2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Development of charge-sensitive trigger system for study of weak production of hyperon
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12640271
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
素粒子・核・宇宙線
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
AJIMURA Shuhei Osaka Univ., Dept. of Phys., Research Associate, 大学院・理学研究科, 助手 (10273575)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAKAGUCHI Atsushi Osaka Univ., Dept. of Phys., Associate Professor, 大学院・理学研究科, 助教授 (70205730)
KISHIMOTO Tadafumi Osaka Univ., Dept. of Phys., Professor, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (90134808)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2001
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| Keywords | Strangeness / Weak Interaction / Trigger counter / Charge sensitive |
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| Research Abstract |
We developed the trigger system used for the experiment at RCNP where we produced Λ hyperon weakly by pn-pΛ reaction. Negative-charged pion emitted by weak decay Λ is the genuine signal of the reaction. Therefore it is necessary to discriminate negative-charged pion from a vast amount of background proton, which has positive charge. We installed two set of plastic counters inside and outside of cylindrical drift chamber. To discriminate negative-charge particles, each segment of the outer counters is tilted respect to the radial direction.
The development has been finished in 2000. In 2001, we developed new type of outer counters. So far, the scintillation light is read out by directly coupled phototubes. In order to extend the acceptance of the counter system, we installed the counters read by the combination of wave-length shifter fiber and multi-anode phototubes. This method has already established and been used for the inner counters. We carried the test experiment on December, 2001 and February, 2002. Although the analysis is still under going, we confirm that we can discriminate negative-charge pion on the trigger level compared to background protons.
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Research Products
(2 results)
