Published April 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Luminosity spectrum reconstruction at linear colliders

  • 1. CERN, Geneva 23 (Switzerland)

Description

A good knowledge of the luminosity spectrum is mandatory for many measurements at future e+e- colliders. As the beam-parameters determining the luminosity spectrum cannot be measured precisely, the luminosity spectrum has to be measured through a gauge process with the detector. The measured distributions, used to reconstruct the spectrum, depend on Initial State Radiation, cross-section, and Final State Radiation. To extract the basic luminosity spectrum, a parametric model of the luminosity spectrum is created, in this case the spectrum at the 3 TeV compact linear collider. The model is used within a reweighting technique to extract the luminosity spectrum from measured Bhabha event observables, taking all relevant effects into account. The centre-of-mass energy spectrum is reconstructed within 5 % over the full validity range of the model. The reconstructed spectrum does not result in a significant bias or systematic uncertainty in the exemplary physics benchmark process of smuon pair production. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2833-3

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 1-21
ISSN
1434-6044