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The PHENIX Experiment at RHIC
The physics emphases of the PHENIX collaboration and the design and current
status of the PHENIX detector are discussed. The plan of the collaboration for
making the most effective use of the available luminosity in the first years of
RHIC operation is also presented.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure. Further details of the PHENIX physics program
available at http://www.rhic.bnl.gov/phenix
Track reconstruction and matching between emulsion and silicon pixel detectors for the SHiP-charm experiment
In July 2018 an optimization run for the proposed charm cross section measurement for SHiP was performed at the CERN SPS. A heavy, moving target instrumented with nuclear emulsion films followed by a silicon pixel tracker was installed in front of the Goliath magnet at the H4 proton beam-line. Behind the magnet, scintillating-fibre, drift-tube and RPC detectors were placed. The purpose of this run was to validate the measurement's feasibility, to develop the required analysis tools and fine-tune the detector layout. In this paper, we present the track reconstruction in the pixel tracker and the track matching with the moving emulsion detector. The pixel detector performed as expected and it is shown that, after proper alignment, a vertex matching rate of 87% is achieved.Peer Reviewe
Measurement of the muon flux from 400 GeV/c protons interacting in a thick molybdenum/tungsten target
The SHiP experiment is proposed to search for very weakly interacting particles beyond the Standard Model which are produced in a 400 GeV/c proton beam dump at the CERN SPS. About 1011 muons per spill will be produced in the dump. To design the experiment such that the muon-induced background is minimized, a precise knowledge of the muon spectrum is required. To validate the muon flux generated by our Pythia and GEANT4 based Monte Carlo simulation (FairShip), we have measured the muon flux emanating from a SHiP-like target at the SPS. This target, consisting of 13 interaction lengths of slabs of molybdenum and tungsten, followed by a 2.4 m iron hadron absorber was placed in the H4 400 GeV/c proton beam line. To identify muons and to measure the momentum spectrum, a spectrometer instrumented with drift tubes and a muon tagger were used. During a 3-week period a dataset for analysis corresponding to (3.27±0.07) à 1011 protons on target was recorded. This amounts to approximatively 1% of a SHiP spill
Track reconstruction and matching between emulsion and silicon pixel detectors for the SHiP-charm experiment
In July 2018 an optimization run for the proposed charm cross section measurement for SHiP was performed at the CERN SPS. A heavy, moving target instrumented with nuclear emulsion films followed by a silicon pixel tracker was installed in front of the Goliath magnet at the H4 proton beam-line. Behind the magnet, scintillating-fibre, drift-tube and RPC detectors were placed. The purpose of this run was to validate the measurement's feasibility, to develop the required analysis tools and fine-tune the detector layout. In this paper, we present the track reconstruction in the pixel tracker and the track matching with the moving emulsion detector. The pixel detector performed as expected and it is shown that, after proper alignment, a vertex matching rate of 87% is achieved
Statistical modeling of a large network of nanosatellites
Đ Đ°ŃŃĐŒĐ°ŃŃĐžĐČĐ°Đ”ŃŃŃ ŃŃĐ°ŃĐžŃŃĐžŃĐ”ŃĐșĐŸĐ” ĐŒĐŸĐŽĐ”Đ»ĐžŃĐŸĐČĐ°ĐœĐžĐ” ŃĐ”ŃĐ”Đč ĐœĐ°ĐœĐŸŃĐżŃŃĐœĐžĐșĐŸĐČ (ĐĐĄ),
ĐœĐ” ĐŸĐ±Đ»Đ°ĐŽĐ°ŃŃĐžŃ
ŃĐżŃĐ°ĐČĐ»Đ”ĐœĐžĐ”ĐŒ ĐŽĐČĐžĐ¶Đ”ĐœĐžŃ ŃĐ”ĐœŃŃĐ° ĐŒĐ°ŃŃ, Đž ĐżĐŸŃŃĐŸĐŒŃ ŃĐ»ŃŃĐ°ĐčĐœŃĐŒ ĐŸĐ±ŃĐ°Đ·ĐŸĐŒ
ŃĐ°ŃĐżŃĐ”ĐŽĐ”Đ»Đ”ĐœĐœŃŃ
ĐČ Đ·Đ°ĐŽĐ°ĐœĐœĐŸĐč Đ·ĐŸĐœĐ” ĐŸĐ±ŃĐ»ŃжОĐČĐ°ĐœĐžŃ ĐŒĐ”Đ¶ĐČĐžŃĐșĐŸĐČĐŸĐłĐŸ ĐžĐœŃĐ”ŃĐČала ŃŃĐ°ŃŃŃ ĐŸŃбОŃŃ.
ĐŃĐŸ ĐŒĐŸĐŽĐ”Đ»ĐžŃĐŸĐČĐ°ĐœĐžĐ” ĐżŃĐŸĐČĐŸĐŽĐžŃŃŃ ĐœĐ° ĐșĐČĐ°ĐŽŃĐ°ŃĐœŃŃ
ĐŒĐ°ŃŃĐžŃĐ°Ń
, ĐșĐ°Đș ĐŒĐŸĐŽĐ”Đ»Đž Đ·ĐŸĐœŃ
ĐŸĐ±ŃĐ»ŃжОĐČĐ°ĐœĐžŃ, ĐŒĐ”ŃĐŸĐŽĐ°ĐŒĐž ŃĐ”ĐŸŃОО пДŃĐșĐŸĐ»ŃŃОО. ĐĐČĐ”ĐŽĐ”ĐœĐŸ ĐżĐŸĐœŃŃОД ĐżŃĐŸĐłŃĐ°ĐŒĐŒĐžŃŃĐ”ĐŒĐŸĐč
пДŃĐșĐŸĐ»ŃŃОО Đ·ĐŸĐœŃ ĐŸĐ±ŃĐ»ŃжОĐČĐ°ĐœĐžŃ, ĐșĐŸŃĐŸŃĐ°Ń ŃДалОзŃĐ”ŃŃŃ ĐČ ĐŽĐČĐ” ŃĐ°Đ·Ń. ЧОŃĐ»Đ”ĐœĐœĐŸ Ń
ĐžŃĐżĐŸĐ»ŃĐ·ĐŸĐČĐ°ĐœĐžĐ”ĐŒ ŃДзŃĐ»ŃŃĐ°ŃĐŸĐČ ŃŃĐ°ŃĐžŃŃĐžŃĐ”ŃĐșĐŸĐłĐŸ ĐŒĐŸĐŽĐ”Đ»ĐžŃĐŸĐČĐ°ĐœĐžŃ ĐŽĐČŃŃ
ŃĐ°Đ·ĐœŃŃ
ĐŸĐżĐ”ŃĐ°ŃĐžĐč
ĐżĐŸĐ»ŃŃĐ”ĐœĐŸ Đ·ĐœĐ°ŃĐ”ĐœĐžĐ” ĐșĐŸĐœŃĐ”ĐœŃŃĐ°ŃОО ĐĐĄ ŃŃĐŸŃ
Đ°ŃŃĐžŃĐ”ŃĐșĐŸĐč ĐŸŃĐœĐŸĐČŃ, ĐŸĐ±Đ”ŃпДŃĐžĐČĐ°ŃŃДД
ĐŒĐžĐœĐžĐŒŃĐŒ ŃŃĐŒĐŒĐ°ŃĐœŃŃ
Đ·Đ°ŃŃĐ°Ń.//We analyzed the statistical modeling of networks of nanosatellites do not have
control of the motion of the center of mass, and therefore randomly distributed in a given
service zone of interturn interval of a trace of the orbit. This simulation is carried out on square
matrices, as models of the service zone, by methods of percolation theory. We introduced the
concept of programmable percolation of service zone, which is implemented in two
phases.Using statistical modeling of two-phase operationswe find value of the concentration of
nanosatellitesof the stochastic basis, providing a minimum total costs
Analytical and numerical modeling of clusters of objects in a random environment
Đ Đ°ŃŃĐŒĐ°ŃŃĐžĐČĐ°Đ”ŃŃŃ ŃĐ”ŃĐ”ĐœĐžĐ” Đ·Đ°ĐŽĐ°ŃĐž Đ·ĐŸĐœĐŽĐžŃĐŸĐČĐ°ĐœĐžŃ ĐœĐ”ĐșĐŸŃĐŸŃĐŸĐč Đ·ĐŸĐœŃ ŃĐŸĐ”ĐŒ
ŃĐ»ŃŃĐ°ĐčĐœĐŸ ŃĐ°ŃĐżŃĐ”ĐŽĐ”Đ»Đ”ĐœĐœŃŃ
ĐŸĐ±ŃĐ”ĐșŃĐŸĐČ. ĐĐ»Ń ŃŃĐŸĐłĐŸ ŃŃДбŃĐ”ŃŃŃ ĐžĐ·ŃŃĐ”ĐœĐžĐ” ŃŃĐ°ŃĐžŃŃĐžŃĐ”ŃĐșĐžŃ
ĐŸŃĐŸĐ±Đ”ĐœĐœĐŸŃŃĐ”Đč ĐŸĐ±ŃĐ°Đ·ĐŸĐČĐ°ĐœĐžŃ ĐșлаŃŃĐ”ŃĐŸĐČ ĐžĐ· ŃĐ°ĐČĐœĐŸĐŒĐ”ŃĐœĐŸ ŃĐ°ŃĐżŃĐ”ĐŽĐ”Đ»Đ”ĐœĐœŃŃ
ĐŸĐ±ŃĐ”ĐșŃĐŸĐČ ŃĐŸŃ Ń
ŃДлŃŃ ĐżĐŸĐžŃĐșĐ° ŃĐ°ĐșĐŸĐč ĐșĐŸĐœŃĐ”ĐœŃŃĐ°ŃОО ĐŸĐ±ŃĐ”ĐșŃĐŸĐČ ĐČ Đ·ĐŸĐœĐ” Đ·ĐŸĐœĐŽĐžŃĐŸĐČĐ°ĐœĐžŃ, ĐżŃĐž ĐșĐŸŃĐŸŃĐŸĐč
ĐșĐŸĐ»ĐžŃĐ”ŃŃĐČĐŸ ŃĐ»ŃŃĐ°ĐčĐœŃŃ
ĐșлаŃŃĐ”ŃĐŸĐČ Đ±ŃĐŽĐ”Ń ĐŒĐ°ĐșŃĐžĐŒĐ°Đ»ŃĐœĐŸ. ĐĐŸĐ»ŃŃĐ”ĐœŃ ŃĐŸĐŸŃĐČĐ”ŃŃŃĐČŃŃŃОД
Đ°ĐœĐ°Đ»ĐžŃĐžŃĐ”ŃĐșОД Đ·Đ°ĐČĐžŃĐžĐŒĐŸŃŃĐž. // The solution of the problem of sensing a certain zone of sensing by a swarm of
randomly distributed objects is considered. This requires the study of the statistical
characteristics of the formation of clusters from uniformly distributed swarm objects in order to
search for such a concentration of objects in the zone of sensing at which the number of
random clusters will be maximized. The problems of finding the optimal size of a swarm to a
given zone of sensing and the size of the zone of sensing for a given swarm are considered
The experimental facility for the Search for Hidden Particles at the CERN SPS
The Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) Collaboration has shown that the CERN SPS accelerator with its 400 GeV/c proton beam offers a unique opportunity to explore the Hidden Sector [1-3]. The proposed experiment is an intensity frontier experiment which is capable of searching for hidden particles through both visible decays and through scattering signatures from recoil of electrons or nuclei. The high-intensity experimental facility developed by the SHiP Collaboration is based on a number of key features and developments which provide the possibility of probing a large part of the parameter space for a wide range of models with light long-lived super-weakly interacting particles with masses up to (10) GeV/c2 in an environment of extremely clean background conditions. This paper describes the proposal for the experimental facility together with the most important feasibility studies. The paper focuses on the challenging new ideas behind the beam extraction and beam delivery, the proton beam dump, and the suppression of beam-induced background
Measurement of the muon flux from 400 GeV/c protons interacting in a thick molybdenum/tungsten target
The SHiP experiment is proposed to search for very weakly interacting particles beyond the Standard Model which are produced in a 400 GeV/c proton beam dump at the CERN SPS. About 1011muons per spill will be produced in the dump. To design the experiment such that the muon-induced background is minimized, a precise knowledge of the muon spectrum is required. To validate the muon flux generated by our Pythia and GEANT4 based Monte Carlo simulation (FairShip), we have measured the muon flux emanating from a SHiP-like target at the SPS. This target, consisting of 13 interaction lengths of slabs of molybdenum and tungsten, followed by a 2.4 m iron hadron absorber was placed in the H4 400 GeV/c proton beam line. To identify muons and to measure the momentum spectrum, a spectrometer instrumented with drift tubes and a muon tagger were used. During a 3-week period a dataset for analysis corresponding to (3.27 +/- 0.07)x1011protons on target was recorded. This amounts to approximatively 1% of a SHiP spill
Measurement of the muon flux for the SHiP experiment
The SHiP experiment will search for very weakly interacting particles beyond the Standard Model which are produced in a 400 \GeV/ proton beam dump at the CERN SPS. About muons per spill will be produced in the dump. To design the experiment such that the muon-induced background is minimized, a precise knowledge of the muon spectrum is required. To validate the muon flux generated by our Pythia and GEANT4 based Monte Carlo simulation (FairShip), we have measured the muon flux emanating from a SHiP-like target at the SPS. This target, consisting of 13 interaction lengths of slabs of molybdenum and tungsten, followed by a 2.4 m iron hadron absorber was placed in the H4 400~\GeV/ proton beam line. To identify muons and to measure the momentum spectrum, a spectrometer instrumented with drift tubes and a muon tagger were used. During a three-week period a dataset for analysis corresponding to protons on target was recorded. This amounts to approximatively 1\% of a SHiP spill
The SHiP experiment at the proposed CERN SPS Beam Dump Facility
International audienceThe Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) Collaboration has proposed a general-purpose experimental facility operating in beam-dump mode at the CERN SPS accelerator to search for light, feebly interacting particles. In the baseline configuration, the SHiP experiment incorporates two complementary detectors. The upstream detector is designed for recoil signatures of light dark matter (LDM) scattering and for neutrino physics, in particular with tau neutrinos. It consists of a spectrometer magnet housing a layered detector system with high-density LDM/neutrino target plates, emulsion-film technology and electronic high-precision tracking. The total detector target mass amounts to about eight tonnes. The downstream detector system aims at measuring visible decays of feebly interacting particles to both fully reconstructed final states and to partially reconstructed final states with neutrinos, in a nearly background-free environment. The detector consists of a 50 long decay volume under vacuum followed by a spectrometer and particle identification system with a rectangular acceptance of 5Â m in width and 10Â m in height. Using the high-intensity beam of 400 protons, the experiment aims at profiting from the protons per year that are currently unexploited at the SPS, over a period of 5â10 years. This allows probing dark photons, dark scalars and pseudo-scalars, and heavy neutral leptons with GeV-scale masses in the direct searches at sensitivities that largely exceed those of existing and projected experiments. The sensitivity to light dark matter through scattering reaches well below the dark matter relic density limits in the range from a few up to 100Â MeV-scale masses, and it will be possible to study tau neutrino interactions with unprecedented statistics. This paper describes the SHiP experiment baseline setup and the detector systems, together with performance results from prototypes in test beams, as it was prepared for the 2020 Update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics. The expected detector performance from simulation is summarised at the end