32 research outputs found
The PSD CBM Supermodule Response Study for Hadrons in Momentum Range 2 – 6 GeV/c at CERN Test Beams
The Projectile Spectator Detector (PSD) will be used at the Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) experiment at FAIR to measure the centrality and orientation of the reaction plane in heavy-ion collisions. A study of PSD supermodule response at proton and pion momentum range 2 – 6 GeV has been done at the CERN T10 beam line. The PSD supermodule is 3x3 array of 9 modules. Each module has transverse dimensions of 20x20 cm2 and longitudinal dimension of 5.6 interaction lengths. The modules have sandwich structure of 60 lead/scintillator layers with the sampling ratio 4:1. Light from each scintillator plate is collected by a WLS fiber. Scintillator light from 6 consecutive scintillator plates (one longitudinal section) is detected by a 3x3 mm2 Hamamatsu MPPC placed at the end of the module. In total, 10 MPPCs are used to detect light from 10 longitudinal sections in each module. Preliminary results on the longitudinal profile of energy deposition, linearity of the response and energy resolution of the supermodule are discussed
Development of High Granular Neutron Time-of-Flight Detector for the BM@N experiment
The HGND (High Granular Neutron Detector) is developed for the BM@N (Baryonic
Matter at Nuclotron) experiment on the extracted beam of the Nuclotron at JINR,
Dubna. The HGND will be used to measure the azimuthal flow of neutrons produced
with energies ranging from 300 to 4000 MeV in heavy-ion collisions at beam
energies of 2--4 AGeV. The azimuthal flow of charged particles will be measured
using the BM@N magnet spectrometer. The data on the azimuthal flow of neutrons
will shed light on the study of the high-density Equation of State (EoS) of
isospin-symmetric nuclear matter, which is crucial for studying astrophysical
phenomena such as neutron stars and their mergers. The HGND has a highly
granular structure with approximately 2000 plastic scintillation detectors
(cells), each measuring 442.5 cm. These detectors are
arranged in 16 layers, with 121 detectors in each layer, and are subdivided by
copper absorber plates with a thickness of 3 cm. The light from each cell is
detected with SiPM (Silicon Photomultiplier) with an active area of 66
mm. Developed multi-channel TDC board based on the Kintex FPGA chip with a
bin width of 100 ps will be used to perform precise timestamp and amplitude
measurement using Time-over-Threshold (ToT) method. Good spatial resolution due
to the high granularity together with a cell's time resolution of 100-150 ps
ensures neutron reconstruction with good energy resolution. The design of the
detector as well as the results from test measurements and simulations have
been presented
Measurements of K, Λ , and production in 120 GeV / c p + C interactions
This paper presents multiplicity measurements of K0S, Λ, and ¯Λ produced in 120 GeV/c proton-carbon interactions. The measurements were made using data collected at the NA61/SHINE experiment during two different periods. Decays of these neutral hadrons impact the measured π+, π−, p and ¯p multiplicities in the 120 GeV/c proton-carbon reaction, which are crucial inputs for long-baseline neutrino experiment predictions of neutrino beam flux. The double-differential multiplicities presented here will be used to more precisely measure charged-hadron multiplicities in this reaction, and to reweight neutral hadron production in neutrino beam Monte Carlo simulations
meson production in inelastic p+p interactions at 40 and 80 beam momenta measured by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS
Measurements of K∗(892)0 resonance production via its K+π− decay mode in inelastic p+p collisions at beam momenta 40 and 80 GeV /c (sNN−−−−√=8.8 and 12.3 GeV ) are presented. The data were recorded by the NA61/SHINE hadron spectrometer at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. The template method was used to extract the K∗(892)0 signal. Transverse momentum and rapidity spectra were obtained. The mean multiplicities of K∗(892)0 mesons were found to be (35.1±1.3(stat)±3.6(sys))⋅10−3 at 40 GeV /c and (58.3±1.9(stat)±4.9(sys))⋅10−3 at 80 GeV /c. The NA61/SHINE results are compared with the Epos1.99 and Hadron Resonance Gas models as well as with world data. The transverse mass spectra of K∗(892)0 mesons and other particles previously reported by NA61/SHINE were fitted within the Blast-Wave model. The transverse flow velocities are close to 0.1–0.2 of the speed of light and are significantly smaller than the ones determined in heavy nucleus-nucleus interactions at the same beam momenta
Measurements of , , , , and production in 120 GeV/ p + C interactions
This paper presents multiplicity measurements of charged hadrons produced in
120 GeV/ proton-carbon interactions. The measurements were made using data
collected at the NA61/SHINE experiment during two different data-taking
periods, with increased phase space coverage in the second configuration due to
the addition of new subdetectors. Particle identification via was
employed to obtain double-differential production multiplicities of ,
, , , and . These measurements are presented as a
function of laboratory momentum in intervals of laboratory polar angle covering
the range from 0 to 450 mrad. They provide crucial inputs for current and
future long-baseline neutrino experiments, where they are used to estimate the
initial neutrino flux
Measurement of Hadron Production in -C Interactions at 158 and 350 GeV/c with NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS
We present a measurement of the momentum spectra of , K,
p, , and K produced in interactions of
negatively charged pions with carbon nuclei at beam momenta of 158 and 350
GeV/c. The total production cross sections are measured as well. The data were
collected with the large-acceptance spectrometer of the fixed target experiment
NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS. The obtained double-differential - spectra
provide a unique reference data set with unprecedented precision and large
phase-space coverage to tune models used for the simulation of particle
production in extensive air showers in which pions are the most numerous
projectiles
Measurements of , , and spectra in Ar+Sc collisions at 13 to 150 GeV/
The NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron studies the
onset of deconfinement in strongly interacting matter through a beam energy
scan of particle production in collisions of nuclei of varied sizes. This paper
presents results on inclusive double-differential spectra, transverse momentum
and rapidity distributions and mean multiplicities of , ,
and produced in Ar+Sc collisions at beam momenta of
13, 19, 30, 40, 75 and 150 GeV/. The analysis uses the 10%
most central collisions, where the observed forward energy defines centrality.
The energy dependence of the / ratios as well as of inverse
slope parameters of the transverse mass distributions are placed in
between those found in inelastic + and central Pb+Pb collisions. The
results obtained here establish a system-size dependence of hadron production
properties that so far cannot be explained either within statistical (SMES,
HRG) or dynamical (EPOS, UrQMD, PHSD, SMASH) models
Production of {\pi}+ and K+ mesons in argon-nucleus interactions at 3.2 AGeV
First physics results of the BM@N experiment at the Nuclotron/NICA complex
are presented on {\pi}+ and K+ meson production in interactions of an argon
beam with fixed targets of C, Al, Cu, Sn and Pb at 3.2 AGeV. Transverse
momentum distributions, rapidity spectra and multiplicities of {\pi}+ and K+
mesons are measured. The results are compared with predictions of theoretical
models and with other measurements at lower energies.Comment: 29 pages, 20 figure
Search for the critical point of strongly-interacting matter in Ar + Sc collisions at 150A Ge V /c using scaled factorial moments of protons
The critical point of dense, strongly interacting matter is searched for at the CERN SPS in Ar + Sc collisions at 150A Ge V /c. The dependence of second-order scaled factorial moments of proton multiplicity distribution on the number of subdivisions of transverse momentum space is measured. The intermittency analysis is performed using both transverse momentum and cumulative transverse momentum. For the first time, statistically independent data sets are used for each subdivision number. The obtained results do not indicate any statistically significant intermittency pattern. An upper limit on the fraction of correlated proton pairs and the power of the correlation function is obtained based on a comparison with the Power-law Model developed for this purpose
Measurement of hadron production in π−C interactions at 158 and 350 GeV / c with NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS
We present a measurement of the momentum spectra of π , K, p, Λ, , and K produced in interactions of negatively charged pions with carbon nuclei at beam momenta of 158 and 350 GeV/c. The total production cross sections are measured as well. The data were collected with the large-acceptance spectrometer of the fixed target experiment NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS. The obtained double-differential p−pT spectra provide a unique reference dataset with unprecedented precision and large phase-space coverage to tune models used for the simulation of particle production in extensive air showers in which pions are the most numerous projectiles