The responses of different common alkali halide crystals to alpha-rays and gamma-rays are tested in this research. It is found that only CsI（Na） crystals have significantly different waveforms between alpha and gamm...The responses of different common alkali halide crystals to alpha-rays and gamma-rays are tested in this research. It is found that only CsI（Na） crystals have significantly different waveforms between alpha and gamma scintillations, while others do not exhibit this phenomena. The rise time of the fast light is about 5 ns and the decay time is 174-12 ns. It is suggested that the fast light of CsI（Na） crystals arises from the recombination of free electrons with self-trapped holes of the host crystal CsI. Self-absorption limits the emission of fast light of CsI（T1） and NaI（T1） crystals.展开更多
An attenuation length measurement device was constructed using an oscilloscope and LabVIEW for signal acquisition and processing. The performance of the device has been tested in a variety of ways. The test results sh...An attenuation length measurement device was constructed using an oscilloscope and LabVIEW for signal acquisition and processing. The performance of the device has been tested in a variety of ways. The test results show that the set-up has a good stability and high precision （sigma/mean reached 0.4 percent）. Besides, the accuracy of the measurement system will decrease by about 17 percent if a filter is used. The attenuation length of a gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator （Gd-LS） was measured as 15.1±0.35 m where Gd-LS was heavily used in the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment. In addition, one method based on the Beer-Lambert law was proposed to investigate the reliability of the measurement device, the R-square reached 0.9995. Moreover, three purification methods for Linear Alkyl Benzene （LAB） production were compared in the experiment.展开更多
The decay channel ψ′→ π 〉＋π^-J/ψ（J/ψ 〉 γp^-p） is studied using a sample of 1.06 × 10^8 ψ′ events collected by the BESIII experiment at BEPCII. A strong enhancement at threshold is observed in the p...The decay channel ψ′→ π 〉＋π^-J/ψ（J/ψ 〉 γp^-p） is studied using a sample of 1.06 × 10^8 ψ′ events collected by the BESIII experiment at BEPCII. A strong enhancement at threshold is observed in the p^-p invariant mass spectrum. The enhancement can be fitted with an S-wave Breit-Wigner resonance function with a resulting peak mass of M = 1861-13^＋6 （stat）-26^＋7 （syst） MeV/c^2 and a narrow width that is Г 〈 38 MeV/c^2 at the 90% confidence level. These results are consistent with published BESII results. These mass and width values do not match with well established mesons.展开更多
The number of φ＇ events accumulated by the BESIII experiment from March 3 through April 14, 2009, is determined by counting inclusive hadronic events. The result is 106.41×（1.00±0.81%）×10^6. The err...The number of φ＇ events accumulated by the BESIII experiment from March 3 through April 14, 2009, is determined by counting inclusive hadronic events. The result is 106.41×（1.00±0.81%）×10^6. The error is systematic dominant; the statistical error is negligible.展开更多
The gas gain and energy resolution of single and double THGEM detectors （5 cm×5 cm effective area） with mini-rims （rim less than 10 um） were studied. The maximum gain was found to reach 5×103 and 2 ×...The gas gain and energy resolution of single and double THGEM detectors （5 cm×5 cm effective area） with mini-rims （rim less than 10 um） were studied. The maximum gain was found to reach 5×103 and 2 × 105 for single and double THGEMs respectively, while the energy resolution for 5.9 keV X-rays varied from 18% to 28% for both single and double THGEM detectors of different hole sizes and thicknesses. Different combinations were also investigated of noble gases （argon, neon） mixed with a quantity of other gases （isobutane, methane） at atmospheric pressure.展开更多
The performance of a MultiPixel Photon Counter （MPPC） from room to liquid nitrogen tem- peratures were studied. The gain, the noise rate and bias voltage of the MPPC as a function of temperature were obtained. The e...The performance of a MultiPixel Photon Counter （MPPC） from room to liquid nitrogen tem- peratures were studied. The gain, the noise rate and bias voltage of the MPPC as a function of temperature were obtained. The experimental results show that the MPPC can work at low temperatures. At nearly liquid nitrogen temperatures, the gain of the MPPC drops obviously to 35% and the bias voltage drops about 9 V compared with that at room temperature. The thermal noise rate from 106 Hz/mm at room temperature drops abruptly to 0 Hz/mm at -100℃. The optimized operation point can be acquired by the experiment.展开更多
A micro-pattern gas detector named leak microstructure （LM） has been studied. A new chemical electrolytic technique is introduced to make perfect shaped LM needles with very sharp tips, and this method may be develo...A micro-pattern gas detector named leak microstructure （LM） has been studied. A new chemical electrolytic technique is introduced to make perfect shaped LM needles with very sharp tips, and this method may be developed to make LM array detectors in batches. The experimental results are presented for both a single needle LM detector and a small LM array detector. The gas gain is up to 105 by calculation from the waveform. Good gain stability and uniformity are achieved. The light emission from the needle tip is also measured in Ar/CF4 （95/5） gas mixture. The result shows a promising application for imaging.展开更多
The number of J/ψ events collected with the BES detector at the BEPC from June 12 to July 28, 2009 is determined to be （225.3 ± 2.8） × 10^ 6 using J/ψ→inclusive events, where the uncertainty is the syst...The number of J/ψ events collected with the BES detector at the BEPC from June 12 to July 28, 2009 is determined to be （225.3 ± 2.8） × 10^ 6 using J/ψ→inclusive events, where the uncertainty is the systematic error and the statistical one is negligible.展开更多
Abstract The BESⅢ detector has a high-resolution electromagnetic calorimeter which can be used for low momentum μ-π identification. Based on Monte Carlo simulations, μ-π separation was studied. A multilayer perce...Abstract The BESⅢ detector has a high-resolution electromagnetic calorimeter which can be used for low momentum μ-π identification. Based on Monte Carlo simulations, μ-π separation was studied. A multilayer perceptron neural network making use of the defined variables was used to do the identification and a good μ-π separation result was obtained.展开更多
A kind of thick GEM-like gaseous electron multiplier （THGEM）, which is mechanically an expansion of the GEM with its various dimensions being enlarged, is studied. The leak current of THGEM plates is measured. The e...A kind of thick GEM-like gaseous electron multiplier （THGEM）, which is mechanically an expansion of the GEM with its various dimensions being enlarged, is studied. The leak current of THGEM plates is measured. The effective gain and energy resolution of a single THGEM are studied with a source of 55Fe, and the effective gain of the single THGEM versus the electric field strength in the induction region is investigated. The results show that the leak current of THGEM plates is less than 200 pA. In an atmospheric-pressure standard gas mixture, 8×103 effective gain and about 32% energy resolution can be reached for the single-THGEM detector.展开更多
Cosmic-ray data of 90 M events have been collected and used for calibration,alignment as well as detector tuning. A special tracking algorithm for the BESⅢ muon counter is developed and verified with Monte-Carlo simu...Cosmic-ray data of 90 M events have been collected and used for calibration,alignment as well as detector tuning. A special tracking algorithm for the BESⅢ muon counter is developed and verified with Monte-Carlo simulation and then further confirmed with the cosmic-ray data. The obtained strip resolutions are in good agreement with the design values. A new alignment approach for the BESⅢ muon counter is confirmed with the cosmic-ray data and proposed to be used in future analysis of experimental data.展开更多
This paper focuses mainly on the vertex reconstruction of resonance particles with a relatively long lifetime such as Ks^0, A, as well as on lifetime measurements using a 3-dimensional fit. The kinematic constraints b...This paper focuses mainly on the vertex reconstruction of resonance particles with a relatively long lifetime such as Ks^0, A, as well as on lifetime measurements using a 3-dimensional fit. The kinematic constraints between the production and decay vertices and the decay vertex fitting algorithm based on the least squares method are both presented. Reconstruction efficiencies including experimental resolutions are discussed. The results and systematic errors are calculated based on a Monte Carlo simulation.展开更多
In this paper, the kinematic fitting with the Lagrange multiplier method has been studied for BESⅢ experiment. First we introduce the Lagrange multiplier method and implement kinematic constraints. Then we present th...In this paper, the kinematic fitting with the Lagrange multiplier method has been studied for BESⅢ experiment. First we introduce the Lagrange multiplier method and implement kinematic constraints. Then we present the performance of the kinematic fitting algorithm. With the kinematic fitting, we can improve the resolution of track parameters and reduce the background.展开更多
文摘采用主动式光电倍增管分压电路,通过改变分压电路中电阻和电容的参数值,调节PMT级间电压,以优化输出信号的性能;利用MATLAB编程,控制高频示波器采集信号的形状,对这些数值信号形状数据进行拟合计算,得到信号的平均上升时间,通过不断改变电路元件参数值,对比分析结果,得到分压电路最优的元件工作参数,使PET系统的时间分辨从397 ps上升到359 ps.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(10975095,11005003)National Fundamental Fund of Personnel Trai-ning(J1103210)Shanxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2007011005)~~
基金Supported by Technological Innovation Project of Institute of High Energy Physics
文摘The responses of different common alkali halide crystals to alpha-rays and gamma-rays are tested in this research. It is found that only CsI（Na） crystals have significantly different waveforms between alpha and gamma scintillations, while others do not exhibit this phenomena. The rise time of the fast light is about 5 ns and the decay time is 174-12 ns. It is suggested that the fast light of CsI（Na） crystals arises from the recombination of free electrons with self-trapped holes of the host crystal CsI. Self-absorption limits the emission of fast light of CsI（T1） and NaI（T1） crystals.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (11105160, 11005117)
文摘An attenuation length measurement device was constructed using an oscilloscope and LabVIEW for signal acquisition and processing. The performance of the device has been tested in a variety of ways. The test results show that the set-up has a good stability and high precision （sigma/mean reached 0.4 percent）. Besides, the accuracy of the measurement system will decrease by about 17 percent if a filter is used. The attenuation length of a gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator （Gd-LS） was measured as 15.1±0.35 m where Gd-LS was heavily used in the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment. In addition, one method based on the Beer-Lambert law was proposed to investigate the reliability of the measurement device, the R-square reached 0.9995. Moreover, three purification methods for Linear Alkyl Benzene （LAB） production were compared in the experiment.
基金Supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2009CB825200)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC) (10625524,10821063,10825524,10835001,10935007)+6 种基金Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Large-Scale Scientific Facility Program,CAS (KJCX2-YW-N29,KJCX2-YW-N45)100 Talents Program of CASIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare,Italy,Russian Foundation for Basic Research (08-02-2221, 08-02-92200-NSFC-a)Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science,joint project No 32 with CAS,Chinese University of Hong Kong Focused Investment Grant (3110031)U. S. Department of Energy(DE-FG02-04ER41291,DE-FG02-91ER40682,DE-FG02-94ER40823)WCU Program of National Research Foundation of Korea(R32-2008-000-10155-0)the A.P. Sloan Foundation
文摘The decay channel ψ′→ π 〉＋π^-J/ψ（J/ψ 〉 γp^-p） is studied using a sample of 1.06 × 10^8 ψ′ events collected by the BESIII experiment at BEPCII. A strong enhancement at threshold is observed in the p^-p invariant mass spectrum. The enhancement can be fitted with an S-wave Breit-Wigner resonance function with a resulting peak mass of M = 1861-13^＋6 （stat）-26^＋7 （syst） MeV/c^2 and a narrow width that is Г 〈 38 MeV/c^2 at the 90% confidence level. These results are consistent with published BESII results. These mass and width values do not match with well established mesons.
基金Supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2009CB825200)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(10625524,10821063,10825524,10835001,10935007,11125525,10975143,10979058),Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11079008,11179007)+5 种基金Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)Large-Scale Scientific Facility ProgramCAS(KJCX2-YW-N29,KJCX2-YW-N45)100 Talents Program of CAS,Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare,Italy,Ministry of Development of Turkey(DPT2006K-120470)U.S.Department of Energy(DE-FG02-04ER41291,DE-FG02-91ER40682,DE-FG02-94ER40823)U.S.National Science Foundation,University of Groningen(RuG)the Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH(GSI),Darmstadt,WCU Program of National Research Foundation of Korea(R32-2008-000-10155-0)
文摘The number of φ＇ events accumulated by the BESIII experiment from March 3 through April 14, 2009, is determined by counting inclusive hadronic events. The result is 106.41×（1.00±0.81%）×10^6. The error is systematic dominant; the statistical error is negligible.
基金Supported by Youth Fund of Institute of High Energy PhysicsChinese Academy of Sciences and National Natural Science Foundation of China (10775151)
文摘The gas gain and energy resolution of single and double THGEM detectors （5 cm×5 cm effective area） with mini-rims （rim less than 10 um） were studied. The maximum gain was found to reach 5×103 and 2 × 105 for single and double THGEMs respectively, while the energy resolution for 5.9 keV X-rays varied from 18% to 28% for both single and double THGEM detectors of different hole sizes and thicknesses. Different combinations were also investigated of noble gases （argon, neon） mixed with a quantity of other gases （isobutane, methane） at atmospheric pressure.
基金Supported by Technological Innovation Project of Institute of High Energy Physics
文摘The performance of a MultiPixel Photon Counter （MPPC） from room to liquid nitrogen tem- peratures were studied. The gain, the noise rate and bias voltage of the MPPC as a function of temperature were obtained. The experimental results show that the MPPC can work at low temperatures. At nearly liquid nitrogen temperatures, the gain of the MPPC drops obviously to 35% and the bias voltage drops about 9 V compared with that at room temperature. The thermal noise rate from 106 Hz/mm at room temperature drops abruptly to 0 Hz/mm at -100℃. The optimized operation point can be acquired by the experiment.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (10775151)Youth Fund of Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics of IHEP
文摘A micro-pattern gas detector named leak microstructure （LM） has been studied. A new chemical electrolytic technique is introduced to make perfect shaped LM needles with very sharp tips, and this method may be developed to make LM array detectors in batches. The experimental results are presented for both a single needle LM detector and a small LM array detector. The gas gain is up to 105 by calculation from the waveform. Good gain stability and uniformity are achieved. The light emission from the needle tip is also measured in Ar/CF4 （95/5） gas mixture. The result shows a promising application for imaging.
基金Supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2009CB825200)National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (10625524, 10821063, 10825524, 10835001, 10935007, 11125525)+3 种基金Joint Funds of National Natural Science Foundation of China (11079008, 11179007)Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Large-Scale Scientific Facility Program (KJCX2-YW-N29, KJCX2-YW-N45)100 Talents Program of CAS, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy, U. S. Department of Energy (DE-FG02-04ER41291, DE-FG02-91ER40682, DE-FG02-94ER40823)U.S. National Science Foundation, University of Groningen (RuG) and the Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH (GSI), Darmstadt, WCU Program of National Research Foundation of Korea (R32-2008-000-10155-0)
文摘The number of J/ψ events collected with the BES detector at the BEPC from June 12 to July 28, 2009 is determined to be （225.3 ± 2.8） × 10^ 6 using J/ψ→inclusive events, where the uncertainty is the systematic error and the statistical one is negligible.
文摘Abstract The BESⅢ detector has a high-resolution electromagnetic calorimeter which can be used for low momentum μ-π identification. Based on Monte Carlo simulations, μ-π separation was studied. A multilayer perceptron neural network making use of the defined variables was used to do the identification and a good μ-π separation result was obtained.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (10675146, 10775151, 10775181)
文摘A kind of thick GEM-like gaseous electron multiplier （THGEM）, which is mechanically an expansion of the GEM with its various dimensions being enlarged, is studied. The leak current of THGEM plates is measured. The effective gain and energy resolution of a single THGEM are studied with a source of 55Fe, and the effective gain of the single THGEM versus the electric field strength in the induction region is investigated. The results show that the leak current of THGEM plates is less than 200 pA. In an atmospheric-pressure standard gas mixture, 8×103 effective gain and about 32% energy resolution can be reached for the single-THGEM detector.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (10675004, 10835001, 10491300, 10491303, 10735080)Research and Development Project of Important Scientific Equipment of CAS (H7292330S7)
文摘Cosmic-ray data of 90 M events have been collected and used for calibration,alignment as well as detector tuning. A special tracking algorithm for the BESⅢ muon counter is developed and verified with Monte-Carlo simulation and then further confirmed with the cosmic-ray data. The obtained strip resolutions are in good agreement with the design values. A new alignment approach for the BESⅢ muon counter is confirmed with the cosmic-ray data and proposed to be used in future analysis of experimental data.
基金Supported by CAS Knowledge Innovation Project (112901160333,111087513811)National Natural Science Foundation of China (10491300,10491303)100 Talents Program of CAS (U-25 and U-54)
文摘This paper focuses mainly on the vertex reconstruction of resonance particles with a relatively long lifetime such as Ks^0, A, as well as on lifetime measurements using a 3-dimensional fit. The kinematic constraints between the production and decay vertices and the decay vertex fitting algorithm based on the least squares method are both presented. Reconstruction efficiencies including experimental resolutions are discussed. The results and systematic errors are calculated based on a Monte Carlo simulation.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (10491300,10491303,10735080)Research and Development Project of Important Scientific Equipment of CAS (H7292330S7)
文摘In this paper, the kinematic fitting with the Lagrange multiplier method has been studied for BESⅢ experiment. First we introduce the Lagrange multiplier method and implement kinematic constraints. Then we present the performance of the kinematic fitting algorithm. With the kinematic fitting, we can improve the resolution of track parameters and reduce the background.
