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HMS Performance


OPTICS TUNE: PARALLEL-PT PT-PT
MOMENTUM:
Maximum Central Momentum
Momentum Bite[(Pmax-Pmin)/P0]
Momentum Resolution delta p/p
7.5 GeV/c
18%
<0.1%
7.5 GeV/c
18%
<0.1%
ACCEPTANCES:
Solid Angle
Min. Central Scattering Angle
 
>6 msr
12.5o
 
>6 msr
12.5o
Angle Measurement Precision

In Scattering Plane
Out-of-Plane

Useful Target Length
Vertex Reconstruction Accuracy
Nominal Target Length
 
0.4 mr
0.9 mr
 
10 cm
3.4 cm
Thin
 
0.8 mr
0.8 mr
 
10 cm
~1 mm
Extended
KINEMATIC FLEXIBILITY:
Momentum Range
Angular Range
 
0.5 ⇒ 7.5 GeV/c
12.5o ⇒ ~90o
LUMINOSITY GOAL: L > 1038cm-2sec-1
DETECTOR: Two wire chambers for track position
measurement.
Scintillator hodoscopes for timing.
Gas Cherenkov Counter for particle ID.
Aerogel Counter for ID.
A segmented Pb glass shower counter.