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JLAB Hall A Experiment E94-107
E94107 COLLABORATION
A.Acha, H.Breuer, C.C.Chang, E.Cisbani, F.Cusanno, C.J.DeJager, R. De Leo,
R.Feuerbach, S.Frullani, F.Garibaldi*, D.Higinbotham, M.Iodice, L.Lagamba,
J.LeRose, P.Markowitz, S.Marrone, R.Michaels, Y.Qiang, B.Reitz, G.M.Urciuoli,
B.Wojtsekhowski, and the Hall A Collaboration
16O(e,e’K+)16 N

Ebeam = 4.016, 3.777, 3.656 GeV
Pe= 1.80, 1.57, 1.44 GeV/c
Pk= 1.96
GeV/c
12C(e,e’K+)12 

qe = qK = 6°
Be(e,e’K+)9 Li

H(e,e’K+)0
Beam current : <100 mA Target thickness : ~100 mg/cm2
W  2.2 GeV
Q2 ~ 0.07 (GeV/c)2
Counting Rates ~ 0.1 – 10 counts/peak/hour
Experimental requirements :
• Detection at very forward angle to obtain reasonable counting rate
(increase photon flux)  Septum magnets at 6°
• Excellent ParticleIDentification system for unambiguous kaon selection
over a large background of p, p  RICH
• Accurate monitoring of many parameters over a long period of data taking :
Beam energy spread and absolute calibration, spectrometers settings and
stability, …
• Excellent energy resolution  Best performance for beam and HRS+Septa
with accurate optics calibrations
1. DEbeam/E : 2.5 x 10-5
2. DP/P (HRS + septum) ~ 10-4
3. Straggling, energy loss…
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Excitation energy resolution ≤ 600 keV
Septum Magnets
•Superconducting magnets
•Commissioned 2003-4
Electrons scattered
at 6 deg sent to the
HRS at 12.5 deg.
RICH detector
Ch
– C6F14/CsI proximity focusing RICH
“MIP”
Performances:
Np.e. # of detected photons (p.e.)
and sq (angular resolution)
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Separation Power
2  1  n s s 
c
Cherenkov
angle resolution
s 
c
s p.e.
N p .e .
Rich – PID – Effect of ‘Kaon selection’:
Coincidence Time selecting kaons on Aerogels and on RICH:
AERO K
AERO K && RICH K
p
P
K
Pion rejection
factor ~ 1000
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METHOD TO IMPROVE THE OPTIC DATA BASE:
An optical data base means a matrix T that transforms the focal plane coordinates in
scattering coordinates:
 DP 


  
Y 
 


Y 




Y T X
x
 
  y
X  
q
 
 
 
To change a data base means to find a new matrix T’ that gives
a new set of values:


Y '  T ' X
:


1
X  T Y


Y ' F Y
this is perfectly equivalent to find a matrix

.
Because:
you work only with scattering coordinates.
From F you simply find T’ by:
T' F T
F  T 'T 1
METHOD TO IMPROVE THE OPTIC DATA BASE (II)
Expressig:
You have:
F  1  F

 

Y '  Y  F  Y  Y   (Y )
just consider as an example the change in the momentum DP because of the change in the data
base:

DP'  DP  δF  Y  DP  δ(DP)  DP  P(DP, Θ, Φ, Y)
with
P( DP , , , Y )
a polynomial expression
Because of the change DPDP’ also the missing energy
Emiss( DP ' )  Emiss( DP   ( DP ))  Emiss( DP )  
Emiss
will change:
Emiss
 ( DP )  Emiss( DP )  A( DP , , , Y )
 ( DP )
In this way to optimize a data base you have just to find empirically a polynomial
the scattering coordinates that added to the missing energy improves its resolution
and finally to calculate
 ( DP ) 
Emiss ' Emiss
Emiss

 ( DP )
A( DP , , , Y )
What do we learn from hypernuclear spectroscopy
Hypernuclei and the -N interaction
JA1  (s  shell)
“weak coupling model”
(parent nucleus)
( hyperon)
VN = V0 (r) + Vs (r)s  sN + V (r)
V 
D
 J Hyp  JA1  12
(doublet state)
N
 s + VN (r)
S
N
 sN + VT (r)S12
SN
T
Each of the 5 radial integral (V, D, S, SN, T) can be phenomenologically determined
from the low lying level structure of p-shell hypernuclei
Low-lying levels of  Hypernuclei
J
(A-1)

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J
SN
1
2
Hypernuclear
Fine Structure
Split by N spin
dependent interaction
A 
J
1
2
D , S , T
Results on
12C
target
Analysis of the reaction
12C(e,e’K)12B

Results published: M.Iodice et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. E052501, 99 (2007).
Results on
12C
target – Hypernuclear Spectrum of
12B

Narrowest peak is doublet at 10.93 MeV
 experiment resolution < 700 keV
G.S. width is 1150 keV; an
unresolved doublet?
What would separation be between
two 670 keV peaks?  ~650 keV
(theory predicts only 140)
670 keV
FWHM
Preliminary Results on the WATERFALL target
Analysis of the reaction
16O(e,e’K)16N

and 1H(e,e’K)(elementary reaction)
Waterfall target allows energy-scale
calibration of 16O(e,e’K)16N
by 1H(e,e’K)(peak at binding energy = zero)
the WATERFALL target: provides 16O and H targets
Be windows
H2O “foil”
H2O “foil”
Preliminary Results on the WATERFALL target -
1H
(e,e’K)
1H
16O
and H spectra
(e,e’K)

16O(e,e’K)16N



Nb/sr2 GeV MeV

Water thickness from elastic cross section on H
Fine determination of the particle momenta and beam energy
using the Lambda peak reconstruction (resolution vs position)
Excitation Energy (MeV)
Results on
16O
target – Hypernuclear Spectrum of
16N

- Peak Search :
Identified 4 regions with
excess counts above
background


Fit to the data (red line): Fit 4
regions with 4 Voigt functions
c2/ndf = 1.19

Theoretical model (blu line)
superimposed curve based on :
i) SLA p(e,e’K+) (elementary
process)
ii) N interaction fixed
parameters from KEK and
BNL 16O spectra
Binding Energy B=13.68 ± 0.16
(stat) ± 0.05 (sys) MeV
Measured for the first time with this level
of accuracy (ambiguous interpretation
from emulsion data; interaction involving
 production on n more difficult to
normalize)
Results on
16O
target – Hypernuclear Spectrum of
[2]
[3]
16N

[4]
[2] O. Hashimoto, H. Tamura,
Part Nucl Phys 57, 564 (2006)
[3] private communication from
D. H. Davis, D. N. Dovee, fit
of data from Phys Lett B 79, 157
(1978)
[4] private communication from
H. Tamura, erratum on Prog
Theor Phys Suppl 117, 1 (1994)
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13.5
13
E94-107
(Kstop,p-)
(K-,p-)
12.5
Serie1
(p+,K+)
12
11.5
Comparison with the mirror nucleus 16O
11
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
Difference expected with
respect to mirror nucleus:
400 – 500 keV (M. Sotona)
Results on H target – The p(e,e’K) Cross Section
p(e,e'K+) on Waterfall
Production run
p(e,e'K+) on LH2 Cryo Target
Calibration run
Expected data from the
Experiment E07-012 to study the
angular dependence of p(e,e’K) and
16O(e,e’K)16N at Low Q2

(approved January, 2007)
Be(e,e’K+)9
Li
1.4
9

Li
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
Chi2/NDF: 266.342 / 232 = 1.14803
Peak
Strength
Position
FWHM
4:
11.87 +/- 3.51 ,
9.18+/- 0.11,
3:
11.01 +/- 5.68 ,
8.54 +/- 0.08, 0.71 +/- 0.15
2:
12.57 +/- 5.66,
8.06 +/- 0.08, 0.71 +/- 0.15
1:
23.20+/- /4.75 ,
7.10 +/- 0.08, 0.71 +/- 0.15
0:
7.23 +/- 3.68 ,
6.44+/- 0.21 ,
0.71 +/- 0.15
0.71 +/- 0.15
The Angular Dependence of
proposal for PAC 31
- the electromagnetic approach
- recent results
- motivation
- the elementary reaction
- angular distribution
- the apparatus
- kinematics and counting rates
- summary and conclusion
+

O(e,eK  )16
N
and
H(e,
e
K
)

(F. Garibaldi January 0507 - Hall A Collaboration meeting - Jlab)
- hypernuclear physics
- beam time request
16
the proposed experiment will answer the following questions
• does the cross section for the photo-production continue in rising as the kaon angle goes to
zero or is there a plateau or even a dip like for the high-energy data?(relationship with CLASS
data)
• is the concept of the hadronic form factors as it is used in the isobaric models still correct?
What is the angular dependence of the hypernuclear form factor at forward angle?
. is the hypernuclear
angular dependence the same as the hypernuclear process?
• which of the models describes better the reality at forward angles and can be therefore used
in analysis of hypernuclear data without introducing an additional uncertainty?
. the success of the previous experiment (very “clean” (background free) data) guarantees for
the experimental equipment (optics, PID), analysis, rates (beam time) evaluation to be under
control. (extrapolations “easy”).
“unique possibility” for this experiment in Hall A with waterfall target, septa and PID
these questions are very important for our understanding of dynamics of the process and vital
for the hypernuclear calculations and interpretation of the data, they urge to be answered also
for “building” the hypernuclear program at Jlab in the future
Conclusion
• E94-107 experiment successfully performed:
• Three hypernuclei studied:
12

(published),
16
N
(submitted ) and 9 Li
+ the reaction:
H(e,e’K+)
0
Experiment E07-012 will study the angular dependence of p(e,e’K)L and
16O(e,e’K)16NL at Low Q2
(approved January, 2007)