Luminosity Determination for MUSE
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Abstract
The physics goals of the MUon Scattering Experiment (MUSE) in measuring the proton radius require the use of a mixed particle beam that includes electrons, muons, and pions. MUSE uses the mixed particle beam at Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, which presents unique challenges in calculating the beam luminosity. In order for the flux of each particle species to be accurately measured, several different factors must be taken into account including background rates, dead time, exclusion of particles due to dead time and multiple triggers within a single event. This presentation will discuss efforts to account for corrections in luminosity calculations for the cross section analysis.
*This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF grant 2110229. The MUSE experiment is supported by the Department of Energy, NSF, PSI, and the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation.
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Presenters
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Haley R Reid
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor