PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION WITH THE OPAL JET CHAMBER

被引:104
作者
HAUSCHILD, M
HEUER, RD
KLEINWORT, C
LUDWIG, J
MOHR, W
SCHAILE, D
SCHAILE, O
WAHL, C
BOCK, P
DIECKMANN, A
IGOKEMENES, P
LENNERT, P
VONDERSCHMITT, H
WAGNER, A
机构
[1] UNIV FREIBURG,FAK PHYS,W-7800 FREIBURG,GERMANY
[2] UNIV HEIDELBERG,INST PHYS,W-6900 HEIDELBERG,GERMANY
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10.1016/0168-9002(92)90501-T
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The jet chamber of the OPAL experiment at the e+ e- -collider LEP is designed to measure the momentum of charged particles as well as the specific energy loss in the chamber gas. In this paper, the calibration procedure for the energy loss measurement is described in detail. A resolution of 3-4% has been achieved allowing identification of particles with momenta up to 20 GeV / c in dense particle environments typical for events from Z0 decays.
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页数:12
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