Prototype of time digitizing system for BESⅢ endcap TOF upgrade

The prototype of a time digitizing system for the BESⅢ endcap TOF (ETOF) upgrade is introduced in this paper. The ETOF readout electronics has a distributed architecture. Hit signals from the multi-gap resistive plate chamber (MRPC) are signaled as LVDS by front-end electronics (FEE) and are then sent to the back-end time digitizing system via long shield differential twisted pair cables. The ETOF digitizing system consists of two VME crates, each of which contains modules for time digitization, clock, trigger, fast control, etc. The time digitizing module (TDIG) of this prototype can support up to 72 electrical channels for hit information measurement. The fast control (FCTL) module can operate in barrel or endcap mode. The barrel FCTL fans out fast control signals from the trigger system to the endcap FCTLs, merges data from the endcaps and then transfers to the trigger system. Without modifying the barrel TOF (BTOF) structure, this time digitizing architecture benefits from improved ETOF performance without degrading the BTOF performance. Lab experiments show that the time resolution of this digitizing system can be lower than 20 ps, and the data throughput to the DAQ can be about 92 Mbps. Beam experiments show that the total time resolution can be lower than 45 ps.     

e+e-实验中ψ(2S)能区连续态单光子湮没过程的贡献

研究了e+e-实验中ψ(2S)能区连续态单光子湮没过程的截面对观测总截面的贡献. 针对ψ(2S)质量处ωπ0和π+π-两个观测末态,利用唯象模型估计了单光子湮没过程贡献的大小. 分析表明,对于ψ(2S)→ωπ0和ψ(2S)→π+π-,以及其他电磁末态分支比的确定,单光子湮没过程的贡献必须认真考虑. 通过研究,我们认为对于BES实验来说,为了获得共振态电磁末态分支比的正确结果,至少需要在低于ψ(2S)共振峰的能量点采集10pb-1的数据.     

粒子鉴别中dE/dx和TOF的权重

在北京谱仪数据分析中,粒子鉴别使用了dE/dx和TOF的信息.在利用dE/dx和TOF联合鉴别粒子时,通常的做法是把两者的χ²值等权重相加(χ²方法).在不同的动量区间,dE/dx和TOF对粒子的鉴别能力不同.本文给出两者联合鉴别时不同动量区间的权重,并构造一个新的线性变量来进行粒子鉴别     

最优化的北京谱仪取数时间

就北京正负电子对撞机一定运行状态下,北京谱仪如何确定每次注入束流的最佳取数时间建立了一个通用的数学模型.将这个模型应用于目前正在进行的ψ′数据采集,给出了最优化的北京谱仪取数时间,使得在同样的运行条件下,可以尽可能多地采集到对物理有意义的数据.此工作的分析可以推广到其他的高能物理实验.     

在BES实验中用神经元网络法鉴别e,μ,π

研究了两种不同的神经元网络法,BP网络和LVQ网络,对北京谱仪(BES)实验中e,μ,π粒子的鉴别,取得了较常规方法要好的结果.用于训练和检验的μ子样本来自宇宙线事例,e和π粒子则是由真实实验数据精选的,虽然样本本身具有非均匀的动量谱,但BP网络的检验结果给出的粒子选择效率在整个动量区间却仍然具有相当均匀的分布,LVQ网络稍逊之.至少是在我们研究的这一课题中证明了BP网络的模式识别功能要优于LVQ网络.     

Study a0(980)-f0(980)mixing in charmonium decays

In this proceeding,we propose to directly measure the a00(980)-f0(980)mixing in J/ψ→φ f0(980)φa00(980)and χc1 →π0a00(980)→π0f0(980)with the upgraded Beijing Electron Positron Collider(BEPCII)with BESⅢ detector.We show that a narrow peak of about 8 MeV will be produced by the a00(980)-f0(980)mixing,and the predominant feature makes it standing out from the background contributions.The predicted branching ratios for these two reactions are both expected to be about O(10-6),which is unambiguously accessible with109 J/ψ and 3 × 108 χc1 at BESⅢ.     

Recent results on hadron spectroscopy from BES

The BES-Ⅲ Detector is a very versatile multipurpose device located at the Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP) in Beijing,China.Concerning the physics program it ties stringently up to the past BES and BES-Ⅱ experiments.Since start of the data taking in the middle of 2008 the accumulated dataset of 200·106 J/ψ events and 100·106 ψ events already exceeds the world data on these resonances.In addition to studies of the charmonium systems the data offers great opportunity for investigations in the light hadron sector.In detail it will be reported about the confirmation of the enhancement in p invariant mass in radiative J/ψ decays,the search for decays Y(2175) → K0 K0,observation of a charged κ± in K±π0 and observation of a new excited baryon N(2065) decaying to pπ0 and charged conjugate.The first result is based on data taken by BES-Ⅱ and BES-Ⅲ,the latter three on data collected by BES-Ⅱ only.     

Trigger efficiencies at BESⅢ

Trigger efficiencies at BESⅢ were determined for both the J/ψ and ψ' data taking of 2009. Both dedicated runs and physics datasets are used; efficiencies are presented for Bhabha-scattering events, generic hadronic decay events involving charged tracks, dimuon events and ψ'→π+π-J/ψ, J/ψ→ 1+1- events.The efficiencies are found to lie well above 99% for all relevant physics cases, thus fulfilling the BESⅢ design specifications.     

Charmonium results from BES

Using ～ 14 × 10^6 ψ（2S） and ～ 58 × 10^ J/ ψ data collected at BES Ⅱ/BEPC, the branching fraction of ψ（2S）→Ω-Ω^＋ is measured with about 5a statistical significance. The A electric dipole and ∧ decay parameter are studied using the decay J/ψ →∧∧→ ppπ^＋π^-. Using （106±3）× 10^6 ψ（2S） decays collected at BESⅢ/BEPC Ⅱ, we have obtained some interesting physics results. The branching fractions of XcJ→π^0π^0, ηη are measured with precision improved. The mass and width of he（l^1P1） state, together with the branching fractions of Br（ψ（2S） →π^0hc） and Br（hc →γηc） are the first measurements. Surprisingly, the decays of Xc1→φφ, ωω, and ωφ are firstly observed in BESⅢ data.     

Trigger efficiencies at BESⅢ

Trigger efficiencies at BESⅢ were determined for both the J/ψ and ψ＇ data taking of 2009. Both dedicated runs and physics datasets are used; efficiencies are presented for Bhabha-scattering events, generic hadronic decay events involving charged tracks, dimuon events and ψ＇→π＋π-J/ψ, J/ψ→ 1＋1- events.The efficiencies are found to lie well above 99% for all relevant physics cases, thus fulfilling the BESⅢ design specifications.