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Precision Measurement of G E p /G M p with BLAST Chris Crawford MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science Thesis Committee Review Meeting 2003/12/4
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Outline Introduction and Motivation »Previous methods, world data »Asymmetry super-ratio method Status of BLAST »Hardware: ABS, wire chambers »Software, asymmetries Progress »Contributions »Outlook
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Rosenbluth Separation Elastic e-p cross section At fixed Q 2, fit dσ/dΩ vs. tan 2 (θ/2) »Measurement of absolute cross section »Dominated by either G E or G M
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Polarization Transfer Recoil proton polarization Focal Plane Polarimeter »recoil proton scatters off secondary 12 C target »P t, P l measured from φ distribution »P b, and analyzing power cancel out in ratio
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World Data Unpolarized Data Polarization Transfer »Milbrath et al. (BATES) 1999 »Jones et al. (JLAB), 2000 »Dieterich et al. (MAMI), 2001 »Gayou et al. (JLAB), 2002 Super-Rosenbluth »JLab Hall A, preliminary results expected soon
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Super Rosenbluth Separation
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Form Factor Ratio @ BATES New technique: polarized beam and target Exploits unique features of BLAST »internal target: low dilution, fast spin reversal »large acceptance: simultaneous measurement of all Q 2 points »symmetric detector: ratio measurement Different systematics »insensitive to P b and P t Q 2 = 0.07 – 0.9 (GeV/c) 2 »overlap with JLab data and RpEX (future exp. at Bates to measure r p )
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Asymmetry Super-ratio Method Polarized cross section Super-ratio
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Projected Results Statistics »A 1, A 2 Systematics »θ * 1, θ * 2 Δp, Δθ, Δβ Errors are minimized as a function of β (target spin angle)
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Contributions ep-elastic event generator RC studies w/Mascarad Newton-Rhapson fitter »rapid convergence Lazy track fitter »fast and efficient, poor res. TOF cal. – position, timing WC cal. – in progress Harmonic interpolation of BLAST field map Maintained BlastLib2, CVS »standard program interface »blastrc – config file »Nsed enhancements »port to GCC-3.2 Control software »Elog– BLAST electronic logbook »Trigger, HV enhancements ROOT enhancement »improved histogram drawing
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Radiative Corrections MASCARAD code »A. Afanasev et al., Phys.Rev.D 64,113009 »Covariant calculation with no cutoff parameter »small corrections (<1%) to asymmetry
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BlastLib2 Software BlastLib2 v3.0 soon to be ready »Geometry: full 6 degrees of freedom »DST: for second pass reconstruction »Improved handling of WC noise »Debugged event-by-event
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TOF Calibrations Position – coplanarity Timing – cosmics
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Wire Chamber Tracking Garfield drift time simulation Newton-Rhapson track fitter 200 μm resolution 20:1 signal to noise ratio
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Newton-Rhapson Track Fitter
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Tracking Resolution
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Asymmetry very low dilution due to problems with ABS 180 degree holding field0 degree holding field 45 degree holding field left sector right sector
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Atomic Beam Source Standard technology Dissociator & nozzle 2 sextupole systems 3 RF transitions 1 3 2 4 nozzle 6-pole 1 2 MFT (2->3) 1 3 6-pole 1 Spin State Selection:
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ABS Enhancements MEASURED FIELD ON THE POLE TIPS: Magnet 1 8.3 kG Magnet 2 9.1 kG Magnet 3 9.9 kG Magnet 4 11.6 kG Magnet 5 15.6 kG Magnet 6 15.4 kG Magnet 7 15.2 kG Sextupole Damage BLAST Field Effect
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New Asymmetry Results 0 degree holding field, ABS improvementstarget z-dependence left sectorright sectorleft sector previous results
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Outlook Work on hardware/software complete Now taking high polarization data Will concentrate on A, not G E p /G M p Schedule »December: asymmetry analysis »January: start writing thesis »April: thesis defense
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