S. Sokolova, V. Babkin, A. Dmitriev, P. Dulov, M. Rumyantsev
{"title":"Wide-Gap Resistive Plate Chamber for the Trigger System of the TOF MPD Test Bench","authors":"S. Sokolova, V. Babkin, A. Dmitriev, P. Dulov, M. Rumyantsev","doi":"10.1134/s1063779624700540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1063779624700540","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>A new wide-gap resistive plate chamber (RPC) detector has been developed to upgrade cosmic ray test setup in the production area of Time-of-Flight system (TOF) for the Multipurpose detector (MPD) at NICA collider. The design of the wide-gap RPC and main performance parameters are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":729,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Particles and Nuclei","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142202377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. A. Druzhinin, N. M. Piskunov, R. A. Shindin, Yu. T. Kiryushin, D. A. Kirillov, N. V. Kostiaeva, E. P. Makoveev, A. E. Baskakov
{"title":"New Drift Chambers for the ALPOM-2 Experiment","authors":"A. A. Druzhinin, N. M. Piskunov, R. A. Shindin, Yu. T. Kiryushin, D. A. Kirillov, N. V. Kostiaeva, E. P. Makoveev, A. E. Baskakov","doi":"10.1134/s1063779624700758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1063779624700758","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>This work describes new drift chambers for the ALPOM-2 experiment. This gaseous detector consists of signal and drift-forming as well as screening planes. The main advantages of new chambers that provide effective registration of particles are considered. Details of a chamber design and test bench are presented. Methods of testing and the results obtained are described, confirming the high efficiency and resolution of this detector, which is important for further precision experiments in spin physics at the ALPOM-2 setup and the NICA collider.</p>","PeriodicalId":729,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Particles and Nuclei","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142202417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of the Fragmentation Processes of Spectators on the Centrality Determination in Heavy-Ion Collisions","authors":"I. Segal, A. Taranenko","doi":"10.1134/s1063779624700837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1063779624700837","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>A heavy-ion collision experiment has a wide range of physical observables that are dependent on the initial geometry. Centrality is used to describe the initial geometry of collisions in experiments. Spectator fragments, or pieces of the colliding nuclei that were not involved in the collision, can be used to determine centrality. In this work, we discuss how processes of spectator fragmentation may impact the centrality determination procedure. These effects are demonstrated using the DCM-QGSM-SMM model, which realistically reproduces fragmentation processes, and the published results of the NA61/SHINE experiment.</p>","PeriodicalId":729,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Particles and Nuclei","volume":"185 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142202423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Search for Fractal Structures in Monte Carlo AuAu Events at an Energy of 200 GeV by the SePaC Method","authors":"T. G. Dedovich, M. V. Tokarev","doi":"10.1134/s1063779624700862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1063779624700862","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>Fractals, random, and AMPT AuAu events are analyzed using the <span>(SePaC)</span> method. Transverse momenta <span>({{p}_{{text{t}}}})</span> of negatively charged particles are examined in five centrality classes. Fractal AuAu events with independent partition are shown to feature several narrow peaks in the spectrum of fractal dimensions <span>({{D}_{{text{F}}}})</span> and a separated group of leading particles in transverse momentum <span>({{p}_{{text{t}}}})</span> for all events and to satisfy the criteria that describe statistical properties. Remaining events exhibit exponential behavior of the <span>({{p}_{{text{t}}}})</span> spectrum. Fractal AuAu events with dependent partition have a broad peak in the <span>({{D}_{{text{F}}}})</span> spectrum and are suppressed by selection criteria.</p>","PeriodicalId":729,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Particles and Nuclei","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142202452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Bhattacharjee, V. M. Baryshnikov, P. A. Bakhtin, S. A. Bulychjov, B. Dabrowska, G. E. Fomenko, Yu. F. Krechetov, V. V. Kulikov, M. A. Martemianov, M. A. Matsyuk, A. Yu. Semenov, I. A. Tyapkin
{"title":"Methods for Сalibrating Half-Sectors of the MPD/NICA Electromagnetic Calorimeter Using Cosmic Ray Muons","authors":"M. Bhattacharjee, V. M. Baryshnikov, P. A. Bakhtin, S. A. Bulychjov, B. Dabrowska, G. E. Fomenko, Yu. F. Krechetov, V. V. Kulikov, M. A. Martemianov, M. A. Matsyuk, A. Yu. Semenov, I. A. Tyapkin","doi":"10.1134/S1063779624700217","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063779624700217","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The 60-ton cylindrical electromagnetic calorimeter of the MPD facility of the NICA project with a diameter of 3.45 m and a length of 6 m under construction is assembled from 50 half-sectors, each containing 768 “Shashlik” towers of different sizes and different spatial orientations. The paper proposes methods for calibrating half-sector towers using cosmic muons passing both along and across the axes of the towers. The results of testing these methods on the first manufactured half-sector are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":729,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Particles and Nuclei","volume":"55 4","pages":"803 - 807"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142412239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radiative Decay ({{pi }^{ pm }} to {{ell }^{ pm }}{{nu }_{{{{ell }^{ pm }}}}}gamma ) in the Relativistic Quark Model","authors":"V. Yu. Haurysh, V. V. Andreev","doi":"10.1134/S106377962470014X","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S106377962470014X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The paper presents a technique for calculating the decay form factors of a pseudoscalar pion, <span>({{pi }^{ pm }} to {{ell }^{ pm }}{{nu }_{{{{ell }^{ pm }}}}}gamma )</span>, in an approach based on the composite quark model and the point form of Poincare-invariant quantum mechanics (PiQM in what follows). It is shown that consideration of the electromagnetic structure of constituent <span>(u)</span> and <span>(d)</span> quarks using the virtuality parameter leads to values of the axial <span>({{F}_{{text{A}}}})</span> and vector <span>({{F}_{{text{V}}}})</span> form factors that are consistent with current experimental data. Based on the calculation results, a self-consistent model is proposed describing the electroweak decays <span>({{pi }^{ pm }} to {{ell }^{ pm }}{{nu }_{{{{ell }^{ pm }}}}})</span> and <span>({{pi }^{ pm }} to {{ell }^{ pm }}{{nu }_{{{{ell }^{ pm }}}}}gamma )</span> of a light pseudoscalar pion.</p>","PeriodicalId":729,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Particles and Nuclei","volume":"55 4","pages":"763 - 767"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142412264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Matrix Method for Estimating the Background Induced by the Misidentification of a Jet as a Photon in pp Collider Experiment","authors":"V. Zharova, K. Kazakova, E. Soldatov","doi":"10.1134/S1063779624700102","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063779624700102","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper discusses the matrix method, which is an approach to the estimation of the background induced by the misidentification of a hadronic jet as a photon. To obtain the number of such background events the method uses the efficiencies of real/fake photons to pass the identification criteria. Selected events are categorized based on the photon isolation. The number of <span>({text{jet}} to gamma )</span> background events in the region of interest can be estimated using the auxiliary region. The proposed method does not require any optimization procedure in order for its correct application, which is an advantage over other commonly used approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":729,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Particles and Nuclei","volume":"55 4","pages":"741 - 745"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142412288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On Fractional Analytic QCD","authors":"A. V. Kotikov, I. A. Zemlyakov","doi":"10.1134/S1063779624700394","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063779624700394","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We present a brief overview of fractional analytic QCD.</p>","PeriodicalId":729,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Particles and Nuclei","volume":"55 4","pages":"863 - 867"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142412290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Results in kT-Factorization for ep-Processes","authors":"M. A. Malyshev, A. V. Lipatov, G. I. Lykasov","doi":"10.1134/S1063779624700059","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S1063779624700059","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We report on newest results in <span>({{k}_{{text{T}}}})</span>-factorization approach for <span>(ep)</span>-processes. We describe HERA data on longitudinal structure function measurements as well as on associated prompt photon and jet photoproduction. The calculations include first application of the new LLM-2022 transverse momentum dependent gluon distribution developed by the authors. The study includes also the first implementation of parton showers for photoproduction processes in <span>({{k}_{{text{T}}}})</span>-factorization. The data are described well with the simulations. The <span>(ep)</span>-processes are included to the new version of Monte-Carlo generator pegasus.</p>","PeriodicalId":729,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Particles and Nuclei","volume":"55 4","pages":"710 - 715"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142412231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. A. Smolyansky, V. V. Dmitriev, D. V. Churochkin, V. A. Tseryupa
{"title":"Radiation Accompanying the Schwinger Effect in the Graphene","authors":"S. A. Smolyansky, V. V. Dmitriev, D. V. Churochkin, V. A. Tseryupa","doi":"10.1134/s1063779624700655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1063779624700655","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>We investigate the quasiclassical and quantum radiation accompanying creation of the electron-hole plasma (EHP) in the graphene under action of the strong electromagnetic field (Sauter–Schwinger effect). The quasiclassical radiation of the plasma currents by virtue of massless of the theory with a high degree of precision reproduces the spectrum of the external field whereas the spectrum of the quantum radiation is sufficiently wide. It allows to carry out experimental verification of the theory.</p>","PeriodicalId":729,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Particles and Nuclei","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142202406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}