166 research outputs found
Study of Rare B Meson Decays at Belle
In this paper, we briefly review results on rare decays of mesons from
the Belle experiment, based on 10.4 fb data collected on the
(4S) resonance. The topics include measurements of Cabibbo suppressed
decays , charmless two-body decays ,
, and , and a search for
flavor changing neutral current decays .Comment: 21 pages, 8 figures, Contribution to the Proceedings of the 4th
International Workshop on B Physics and CP Violation (BCP4), February 19-23,
2001, Ise-Shima, Japa
Study of a nonhomogeneous aerogel radiator in a proximity focusing RICH detector
The use of a nonhomogeneous aerogel radiator, i.e. one consisting of layers
with different refractive indices, has been shown to improve the resolution of
the Cherenkov angle measured with a proximity focusing RICH detector. In order
to obtain further information on the performance of such a detector, a simple
model has been used to calculate the resolution and search for optimal radiator
parameters.Comment: Submitted to Nucl. Instr. Met
The Event Timing Finder for the Central Drift Chamber Level-1 Trigger at the Belle II experiment
The level-1 trigger system of the Belle II experiment is designed to select physics events of interest with almost 100% efficiency for hadronic events. In terms of event timing decision, the level-1 trigger is required to have an accuracy of less than 10 ns. The Central Drift Chamber (CDC) level-1 trigger provides the event timing information as one of the level-1 timing sources. We developed the new algorithm to measure the event timing with an accuracy of about 10 ns based on the CDC hit timing. Two-dimensional charged track reconstruction by Hough transformation was utilized to reduce high background hits. We used a new-developed general-purpose FPGA board (Universal Trigger board 4) for this module for the first time. We report the performance of the new algorithm using ee collision data collected in 2020
Development of a multi-pixel photon sensor with single-photon sensitivity
A multi-pixel photon sensor with single-photon sensitivity has been
developed, based on a technology of a hybrid photo-detector (HPD) consisting of
a photocathode and a multi-pixel avalanche diode (MP-AD). The developed HPD has
a proximity focused structure, where a photocathode and an MP-AD are facing
each other with a small gap of 2.5 mm. The MP-AD, which has an effective area
of 16x16 mm2 composed of 8x8 pixels, has been specially designed for the HPD.
The gain of the HPD reaches 5x10^4, sufficiently high to detect single photons
with a timing resolution better than 100 ps. Number of photoelectrons up to
four can be clearly identified in a pulse-height spectrum as distinct peaks,
thanks to the low noise characteristics of the HPD. It is also demonstrated
that the HPD can be operated with good performance in a magnetic field as high
as 1.5 TComment: 39 pages, 22 figures, submitted to Nucl. Intr. and Meth.
Production of doubly strange hypernuclei via {\Xi}- doorways in the 16O(K-, K+) reaction at 1.8 GeV/c
We examine theoretically production of doubly strange hypernuclei, 16 {\Xi}-C
and 16 {\Lambda}{\Lambda}C, in doublecharge exchange 16O(K-, K+) reactions
using a distorted-wave impulse approximation. The inclusive K+ spectrum at the
incident momentum pK- = 1.8 GeV/c and scattering angle {\theta}lab = 0^{\circ}
is estimated in a one-step mechanism, K-p \to K+{\Xi}- via {\Xi}- doorways
caused by a {\Xi}-p-{\Lambda}{\Lambda} coupling. The calculated spectrum in the
{\Xi}- bound region indicates that the integrated cross sections are on the
order of 7-12 nb/sr for significant 1- excited states with 14C(0+, 2+) \otimes
s{\Lambda}p{\Lambda} configurations in 16 {\Lambda}{\Lambda}C via the doorway
states of the spin-stretched 15N(1/2-, 3/2-) \otimes s{\Xi}- in 16 {\Xi}-C due
to a high momentum transfer q{\Xi}- \approx 400 MeV/c. The {\Xi}- admixture
probabilities of these states are on the order of 5-9%. However, populations of
the 0+ ground state with 14C(0+) \otimes s2{\Lambda} and the 2+ excited state
with 14C(2+) \otimes s2 {\Lambda} are very small. The sensitivity of the
spectrum on the {\Xi}N-{\Lambda}{\Lambda} coupling strength enables us to
extract the nature of {\Xi}N-{\Lambda}{\Lambda} dynamics in nuclei, and the
nuclear (K-, K+) reaction can extend our knowledge of the S = -2 world.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
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