19 research outputs found
Synchrotron radiation based beam diagnostics at the Fermilab Tevatron
Synchrotron radiation has been used for many years as a beam diagnostic at
electron accelerators. It is not normally associated with proton accelerators
as the intensity of the radiation is too weak to make detection practical.
However, if one utilizes the radiation originating near the edge of a bending
magnet, or from a short magnet, the rapidly changing magnetic field serves to
enhance the wavelengths shorter than the cutoff wavelength, which for more
recent high energy proton accelerators such as Fermilab's Tevatron, tends to be
visible light. This paper discusses the implementation at the Tevatron of two
devices. A transverse beam profile monitor images the synchrotron radiation
coming from the proton and antiproton beams separately and provides profile
data for each bunch. A second monitor measures the low-level intensity of beam
in the abort gaps which poses a danger to both the accelerator's
superconducting magnets and the silicon detectors of the high energy physics
experiments. Comparisons of measurements from the profile monitor to
measurements from the flying wire profile systems are presented as are a number
of examples of the application of the profile and abort gap intensity
measurements to the modelling of Tevatron beam dynamics
Experimental study of the e+e- -> pi0 gamma process in the energy region sqrt(s)=0.60-0.97 GeV
Results of the study of the e+e-->pi0 gamma process with SND detector at
VEPP-2M collider in the c.m.s. energy range sqrt(s)=0.60-0.97 GeV are
presented. Using 36513 selected events corresponding to a total integrated
luminosity of 3.4 pb^-1 the e+e-->pi0 gamma cross section was measured. The
energy dependence of the cross section was analyzed in the framework of the
vector meson dominance model. The data are well described by a sum of
phi,omega,rho0->pi0 gamma decay contributions with measured decay
probabilities: Br(omega->pi0 gamma)=(9.34+-0.15+-0.31)% and Br(rho0->pi0
gamma)=(5.15+-1.16+-0.73)*10^-4 . The rho-omega relative interference phase is
phi(rho,omega}=(-10.2+-6.5+-2.5) degree
Measurement of omega meson parameters in pi^+pi^-pi^0 decay mode with CMD-2
About 11 200 e^+e^- -> omega -> pi^+pi^-pi^0 events selected in the center of
mass energy range from 760 to 810 MeV were used for the measurement of the
\omega meson parameters. The following results have been obtained: sigma
_{0}=(1457 \pm 23 \pm 19)nb, m_{\omega}=(782.71 \pm 0.07 \pm 0.04) MeV/c^{2},
\Gamma_{\omega}=(8.68 \pm 0.23 \pm 0.10) MeV,
\Gamma_{e^+e^-}\cdot Br (\omega -> pi^+pi^-pi^0)=
(0.528 \pm 0.012 \pm 0.007) \cdot 10^{-3} MeV.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figure
Cross section of the reaction below 1 GeV at CMD-2
Using 3.07 of data collected in the energy range 0.60-0.97 GeV by
CMD-2, about 150 events of the process \epm \to \pch have been selected. The
energy dependence of the cross section agrees with the assumption of the
intermediate state which is dominant above 1 GeV. For the first
time \fourpi events are observed at the meson energy. Under the
assumption that all these events come from the meson decay, the value of
the cross section at the meson peak corresponds to the following decay
width:
\Gamma(\rho^0 \to \fourpi) = (2.8 \pm 1.4 \pm 0.5) {keV} or to the branching
ratio
B(\rho^0 \to \fourpi) = (1.8 \pm 0.9 \pm 0.3) \cdot 10 ^{-5}.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure
Search for the radiative decay in the SND experiment at VEPP-2M
The decay was investigated by the SND detector
at VEPP-2M collider in the reaction .
Here we present the results and some details of this study. We report an upper
limit (90% c.l.) as our
final result. Our upper limit does not contradict the earlier measurement by
GAMS spectrometer. To facilitate future studies a rather detailed review of the
problem is also given.Comment: 24 pages, 6 figures, LaTex. To be published in Nucl. Phys.
Observation of the conversion decay at CMD-2
Using 15.1^{-1} of data collected by CMD-2 in the -meson energy range,
the branching ratio of the conversion decay has been
measured for the first time: B(\phi\to\pi^0e^+e^-) = (1.22 \pm 0.34 \pm 0.21)
\cdot 10 ^{-5}.Comment: 13 pages, 6 PostScript figures, uses refmerge.sty. To be published in
Phys. Lett.
Study of the Process e+ e- --> omega pi0 --> pi0 pi0 gamma in c.m. Energy Range 920--1380 MeV at CMD-2
The cross section of the process e+ e- --> omega pi0 --> pi0 pi0 gamma has
been measured in the c.m. energy range 920-1380 MeV with the CMD-2 detector.
Its energy dependence is well described by the interference of the rho(770) and
rho'(1450) mesons decaying to omega pi0. Upper limits for the cross sections of
the direct processes e+ e- --> pi0 pi0 gamma, eta pi0 gamma have been set.Comment: Accepted for publication in PL
Investigation of the reaction in the energy domain near the -meson
The process was investigated
in the SND experiment at the VEPP-2M collider. A narrow energy interval near
the -meson was scanned. The observed cross-section reveals, at the level
of three standard deviation, the interference effect caused by decay. The cross-section parameters, as well as the real and
imaginary parts of the -meson related amplitude, were measured.Comment: 34 pages, 7 figures, LaTeX, uses FEYNMAN package. Erroneously
reported C_{12} coefficient corrected (an error discovered in
hep-ph/0603241). in the published version Nucl. Phys. B569(2000), 158 this
coefficient is reported incorrectl
Project of VEPP-2000 electron-positron collider
The status of VEPP-2M collider is presented. Implementation of Round Colliding Beams (RCB) concept in the new collider VEPP-2M is outlined, potential advantages of RCB over the flat colliding beams are discussed. The main desing parameters and features of this VEPP-2000 collider are reported
New measurement of the rare decay with CMD-2
A new measurement of the rare decay \phi \to \eta' \gamma performed with the
CMD-2 detector at Novosibirsk is described. Of the data sample corresponding to
the integrated luminosity of 14.5 pb^{-1}, twenty one events have been selected
in the mode \eta'\to\pi^+\pi^-\eta, \eta\to\gamma\gamma. The following
branching ratio was obtained: B(\phi \to \eta' \gamma) = (8.2^{+2.1}_{-1.9} \pm
1.1) 10^{-5}.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, LaTe