Apparatus for a search for T-violating muon polarization in stopped-kaon decays

被引:26
作者
Macdonald, JA
Abe, M
Aoki, M
Arai, I
Asano, Y
Baker, T
Blecher, M
Chapman, MD
Depommier, P
Gumplinger, P
Hasinoff, M
Henderson, R
Horie, K
Igarashi, Y
Ikeda, T
Imazato, J
Ivashkin, AP
Kaga, A
Kang, JH
Khabibullin, MM
Khotjantsev, AN
Kim, EJ
Kim, KU
Kudenko, YG
Kuno, Y
Lee, JM
Lee, KS
Lim, GY
Marlow, DR
Mindas, CR
Mineev, OV
Rangacharyulu, C
Sekikawa, S
Shibata, K
Shimizu, HM
Shimizu, S
Shin, YM
Shin, YH
Sim, KS
Suzuki, A
Tashiro, T
Watanabe, A
Wright, D
Yim, CH
Yokoi, T
机构
[1] TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
[2] Univ Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050006, Japan
[3] High Energy Accelerator Res Lab KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
[4] Univ Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
[5] Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
[6] Univ Montreal, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada
[7] Univ British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
[8] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia
[9] Kanagawa Univ, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 2591293, Japan
[10] Yonsei Univ, Seoul 120749, South Korea
[11] Korea Univ, Seoul 136701, South Korea
[12] Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[13] Osaka Univ, Osaka 5600043, Japan
基金
俄罗斯基础研究基金会; 美国国家科学基金会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 日本学术振兴会;
关键词
separated stopped K beams; k(mu 3) decays; T-violation; transverse muon polarization; toroidal spectrometer; muon polarimeter; scintillation fiber target; CsI(Tl) photon detector;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01363-9
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The detector built at KEK to search for T-violating transverse muon polarization in K+ --> pi(0)mu(+)v(mu) (K-mu3) 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 pi(0) in a segmented CsI(TI) photon calorimeter. The muon polarization was obtained from the decay positron asymmetry of unions stopped in a polarimeter. The detector included features which minimized systematic errors while maintaining high acceptance. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:60 / 91
页数:32
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