Pion Yields from a Tantalum Rod Target using MARS15.pptVIP

Pion Yields from a Tantalum Rod Target using MARS15 Comparisons across proton driver energies and other parameters Contents Problem and parameters Variation of proton energy Total pion yield Simple cuts Probability map “cuts” from tracking Investigation of the hole Variation of rod radius Notes on effect of rod length and tilt angle Basic Setup Pions counted at rod surface B-field ignored within rod (for now) Proton beam assumed parallel Circular parabolic distribution, rod radius Rod is not tilted Possible Proton Energies Total Yield of p+ and p? Normalised to unit beam power (p.GeV) Energy Deposition in Rod (heat) Scaled for 5MW total beam power; the rest is kinetic energy of secondaries Total Yield of p+ and p? Angular Distribution Angular Distribution Some Artifacts? MARS15 uses two hadron production models: The “Cascade-Exciton Model” CEM2003 for E5GeV “Inclusive” hadron production for E3GeV Nikolai Mokhov says: Possible Remedies Ideally, we would want HARP data to fill in this “gap” between the two models K. Walaron at RAL is also working on benchmarking these calculations against a GEANT4-based simulation Activating LAQGSM is another option We shall treat the results as ‘roughly correct’ for now, though the kink may not be as sharp as MARS shows Summary 1 So far, it appears that a 10-30GeV proton beam: Produces ~60% more pions per p.GeV …in a more focussed angular distribution …with ~40% less rod heating …than the low-energy option BUT: the useful yield is crucially dependent on the capture system Simple Cuts It turns out geometric angle is a badly-normalised measure of beam divergence Transverse momentum and the magnetic field dictate the Larmor radius in the solenoidal decay channel: Simple Cuts Acceptance of the decay channel in (pL,pT)-space should look roughly like this: Simple Cuts So, does it? Pions from one of the MARS datasets were tracked through an example decay channel and plotted by (pL,pT) Coloured green if they got the end Red otherwise This