A COMPACT RANGE TELESCOPE FOR K+ MEASUREMENTS

Authors
BERG M CARLEN L ELMER R JAKOBSSON B NOREN B OSKARSSON A ERICSSON G JULIEN J NYBO K THORSTEINSEN TF BELLINI V GUTTORMSEN M LOVHOIDEN G
Citation
M. Berg et al., A COMPACT RANGE TELESCOPE FOR K+ MEASUREMENTS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 381(2-3), 1996, pp. 267-274
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
381
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
267 - 274
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)381:2-3<267:ACRTFK>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We present range telescopes for measurements of low energy K+ mesons t ogether with first in-beam results. The hardware trigger, based on the observation of the mu(+) from the K+ --> mu(-) + nu(mu) decay channel , is designed for subthreshold hadron-nucleus and heavy ion reactions, where the kaon fraction of the total number of charged particles is m uch less than 10(-4). The geometrical efficiency is similar to 15% and the total efficiency similar to 4% for K+ registration in the present version of the detector.