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SPATIAL FOCUSING OF 1-GeV PROTONS BY A BENT MONOCRYSTAL
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THE INVESTIGATION OF THE DRIFT CHAMBER EFFICIENCY OPERATING IN PURE HYDROGEN AND HELIUM FOR PRESSURES UP TO 9-ATM
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Polarization in quasielastic (p,2p) scattering on a 4He nucleus at 1 GeV
The polarization of secondary protons from the (p, 2p) reaction induced by 1-GeV protons incident to a 4He nucleus was measured in a kinematically complete experiment. By using a two-arm magnetic spectrometer, two secondary protons from this reaction were recorded in coincidence at unequal scattering angles of Θ1 = 18°−24.21° and Θ2 = 53.22° over a broad range of the recoil-nucleus momentum KB between 0 and 150 MeV/c. It was found that the measured polarization of either secondary proton is less than that observed in free elastic proton-proton scattering. The magnitude of this difference is determined by the mean binding energy of s-shell protons rather than by the effective nuclear density. The polarizations measured in inclusive quasielastic and elastic scattering of 1-GeV protons on 4He nuclei are presented for scattering angles in the range Θ1 = 18° − 24.21°.
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Focusing of a 1-GeV proton beam as it is brought into the channeling regime by a curved single crystal
The possibility of focusing high-energy particles by means of bulk capture of particles in the channeling regime is demonstrated experimentally. Protons with energies of 1 GeV, as they were bulk captured by the (111) plane of a curved silicon crystal from an angular interval with FWHM = 7.2 mrad at the exit from the crystal, had an angular divergence with FWHM = 1.6 mrad. The phase space of the beam of channeling particles in this case decreased slightly (by a factor of 1.8).
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High Precision Measurements of the Pion Proton Differential Cross Section
Study of the elastic scattering can produce a rich information on the dynamics of the strong interaction. The EPECUR collaboration is aimed at the research of baryon resonances in the second resonance region via pion-proton elastic scattering and kaon-lambda production. The experiment features high statistics and better than 1 MeV resolution in the invariant mass thus allowing searches for narrow resonances with the coupling to the pi p channel as low as 5%. The experiment is of "formation" type, i.e. the resonances are produced in s-channel and the scan over the invariant mass is done by the variation of the incident pion momentum which is measured with the accuracy of 0.1% with a set of 1 mm pitch proportional chambers located in the first focus of the beam line. The reaction is identified by a magnetless spectrometer based on wire drift chambers with a hexagonal structure. Background suppression in this case depends on the angular resolution, so the amount of matter in the chambers and the setup was minimized to reduce multiple scattering. 
The measurements started in 2009 with the setup optimized for elastic pion-proton scattering. With 3 billions of triggers already recorded the differential cross section of the elastic pi p-scattering on a liquid hydrogen target in the region of the diffraction minimum is measured with statistical accuracy about 1% in 1 MeV steps in terms of the invariant mass. The paper covers the experimental setup, current status and some preliminary results.
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Study of nuclear medium effects on polarization in (p, 2p) scattering at 1 GeV
We report on experimental investigation of the (p, 2p) reactions on nuclei 6Li, 7Li, 12C and 40Ca. In this experiment, polarizations of the secondary protons from the (p, 2p) reactions are measured using 1 GeV proton beam of the PNPI synchrocyclotron. Two final protons from the reaction are detected in coincidence by means of a two-arm magnetic spectrometer at non-symmetric scattering angles. The resolution of the spectrometer on separation energy of 4.5 MeV (FWHM) is enough to distinguish reliably the shell structure of the investigated nuclei. In order to measure polarization of the two secondary protons, both spectrometer arms are equipped with multiwire proportional chamber polarimeters.Strong reduction of polarizations (large depolarization factor) relatively to free pp scattering is observed in the experiment. The 6Li, 7Li P-shell data are interpreted in terms of this reduction being combined with classical phenomenon of the effective polarization calculated with the help of DWIA.For the S-shell protons the depolarization factors are apparently seen not being obscured by the spin-orbit coupling. In case of the 7Li S-shell data the depolarization factors calculated by deviation from IA are found to be ΔP/P=0.31±0.07 and 0.39±0.04 for the scattered and recoil proton polarization, respectively. As estimations show, significant and roughly equal polarization reduction of the two secondary protons with essentially different energies (≈-200 and 800 MeV) can hardly be explained by a trivial nuclear distortion effect like depolarization due to rescatterings in nuclear matter. Measurements with heavier nucleus targets (12C, 40Ca) show that magnitude of the depolarization is a decreasing function of the nuclear density in the part of the nucleus volume which effectively contributes to the pp scattering in a nucleus. An explanation of the observed depolarization might be done in terms of modification of the pp-scattering amplitude in the nuclear meidum.
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Resonance production in two-photon collisions at LEP with the L3 detector
The ee→eeKS0K±π∓, ee→eeηπ+π− and e+e−→e+e−π+π−π+π− final states are studied with the L3 detector at LEP using data collected at center-of-mass energies from 160 GeV up to 202 GeV. The mass spectrum of the KS0K±π∓ final state shows an enhancement around 1470 MeV, which is identified with the pseudoscalar meson η(1440). This state is observed in γγ collisions for the first time and its two-photon width is measured. Clear evidence is also obtained for the formation of the axial vector mesons f1(1420) and f1(1285). In the ηπ+π− channel the f1(1285) is observed, and upper limits for the formation of η(1440) and η(1295) are obtained. The process e+e−→e+e−π+π−π+π− is dominated by ρ0ρ0 production. A spin-parity analysis of the ρ0ρ0 system for Wγγ 3GeV the f2(1270) meson is observed.
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On flavour production in CMS
The LHC provides new opportunities to improve our understanding of the b quark using high statistics data samples and the 14 TeV center-of-mass energy. The prospects to measure the cross section for inclusive b production in events containing jets and at least one muon are presented. Studies of detector systematic effects and theoretical uncertainties are included. QCD aspects of the beauty production are discussed. An outline of the basic vertex reconstruction algorithms used in CMS is given.
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Volume-based Representation of the Magnetic Field
The access to the magnetic field has a large impact on both CPU performance and accuracy of simulation, reconstruction and analysis software. An approach to the magnetic field access based on a volume geometry is described. The volumes are constructed in such a way that their boundaries correspond to field discontinuities, which are due to changes in magnetic permeability of the materials. The field in each volume is continuous. The value of the field at a given point of a volume is obtained by interpolation from a regular grid of values resulting from a TOSCA calculation or, when it is available, from a parameterization. To allow global access to the magnetic field, a volume finding algorithm that exploits explicitly the layout and the symmetries of the detector is used. The main clients of the magnetic field, which are the simulation (GEANT) and the propagation of track parameters and errors in the reconstruction, can be made aware of the magnetic field volumes by connecting the per-volume magnetic field providers to the corresponding volume in the respective geometries. In this way the global volume search is by-passed and the access to the field is sped up significantly.
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Design and Performance of the Alignment System for the CMS Muon Endcaps
The alignment system for the CMS muon endcap detector employs several hundred sensors such as optical 1-D CCD sensors illuminated by lasers and analog distance- and tilt-sensors to monitor the positions of one sixth of 468 large cathode strip chambers. The chambers mounted on the endcap yoke disks undergo substantial deformation on the order of centimeters when the 4 T field is switched on and off. The muon endcap alignment system is required to monitor chamber positions with 75-200 mum accuracy in the Rphi plane, ~400 mum in the radial direction, and ~1 mm in the z-direction along the beam axis. The complete alignment hardware for one of the two endcaps has been installed at CERN. A major system test was performed when the 4 T solenoid magnet was ramped up to full field for the first time in August 2006. We present the overall system design and first results on disk deformations, which indicate that the measurements agree with expectations.
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Prospects for B Physics Measurements using the CMS Detector at the LHC
The LHC provides new opportunities to improve our understanding of the b quark using high statistics data samples and the 14 TeV center-of-mass energy. The prospects to measure the cross section for inclusive b production in events containing jets and at least one muon are presented. Additionally, the feasibility for CMS to measure the mass and the lifetime of the BBc meson and to search for the rare leptonic decay BsB →μμ are presented. Detailed studies of detector systematic effects and theoretical uncertainties are included Presented at XXXIII International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP) July 26 August 2, 2006 Moscow