Calibration of RPC-based muon detector at BESⅢ

The calibration algorithm for RPC-based muon detector at BESIII has been developed. The calibration method, calibration error and algorithm performance are studied. The primary results of efficiency and noise at layer, module and strip levels have been calibrated with cosmic ray data. The calibration constants are available for simulation and reconstruction tuning. The results of Monte Carlo and data are also compared to check the validation and reliability of the algorithm.     

Track reconstruction in the BESⅢ muon counter

The reconstruction algorithm for BESⅢ Muon Counter, MucRecAlg, is developed with the object-oriented language C++ in BESⅢ offline software environment. MucRecAlg consists of the following functions: to find track seeds either from extrapolation of tracks in the main drift chamber or from the fired strips in muon counter, to select fired strips associated to the candidate tracks, to fit the candidate tracks with a linear or quadratic function and to calculate other parameters of the tracks for muon identification. Monte Carlo samples are generated to check the performance of the reconstruction package, such as reconstruction efficiency, muon remaining rate and pion rejection rate, etc. The preliminary results show that the pion rejection rate is around 3%-4% while the muon remaining rate is better than 90% in 0.4-1.6 GeV/c momentum region, which meets the requirement as shown in the design report.     

Event generators at BESⅢ

We present a brief remark and introduction to event generators for tau-charm physics currently used at BESⅢ,including KKMC,BesEvtGen,Bhlumi,Bhwide,Babayaga and inclusive Monte-Carlo event generators.This paper provides basic information on event generators for BESⅢ users.     

Event generators at BESⅢ

We present a brief remark and introduction to event generators for tau-charm physics currently used at BESⅢ, including KKMC, BesEvtGen, Bhlumi, Bhwide, Babayaga and inclusive Monte-Carlo event generators. This paper provides basic information on event generators for BESⅢ users.     

Study of the efficiency of event start time determination at BESⅢ

A method to estimate the efficiency of event start time determination at BESIII is developed.This method estimates the efficiency at the event level by combining the efficiencies of various tracks(e,μ,π,K,p,γ)in a Bayesian way.Efficiencies results and the difference between data and MC at the track level are presented in this paper.For a given physics channel,event start time efficiency and systematic error can be estimated following this method.     

A photon conversion finder at BESⅢ

A photon conversion finder (PCF) based on track information from the main drift chamber (MDC) of the Beijing Spectrometer (BES0) at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC/) is developed. The validation of the PCF is done by reconstructing π⁰ and measuring the branching fraction of J/ψ →γη'. Using the developed PCF tool, we mapped the materials from the interaction point through the BEPCII beam pipe up to the inner wall of the MDC.     

Online data quality monitoring system at BESⅢ

The online Data Quality Monitoring (DQM) tool plays an important role in the data recording process of HEP experiments. The BESⅢ DQM collects data from the online data flow, reconstructs them with offline reconstruction software and automatically analyzes the reconstructed data with user-defined algorithms. The DQM software is a scalable distributed system. The monitored results are gathered and displayed in various formats, which provides the shifter with current run information that can be used to identify problems quickly. This paper gives an overview of the DQM system at BESⅢ.     

Mini-review of rare charmonium decays at BESⅢ

Recently, the LHCb experiment announced 3.5σ evidence for direct CP violation in D⁰ decay by looking at the difference between A_CP(D⁰→K⁺K^-) and A_CP(D⁰→π⁺π^-). This is the rst evidence of CP violation in a charm system, which may indicate new physics beyond the Standard Model. Motivated by this measurement, we review rare processes in charmonium decay, especially, the weak decay, C or P violated decay, and lepton avor violated decays. In case the new physics appears in charm sector, these rare decays of charmonium states will provide an opportunity to search for signi cant contributions from physics beyond the Standard Model. With huge J/ψ and ψ(2S) samples in BES0 experiment, the rare decays may be feasible.     

Tuning of the cosmic-ray test system of the BESⅢ drift chamber

The BESⅢ drift chamber and its subsystems need a cosmic-ray test after the chamber construction to check the chamber construction quality,testing the joint operation of the whole system and the performance of the chamber.The noise performance,drift time and charge measurements,and the scanning of channels were examined specifically.The preliminary results of the test indicate that the whole system works well.     

BESⅢ track fitting algorithm

A track fitting algorithm based on the Kalman filter method has been developed for BESⅢ of BEPCⅡ.The effects of multiple scattering and energy loss when the charged particles go through the detector,non-uniformity of magnetic field (NUMF) and wire sag, etc., have been carefully handled.This algorithm works well and the performance satisfies the physical requirements tested by the simulation data.     

Lagrange multiplier method used in BESⅢ kinematic fitting

In this paper,the kinematic fitting with the Lagrange multiplier method has been studied for BESⅢ experiment.First we introduce the Lagrange multiplier method and implement kinematic constraints.Then we present the performance of the kinematic fitting algorithm.With the kinematic fitting,we can improve the resolution of track parameters and reduce the background.     

Improvement of main drift chamber Monte-Carlo tuning model at BESⅢ

Based on real data,a new parameterized model of the main drift chamber response is proposed.In this model,we tune the ratio of good hits and the residual distribution separately.By data quality checking,the diference between simulation and data in track reconstruction efciency reduces from 1%to 0.5%averagely for the pion in J/ψ→π+ππ0,and the momentum resolution agreement improves significantly for the proton in J/ψ→ppˉ.     

BESⅢ RPC宇宙线测试系统

北京谱仪(BESⅢ)采用阻性板室(Resistive Plate Chambers)作为其muon探测器, 总使用面积达1200m². 为保证探测器的质量, 每一块阻性板室都要求通过宇宙线测试. 宇宙线测试系统使用3个流光管室作为其触发和寻迹系统, 其空间分辨可达2—3mm, 覆盖面积约4m², 测试系统可同时测量8块RPCs. 最后, 还报道了RPC的初次测试结果.     

Monte Carlo study on the low momentum μ-π identification of the BESⅢ EM calorimeter

The BESⅢ detector has a high-resolution electromagnetic calorimeter which can be used for low momentum μ-π identification.Based on Monte Carlo simulations, μ-π separation was studied.A multilayer perceptron neural network making use of the defined variables was used to do the identification and a good μ-π separation result was obtained.     

面向对象的BESⅢ探测器模拟系统

BESⅢ探测器的模拟软件包BOOST, 是基于Geant4开发的面向对象的模拟软件. BOOST全面地模拟了BESⅢ探测器的物质和几何结构, 给出了粒子在各个子探测器中的击中信息, 以ASCII码文件的形式输出原始数据和MC truth信息可供重建软件开发和物理分析使用, 初步结果显示BOOST的模拟是合理的.     

Some topics on charmonium decays at BESⅢ experiment

The construction of BESⅢ detector has been finished and the data taking is under plan. Some physics topics on charmonium decays at BESⅢ experiment are discussed in this paper. The measurement of properties of η_c and η_c at BESⅢ is discussed and the expected precision of the measurement is estimated based on BOSS. Also the χ_cJ decay and the measurement of hyperon decay parameters are mentioned.     

Calibration study of the X-T relation for the BESⅢ drift chamber

Offline calibration plays an important role in BES offline data processing. In order to achieve good spatial and momentum resolution, it is necessary to implement high precision offline calibration for the BES drift chamber. This paper studies the time-to-distance relations, which are important calibration constants for track reconstruction. The parameterization of the time-to-distance relation, studies of left-right asymmetry and studies of variation with entrance angle are performed. The impact of dead channels on the time-to-distance relation is given special attention in order to reduce the shift in measured momentum for tracks passing near dead cells. Finally we present the resolutions for barrel Bhabha events(|cos θ|< 0.8) from a J/ψ data set taken in 2012. The average spatial resolution is 123 μm and the momentum resolution for 1.548 Ge V/c Bhabha tracks is 11.9 Me V/c.     

Test of BESⅢ RPC in the avalanche mode

The installation of the BESⅢ RPC system has been completed. Cosmic ray test results show that they perform very well in streamer mode and meet the BESⅢ requirements. We have tested several RPCs in the avalanche mode with the addition of extra SF₆ in the gas mixture. We find an efficiency plateau that reaches ～95%, and a time resolution of 1.8 ns. This demonstrates that the BESⅢ-type RPC can work in the avalanche mode as well.     

BESⅢ端盖TOF探测器的研制

针对BESⅢ端盖TOF的研制方案, 设计和制作了特殊构型的闪烁探测器. 研究了光电倍增管(R5924)和塑料闪烁体(BC404, BC408, EJ204)的性能. 测量了几种包装材料对单个闪烁探测器模块光收集和本征时间分辨的影响. 使用800MeV实验电子束对探测器模块的测量结果显示, 采用EJ204和BC404晶体其时间分辨小于80ps; 采用ESR材料包装可获得较大的输出信号, 提高了探测器的性能.     

Performance of the muon detector A under TIBET Ⅲ array

In order to observe gamma rays in the 100 TeV energy region, the 4500 m² underground muon detector array using water Cherenkov technique is constructed, forming the TIBET Ⅲ+MD hybrid array. Because the showers induced by primary gamma rays contain much fewer muons than those induced by primary hadrons, significant improvement of the gamma ray sensitivity for TIBET Ⅲ+MD array is expected. In this paper, the design and performance of the MD-A detector with large Tyvek bag is reported.