Measurement of the SMC muon beam polarisation using the asymmetry in the elastic scattering off polarised electrons

Authors
Adams, D Adeva, B Akdogan, T Arik, E Arvidson, A Badelek, B Bardin, G Baum, G Berglund, P Betev, L Birsa, R Bjorkholm, P Bonner, BE de Botton, N Boutemeur, M Bradamante, F Bravar, A Bressan, A Bultmann, S Burtin, E Cavata, C Clocchiatti, M Crabb, D Cranshaw, J Cuhadar, T Dalla Torre, S van Dantzig, R Derro, B Deshpande, A Dhawan, S Dulya, C Dyring, A Eichblatt, S Faivre, JC Fasching, D Feinstein, F Fernandez, C Forthmann, S Frois, B Gallas, A Garzon, JA Gatignon, L Gaussiran, T Gilly, H Giorgi, M von Goeler, E Goertz, S Golutvin, IA Gracia, G de Groot, N Perdekamp, MG Haft, K von Harrach, D Hasegawa, T Hautle, P Hayashi, N Heusch, CA Horikawa, N Hughes, VW Igo, G Ishimoto, S Iwata, T Kabuss, EM Kageya, T Karev, A Kessler, HJ Ketel, TJ Kiryluk, J Kiryushin, I Kishi, A Kisselev, Y Klostermann, L Kramer, D Krivokhijine, V Kroger, W Kukhtin, V Kurek, K Kyynarainen, J Lamanna, M Landgraf, U Le Goff, JM Lehar, F de Lesquen, A Lichtenstadt, J Lindqvist, T Litmaath, M Lowe, M Magnon, A Mallot, GK Marie, F Martin, A Martino, J Matsuda, T Mayes, B McCarthy, JS Medved, K Meyer, W van Middelkoop, G Miller, D Miyachi, Y Mori, K Moromisato, J Nagaitsev, A Nassalski, J Naumann, L Niinikoski, TO Oberski, JEJ Ogawa, A Ozben, C Pereira, H Perrot-Kunne, F Peshekhonov, D Piegaia, R Pinsky, L Platchkov, S Plo, M Pose, D Postma, H Pretz, J Pussieux, T Radel, G Rijllart, A Reicherz, G Roberts, JB Rock, S Rodriguez, M Rondio, E Ropelewski, L Sabo, I Saborido, J Sandacz, A Savin, I Schiavon, P Schiller, A Schuler, KP Seitz, R Semertzidis, Y Sergeev, S Shanahan, P Sichtermann, EP Simeoni, F Smirnov, GI Staude, A Steinmetz, A Stiegler, U Stuhrmann, H Szleper, M Tessarotto, F Thers, D Tlaczala, W Tripet, A Unel, G Velasco, M Vogt, J Voss, R Whitten, C Windmolders, R Willumeit, R Wislicki, W Witzmann, A Ylostalo, J Zanetti, AM Zaremba, K Zamiatin, NI Zhao, J
Citation
D. Adams et al., Measurement of the SMC muon beam polarisation using the asymmetry in the elastic scattering off polarised electrons, NUCL INST A, 443(1), 2000, pp. 1-19
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
443
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1 - 19
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20000321)443:1<1:MOTSMB>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A muon beam polarimeter was built for the SMC experiment at the CERN SPS, f or beam energies of 100 and 190 GeV. The beam polarisation is determined fr om the asymmetry in the elastic scattering off the polarised electrons of a ferromagnetic target whose magnetisation is periodically reversed. At muon energies of 100 and 190 GeV the measured polarisation is P-mu = -0.80 +/- 0.03 (stat.) +/- 0.02 (syst.) and P-mu = - 0.797 +/- 0.011 (stat.) +/- 0.01 2 (syst.), respectively. These results agree with measurements of the beam polarisation using a shape analysis of the decay positron energy spectrum. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.