2 research outputs found
Production Asymmetry Measurement of High Xt Hadrons in pp Collisions at 40 GeV
Single-spin asymmetries for hadrons have been measured in collisions of
transversely-polarized 40 GeV/c proton beam with an unpolarized liquid hydrogen
target. The asymmetries were measured for pi+-, K+-, protons and antiprotons,
produced in the central region (0.02 < Xf < 0.10 and 0.7 < Pt < 3.4 GeV/c).
Asymmetries for pi+-, K+- and antiprotons show within measurement errors the
linear dependence on Xt and change a sign near 0.37. For protons negative
asymmetry, independent of Xt has been found. The results are compared with
those of other experiments and SU(6) model predictions.Comment: 25 pages (Latex), 12 Postscript figure
Studies of the Response of the Prototype CMS Hadron Calorimeter, Including Magnetic Field Effects, to Pion, Electron, and Muon Beams
We report on the response of a prototype CMS hadron calorimeter module to
charged particle beams of pions, muons, and electrons with momenta up to 375
GeV/c. The data were taken at the H2 and H4 beamlines at CERN in 1995 and 1996.
The prototype sampling calorimeter used copper absorber plates and scintillator
tiles with wavelength shifting fibers for readout. The effects of a magnetic
field of up to 3 Tesla on the response of the calorimeter to muons, electrons,
and pions are presented, and the effects of an upstream lead tungstate crystal
electromagnetic calorimeter on the linearity and energy resolution of the
combined calorimetric system to hadrons are evaluated. The results are compared
with Monte Carlo simulations and are used to optimize the choice of total
absorber depth, sampling frequency, and longitudinal readout segmentation.Comment: 89 pages, 41 figures, to be published in NIM, corresponding author: P
de Barbaro, [email protected]