TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and commissioning of the GSI pion beam
AU - Diaz, J
AU - Yahlali, N
AU - Ardid, M
AU - Alvarez, M
AU - Avdeichikov, Vladimir
AU - Bokemeyer, H
AU - Carlén, Lars
AU - Franczak, B
AU - Hartmann, O
AU - Jakobsson, Bo
AU - Koenig, W
AU - Leinberger, U
AU - Lommel, B
AU - Metag, V
AU - Murin, YA
AU - Mittig, W
AU - Niebur, W
AU - Novotny, R
AU - Schicker, R
AU - Simon, RS
AU - Schroter, A
AU - Schon, W
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We describe the design of the secondary pion beam-line installed at the SIS 18Tm synchrotron at GSI, Darmstadt, and discuss the commissioning results. The experiments were performed with proton and C-12 primary beams at several energies using beryllium production targets. Pion yields in a momentum range between 0.4 and 2.8 GeV/c were identified, At the highest primary beam energies of 3.5 GeV for proton and 2.0 A GeV for carbon ions, the latter beam produces the highest low-momentum pion yield while at momenta of 1.5 GeV/c the yields are comparable and at 2.8 GeV/c the proton beam is superior. A momentum resolution of around 0.5% is achieved and the time resolution (a) ranges from 100 to 150 ps, for bombarding rates up to 1.5 MHz. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - We describe the design of the secondary pion beam-line installed at the SIS 18Tm synchrotron at GSI, Darmstadt, and discuss the commissioning results. The experiments were performed with proton and C-12 primary beams at several energies using beryllium production targets. Pion yields in a momentum range between 0.4 and 2.8 GeV/c were identified, At the highest primary beam energies of 3.5 GeV for proton and 2.0 A GeV for carbon ions, the latter beam produces the highest low-momentum pion yield while at momenta of 1.5 GeV/c the yields are comparable and at 2.8 GeV/c the proton beam is superior. A momentum resolution of around 0.5% is achieved and the time resolution (a) ranges from 100 to 150 ps, for bombarding rates up to 1.5 MHz. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
KW - measurements
KW - time-of-flight
KW - charged pion production
KW - pion beams
KW - secondary beams
U2 - 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00895-6
DO - 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00895-6
M3 - Article
SN - 0167-5087
VL - 478
SP - 511
EP - 526
JO - Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
JF - Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
IS - 3
ER -