BESIII barrel time-of-flight （TOF） calibration using cosmic ray data

The principle of the method for the BESIII TOF calibration using cosmic ray data without magnetic field are reported in this paper. After applying calibration constants, the single-end readout time resolution could reach about 150 ps, and the time resolution for one layer is achieved to be about 110 ps. The paper also described the extraction scheme for the event start time of cosmic events.     

Time calibration for the end cap TOF system of BESⅢ

The time calibration for end cap TOF system of BESⅢ is studied in this paper. It has achieved about 110 ps time resolution for muons in dimu events. The pulse height correction using electronic scan curve and the predicted time calculated using Kalman filter method are introduced. This paper also describes the study of using electrons and muons as calibration samples.     

Time calibration for the end cap TOF system of BESⅢ

The time calibration for end cap TOF system of BESⅢ is studied in this paper.It has achieved about 110 ps time resolution for muons in dimu events.The pulse height correction using electronic scan curve and the predicted time calculated using Kalman filter method are introduced.This paper also describes the study of using electrons and muous as calibration samples.     

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.     

Installation and cosmic ray test of the high voltage system of the BESⅢ drift chamber

After examination of the designed high voltage power supply system of the BESⅢ drift chamber in the beam test of the full length prototype of drift chamber, a full system covering all the channels of high voltage was installed. The system's training and the high voltage value adjustment were carried out in the cosmic ray test of the BESⅢ drift chamber. The cosmic ray test for the full system and its final installation on the BESⅢ drift chamber were reported. The full system of high voltage power supply works stably and reliably.     

A study of the calibration of wire positions for the BESⅢ drift chamber using physics data without magnetic field

A method to determine precisely three-dimensional wire positions in the BESⅢ drift chamber using physics events is introduced.In part the proposed technique takes advantage of the possibility that the magnetic field can be turned off,thereby providing a huge sample of straight tracks for which effects due to multiple scattering,energy loss and non-uniformity of the magnetic field are minimized during the calibration process.A toy Monte Carlo study is performed to demonstrate the viability of the method.As a result of the calibration process,the rms of the distribution of wire position deviation is reduced from 35μm to 10 μm.     

Monte Carlo tuning for the BESⅢ time-of-flight system

Using experimental data, Monte Carlo tuning is implemented for performance parameters associated with the scintillation counters and readout electronics of the BESⅢ time-of-flight(TOF) system, as part of the full simulation model. The implementation of the tuning is described for simulations designed to reproduce the performance of a number of TOF system parameters, including pulse height, hit efficiency, time resolution, dead channels and background. In addition, comparisons with experimental data are presented.     

Monte Carlo tuning for the BESⅢ time-of-flight system

Using experimental data, Monte Carlo tuning is implemented for performance parameters associated with the scintillation counters and readout electronics of the BESⅢ time-of-flight (TOF) system, as part of the full simulation model. The implementation of the tuning is described for simulations designed to reproduce the performance of a number of TOF system parameters, including pulse height, hit efficiency, time resolution, dead channels and background. In addition, comparisons with experimental data are presented.     

A study of the calibration of wire positions for the BESⅢ drift chamber using physics data without magnetic field

A method to determine precisely three-dimensional wire positions in the BESⅢ drift chamber using physics events is introduced. In part the proposed technique takes advantage of the possibility that the magnetic field can be turned off, thereby providing a huge sample of straight tracks for which effects due to multiple scattering, energy loss and non-uniformity of the magnetic field are minimized during the calibration process. A toy Monte Carlo study is performed to demonstrate the viability of the method. As a result of the calibration process, the rms of the distribution of wire position deviation is reduced from 35μm to 10μm.     

Design and implementation of the detector control system for the BESⅢ drift chamber cosmic ray test

After the construction of the BESⅢ drift chamber,a long period of cosmic rays test is necessary to verify its performance.This also provides a good opportunity to integrate the detector readout electronics and Detector Control System (DCS) into a unified working system.The goal of the DCS is to guarantee reliable physics data quality and the safe operation of the detector.It monitors and controls the HV,gas,VME crates and the environmental variables.The upper-level system is mainly developed from LabVIEW and the lower-level system mainly uses MCU and PLC technology.The system is designed to be highly flexible and scalable so that it can be applied to other detectors with little or no change.In the immediate future,it will be integrated into the entire BESⅢ Slow Control System.     

Design and implementation of the detector control system for the BESⅢ drift chamber cosmic ray test

After the construction of the BESⅢ drift chamber, a long period of cosmic rays test is necessary to verify its performance. This also provides a good opportunity to integrate the detector readout electronics and Detector Control System (DCS) into a unified working system. The goal of the DCS is to guarantee reliable physics data quality and the safe operation of the detector. It monitors and controls the HV, gas, VME crates and the nvironmental variables. The upper-level system is mainly developed from LabVIEW and the lower-level system mainly uses MCU and PLC technology. The system is designed to be highly flexible and scalable so that it can be applied to other detectors with little or no change. In the immediate future, it will be integrated into the entire BESⅢ Slow Control System.     

Absolute photon energy calibration for the BESⅢ EMC

The absolute energy calibration with photons from π0＇s for the BESⅢ EMC is discussed. Using 3 million hadronic events, the preliminary results are presented. Precision of about 1% in the photon energy measurement is obtained from crossing check using photons in ψ（2S）→γχc1,2（1P）.     

Absolute photon energy calibration for the BESⅢ EMC

The absolute energy calibration with photons from π⁰'s for the BESⅢ EMC is discussed. Using 3 million hadronic events, the preliminary results are
presented. Precision of about 1% in the photon energy measurement is
obtained from crossing check using photons in ψ(2S)→γχ_c1,2(1P).     

BESⅢ端盖TOF时间分辨的束流测试

使用800MeV的电子束对BESⅢ端盖飞行时间探测器(TOF)模块的性能进行测试. 研究了塑料闪烁体的包装材料、光电倍增管(PMT)的工作电压、电子束入射位置对单个TOF模块的本征时间分辨的影响，并给出了测量时间与信号幅度和粒子击中位置的修正方法. 实验结果显示:使用Tyvek纸包装，闪烁体在安装PMT的一端有45°斜面, 电子击中在TOF模块不同位置其本征时间分辨在70—90ps范围内.     

The Monte Carlo Simulation of BESⅢ Ead cap TOF

The End-Cap TOF (ETOF) of Beijing Spectrometer (BESⅢ) consists of 2×48 pieces of trapezoidal scintillator (BC408). Its main physics goal is to realize the 2σ π/k separation at momentum up to 1GeV/c, and to obtain TOF intrinsic time resolution of 80ps.In order to study the effects of several factors on the intrinsic time resolution of ETOF, the Monte Carlo simulation of the detector is carried out by using Geant4 software package. The performance of ETOF at different conditions, such as scintillator covered materials, shapes, and particle hit positions, is simulated and discussed in discussed in detail. The result can provide a reference for the design of ETOF detecor in BESⅢ.     

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.     

利用BESⅢ的双层TOF寻找D~0-■混合的研究(英文)

在ψ(3770)处,D0→K-π+是研究D0-■混合的非常理想的衰变道．实验上,良好的K／π识别技术将对寻找D0-■混合过程起着决定性的作用．在BESⅢ实验的物理预研究中,发现利用飞行时间的信息,能够精确测定末态中含有多条带电径迹事例的起始时间,从而可以改善飞行时间计数器的时间分辨率．进一步的研究表明,应用该方法后,BESⅢ双层TOF的时间分辨率从～78ps降到～64ps．按照20fb-1的ψ(3770)数据量进行估算,在95％置信度下,D0-■混合率的上限值可以提高7％左右．     

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.