15 research outputs found
Technical design report for the PANDA endcap disc DIRC
No full textPANDA (anti-proton annihiliation at Darmstadt) is planned to be one of the
four main experiments at the future international accelerator complex FAIR
(Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) in Darmstadt, Germany. It is going
to address fundamental questions of hadron physics and quantum chromodynamics
using cooled antiproton beams with a high intensity and and momenta
between 1.5 and 15 GeV/c. PANDA is designed to reach a maximum luminosity
of 2 × 1032 cm−2 s. Most of the physics programs require an excellent
particle identification (PID). The PID of hadronic states at the forward endcap
of the target spectrometer will be done by a fast and compact Cherenkov
detector that uses the detection of internally reflected Cherenkov light (DIRC)
principle. It is designed to cover the polar angle range from 5◦ to 22◦ and to
provide a separation power for the separation of charged pions and kaons up
to 3 standard deviations (s.d.) for particle momenta up to 4 GeV/c in order to
cover the important particle phase space. This document describes the technical
design and the expected performance of the novel PANDA disc DIRC detector
that has not been used in any other high energy physics experiment before. The
performance has been studied with Monte-Carlo simulations and various beam
tests at DESY and CERN. The final design meets all PANDA requirements and
guarantees sufficient safety margins
Technical Design Report for the PANDA Endcap Disc DIRC
No full textPANDA (anti-Proton ANnihiliation at DArmstadt) is planned to be one of the four main experiments at the future international accelerator complex FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) in Darmstadt, Germany. It is going to address fundamental questions of hadron physics and quantum chromodynamics using cooled antiproton beams with a high intensity and and momenta between 1.5 and 15 GeV/c. PANDA is designed to reach a maximum luminosity of 2x10^32 cm^2 s. Most of the physics programs require an excellent particle identification (PID). The PID of hadronic states at the forward endcap of the target spectrometer will be done by a fast and compact Cherenkov detector that uses the detection of internally reflected Cherenkov light (DIRC) principle. It is designed to cover the polar angle range from 5{\deg} to 22{\deg} and to provide a separation power for the separation of charged pions and kaons up to 3 standard deviations (s.d.) for particle momenta up to 4 GeV/c in order to cover the important particle phase space. This document describes the technical design and the expected performance of the novel PANDA Disc DIRC detector that has not been used in any other high energy physics experiment (HEP) before. The performance has been studied with Monte-Carlo simulations and various beam tests at DESY and CERN. The final design meets all PANDA requirements and guarantees suffcient safety margins
Feasibility studies for the measurement of time-like proton electromagnetic form factors from p ̄ p→ μ+μ- at P ̄ ANDA at FAIR
No full textThis paper reports on Monte Carlo simulation results for future measurements of the moduli of time-like proton electromagnetic form factors, | GE| and | GM| , using the p ̄ p→ μ+μ- reaction at P ̄ ANDA (FAIR). The electromagnetic form factors are fundamental quantities parameterizing the electric and magnetic structure of hadrons. This work estimates the statistical and total accuracy with which the form factors can be measured at P ̄ ANDA , using an analysis of simulated data within the PandaRoot software framework. The most crucial background channel is p ̄ p→ π+π-, due to the very similar behavior of muons and pions in the detector. The suppression factors are evaluated for this and all other relevant background channels at different values of antiproton beam momentum. The signal/background separation is based on a multivariate analysis, using the Boosted Decision Trees method. An expected background subtraction is included in this study, based on realistic angular distributions of the background contribution. Systematic uncertainties are considered and the relative total uncertainties of the form factor measurements are presented
Technical design report for the Barrel DIRC detector
No full textThe (anti-Proton ANnihiliation at DArmstadt) experiment will be one of the four flagship experiments at the new international accelerator complex FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) in Darmstadt, Germany. will address fundamental questions of hadron physics and quantum chromodynamics using high-intensity cooled antiproton beams with momenta between 1.5 and 15 GeV/c and a design luminosity of up to 2 × 1032 cm−2 s−1. Excellent particle identification (PID) is crucial to the success of the physics program. Hadronic PID in the barrel region of the target spectrometer will be performed by a fast and compact Cherenkov counter using the detection of internally reflected Cherenkov light (DIRC) technology. It is designed to cover the polar angle range from 22° to 140° and will provide at least 3 standard deviations (s.d.) π/K separation up to 3.5 GeV/c, matching the expected upper limit of the final state kaon momentum distribution from simulation. This documents describes the technical design and the expected performance of the Barrel DIRC detector. The design is based on the successful BaBar DIRC with several key improvements. The performance and system cost were optimized in detailed detector simulations and validated with full system prototypes using particle beams at GSI and CERN. The final design meets or exceeds the PID goal of clean π/K separation with at least 3 s.d. over the entire phase space of charged kaons in the Barrel DIRC
Study of doubly strange systems using stored antiprotons
No full textBound nuclear systems with two units of strangeness are still poorly known despite their importance for many strong interaction phenomena. Stored antiprotons beams in the GeV range represent an unparalleled factory for various hyperon–antihyperon pairs. Their outstanding large production probability in antiproton collisions will open the floodgates for a series of new studies of systems which contain two or even more units of strangeness at the View the MathML sourceP‾ANDA experiment at FAIR. For the first time, high resolution γ -spectroscopy of doubly strange ΛΛ-hypernuclei will be performed, thus complementing measurements of ground state decays of ΛΛ-hypernuclei at J-PARC or possible decays of particle unstable hypernuclei in heavy ion reactions. High resolution spectroscopy of multistrange Ξ−Ξ−-atoms will be feasible and even the production of Ω−Ω−-atoms will be within reach. The latter might open the door to the |S|=3|S|=3 world in strangeness nuclear physics, by the study of the hadronic Ω−Ω−-nucleus interaction. For the first time it will be possible to study the behavior of View the MathML sourceΞ‾+ in nuclear systems under well controlled conditions
Feasibility studies of time-like proton electromagnetic form factors at PANDA at FAIR
No full textThe results of simulations for future measurements of electromagnetic form factors at \PANDA (FAIR) within the PandaRoot software framework are reported. The statistical precision at which the proton form factors can be determined is estimated. The signal channel is studied on the basis of two different but consistent procedures. The suppression of the main background channel, i.e. the , is studied. Furthermore, the background versus signal efficiency, statistic and systematic uncertainties on the extracted proton form factors are evaluated using to the two different procedures. The results are consistent with those of a previous simulation study using an older, simplified framework. However, a slightly better precision is achieved in the PandaRoot study in a large range of momentum transfer, assuming the nominal beam condition and detector performances.Simulation results for future measurements of electromagnetic proton form factors at ANDA (FAIR) within the PandaRoot software framework are reported. The statistical precision with which the proton form factors can be determined is estimated. The signal channel is studied on the basis of two different but consistent procedures. The suppression of the main background channel, i.e. , is studied. Furthermore, the background versus signal efficiency, statistical and systematical uncertainties on the extracted proton form factors are evaluated using two different procedures. The results are consistent with those of a previous simulation study using an older, simplified framework. However, a slightly better precision is achieved in the PandaRoot study in a large range of momentum transfer, assuming the nominal beam conditions and detector performance.Simulation results for future measurements of electromagnetic proton form factors at \PANDA (FAIR) within the PandaRoot software framework are reported. The statistical precision with which the proton form factors can be determined is estimated. The signal channel is studied on the basis of two different but consistent procedures. The suppression of the main background channel, , is studied. Furthermore, the background versus signal efficiency, statistical and systematical uncertainties on the extracted proton form factors are evaluated using two different procedures. The results are consistent with those of a previous simulation study using an older, simplified framework. However, a slightly better precision is achieved in the PandaRoot study in a large range of momentum transfer, assuming the nominal beam conditions and detector performance
Feasibility studies for the measurement of time-like proton electromagnetic form factors from at at FAIR
No full textInternational audienceThis paper reports on Monte Carlo simulation results for future measurements of the moduli of time-like proton electromagnetic form factors, and , using the reaction at (FAIR). The electromagnetic form factors are fundamental quantities parameterizing the electric and magnetic structure of hadrons. This work estimates the statistical and total accuracy with which the form factors can be measured at , using an analysis of simulated data within the PandaRoot software framework. The most crucial background channel is , due to the very similar behavior of muons and pions in the detector. The suppression factors are evaluated for this and all other relevant background channels at different values of antiproton beam momentum. The signal/background separation is based on a multivariate analysis, using the Boosted Decision Trees method. An expected background subtraction is included in this study, based on realistic angular distributions of the background contribution. Systematic uncertainties are considered and the relative total uncertainties of the form factor measurements are presented
Precision resonance energy scans with the PANDA experiment at FAIR
No full textThis paper summarises a comprehensive Monte Carlo simulation study for precision resonance energy scan measurements. Apart from the proof of principle for natural width and line shape measurements of very narrow resonances with PANDA, the achievable sensitivities are quantified for the concrete example of the charmonium-like X(3872) state discussed to be exotic, and for a larger parameter space of various assumed signal cross-sections, input widths and luminosity combinations. PANDA is the only experiment that will be able to perform precision resonance energy scans of such narrow states with quantum numbers of spin and parities that differ from {} J^{{}PC{}} = 1^{{}--{}}{}JPC=1--
Precision resonance energy scans with the PANDA experiment at FAIR: Sensitivity study for width and line-shape measurements of the X(3872)
No full textInternational audienceThis paper summarises a comprehensive Monte Carlo simulation study for precision resonance energy scan measurements. Apart from the proof of principle for natural width and line shape measurements of very narrow resonances with PANDA, the achievable sensitivities are quantified for the concrete example of the charmonium-like X(3872) state discussed to be exotic, and for a larger parameter space of various assumed signal cross-sections, input widths and luminosity combinations. PANDA is the only experiment that will be able to perform precision resonance energy scans of such narrow states with quantum numbers of spin and parities that differ from
Feasibility study for the measurement of transition distribution amplitudes at ANDA in
No full textInternational audienceThe exclusive charmonium production process in p¯p annihilation with an associated π0 meson p¯p→J/ψπ0 is studied in the framework of QCD collinear factorization. The feasibility of measuring this reaction through the J/ψ→e+e- decay channel with the AntiProton ANnihilation at DArmstadt (P¯ANDA) experiment is investigated. Simulations on signal reconstruction efficiency as well as the background rejection from various sources including the p¯p→π+π-π0 and p¯p→J/ψπ0π0 reactions are performed with PandaRoot, the simulation and analysis software framework of the P¯ANDA experiment. It is shown that the measurement can be done at P¯ANDA with significant constraining power under the assumption of an integrated luminosity attainable in four to five months of data taking at the maximum design luminosity
