The high-intensity hyperon beam at CERN

Yu A. Alexandrov, M. Clement, F. Dropmann, A. Fournier, P. Grafström, E. Hubbard, S. Paul, L. Schmitt, H. W. Siebert, A. Trombini, M. Zavertiaev

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Abstract

A high-intensity hyperon beam was constructed at CERN to deliver Σ- to experiment WA89 at the Omega facility and operated from 1989 to 1994. The setup allowed rapid changeover between hyperon and conventional hadron beam configurations. The beam provided a Σ- flux of 1.4 x 105 per burst at mean momenta between 330 and 345 GeV/c produced by about 3 x 1010 protons of 450 GeV/c. At the experiment target the beam had a Σ-- ratio close to 0.4 and a size of 1.6 x 3.7cm2. The beam particle trajectories and their momenta were measured with a scintillating fibre hodoscope in the beam channel and a silicon microstrip detector at the exit of the channel. A fast transition radiation detector was used to identify the pion component of the beam.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)359-372
Number of pages14
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume408
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 May 1998

Keywords

  • Σ and Ξ production
  • Hyperon beam
  • Hyperon production

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