MICE 缪子束中的π介子污染
仪器与探测器
2016-03-03 v3 高能物理 - 实验
摘要
国际缪子电离冷却实验(MICE)将在卢瑟福·阿普尔顿实验室 ISIS 设施上利用动量介于 140 和 240 MeV/c 之间的缪子束对电离冷却进行系统研究。MICE 中电离冷却的测量依赖于挑选穿过实验的纯缪子样本。为进行此挑选，MICE 缪子束被设计成提供污染小于 1\% 的缪子束。为进行最终缪子挑选，MICE 在冷却池上下游采用粒子鉴别(PID)系统。该 PID 系统包括飞行时间描迹器、阈值切伦科夫计数器和量能器。本文测量的π介子污染上限为 （在 90\% 置信水平下），包含系统不确定性。因此，MICE 缪子束能够满足电离冷却研究严格的π介子污染要求。
引用
@article{arxiv.1511.00556,
title = {Pion contamination in the MICE muon beam},
author = {D. Adams and A. Alekou and M. Apollonio and R. Asfandiyarov and G. Barber and P. Barclay and A. de Bari and R. Bayes and V. Bayliss and R. Bertoni and V. J. Blackmore and A. Blondel and S. Blot and M. Bogomilov and M. Bonesini and C. N. Booth and D. Bowring and S. Boyd and T. W. Bradshaw and U. Bravar and A. D. Bross and M. Capponi and T. Carlisle and G. Cecchet and C. Charnley and F. Chignoli and D. Cline and J. H. Cobb and G. Colling and N. Collomb and L. Coney and P. Cooke and M. Courthold and L. M. Cremaldi and A. DeMello and A. Dick and A. Dobbs and P. Dornan and M. Drews and F. Drielsma and F. Filthaut and T. Fitzpatrick and P. Franchini and V. Francis and L. Fry and A. Gallagher and R. Gamet and R. Gardener and S. Gourlay and A. Grant and J. R. Greis and S. Griffiths and P. Hanlet and O. M. Hansen and G. G. Hanson and T. L. Hart and T. Hartnett and T. Hayler and C. Heidt and M. Hills and P. Hodgson and C. Hunt and A. Iaciofano and S. Ishimoto and G. Kafka and D. M. Kaplan and Y. Karadzhov and Y. K. Kim and Y. Kuno and P. Kyberd and J-B Lagrange and J. Langlands and W. Lau and M. Leonova and D. Li and A. Lintern and M. Littlefield and K. Long and T. Luo and C. Macwaters and B. Martlew and J. Martyniak and R. Mazza and S. Middleton and A. Moretti and A. Moss and A. Muir and I. Mullacrane and J. J. Nebrensky and D. Neuffer and A. Nichols and R. Nicholson and J. C. Nugent and A. Oates and Y. Onel and D. Orestano and E. Overton and P. Owens and V. Palladino and J. Pasternak and F. Pastore and C. Pidcott and M. Popovic and R. Preece and S. Prestemon and D. Rajaram and S. Ramberger and M. A. Rayner and S. Ricciardi and T. J. Roberts and M. Robinson and C. Rogers and K. Ronald and P. Rubinov and P. Rucinski and H. Sakamato and D. A. Sanders and E. Santos and T. Savidge and P. J. Smith and P. Snopok and F. J. P. Soler and D. Speirs and T. Stanley and G. Stokes and D. J. Summers and J. Tarrant and I. Taylor and L. Tortora and Y. Torun and R. Tsenov and C. D. Tunnell and M. A. Uchida and G. Vankova-Kirilova and S. Virostek and M. Vretenar and P. Warburton and S. Watson and C. White and C. G. Whyte and A. Wilson and M. Winter and X. Yang and A. Young and M. Zisman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.00556},
year = {2016}
}
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16 pages, 7 figures