Possibility for Double DVCS measurement in Hall A Alexandre Camsonne SBS Meeting June 4th 2013
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Possibility for Double DVCS measurement in Hall A Alexandre Camsonne SBS Meeting June 4th 2013 Double DVCS g* + p g‘* + p’ l+ + l- Guidal and Vanderhaegen : Double deeply virtual Compton scattering off the nucleon (arXiv:hep-ph/0208275v1 30 Aug 2002) Belitsky Radyushkin : Unraveling hadron structure with generalized parton distributions (arXiv:hep-ph/0504030v3 27 Jun 2005) Double Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering D = p1-p2 = q2-q1 p = p1+p2 q = ½ (q1+q2) Q2= - q2 scattered electron x= Q2 2p.q scattered proton h= outgoing virtual photon D.q p.q Q2= -(k-k’)2 xbj= Q2 2p1q1 lepton pair from virtual photon Double DVCS • Detect dilepton pair instead of real photon • Allow to vary skewness h of the reaction • Charged particle in final state can use spectrometer to measure momentum ( less requirement on calorimeter energy resolution) Double DVCS and Virtual Bethe Heitler • Interference of Double DVCS and virtual Bethe Heitler Kinematical coverage JLab 11 GeV 25 GeV 40 GeV DVCS h=x Hu(h , x) 2 𝑄 2 > 𝑀𝑙 + 𝑙− 2 𝑄 2 < 𝑀𝑙 + 𝑙− • DVCS only probes h = x line • Example with model of GPD H for up quark • Jlab : Q2>0 h x • Kinematical range increases with beam energy ( larger dilepton mass ) DDVCS cross section •VGG model •Order of ~0.1 pb = 10-36cm2 •Virtual Beth and Heitler •Interference term enhanced by BH •Contributions from mesons small when far from meson mass DDVCS measurement • Need high luminosity – Hall B : 1035- 1036 cm-2s-1 – mEIC : 1.5x 1034 cm-2s-1 – Want 1038cm-2s-1 ideally 1039 cm-2s-1 • Pair detection : clean trigger • Ideally look at muons channel to avoid ambiguity with initial electron ( muon source low luminosity ) DDVCS measurement • Large acceptance to get the whole angular coverage of the pair • Forward angle for increase of Bethe and Heitler interference Hall A DVCS experiment qg*g p g* g Polarized electron S&T Review July 24th 2007 10 Hall A DVCS experiment ep egX Missing mass with 3-4 % resolution du calorimeter 11 Designing a DVCS experiment Measuring cross-sections differential in 4 variables requires: A good knowledge of the acceptance e p → e (p) g Scattered electron The HRS acceptance is well known R-function cut Emitted photon The calorimeter has a simple rectangular acceptance Perfect acceptance matching by design ! Virtual photon « acceptance » placed at center of calorimeter g g* Simply: t: radius j: phase Hall A DVCS experiment • • • • • 13x16 PbF2 Calorimeter 39 cm x 48 cm at 110 cm = 154 msrd Energy resolution about 3% Centered on Virtual photon Exclusivity by missing mass technique detecting photon only • Limited in luminosity by calorimeter ( background and radiation hardness ) Dimuon detection • No ambiguity with scattered electron • Can go through material – clean trigger – Less radiation hardness concern • Charged particles : can use spectrometer ( reduce background and improved resolution compared to calorimeter ) • Difficulties – Minimum ionizing – Efficiency of detection – Pion background 0.5 % momentum resolution at 5 GeV Possible similar setup with SBS • HRS+SBS • Pros – Virtual photon very well defined – High momentum resolution – Good vertex resolution – Good control of acceptance • Cons – Small acceptance : need to run at high luminosity Designing a DVCS experiment Measuring cross-sections differential in 4 variables requires: A good knowledge of the acceptance l+ e p → e (p) g* l- Scattered electron The HRS acceptance is well known R-function cut l+ g* l- g* Simply: t: radius j: phase Possible HRS/SBS layout Option with BigBite and SBS • BigBite as electron arm, same setup as SIDIS : – Pros • Larger acceptance – Cons • Lower momentum resolution • Sensitive to background • Cross sections more difficult because more sensitive of background E12-09-018: SIDIS on polarized 3He @ 12 GeV E12-09-018, 11 GeV E12-09-018, 8.8 GeV E06-010, 5.9 GeV 11/7/2015 Experiment E12-09-018 • Approved by JLab PAC38 (August 2011), 64 days, A- rating • Spokespersons: • G. Cates (UVA) • E. Cisbani (INFN) • G. Franklin (CMU) • A. Puckett (LANL—currently JLab, near future UConn) • B. Wojtsekhowski (JLab) • In two-months production run, E1209-018 will reach ~1000X statistical FOM of E06-010 n, ~100X HERMES p • Electron arm: BigBite at 30 deg as in E06-010 + A1n detector upgrades • Hadron arm: Super BigBite (SBS) at 14 deg. • Target: high-luminosity polarized Helium-3 SBS Summer 2013 Collaboration Meeting 20 Double DVCS • Challenges – Pion muon discrimination • Record shower profile – Vertex reconstruction : to reduce background ( might need vertex tracker ) – Need detector without shielding for accurate momenta and vertex resolution ( GEM ) might limit luminosity – First step go for asymmetries – Need to determine uncertainties on cross section (tracking and muon detection efficiency ) Muons and pion shower Muon identification • Add material to stop other electromagnetic process • Scintillator planes for muon trigger • Use sampling calorimeter to look at shower : layers of material + GEM or Micromegas with pads and digital readout ( CALICE, SdHCAL, dHCAL ) p m GEM or MicroMegas Pion showers Muon only does energy loss Micromegas readout Micromegas DHCAL • LAPP Annecy France Micromegas DHCAL • LAPP Annecy France Micromegas DHCAL Cost electronics • For 32 cm x 48 cm = 1536 cm2 • 3m x 3m = 90 000 cm2 • MicroROC Digital chips ASICs : 320 chips = 20 480 channels for 25 K$ about 100 K$ per plane • Compatible with SRS • Micromegas detector 32 cm x 48 cm about 3000 $ Other possible readouts • RPC • GEMs • Silicium detectors… Possible detectors to reuse • Gen neutron detector • SRC neutron detector • Any layered detector : add pad planes Conclusion • Opportunity to measure double DVCS at JLab12 GeV in dimuon channel with high statistics • SBS can make a first measurement on limited kinematic range • Simulation work and detector R&D • Early Career Grant for SBS to build MicroMegas Workshop • Proposal next PAC