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Performance of a prototype drift Chamber with 100 MHz FADC readout

Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 270:2-3 (1988) 373-386

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SM Tkaczyk, JA Blissett, JC Hart, DK Hasell, AG Parham, BT Payne, JHC Roberts, DH Saxon, B Foster, RS Gilmore, J Malos, RJ Tapper, N Wilkinson

Abstract:

Rectangular drift chamber cells have been constructed and tested using an electron test beam facility at DESY. A systematic study of the time, spatial, energy and double track resolutions with a 100 MHz FADC readout is presented. The spatial resolution is 100 to 120 μm and the double track resolution is 2.5 mm with an Ar:C2H6 (50:50) gas mixture at atmospheric pressure. The dE dx resolution obtained corresponds to 6% resolution for a 72-layer chamber. © 1988.
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A measurement of muon pair production in e+e- annihilation at centre of mass energies 35.0≤ {Mathematical expression}≤46.8 GeV

Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields 40:2 (1988) 163-170

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W Braunschweig, R Gerhards, FJ Kirschfink, HU Martyn, B Bock, HM Fischer, H Hartmann, J Hartmann, E Hilger, A Jocksch, R Wedemeyer, B Foster, AJ Martin, AJ Sephton, E Bernardi, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, K Gather, K Genser, H Hultschig, P Joos, H Kowalski, A Ladage, B Löhr, D Lüke, P Mättig, D Notz, JM Pawlak, KU Pösnecker, E Ros, D Trines, R Walczak, G Wolf, H Kolanoski, T Kracht, J Krüger, E Lohrmann, G Poelz, W Zeuner, J Hassard, J Shulman, D Su, F Barreiro, L Hervas, A Leites, J del Peso, M Traseira, C Balkwill, MG Bowler, PN Burrows, RJ Cashmore, CM Hawkes, GP Heath, PN Ratoff, IM Silvester, IR Tomalin, ME Veitch, GE Forden, JC Hart, DH Saxon, S Brandt, M Holder, L Labarga, E Duchovni, Y Eisenberg, U Karshon, G Mikenberg, A Montag, D Revel, E Ronat, AN Wainer, G Yekutieli, D Muller, S Ritz, D Strom, M Takashima, SL Wu, G Zobernig

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The reaction e+e-→μ+μ- has been studied at centre of mass energies between 35.0 and 46.8 GeV using the TASSO detector at PETRA. We present measurements of the forward-backward charge asymmetry (Aμμ) and cross section σμμ for this reaction at three energies. At 35.0 GeV we obtain a cross section relative to the QED prediction of Rμμ=σμμ/σo=0.932±0.018±0.044 and Aμμ=(-10.6-2.3+2.2±0.5)%. At 38.3 GeV we find Rμμ=0.951±0.072-0.057+0.063 and Aμμ=(+1.7-8.6+8.5±0.5)%. At 43.6 GeV we measure Rμμ=0.921±0.037±0.055 and Aμμ=(-17.6-4.3+4.4±0.5)%. Our results are in good agreement with the predictions of the standard model. Including previous TASSO data we present improved determinations of muonic electroweak parameters. We also report on lower limits of possible contributions from contact interactions. © 1988 Springer-Verlag.
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Charm production in nonresonant e+e- annihilations at sqrt s =10.55 GeV.

Physical review. D, Particles and fields 37:7 (1988) 1719-1743

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D Bortoletto, M Goldberg, R Holmes, N Horwitz, A Jawahery, P Lubrano, GC Moneti, V Sharma, IP Shipsey, P Thoma, SE Csorna, T Letson, MD Mestayer, RS Panvini, GB Word, A Bean, GJ Bobbink, IC Brock, T Ferguson, RW Kraemer, H Vogel, C Bebek, K Berkelman, E Blucher, DG Cassel, T Copie, R DeSalvo, JW DeWire, R Ehrlich, RS Galik, MG Gilchriese, B Gittelman, SW Gray, AM Halling, DL Hartill, BK Heltsley, S Holzner, J Kandaswamy, R Kowalewski, DL Kreinick, Y Kubota, NB Mistry, J Mueller, R Namjoshi, E Nordberg, D Perticone, D Peterson, M Pisharody, K Read, D Riley, A Silverman, S Stone, AJ Sadoff, P Avery, D Besson, L Garren, T Bowcock, K Kinoshita, FM Pipkin, M Procario, R Wilson, J Wolinski, D Xiao, P Haas
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Upper limits on charm-changing neutral-current interactions.

Physical review letters 60:16 (1988) 1614-1617

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P Haas, M Hempstead, T Jensen, DR Johnson, H Kagan, R Kass, P Baringer, RL McIlwain, DH Miller, CR Ng, EI Shibata, S Behrends, JM Guida, JA Guida, F Morrow, R Poling, EH Thorndike, P Tipton, MS Alam, N Katayama, IJ Kim, WC Li, XC Lou, CR Sun, V Tanikella, D Bortoletto, M Goldberg, R Holmes, N Horwitz, A Jawahery, P Lubrano, GC Moneti, V Sharma, IP Shipsey, P Thoma, SE Csorna, T Letson, MD Mestayer, RS Panvini, GB Word, A Bean, GJ Bobbink, IC Brock, T Ferguson, RW Kraemer, H Vogel, C Bebek, K Berkelman, E Blucher, DG Cassel, T Copie, R DeSalvo, JW DeWire, R Ehrlich, RS Galik, MG Gilchriese, B Gittelman, SW Gray, AM Halling, DL Hartill, BK Heltsley, S Holzner, J Kandaswamy, R Kowalewski
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A measurement of the τ lifetime

Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields 39:3 (1988) 331-337

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W Braunschweig, R Gerhards, FJ Kirschfink, HU Martyn, B Bock, HM Fischer, H Hartmann, J Hartmann, E Hilger, A Jocksch, R Wedemeyer, B Foster, AJ Martin, AJ Sephton, E Bernardi, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, K Gather, K Genser, H Hultschig, P Joos, H Kowalski, A Ladage, B Löhr, D Lüke, P Mättig, D Notz, JM Pawlak, KU Pösnecker, E Ros, W Schütte, D Trines, R Walczak, G Wolf, H Kolanoski, T Kracht, J Krüger, E Lohrmann, G Poelz, W Zeuner, DM Binnie, J Hassard, J Shulman, D Su, F Barreiro, A Leites, J del Peso, C Balkwill, MG Bowler, PN Burrows, RJ Cashmore, GP Heath, DJ Mellor, P Ratoff, I Silvester, I Tomalin, E Veitch, GE Forden, JC Hart, DH Saxon, S Brandt, M Holder, L Labarga, Y Eisenberg, U Karshon, G Mikenberg, A Montag, D Revel, E Ronat, A Shapira, N Wainer, G Yekutieli, A Caldwell, D Muller, S Ritz, D Strom, M Takashima, E Wicklund, SL Wu, G Zobernig

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We have reconstructed 695 three-track τ decay vertices using a high resolution drift chamber close to the interaction point. From the distribution of decay lengths we measure the lifetime to be (3.06 ±0.20±0.14)×10−13 s. Using this result we find that the ratio of charged weak coupling constant for the τ to that of the μ, Gτ/Gμ=0.967±0.040 consistent with the concept of lepton universality. © 1988, Springer-Verlag. All rights reserved.
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