abstract

• The main goal of the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS accelerator is to measure the branching fraction of the ultra-rare decay K%2b → π%2bvv¯ with 10%25 accuracy. Key aspects of the detector configuration are described, with emphasis on tagging and timestamping the minority kaons in the high intensity, unseparated, charged-particle beam using KTAG, an upgraded version of a CEDAR differential Cherenkov detector. Data are presented showing that KTAG was successfully commissioned at CERN in November 2012. © CERN 2014, published under license by IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl.

authors

• Ambrosino F.
• Angelucci B.
• Antonelli A.
• Anzivino G.
• Arcidiacono R.
• Azhinenko I.
• Balev S.
• Bendotti J.
• Biagioni A.
• Biino C.
• Bizzeti A.
• Blazek T.
• Blik A.
• Bloch-Devaux B.
• Bolotov V.
• Bonaiuto V.
• Britton D.
• Britvich G.
• Brook N.
• Bucci F.
• Buescher V.
• Butin F.
• Capitolo E.
• Capoccia C.
• Capussela T.
• Carassiti V.
• Cartiglia N.
• Cassese A.
• Catinaccio A.
• Cecchetti A.
• Ceccucci A.
• Cenci P.
• Cerny V.
• Cerri C.
• Chikilev O.
• Ciaranfi R.
• Collazuol G.
• Cooke P.
• Cooper P.
• Corradi G.
• Costantini F.
• Coward D.
• Dagostini G.
• Dainton J.
• Dalpiaz P.
• Danielsson H.
• De Simone N.
• Degrange J.
• Di Filippo D.
• Di Lella L.
• Dixon N.
• Doble N.
• Duk V.
• Elsha V.
• Engelfried Jatzkowski Jurgen
• Falaleev V.
• Fantechi R.
• Federici L.
• Fiorini M.
• Fry J.
• Fucci A.
• Gallorini S.
• Gatignon L.
• Gianoli A.
• Gil E.C.
• Giudici S.
• Glonti L.
• Gomez F.P.
• Gonnella F.
• Goudzovski E.
• Guida R.
• Gushchin E.
• Hahn F.
• Hallgren B.
• Heath H.
• Herman F.
• Iacopini E.
• Jamet O.
• Jarron P.
• Kampf K.
• Kaplon J.
• Karjavin V.
• Kekelidze V.
• Khudyakov A.
• Kiryushin Y.
• Kleinknecht K.
• Kluge A.
• Koval M.
• Kozhuharov V.
• Krivda M.
• Kunze J.
• Lamanna G.
• Lazzeroni C.
• Leitner R.
• Lenci R.
• Lenti M.
• Leonardi E.
• Lichard P.
• Lietava R.
• Litov L.
• Lomidze D.
• Lonardo A.
• Lurkin N.
• Madigozhin D.
• Maire G.
• Makarov A.
• Mannelli I.
• Mannocchi G.
• Mapelli A.
• Marchetto F.
• Martins A.G.
• Massarotti P.
• Massri K.
• Matak P.
• Mazza G.
• Menichetti E.
• Mirra M.
• Misheva M.
• Molokanova N.
• Morant J.
• Morel M.
• Moulson M.
• Movchan S.
• Munday D.
• Napolitano M.
• Newson F.
• Norton A.
• Noy M.
• Nuessle G.
• Obraztsov V.
• Padolski S.
• Page R.
• Palladino V.
• Pardons A.
• Pedreschi E.
• Pepe M.
• Petrucci F.
• Piandani R.
• Piccini M.
• Pinzino J.
• Pivanti M.
• Polenkevich I.
• Popov I.
• Potrebenikov Y.
• Protopopescu D.
• Raffaelli F.
• Raggi M.
• Ramusino A.C.
• Riedler P.
• Rinella G.A.
• Romano A.
• Rubin P.
• Ruggiero G.
• Russo V.
• Ryjov V.
• Salamon A.
• Salina G.
• Samsonov V.
• Santovetti E.
• Saracino G.
• Sargeni F.
• Schifano S.
• Semenov V.
• Sergi A.
• Serra M.
• Shkarovskiy S.
• Sotnikov A.
• Sougonyaev V.
• Sozzi M.
• Spadaro T.
• Spinella F.
• Staley R.
• Statera M.
• Sutcliffe P.
• Szilasi N.
• Tagnani D.
• Valdata-Nappi M.
• Valente P.
• Vassilieva V.
• Velghe B.
• Veltri M.
• Venditti S.
• Vormstein M.
• Wahl H.
• Wanke R.
• Wertelaers P.
• Winhart A.
• Winston R.
• Wrona B.
• Yushchenko O.
• Zamkovsky M.
• Zinchenko A.

publication date

• 2014-01-01

funding provided via

• Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC: ST/J00412X/1  Grant

published in

• Journal of Instrumentation  Journal

keywords

• Cherenkov detectors; Particle identification methods; Timing detectors Cerenkov counters; Charged particles; Hadrons; Particle detectors; Branching fractions; Cherenkov Detectors; Detector configuration; High intensity; Kaon identification; Particle Identification Method; Timestamping; Timing detectors; Bosons

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1088/1748-0221/9/12/C12048

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volume

• 9

issue

• 12