A broad range spectrometer PIK for medium-energy meson spectroscopy

M. Akei, J. F. Amann, J. Chiba, H. Ejiri, M. Fukuda, T. Fukuda, O. Hashimoto, S. Homma, T. Irie, Y. Iseki, A. Kashitani, S. Kato, K. Kimura, T. Kishimoto, K. Maeda, Y. Matsuyama, J. A. McGill, T. Nagae, H. Nagasawa, C. NagoshiM. Nomachi, H. Noumi, H. Ohsumi, K. Okuda, K. Omata, H. Sano, O. Sasaki, T. Shibata, F. Soga, F. Takeuchi, H. A. Thiessen, S. Toyama, K. H. Tanaka, Y. Yamanoi, N. Yoshikawa

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Abstract

A broad range spectrometer, PIK, has been constructed for the study of Λ hypernuclei via the (π+, K+) reaction. The spectrometer can also be used for nuclear spectroscopy with medium-energy meson beams. It consists of two independent spectrometers: one analyzes the incident beam momentum, and the other determines the momentum of the scattered particle. The latter spectrometer is characterized by a large solid angle of 15-22 msr, a broad range momentum acceptance of 0.55-1.1 GeV/c, a wide angular acceptance of 11°, and a short flight path length of 4.5 m. The scattered particle is identified by the use of silica aerogel Cherenkov counters and Lucite Cherenkov counters and by measuring its time-of-flight. The performance of the spectrometer is examined by the (π+, K+) reaction on a 12C target at Pπ = 1.05 GeV/c and by the (π+, p) reaction on a CH2 target.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)46-56
Number of pages11
JournalNuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Volume283
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1989 Oct 20
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

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