Calorimeter design & simulations for Stage I Rikard Sandström University of Geneva MICE PID phone conference
Introduction Case studied in this talk: –Stage1 (TOFs & calorimeter only, no mag field) –Flat beam 100<pz<300 MeV/c, starting upstream of TOFs. –6 pi mm -> Many tracks lost due to geometry Contaminations: –Pions & pion decay products –Muon decay products Electrons surviving momentum selection upstream very easy to filter out with TOF. Calorimeter geometries: –KLOE light, 4 layers –KLOE light, 5 layers –Smörgås/sandwich, one 4 cm KLOE light layer –Smörgås/sandwich, one 2 cm KLOE light layer
Experimental setup Beam is contamined by pions and decay products from muons. A few more complicated situations –Pions decaying to muons between TOFs –Muons missing last TOF, and giving hits from backscattering. mu pi e gamma
KLOE light, 4 layers Need for collimator
KLOE light, 4 layers Muons punching through
KLOE light, 5 layers
Smörgås, muon decay products
Smörgås, muon & pion Red = muon, black = pion, green = pion becoming a muon between TOFs
Pion-muon, KLOE light 5 layers Red = muon, black = pion, light blue = pion becoming a muon between TOFs
Pion muon, smörgås Red = muon, black = pion, light blue = pion becoming a muon between TOFs
Problem with muons at low p z Red = muon, blue = e+, green = photon Muons sometimes stop in KLOE layer
With 2 cm thick KLOE layer Pushes cutoff to lower p Red = muon, blue = e+, green = photon
Comments and future plans All designs presented can do both positron rejection and pion rejection. In order to justify geometry decision, I need more statistics. –(According to Alain.) How many events are needed? Output format of G4MICE is changing as we speak. –Will take more data with the same beam once software is again stable.