Development of the kaon tagging system for the NA62 experiment at CERN

Evgueni Goudzovski; Marian Krivda; Cristina Lazzeroni; Karim Massri; Francis O. Newson; Simon Pyatt; Angela Romano; Xen Serghi; Antonino Sergi; Richard J. Staley; Helen F. Heath; Ryan F. Page; Antonio Cassese; Peter A. Cooke; John B. Dainton; John R. Fry; Liam D. J. Fulton; Emlyn Jones; Tim J. Jones; Kevin J. McCormick; Peter Sutcliffe; Bozydar Wrona

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.08.015

Development of the kaon tagging system for the NA62 experiment at CERN

Evgueni Goudzovski, Marian Krivda, Cristina Lazzeroni, Karim Massri, Francis O. Newson, Simon Pyatt, Angela Romano, Xen Serghi, Antonino Sergi, Richard J. Staley, Helen F. Heath, Ryan F. Page, Antonio Cassese, Peter A. Cooke, John B. Dainton, John R. Fry, Liam D. J. Fulton, Emlyn Jones, Tim J. Jones, Kevin J. McCormickPeter Sutcliffe, Bozydar Wrona

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Abstract

The NA62 experiment at CERN aims to make a precision measurement of the ultra-rare decay $K^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{+}\nu\overline{\nu}$, and relies on a differential Cherenkov detector (KTAG) to identify charged kaons at an average rate of 50 MHz in a 750 MHz unseparated hadron beam. The experimental sensitivity of NA62 to K-decay branching ratios (BR) of $10^{-11}$ requires a time resolution for the KTAG of better than 100 ps, an efficiency better than 95% and a contamination of the kaon sample that is smaller than $10^{-4}$. A prototype version of the detector was tested in 2012, during the first NA62 technical run, in which the required resolution of 100 ps was achieved and the necessary functionality of the light collection system and electronics was demonstrated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	86-94
Journal	Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Volume	801
Early online date	15 Aug 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.08.015
Publication status	Published - 21 Nov 2015

Keywords

Cherenkov detectors
Fast timing
Photomultipliers

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Sergi, A.
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NA62 Common Fund
Lazzeroni, C.
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ATLAS - UK Tracker Upgrade
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2012 Consolidated Grant Supplement
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Goudzovski, E., Krivda, M., Lazzeroni, C., Massri, K., Newson, F. O., Pyatt, S., Romano, A., Serghi, X., Sergi, A., Staley, R. J., Heath, H. F., Page, R. F., Cassese, A., Cooke, P. A., Dainton, J. B., Fry, J. R., Fulton, L. D. J., Jones, E., Jones, T. J., ... Wrona, B. (2015). Development of the kaon tagging system for the NA62 experiment at CERN. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, 801, 86-94. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.08.015

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Development of the kaon tagging system for the NA62 experiment at CERN

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PPGP Capital Equipment Call

Ernest Rutherford Fellowship : Dr Antonio Sergi - Development of the NA62 Detector and Search for New Physics with Kaon Decays

NA62 Common Fund

ATLAS - UK Tracker Upgrade

Birmimgham Experimental Particle Physics Consolidated Grant

2012 Consolidated Grant Supplement

Wakeham Efficiency Saving PP

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