , A. Deur , S. Dobbs , A. Dolgolenko , M. Dugger , H. Egiyan , P. Eugenio , A. M. Foda , J. Frye , S. Furletov , L. Gan , A. Gasparian , A. Gerasimov , N. Gevorgyan , V. S. Goryachev , B. Guegan , L. Guo , H. Hakobyan , H. Hakobyan2 , J. Hardin , G. M. Huber , D. Ireland , M. M. Ito , N. S. Jarvis , R. T. Jones , V. Kakoyan , M. Kamel , F. J. Klein , C. Kourkoumeli , S. Kuleshov , M. Lara , I. Larin , D. Lawrence , J. Leckey , W. I. Levine , K. Livingston , G. J. Lolos , D. Mack , P. T. Mattione , V. Matveev , M. McCaughan , W. McGinley , J. McIntyre , R. Mendez , C. A. Meyer , R. Miskimen , R. E. Mitchell , F. Mokaya , K. Moriya , G. Nigmatkulov , N. Ochoa , A. I. Ostrovidov , Z. Papandreou , R. Pedroni , M. Pennington , L. Pentchev , A. Ponosov , E. Pooser , B. Pratt , Y. Qiang , J. Reinhold , B. G. Ritchie , L. Robison , D. Romanov , C. Salgado , R. A. Schumacher , A. Yu. Semenov , I. A. Semenova , I. Senderovich , K. K. Seth , M. R. Shepherd , E. S. Smith , D. I. Sober , A. Somov , S. Somov , O. Soto , N. Sparks , M. J. Staib , J. R. Stevens , A. Subedi , V. Tarasov , S. Taylor , I. Tolstukhin , A. Tomaradze , A. Toro , A. Tsaris , G. Vasileiadis , I. Vega , G. Voulgaris , N. K. Walford , T. Whitlatch , M. Williams , E. Wolin , T. Xiao , J. Zarling , B. Zihlmann

Accessing glue through photoproduction measurements at GlueX

Photoproduction experiments are a key tool in the investigation of the spectrum of hadronic states and the way gluons contribute to this spectrum. The GlueX experiment, located at Jefferson Lab, features a linearly polarized tagged photon…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-12-13 Peter Pauli

DIRC, the Internally Reflecting Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detektor for BaBar: Properties of the Quartz Radiators

The DIRC is a Cherenkov imaging detector based on total internal reflection for the BaBar detector at PEP-II. The principles of the DIRC ring imaging Cherenkov technique are explained and its choice for the BaBar detector particle…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-30 J. Schwiening

Design and performance of the Focusing DIRC detector

We present the final results from a novel Cherenkov imaging detector called the Focusing DIRC (FDIRC). This detector was designed as a full-scale prototype of the particle identification system for the SuperB experiment [1], and comprises…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-09 B. Dey , M. Borsato , N. Arnaud , D. W. G. S. Leith , K. Nishimura , D. A. Roberts , B. N. Ratcliff , G. Varner , J. Va'vra