1. The Q Weak Experiment Event tracking, luminosity monitors, and backgrounds John Leacock Virginia Tech on behalf of the Q Weak collaboration Hall C Users Meeting 23 January 2010

2. Q Weak Event Tracking Measure moments of Q 2 Determine main detector light response vs. angle and position Sanity check on collimators and magnetic field (Limited) Diagnostics on background origins Radiative tail shape (benchmark simulation, E loss) 0.5% measurement of Q 2 Why is event tracking needed? Luminosity monitors

3. Two opposing octants instrumented, rotator system for each region to cover all octants and to move to “parked” position for asymmetry measurement. Periodic tracking measurements at sub-nA beam current. Q Weak Event Tracking

4. 2.5% shift in acceptance-averaged Q 2 Detector Response vs. Position

5. Trigger Scintillators Located just in front of the main detector Must have a fast response Veto neutrals and have enough resolution to identify multiparticle events GWU

6. Region I GEMs Gas electron multiplier Registers spatial coordinates of event 100 μm resolution Radiation hard (near target) Louisiana Tech

7. Region I GEMs

8. Region I GEM Rotator

9. Region II HDCs Residuals from track reconstruction Horizontal Drift Chambers When combined with GEMs gives accurate scattering angle Virginia Tech Six layers: X,U,V X’,U’,V’ offset to resolve left right ambiguities

10. Region II HDCs

11. Region II HDC Rotator

12. Region III VDCs Vertical Drift Chambers Located after magnet When combined with Region I+II and knowledge of magnetic field gives momentum of particle William and Mary σ =223μm

13. Region III VDC Rotator

14. Focal Plane Scanner Measures rates just behind the detector Tracking will be inoperable at high current Used to compare rates between low and high current Has a small active area so it can be used in low and high current runs Scanner system on bottom octant

15. Downstream: 8 detectors@  ~ 0.55° 100 GHz / det null asymmetry monitor Upstream: 4 detectors @  ~ 5° 130 GHz / detector mainly detects Moller e- target density monitor insensitive to beam angle, energy changes Luminosity monitors: current mode operation higher rates than main detectors quartz Cerenkov radiators air light guides PMTs in “unity gain” mode Luminosity Monitors

16. Downstream Luminosity Monitors Excess statistical broadening: LUMI 1 = 8.8 σ pe = 6.1 LUMI 2 = 8.9 σ pe = 5.6 LUMI 3 = 8.4 σ pe = 5.5 LUMI 4 = 9.2 σ pe = 5.7 LUMI 5 = 8.4 σ pe = 5.3 LUMI 6 = 7.9 σ pe = 5 LUMI 7 = 10.6 σ pe = 7.6 LUMI 8 = 8 σ pe = 4.9

17. Backgrounds Two background contributions considered here: Inelastic electrons Problem: 1% of asymmetry weighted signal is inelastic, 10 times the asymmetry of elastic events Solution: Decrease magnetic field by 25% to focus inelastic peak on to the main detector. 30% of signal will be inelastic for a much quicker measurement Electrons that scatter off the target windows Problem: Aluminum windows have asymmetry weighted background contribution of 30% (cross section ~Z 2 asymmetry ~8 times) Solution: Use a thick aluminum dummy target at the upstream and downstream positions of the target windows to measure the asymmetry from the aluminum Goal for the contribution of the background error to the final error on Q p Weak is 0.5%

18. Extra Slides

19. GEM Hit GUI