• Main INDEX
  • Monthly INDEX
  • PREV
  • NEXT

    User name X. Zheng

    Log entry time 02:53:32 on July21,2001

    Entry number 66955

    keyword=False asymmetry check from cosmic and unpolarized target data

    Here is a summary of false asymmetry study:

    (1) using early production runs (pseudo-random mode),
    no deadtime correction has been applied;
    use cut in second timing peak to select cosmic events;
    use cut in track number to select one track events;

    use T1+T2 or T3+T4
    left arm: 1618 +/- 482 ppm; right arm: -2320 +/- 458ppm
    use only T1 or T3
    left arm: 1503 +/- 482 ppm; right arm: -2385 +/- 458ppm

    (2) same as (1), but use scalers to correct deadtime:

    use T1+T2 or T3+T4
    left arm 1539 +/- 482 ppm; right arm: -2212 +/- 467 ppm
    use only T1 or T3
    left arm: 1442 +/- 482 ppm; right arm: -2265 +/- 467 ppm


    (3) using unpolarized target runs on july 17, (toggle mode),
    no deadtime correction has been applied;
    use cut in abs(react_z) < 0.15cm to reject cosmics;
    use cut in track number to select one track events;

    use T1+T2 or T3+T4
    left arm: 2240 +/- 1016 ppm; right arm: 156 +/- 1037 ppm

    use only T1 or T3
    left arm: 2236 +/- 1016 ppm; right arm: 165 +/- 1037 ppm

    Note: I found a mistake in my code about reading scalers from
    right arm, so the asymmetry for right arm is different from
    what I put in entry #65750.

    Attached is a plot for unpolarized target runs, only four runs
    (reference N2 and reference He3) have been analyzed for each
    arm.





    FIGURE 1