3. Why muons?
W couples only to left-handed quarks
and right-handed anti-quarks:
At Phenix, sensitivity to ,
using parity violation of W production
Accessing W
to “know” the quark (anti-
quark) polarization state!
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W+
W
dL
¯uR ¯dR
uL
4. Francesca Giordano
Hadron-Hadron collider
√s of 62 GeV, 200 GeV, 500 GeV
RHIC
1
Identified Forward Hadrons
in p +p at RHIC
J.H. Lee
for Collaboration
BNL
April 27, DIS09, Madrid
STAR
PHENIX @ RHIC
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6. Forward muon trigger
PYTHIA
W
old trigger -cross section dominated by
W production at high PT
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Upgrade the existing muon arms
for a dedicated muon trigger!
Muon momentum information
Precise timing information
to reject low momentum muons
to reject out of time background
correlate events with beam polarization
8. Resistive Plate Chambers
RPC1
RPC3 RPC3MuonTRG
Mixed Gas
95% C2H2F4 (base gas for avalanche)
4.5% i-C4H10 (photon quencher)
0.5% SF6 (electron quencher)
20 – 40% (relative humidity)
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0 V
-9.5 kV
0 V
-9.5 kV
Bakelite plates: resistivity 1010 -
1011 Ω⋅cm (Phenolicpolymer)
Graphite layers: resistivity ~ 100 Ω/cm2
Signal Strip: Cu strips (Induced charge)
Noise Rate 0.5 ~ 5 Hz/cm2
9. 9
DAQ and data
base computers
spacer pop, gas
leak test table
gas distribution
racks and bubblers
dark current
test
electronics and H.V
supply racks
cosmic ray RPC
module test stand
RPC module
assembly table
RPC Factory (operated by UIUC)
Cosmic RPC test stand
10 shelves for
RPC modules
Scintillators
Scintillators
Gas system mixer & distribution
Readout electronics,
LV&HV power supply
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11. 11
I.
III.
IV.
V.
V.
30 undergraduate students from
UIUC - ACU - Muhlenberg College - Korea U. - HANYANG - GSU
20 CEU posters at DNP
From UIUC:
Zarah Ahmad, Alex Burnap, Max Candocia,
George Deinlein, Louisa Eberle, Justine Ide,
Nick Mucia, Tyler Natoli, Jessica Simpson,
Jason Strack, Zach Tranchida, Emily Zarndt
II. QA @BNL:
I. Leak test
IV. Readout electronics check
III. HV & LV lines check
II. Monitor Dark current
V. Efficiency, Noise, Cluster size
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13. RPC3 installation
(2009-2010 shutdowns)
Octant transport in
RHIC tunnel
RPC3 North Station
RPC3 South Station
RPC3 installation
in RHIC tunnel
Delivery of RPC3 octant
to RHIC tunnel
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14. RPC3 run11
Incoming Beam Background Collision related BG
RPC3 Hit map
IhnJea Choi
North West
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RPC3
Beam mezzanine
Roof
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17. RPC3: rejection powerW Trigger Rejection Power
Needed to set
prescale when
luminosity is high
We had kept
two w trigger
during entire
pp510 GeV run
period
9
10
MuTrig
rejection powerYoshi-mitsu Imazu
+ RPC3
RPC3 trigger
window reduced
RPC3 trigger window
reduced
(no RPC3)
luminosity
trigger window
DAQ limit !
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19. RPC3 South
A"modules"
B"modules"
C"modules"
Phi"0"degree"
15"
Run 365842
Fast production:
find the collision- related hits
Red = all hits
Blue = hits associated with
muon tracks
RPC3 South
A"modules"
B"modules"
C"modules"
Phi"0"degree"
15"
Run 365842
RPC3 South
A"modules"
B"modules"
C"modules"
Phi"0"degree"
15"
Run 365842RPC3 South
A"modules"
B"modules"
C"modules"
Phi"0"degree"
15"
Run 365842
RPC3
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20. Fast production:
find the collision- related hitsRPC1 South
22"
Run 365842RPC1
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21. Run 11 – 340515_0
3
Fast production:
efficiency
RPC3 RPC1
RPC1 Absolute
Cut":""MuID"LastGap">"2,""P">"1,""
Other"cuts"are"same"
RPC1"composed"of"8"octants,"
One"octant"divided"in"two"half"octant"in"code""
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ε ~ 80% During RUN 11 (500GeV PP)
Effi
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