Cherenkov particle identification in FOCUS

被引:58
作者
Link, JM [1 ]
Reyes, M
Yager, PM
Anjos, JC
Bediaga, I
Göbel, C
Magnin, J
Massafferri, A
de Miranda, JM
Pepe, IM
dos Reis, AC
Carrillo, S
Casimiro, E
Cuautle, E
Sánchez-Hernández, A
Uribe, C
Vazquez, F
Cinquini, L
Cumalat, JP
O'Reilly, B
Ramirez, JE
Vaandering, EW
Butler, JN
Cheung, HWK
Gaines, I
Garbincius, PH
Garren, LA
Gottschalk, E
Kasper, PH
Kreymer, AE
Kutschke, R
Bianco, S
Fabbri, FL
Sarwar, S
Zallo, A
Cawlfield, C
Kim, DY
Park, KS
Rahimi, A
Wiss, J
Gardner, R
Kryemadhi, A
Chung, YS
Kang, JS
Ko, BR
Kwak, JW
Lee, KB
Park, H
Alimonti, G
Boschini, M
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Loomis Lab 413, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[3] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
[4] CINVESTAV, Mexico City 07000, DF, Mexico
[5] Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[6] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
[7] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
[8] Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
[9] Korea Univ, Seoul 136701, South Korea
[10] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[11] Univ Milan, Milan, Italy
[12] Univ N Carolina, Asheville, NC 28804 USA
[13] Dipartimento Fis Teorica & Nucl, Pavia, Italy
[14] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[15] Univ Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR 00681 USA
[16] Univ S Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
[17] Univ Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
[18] Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN 37235 USA
[19] Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Cherenkov; particle identification; experimental techniques;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(01)01975-1
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We describe the algorithm used to identify charged tracks in the fixed-target charm-photoproduction experiment FOCUS. We begin by describing the new algorithm and contrast this approach with that used in our preceding experiment - E687. We next illustrate the algorithm's performance using physics signals. Finally, we briefly describe some of the methods used to monitor the quantum efficiency and noise of the Cherenkov cells. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:270 / 286
页数:17
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