Published October 11, 2009 | Version v1
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High purity pion beam at TRIUMF

Creators

  • 1. TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2A3 (Canada)
  • 2. Physics Department, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA 24061 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1 (Canada)
  • 4. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 (United States)
  • 5. University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, V2N 4Z9 (Canada)
  • 6. Physics Department, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043 (Japan)
  • 7. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000 (United States)

Description

An extension of the TRIUMF M13 low-energy pion channel designed to suppress positrons based on an energy-loss technique is described. A source of beam channel momentum calibration from the decay π+→e+ν is also described.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.08.053

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2009.08.053;
arXiv
arXiv:1001.3121v1;
PII
S0168-9002(09)01659-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
609
Journal Issue
2-3
Journal Page Range
p. 102-105
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41063243
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
CALIBRATION; DECAY; ENERGY LOSSES; PION BEAMS; PIONS PLUS; POSITRONS
Descriptors DEC
ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; BEAMS; BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; LEPTONS; LOSSES; MATTER; MESON BEAMS; MESONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS

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Copyright
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