| dc.contributor.advisor |
Bonner, Billy E. |
dc.creator |
Krishna, Nety Murali
|
| dc.date.accessioned |
2009-06-04T00:40:00Z |
| dc.date.available |
2009-06-04T00:40:00Z |
| dc.date.issued |
1988 |
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1911/13294
|
| dc.description.abstract |
We have studied the response of a lead glass electromagnetic shower detector by using an electron beam of 1 and 2 GeV. We present the results obtained from a study on position resolution of the detector. The stability of the calibration was monitored by using an LED system and an Am-source system. The position resolution varies for clusters with the number of blocks in the cluster. The average resolution is 2cm. The detector was used in a "mock" experiment to reconstruct the $\pi\sp0$ mass by measuring the two photons coming from $\pi\sp0$ decay. We measure a mass of 135.5 $\pm$ 12.5 MeV for the $\pi\sp0$. The actual mass of the $\pi\sp0$ from the particle data booklet is 134.96. The width of the $\pi\sp0$ mass, which is a test of the energy resolution of the detector, gives 18%/$\surd$E. |
| dc.format |
PDF |
| dc.format.extent |
83 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype |
application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.subject |
Physics, Elementary Particles and High Energy
|
| dc.title |
Calibration of a multi modular lead glass electromagnetic calorimeter |
| dc.type.genre |
Thesis |
| dc.type.material |
Text |
| thesis.degree.discipline |
Physics |
| thesis.degree.grantor |
Rice University |
| thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
| thesis.degree.name |
Master of Arts |
| dc.identifier.citation |
Krishna, Nety Murali. "Calibration of a multi modular lead glass electromagnetic calorimeter." Masters Thesis, Rice University, ETD http://hdl.handle.net/1911/13294. |
