Detection of K+ mesons in segmented electromagnetic calorimeters

Glazier, D.I. and Jude, T.C. (2009) Detection of K+ mesons in segmented electromagnetic calorimeters. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 160(1), 012019. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/160/1/012019)

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Abstract

The combination of the CrystalBall and TAPS electromagnetic calorimeters were installed in the MAMI A2 hall in 2003. Here they are able to detect the reaction products from photo-induced reactions in combination with the Glasgow photon tagger. In the last two years the MAMI facility was upgraded from 885 MeV to 1.5 GeV, the A2 photon tagger underwent a similar upgrade crossing the threshold for strangeness photoproduction. For the CrystalBall this created a new challenge, to identify K+ mesons above the large background from other charged hadrons, in a situation where the detector setup does not benefit from a magnetic field to help separate particle species. These proceedings outline a novel technique which uses the decay products of the K+ as a strangeness tag.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Glazier, Dr Derek
Authors: Glazier, D.I., and Jude, T.C.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Publisher:IOP Publishing
ISSN:1742-6588
ISSN (Online):1742-6596
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd
First Published:First published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series 160(1):012019
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

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