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Measurement of Double Radiative Pion Capture on Hydrogen
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Introduction
Scientific Motivation
Pionic Atoms
The Double Radiative Capture Mode of Pionic Hydrogen
Theoretical Work
Experimental Search for
Nuclear Double Radiative Capture
Theoretical Work
Experimental Measurements
Discussion
PT and the
Graph and Pion's Electric Polarizability
Summary
The Experiment
TRIUMF Facility
M9A Beamline
RF Separator
Beam Composition
Beam Telescope
Solid Targets
The RMC Liquid Protium Target
RMC Spectrometer
Lead Converter
IWC
Drift Chamber
Trigger Scintillators
Event Trigger
SLAC Scanning Processor (SSP)
Two-Photon Trigger Rate and Acceptance Studies
Acceptance Studies
Trigger Studies
Analysis of Data
Drift Chamber (DC) Calibration
Drift Time Pedestal (t
)
Determination of Drift Velocity
Event Reconstruction
Reconstruction of Tracks: Tracking Cut
Reconstruction of a Photon: Photon Cut
Background Sources
Decay Background
Multi-
accidental Background
Selection of
Events
Counter Timing Cut
Beam Telescope Amplitude Cut
Opening Angle Cut
Lower Energy Cut
Event Candidates
Results
RMC Spectrometer Acceptance
Acceptance from Multi-
Accidentals
Acceptance from
Decay
Absolute
Acceptance for
Background Subtraction
-tail background subtraction
Random background subtraction
The
Events
Absolute
Branching Ratio
Analysis Sensitivity of the
Branching Ratio
Summary
Conclusions
Bibliography
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Sugata Tripathi 2004-03-27
PT and the
Graph and Pion's Electric
Polarizability
Events
Branching Ratio
Branching Ratio
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Decay Background
accidental Background
Counter Timing Cut
Acceptance from Multi-
Decay