Development of Aerogel-based Photon Detector基于光子检测器的气凝胶的发展.pptVIP

6-8 March, 2006 T. Nomura @ Workshop on Mass Origin and Supersymmetry Physics Development of an Aerogel-based Photon Detector T. Nomura (Kyoto Univ.) Motivation, Challenge, and Solution Motivation Necessary in KLgp0nn measurement Importance of KLgp0nn CP violating process Branching ratio proportional to |Im(Vtd)|2, BR~10-11 Very small theoretical uncertainty (~1%) Play an important role to explore BSM (like SUSY) Difficulty of KLgp0nn experiment All neutrals in initial and final states Event signature: 2g (from p0)+ nothing (2n) We have to prove “nothing” in order to suppress backgrounds: KL?p0 p0p0 (BR 21%), p0 p+p- (BR 13%), p0 p0 (BR 10-3), … Motivation Challenge “In-beam” environment High intensity neutral beam (necessary to observe 100 KL?pnn events in 2-3 years) A vast amount of neutrons (a few~10GHz) Produce protons, pions, (g and e+/e-) in the detector Most KLs survive after decay region (~100MHz) Decay into p, g ,e+/e- in the detector ? These secondary particles fire the counter  and disturb its primary function !! Solution Utilize Cherenkov radiation Aerogel (low refractive index ~1.05) radiator Avoid detection of slow particles from neutron interactions Slow p, p and other hadrons cannot emit lights. Use direction information Segment the detector into many modules and require coincidence along the beam direction Catch forward photons only Reduce fake signal due to g from secondary p0 (neutron interaction and KL decay in the detector) Design of In-Beam Photon Detector Module Pb (g converter)  Aerogel (Cherenkov radiator) Light collection with  Flat mirror Winston cone Sparse “sandwich” detector modules’ array Proof of Principle (I) Proof of Principle (II) What we learned from Prototype 2 Proof of Principle (III) Elements of Prototype 3 What we learned from Prototype 3 (i) What we learned from Prototype 3 (ii) Practice in KEK E391a experiment Application KOPIO experiment Planned KLgp0nn experiment at BN