The LEPS Detectors
The LEPS Spectrometer
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In the experimental hutch, we have the LEPS detector which is optimized for
the measurement of charged particles at forward angles.
The detector consists of a plastic scintillator after a target (Trigger counter),
an aerogel Cherenkov counter, silicon-strip vertex detector, three drift chambers
(DC1, DC2, and DC3), a dipole magnet, and time-of-flight (TOF) counters.
The opening of the dipole magnet is 135-cm wide × 55-cm high, and the length
of the pole is 60 cm.
The field strength at the center is 0.7 Tesla.
In order to measure the momentum of the charged particles, their trajectories are
measured with the silicon-strip vertex detector and drift chambers.
The particle identification is performed by measuring the TOF of momentum-analyzed
particles from the target to the TOF wall.
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Gamma Detectors
We have currently two types of γ detectors.
The "backward" detector consists of 252 Pb-Scintillating fiber counters covering from
30 to 100 degrees in the laboratory frame.
The "forward" detector consists of 252 PWO crystal scintillators and the size is about
40 cm in diameter.
Both detectors are under commissioning.
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Time Projection Chamber
A Time Projection Chamber (TPC) has been constructed as a 4π detector for
hadron photoproduction experiment.
The TPC has the active volume of 700 mm in length and 350 mm in diameter.
It will be installed in a superconducting solenoid magnet.
The signals are read out with 1055 cathode pads.
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