MEASUREMENT OF THE POLARIZATION OF A HIGH-ENERGY MUON BEAM

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作者
ADEVA, B
AHMAD, S
ARVIDSON, A
BADELEK, B
BALLINTIJN, MK
BARDIN, G
BAUM, G
BERGLUND, P
BETEV, L
BIRD, IG
BIRSA, R
BJORKHOLM, P
BONNER, BE
DEBOTTON, N
BOUTEMEUR, M
BRADAMANTE, F
BRESSAN, A
BRULL, A
BUCHANAN, J
BULTMANN, S
BURTIN, E
CAVATA, C
CHEN, JP
CLEMENT, J
CLOCCHIATTI, M
CORCORAN, MD
CRABB, D
CRANSHAW, J
CUHADAR, T
TORRE, SD
VANDANTZIG, R
DAY, D
DEMOLIS, JM
DHAWAN, S
DULYA, C
DUPONT, J
DYRING, A
EICHBLATT, S
FAIVRE, JC
FASCHING, D
FEINSTEIN, F
FERNANDEZ, C
FROIS, B
GARABATOS, C
GARZON, JA
GATIGNON, L
GAUSSIRAN, T
GIORGI, M
VONGOELER, E
GOMEZ, A
机构
[1] CTR ETUD SACLAY,DAPNIA,F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
[2] UNIV BIELEFIELD,DEPT PHYS,D-33615 BIELEFELD 1,GERMANY
[3] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,DEPT PHYS,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024
[4] UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ,INST PARTICLE PHYS,SANTA CRUZ,CA 95064
[5] CERN,CH-1211 GENEVA 23,SWITZERLAND
[6] UNIV FREIBURG,DEPT PHYS,D-79104 FREIBURG,GERMANY
[7] GKSS,D-21494 GEESTHACHT,GERMANY
[8] UNIV HOUSTON,DEPT PHYS,HOUSTON,TX 77204
[9] INST BEAM PARTICLE DYNAM,HOUSTON,TX 77204
[10] JINR,SUPER HIGH ENERGY PHYS LAB,DUBNA,RUSSIA
[11] UNIV MAINZ,INST NUCL PHYS,D-55099 MAINZ,GERMANY
[12] UNIV MONS,FAC SCI,B-7000 MONS,BELGIUM
[13] UNIV MUNICH,DEPT PHYS,D-80799 MUNICH,GERMANY
[14] NAGOYA UNIV,DEPT PHYS,CHIKUSA KU,NAGOYA,AICHI 464,JAPAN
[15] FOM,NIKHEF,1009 AJ AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
[16] NORTHEASTERN UNIV,DEPT PHYS,BOSTON,MA 02115
[17] NORTHWESTERN UNIV,DEPT PHYS,EVANSTON,IL 60208
[18] RICE UNIV,BONNER LAB,HOUSTON,TX 77251
[19] UNIV SANTIAGO,DEPT PARTICLE PHYS,E-15706 SANTIAGO,SPAIN
[20] TEL AVIV UNIV,SCH PHYS,IL-69978 TEL AVIV,ISRAEL
[21] UNIV TRIESTE,DEPT PHYS,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
[22] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-34127 TRIESTE,ITALY
[23] UNIV UPPSALA,DEPT RADIAT SCI,S-75121 UPPSALA,SWEDEN
[24] UNIV VIRGINIA,DEPT PHYS,CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA 22901
[25] UNIV WARSAW,PL-00681 WARSAW,POLAND
[26] SOLTAN INST NUCL STUDIES,PL-00681 WARSAW,POLAND
[27] YALE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,NEW HAVEN,CT 06511
[28] BOGAZICI UNIV,ISTANBUL,TURKEY
[29] MIYAZAKI UNIV,MIYAZAKI 88921,JAPAN
[30] UNIV HONDURAS,DEPT PHYS,TEGUCIGALPA,HONDURAS
[31] UNIV BUENOS AIRES,DEPT PHYS,RA-1428 BUENOS AIRES,ARGENTINA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0168-9002(94)90213-5
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A muon beam polarimeter has been built for the SMC experiment at the CERN SPS, for muon energies of 100 to 200 GeV. The beam polarisation is determined from the energy spectrum of positrons from the decay mu+ --> e+ nu(e)numuBAR. A polarisation of -0.82 is measured with a relative systematic accuracy of 3%.
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页码:363 / 373
页数:11
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