Design of the barrel and endcap DIRC detectors for particle identification in PANDA

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (34n35) ◽  
pp. 2044020
Author(s):  
I. Köseoglu
Keyword(s):  
Fused Silica ◽  
Particle Identification ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Fixed Target ◽  
Spherical Lens ◽  
Momentum Range ◽  
Target Experiment ◽  
Light Guides ◽  
Hadron Beam ◽  
Fixed Target Experiment

The PANDA experiment at the future Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt/Germany aims to investigate fundamental questions of hadron physics. PANDA is designed as a fixed-target experiment for an antiproton beam with a momentum range of 1.5 GeV/[Formula: see text] to 15 GeV/[Formula: see text]. In order to obtain an excellent particle identification of pions and kaons, two independent DIRC detectors have been developed for two adjacent spatial regions. The Barrel DIRC covers polar angles from [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text] and performs [Formula: see text] separation with [Formula: see text] or more for momenta from 0.5 to 3.5 GeV/[Formula: see text]. The novel Endcap Disc DIRC (EDD) detector will cover the forward polar angles between [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] and will provide a [Formula: see text] separation from 0.5 GeV/[Formula: see text] up to 4 GeV/[Formula: see text] with a separation power at least [Formula: see text]. The design of the Barrel DIRC is based on the successful BaBar DIRC and the SuperB FDIRC R&D with several improvements to optimize the performance for PANDA. Both PANDA DIRC detectors use synthetic fused silica as material for radiators and light guides and lifetime-enhance Microchannel Plate PMTs (MCP-PMTs) as sensors. The Barrel DIRC uses narrow bars as a radiator, a prism-shaped expansion volume and a complex multi-layer spherical lens as focusing system. The Cherenkov radiator for the EDD is a large, 2 cm thick fused silica plate that is divided into four identical quadrants. A combination of bars and cylindrical elements with aluminum coating focus the Cherenkov light on the MCP-PMTs with segmented anode plates. The technical design of the two DIRC detectors and the performance of prototypes, tested in a mixed hadron beam at CERN, will be discussed.

scholarly journals The PANDA Detector at FAIR

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 640 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Particle Identification ◽  
Accelerator Complex ◽  
Fixed Target ◽  
Strong Magnetic Fields ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Target Experiment ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
Panda Detector ◽  
Fixed Target Experiment

PANDA is a fixed-target experiment that is going to address a wide range of open questions in the hadron physics sector by studying the interactions between antiprotons with high momenta and a stationary proton target. The PANDA detector is currently under construction and will be situated in the HESR that is a part of the future FAIR accelerator complex on the area of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum f¨ur Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt. The key features of the detector are: the precise tracking in strong magnetic fields, excellent particle identification, and high-resolution calorimeters.

scholarly journals Spin physics at a fixed-target experiment at the LHC (AFTER@LHC)

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 336-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rakotozafindrabe ◽  
M. Anselmino ◽  
R. Arnaldi ◽  
S. J. Brodsky ◽  
V. Chambert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Target ◽  
Spin Physics ◽  
Target Experiment ◽  
Fixed Target Experiment

scholarly journals Feasibility Studies for Quarkonium Production at a Fixed-Target Experiment Using the LHC Proton and Lead Beams (AFTER@LHC)

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Massacrier ◽  
B. Trzeciak ◽  
F. Fleuret ◽  
C. Hadjidakis ◽  
D. Kikola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feasibility Studies ◽  
Fixed Target ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Target Mode ◽  
Quarkonium Production ◽  
Target Experiment ◽  
Conventional Detection ◽  
Fixed Target Experiment

Being used in the fixed-target mode, the multi-TeV LHC proton and lead beams allow for studies of heavy-flavour hadroproduction with unprecedented precision at backward rapidities, far negative Feynman-x, using conventional detection techniques. At the nominal LHC energies, quarkonia can be studied in detail inp+p,p+d, andp+Acollisions atsNN≃115 GeV and in Pb +pand Pb +Acollisions atsNN≃72 GeV with luminosities roughly equivalent to that of the collider mode that is up to 20 fb−1 yr−1inp+pandp+dcollisions, up to 0.6 fb−1 yr−1inp+Acollisions, and up to 10 nb−1 yr−1in Pb +Acollisions. In this paper, we assess the feasibility of such studies by performing fast simulations using the performance of a LHCb-like detector.

scholarly journals Prospective for A Fixed-Target ExpeRiment at the LHC: AFTER @ LHC

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Philippe Lansberg ◽  
Valérie Chambert ◽  
Jean-Pierre Didelez ◽  
Bernard Genolini ◽  
Cynthia Hadjidakis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Target ◽  
Target Experiment ◽  
Fixed Target Experiment

scholarly journals Prospective for a fixed-target experiment at the LHC: AFTER @ LHC

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Philippe Lansberg ◽  
Valérie Chambert ◽  
Jean-Pierre Didelez ◽  
Bernard Genolini ◽  
Cynthia Hadjidakis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Target ◽  
Target Experiment ◽  
Fixed Target Experiment

scholarly journals Feasibility Studies for Single Transverse-Spin Asymmetry Measurements at a Fixed-Target Experiment Using the LHC Proton and Lead Beams (AFTER@LHC)

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Kikoła ◽  
Miguel García Echevarria ◽  
Cynthia Hadjidakis ◽  
Jean-Philippe Lansberg ◽  
Cédric Lorcé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spin Asymmetry ◽  
Feasibility Studies ◽  
Transverse Spin ◽  
Fixed Target ◽  
Target Experiment ◽  
Fixed Target Experiment

scholarly journals News from the NA61/SHINE experiment

2018 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 05002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgeny Andronov
Keyword(s):  
Critical Point ◽  
Collision Energy ◽  
Hadron Production ◽  
Fixed Target ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Model Predictions ◽  
The Status ◽  
Target Experiment ◽  
Onset Of Deconfinement ◽  
Fixed Target Experiment

NA61/SHINE is a fixed target experiment operating at the CERN SPS. Its main goals are to search for the critical point of strongly interacting matter and to study the onset of deconfinement. For these goals a scan of the two dimensional phase diagram (T-μB) is being performed at the SPS by measurements of hadron production in proton-proton, proton-nucleus and nucleusnucleus interactions as a function of collision energy. In this paper the status of the NA61/SHINE strong interaction physics programme is presented including recent results on proton intermittency, strongly intensive fluctuation observables of multiplicity and transverse momentum fluctuations. These measurements are expected to be sensitive to the correlation length in the produced matter and, therefore, have the ability to reveal the existence of the critical point via possible non-monotonic behavior. The NA61/SHINE results are compared to the model predictions.

scholarly journals Performance of the BM@N GEM/CSC tracking system at the Nuclotron beam

2019 ◽  
Vol 204 ◽  
pp. 07009 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Galavanov ◽  
M. Kapishin ◽  
K. Kapusniak ◽  
V. Karjavine ◽  
S. Khabarov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tracking System ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions ◽  
Fixed Target ◽  
Ion Collisions ◽  
Target Experiment ◽  
Cathode Strip ◽  
Nuclotron Accelerator ◽  
Gem Detectors ◽  
Fixed Target Experiment

BM@N (Baryonic Matter at the Nuclotron) is a fixed target experiment aimed to study nuclear matter in the relativistic heavy-ion collisions at the Nuclotron accelerator in JINR. The BM@N tracking system is based on Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) detectors mounted inside the BM@N analyzing magnet. The Cathode Strip Chamber (CSC) is installed outside the magnet. The CSC is used for improvement of particles momentum identification. The structure of the GEM detectors and the CSC prototype and the results of study of their characteristics are presented. The GEM detectors and CSC are integrated into the BM@N experimental setup and data acquisition system. The results of first tests of the GEM tracking system and CSC in last runs are shortly reviewed.

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