Discrimination of converted photons and neutral pions at high energies

In the LHC experiment, the H→γγ channel provides a clean nal state with an effective mass peak that is reconstructed with great precision, despite the small branching ratio. As a consequence, the H→γγ channel is one of the most promising channels for the Higgs discovery in the very low mass region. In order to increase the sensitivity of the Higgs search, background rejection rate is very important, so γ/π⁰ discrimination is one of the key points in the analysis. At least 40% of photons will convert with the experience of ATLAS and CMS. We constructed electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) in GEANT4 simulation, using 6 variables which have different shapes between converted γ and π⁰, with the TMVA (Toolkit for Multivariate Data Analysis) to do the separation. With this method we can get 30% to 60% π⁰ rejection efficiency when keeping 90% converted γ efficiency, in the region of transverse momentum 15 GeV to 75 GeV, not only in MC sumulation but also in real data.     

A study of hadronic shower development in the ECAL of the alpha magnetic spectrometer Ⅱ

In this paper, we studied the development of hadronic shower in an electromagnetic calorimeter of Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Ⅱ. Two parametrized empirical formulae were proposed to describe the hadronic shower shape in calorimeter. Using 100 GeV proton beam incident on the center of the ECAL, detailed plots of lateral and longitudinal hadronic shower behavior were given and we found the formulae can describe the development of the hadronic shower with the test beam data. The possible application of the parametrized formulae including e^±-π^± discrimination and tau jet reconstruction was discussed.     

使用时间切片离子速度成像技术研究CF2Cl2光解动力学

本文使用时间切片离子速度成像技术结合共振增强多光子电离技术研究了CF₂Cl₂分子在235 nm附近的光解动力学. 通过测量CF₂Cl₂分子在235 nm附近单光子解离产生的氯原子影像,直接得到了解离产物的速度分布和角分布. 激发态氯原子的速度分布包含高动能组分和低动能组分,分别对应³Q₀电子态的直接解离和由于内转换引起的基态预解离. 基态氯原子的速度分布也包含高动能组分和低动能组分,分别对应³Q₀与¹Q₁电子态的预解离和由于内转换引起的基态预解离. 自由基解离通道被确认,二次解离通道和三体解离通道被排除.