Photoproduction of Neutral Kaons on Liquid Deuterium Target Kabi Bantawa and D. M. Manley Kent State University ץ + n K0 +Λ With decays: K0 π0 + π0 Λ π0 + n π0 ץ + ץ Net reaction: ץ + n 6ץ + n
Flow Chart of Analysis:
Kinematic Fit and Confidence Level: KF is a least-square Fit CL = 1-(INT f(א) dx2
Detector Efficiency Using the MC Acceptance Values:
Detector Efficiency for a Background Reaction
Invariant Mass of 2ץ from all 6-Cluster Events (Possible Combination of 6ץ to yield a π0 ) ץ+ ץ = π0
Invariant Mass of 4 Photons 4 photons from decay of KS using a 25% CL in the Kinematic fit.
Z-Vertex from Kinematic Fit
Distance Travelled by K0 and Λ Cτ = 2.68 cm Cτ = 7.89 cm
Tagging Efficiency of Glasgow Tagger
Photon Flux Variation with Eץ
Total Cross Section of the Background K0Σ+ Channel
Comparison Total Cross Section K0Σ+
Subtraction Ratios = Length of Prompt Window / Length of Random Widow Random Window Random Window Poly fit Poly. fit
Random / Prompt Subtraction
Background Subtraction
Time-of-Flight of TAPS vs. CB Energy
Variation of the Invariant Mass Squared with Momentum
Variation of Beta with Momentum