RT Journal Article
T1 DIRAC: A high resolution spectrometer for pionium detection
A1 DIRAC Collaboration, 
A1 Adeva Andany, Bernardo
A1 Gómez Rodríguez, Faustino
A1 López Aguera, María de los Ángeles
A1 Pló Casasús, Máximo
A1 Romero Vidal, Antonio
A1 Santamarina Ríos, Cibrán
A1 Saborido Silva, Juan José
A1 Vázquez Regueiro, Pablo
A1 Zrelov, P.
K1 DIRAC experiment
K1 Double arm spectrometer
K1 Pion scattering
K1 Experimental techniques
K1 Elementary atom
AB The DIRAC spectrometer has been commissioned at CERN with the aim of detecting π+π− atoms produced by a 24 GeV/c high intensity proton beam in thin foil targets. A challenging apparatus is required to cope with the high interaction rates involved, the triggering of pion pairs with very low relative momentum, and the measurement of the latter with resolution around 0.6 MeV/c. The general characteristics of the apparatus are explained and each part is described in some detail. The main features of the trigger system, data-acquisition, monitoring and setup performances are also given.
PB Elsevier
SN 0168-9002
YR 2003
FD 2003-12-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/39313
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/39313
LA eng
NO Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Volume 515, Issue 3, 11 December 2003, Pages 467-496
NO The Swiss National Science Foundation, the Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia (Spain), under projects AEN96-1671 and AEN99-0488, the PGIDT of Xunta de Galicia (Spain), the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy), the Ministery of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Russia), under project 01-02-17756, the IN2P3 (France), the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology (Greece), the University of Ioannina Research Committee (Greece), the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, grant No. 202/01/0779, and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research No. 07454056, 08044098, 09640376, 11440082, 11694099, 12440069 and 14340079.
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