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 15.10±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) is studied using a sample of 1.06×108 ψ events collected by the BESIII experiment at BEPCII. A strong enhancement at threshold is observed in the p invariant mass ...The decay channel ψ→π+π-J/ψ(J/ψ→γp) is studied using a sample of 1.06×108 ψ events collected by the BESIII experiment at BEPCII. A strong enhancement at threshold is observed in the 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+6-13 (stat)+7-26 (syst) MeV/c2 and a narrow width that is Γ <38 MeV/c2 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 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 neu...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
The performance of a MultiPixel Photon Counter (MPPC) from room to liquid nitrogen temperatures were studied. The gain, the noise rate and bias voltage of the MPPC as a function of temperature were obtained. The exper...The performance of a MultiPixel Photon Counter (MPPC) from room to liquid nitrogen temperatures 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 10 6 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
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 ...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 17±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(Tl) and NaI(Tl) crystals.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 develope...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 ψ' 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%)×106 . The err...The number of ψ' 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%)×106 . The error is systematic dominant; the statistical error is negligible.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 eff...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
A novel 2-D cosmic ray position detector has been built and studied.It is integrated from a CsI(Na) crystal pixel array,an optical fiber array,an image intensifier and an ICCD camera.The 2-D positions of one cosmic ra...A novel 2-D cosmic ray position detector has been built and studied.It is integrated from a CsI(Na) crystal pixel array,an optical fiber array,an image intensifier and an ICCD camera.The 2-D positions of one cosmic ray track is determined by the location of a fired CsI(Na) pixel.The scintillation light of these 1.0×1.0 mm CsI(Na) pixels is delivered to the image intensifier through fibers.The light information is recorded in the ICCD camera in the form of images,from which the 2-D positions can be reconstructed.The background noise and cosmic ray images have been studied.The study shows that the cosmic ray detection efficiency can reach up to 11.4%,while the false accept rate is less than 1%.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 KS0,Λ,as well as on lifetime measurements using a 3-dimensional fit.The kinematic constraints betw...This paper focuses mainly on the vertex reconstruction of resonance particles with a relatively long lifetime such as KS0,Λ,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
The reconstruction algorithm for BESⅢ Muon Counter, MucRecAlg, is developed with the objectoriented language C++ in BESⅢ offine software environment. MucRecAlg consists of the following functions:to find track seeds...The reconstruction algorithm for BESⅢ Muon Counter, MucRecAlg, is developed with the objectoriented language C++ in BESⅢ offine software environment. MucRecAlg consists of the following functions:to find track seeds either from extrapolation of tracks in the main drift chamber or from the fired strips in muon counter, to select fired strips associated to the candidate tracks, to fit the candidate tracks with a linear or quadratic function and to calculate other parameters of the tracks for muon identification. Monte Carlo samples are generated to check the performance of the reconstruction package, such as reconstruction effciency, muon remaining rate and pion rejection rate, etc. The preliminary results show that the pion rejection rate is around 3%—4% while the muon remaining rate is better than 90% in 0.4—1.6 GeV/c momentum region, which meets the requirement as shown in the design report.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 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 15.10±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) is studied using a sample of 1.06×108 ψ events collected by the BESIII experiment at BEPCII. A strong enhancement at threshold is observed in the 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+6-13 (stat)+7-26 (syst) MeV/c2 and a narrow width that is Γ <38 MeV/c2 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.
文摘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 Technological Innovation Project of Institute of High Energy Physics
文摘The performance of a MultiPixel Photon Counter (MPPC) from room to liquid nitrogen temperatures 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 10 6 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 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 17±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(Tl) and NaI(Tl) crystals.
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)(10625524,10821063,10825524,10835001,10935007,11125525,10975143,10979058),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 ψ' 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%)×106 . The error is systematic dominant; the statistical error is negligible.
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.
文摘A novel 2-D cosmic ray position detector has been built and studied.It is integrated from a CsI(Na) crystal pixel array,an optical fiber array,an image intensifier and an ICCD camera.The 2-D positions of one cosmic ray track is determined by the location of a fired CsI(Na) pixel.The scintillation light of these 1.0×1.0 mm CsI(Na) pixels is delivered to the image intensifier through fibers.The light information is recorded in the ICCD camera in the form of images,from which the 2-D positions can be reconstructed.The background noise and cosmic ray images have been studied.The study shows that the cosmic ray detection efficiency can reach up to 11.4%,while the false accept rate is less than 1%.
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 KS0,Λ,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 (10375002, 10675004, 10821063)Research and Development Project of Important Scientific Equipment of CAS (H7292330S7)
文摘The reconstruction algorithm for BESⅢ Muon Counter, MucRecAlg, is developed with the objectoriented language C++ in BESⅢ offine software environment. MucRecAlg consists of the following functions:to find track seeds either from extrapolation of tracks in the main drift chamber or from the fired strips in muon counter, to select fired strips associated to the candidate tracks, to fit the candidate tracks with a linear or quadratic function and to calculate other parameters of the tracks for muon identification. Monte Carlo samples are generated to check the performance of the reconstruction package, such as reconstruction effciency, muon remaining rate and pion rejection rate, etc. The preliminary results show that the pion rejection rate is around 3%—4% while the muon remaining rate is better than 90% in 0.4—1.6 GeV/c momentum region, which meets the requirement as shown in the design report.
