1. The COMPASS experiment at CERN
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P. Abbon, E. Albrecht, V.Yu. Alexakhin, Yu. Alexandrov, G.D. Alexeev, M.G. Alekseev, A. Amoroso, H. Angerer, V.A. Anosov, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, J. Ball, J. Barth, G. Baum, M. Becker, Y. Bedfer, P. Berglund, C. Bernet, R. Bertini, M. Bettinelli, R. Birsa, J. Bisplinghoff, P. Bordalo, M. Bosteels, F. Bradamante, A. Braem, A. Bravar, A. Bressan, G. Brona, E. Burtin, M.P. Bussa, V.N. Bytchkov, M. Chalifour, A. Chapiro, M. Chiosso, P. Ciliberti, A. Cicuttin, M. Colantoni, A.A. Colavita, S. Costa, M.L. Crespo, P. Cristaudo, T. Dafni, N. d’Hose, S. Dalla Torre, C. d’Ambrosio, S. Das, S.S. Dasgupta, E. Delagnes, R. De Masi, P. Deck, N. Dedek, D. Demchenko, O.Yu. Denisov, L. Dhara, V. Diaz, N. Dibiase, A.M. Dinkelbach, A.V. Dolgopolov, A. Donati, S.V. Donskov, V.A. Dorofeev, N. Doshita, D. Durand, V. Duic, W. Dünnweber, A. Efremov, P.D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, M. Faessler, V. Falaleev, P. Fauland, A. Ferrero, L. Ferrero, M. Finger, H. Fischer, C. Franco, J. Franz, F. Fratnik, J.M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, U. Fuchs, R. Garfagnini, L. Gatignon, F. Gautheron, O.P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, R. Geyer, J.M. Gheller, A. Giganon, M. Giorgi, B. Gobbo, S. Goertz, A.M. Gorin, F. Gougnaud, S. Grabmüller, O.A. Grajek, A. Grasso, B. Grube, A. Grünemaier, A. Guskov, F. Haas, R. Hagemann, J. Hannappel, D. von Harrach, T. Hasegawa, J. Heckmann, S. Hedicke, F.H. Heinsius, R. Hermann, C. Heß, F. Hinterberger, M. von Hodenberg, N. Horikawa, S. Horikawa, I. Horn, C. Ilgner, A.I. Ioukaev, S. Ishimoto, I. Ivanchin, O. Ivanov, T. Iwata, R. Jahn, A. Janata, R. Joosten, N.I. Jouravlev, E. Kabuß, V. Kalinnikov, D. Kang, F. Karstens, W. Kastaun, B. Ketzer, G.V. Khaustov, Yu.A. Khokhlov, J. Kiefer, Yu. Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, S. Koblitz, J.H. Koivuniemi, V.N. Kolosov, E.V. Komissarov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, A.K. Konoplyannikov, I. Konorov, V.F. Konstantinov, A.S. Korentchenko, A. Korzenev, A.M. Kotzinian, N.A. Koutchinski, O. Kouznetsov, K. Kowalik, D. Kramer, N.P. Kravchuk, G.V. Krivokhizhin, Z.V. Kroumchtein, J. Kubart, R. Kuhn, V. Kukhtin, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, N.A. Kuzmin, M. Lamanna, J.M. Le Goff, M. Leberig, A.A. Lednev, A. Lehmann, V. Levinski, S. Levorato, V. I Lyashenko, J. Lichtenstadt, T. Liska, I. Ludwig, A. Maggiora, M. Maggiora, A. Magnon, G.K. Mallot, A. Mann, I.V. Manuilov, C. Marchand, J. Marroncle, A. Martin, J. Marzec, L. Masek, F. Massmann, T. Matsuda, D. Matthiä, A.N. Maximov, G. Menon, W. Meyer, A. Mielech, Yu.V. Mikhailov, M.A. Moinester, F. Molinié, F. Mota, A. Mutter, T. Nagel, O. Nähle, J. Nassalski, S. Neliba, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, M. Niebuhr, T. Niinikoski, V.I. Nikolaenko, A.A. Nozdrin, A.G. Olshevsky, M. Ostrick, A. Padee, P. Pagano, S. Panebianco, B. Parsamyan, D. Panzieri, S. Paul, B. Pawlukiewicz, H. Pereira, D.V. Peshekhonov, V.D. Peshekhonov, D. Piedigrossi, G. Piragino, S. Platchkov, K. Platzer, J. Pochodzalla, J. Polak, V.A. Polyakov, G. Pontecorvo, A.A. Popov, J. Pretz, S. Procureur, C. Quintans, J.-F. Rajotte, S. Ramos, I. Razaq, P. Rebourgeard, D. Reggiani, G. Reicherz, A. Richter, F. Robinet, E. Rocco, E. Rondio, L. Ropelewski, J.Y. Roussé, A.M. Rozhdestvensky, D. Ryabchikov, A.G. Samartsev, V.D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, M. Sans Merce, H. Santos, M.G. Sapozhnikov, F. Sauli, I.A. Savin, P. Schiavon, C. Schill, T. Schmidt, H. Schmitt, L. Schmitt, P. Schönmeier, W. Schroeder, D. Seeharsch, M. Seimetz, D. Setter, A. Shaligin, O.Yu. Shevchenko, A.A. Shishkin, H.-W. Siebert, L. Silva, F. Simon, L. Sinha, A.N. Sissakian, M. Slunecka, G.I. Smirnov, D. Sora, S. Sosio, F. Sozzi, A. Srnka, F. Stinzing, M. Stolarski, V.P. Sugonyaev, M. Sulc, R. Sulej, G. Tarte, N. Takabayashi, V.V. Tchalishev, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Teufel, D. Thers, L.G. Tkatchev, T. Toeda, V.V. Tokmenin, S. Trippel, J. Urban, R. Valbuena, G. Venugopal, M. Virius, N.V. Vlassov, A. Vossen, M. Wagner, R. Webb, E. Weise, Q. Weitzel, U. Wiedner, M. Wiesmann, R. Windmolders, S. Wirth, W. Wiślicki, H. Wollny, A.M. Zanetti, K. Zaremba, M. Zavertyaev, J. Zhao, R. Ziegler, M. Ziembicki, Y.L. Zlobin, A. Zvyagin, Abbon, P, Albrecht, E, ALEXAKHIN V., Yu, Alexandrov, Yu, ALEXEEV G., D, ALEKSEEV M., G, Amoroso, A, Angerer, H, ANOSOV V., A, Badelek, B, Balestra, F, Ball, J, Barth, J, Baum, G, Becker, M, Bedfer, Y, Berglund, P, Bernet, C, Bertini, R, Bettinelli, M, Birsa, R, Bisplinghoff, J, Bordalo, P, Bosteels, M, Bradamante, Franco, Braem, A, Bravar, A, Bressan, Andrea, Brona, G, Burtin, E, BUSSA M., P, BYTCHKOV V., N, Chalifour, M, Chapiro, A, Chiosso, M, Ciliberti, Piero, Cicuttin, A, Colantoni, M, COLAVITA A., A, Costa, S, CRESPO M., L, Cristaudo, P, Dafni, T, D'Hose, N, DALLA TORRE, S, D'Ambrosio, C, Das, S, DASGUPTA S., S, Delagnes, E, DE MASI, R, Deck, P, Dedek, N, Demchenko, D, DENISOV O., Yu, Dhara, L, Diaz, V, Dibiase, N, DINKELBACH A., M, DOLGOPOLOV A., V, Donati, A, DONSKOV S., V, DOROFEEV V., A, Doshita, N, Durand, D, Duic, V, Dünnweber, W, Efremov, A, EVERSHEIM P., D, Eyrich, W, Faessler, M, Falaleev, V, Fauland, P, Ferrero, A, Ferrero, L, Finger, M, FINGER M., Jr, Fischer, H, Franco, C, Franz, J, Fratnik, F, FRIEDRICH J., M, Frolov, V, Fuchs, U, Garfagnini, R, Gatignon, L, Gautheron, F, GAVRICHTCHOUK O., P, Gerassimov, S, Geyer, R, GHELLER J., M, Giganon, A, Giorgi, Marcello, Gobbo, B, Goertz, S, GORIN A., M, Gougnaud, F, Grabmüller, S, GRAJEK O., A, Grasso, A, Grube, B, Grünemaier, A, Guskov, A, Haas, F, Hagemann, R, Hannappel, J, VON HARRACH, D, Hasegawa, T, Heckmann, J, Hedicke, S, HEINSIUS F., H, Hermann, R, Hess, C, Hinterberger, F, VON HODENBERG, M, Horikawa, N, Horikawa, S, Horn, I, Ilgner, C, IOUKAEV A., I, Ishimoto, S, Ivanchin, I, Ivanov, O, Iwata, T, Jahn, R, Janata, A, Joosten, R, JOURAVLEV N., I, Kabuss, E, Kalinnikov, V, Kang, D, Karstens, F, Kastaun, W, Ketzer, B, KHAUSTOV G., V, KHOKHLOV Y. U., A, Kiefer, J, Kisselev, Yu, Klein, F, Klimaszewski, K, Koblitz, S, KOIVUNIEMI J., H, KOLOSOV V., N, KOMISSAROV E., V, Kondo, K, Königsmann, K, KONOPLYANNIKOV A., K, Konorov, I, KONSTANTINOV V., F, KORENTCHENKO A., S, Korzenev, A, KOTZINIAN A., M, KOUTCHINSKI N., A, Kouznetsov, O, Kowalik, K, Kramer, D, KRAVCHUK N., P, KRIVOKHIZHIN G., V, KROUMCHTEIN Z., V, Kubart, J, Kuhn, R, Kukhtin, V, Kunne, F, Kurek, K, KUZMIN N., A, Lamanna, M, LE GOFF J., M, Leberig, M, LEDNEV A., A, Lehmann, A, Levinski, V, Levorato, Stefano, I., LYASHENKO V, Lichtenstadt, J, Liska, T, Ludwig, I, Maggiora, A, Maggiora, M, Magnon, A, MALLOT G., K, Mann, A, MANUILOV I., V, Marchand, C, Marroncle, J, Martin, Anna, Marzec, J, Masek, L, Massmann, F, Matsuda, T, Matthiä, D, MAXIMOV A., N, Menon, G, Meyer, W, Mielech, A, MIKHAILOV Y. U., V, MOINESTER M., A, Molinié, F, Mota, F, Mutter, A, Nagel, T, Nähle, O, Nassalski, J, Neliba, S, Nerling, F, Neyret, D, Niebuhr, M, Niinikoski, T, NIKOLAENKO V., I, NOZDRIN A., A, OLSHEVSKY A., G, Ostrick, M, Padee, A, Pagano, P, Panebianco, S, Parsamyan, B, Panzieri, D, Paul, S, Pawlukiewicz, B, Pereira, H, PESHEKHONOV D., V, PESHEKHONOV V., D, Piedigrossi, D, Piragino, G, Platchkov, S, Platzer, K, Pochodzalla, J, Polak, J, POLYAKOV V., A, Pontecorvo, G, POPOV A., A, Pretz, J, Procureur, S, Quintans, C, RAJOTTE J., F, Ramos, S, Razaq, I, Rebourgeard, P, Reggiani, D, Reicherz, G, Richter, A, Robinet, F, Rocco, E, Rondio, E, Ropelewski, L, ROUSSÉ J., Y, ROZHDESTVENSKY A., M, Ryabchikov, D, SAMARTSEV A., G, SAMOYLENKO V., D, Sandacz, A, SANS MERCE, M, Santos, H, SAPOZHNIKOV M., G, Sauli, F, SAVIN I., A, Schiavon, Paolo, Schill, C, Schmidt, T, Schmitt, H, Schmitt, L, Schönmeier, P, Schroeder, W, Seeharsch, D, Seimetz, M, Setter, D, Shaligin, A, SHEVCHENKO O., Yu, SHISHKIN A., A, SIEBERT H., W, Silva, L, Simon, F, Sinha, L, SISSAKIAN A., N, Slunecka, M, SMIRNOV G., I, Sora, D, Sosio, S, Sozzi, F, Srnka, A, Stinzing, F, Stolarski, M, SUGONYAEV V., P, Sulc, M, Sulej, R, Tarte, G, Takabayashi, N, TCHALISHEV V., V, Tessaro, S, Tessarotto, F, Teufel, A, Thers, D, TKATCHEV L., G, Toeda, T, TOKMENIN V., V, Trippel, S, Urban, J, Valbuena, R, Venugopal, G, Virius, M, VLASSOV N., V, Vossen, A, Wagner, M, Webb, R, Weise, E, Weitzel, Q, Wiedner, U, Wiesmann, M, Windmolders, R, Wirth, S, Wisblicki, W, Wollny, H, ZANETTI A., M, Zaremba, K, Zavertyaev, M, Zhao, J, Ziegler, R, Ziembicki, M, ZLOBIN Y., L, and Zvyagin, A.
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,straw tube detector ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Project commissioning ,FOS: Physical sciences ,fixed-target experiment ,RICH detector ,hadron structure ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,target ,MWPC ,Nuclear physics ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,Compass ,Hadron spectroscopy ,COMPASS experiment ,scintillating fibre detector ,Nuclear Experiment ,silicon microstrip detectors ,Instrumentation ,Silicon microstrip detectors ,Physics ,Large Hadron Collider ,Structure function ,MicroMegas detector ,front-end electronics ,DAQ ,micromegas detector ,drift chamber ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,polarised ,GEM detector ,calorimetry ,Particle Physics - Experiment ,polarised DIS - Abstract
The COMPASS experiment makes use of the CERN SPS high-intensitymuon and hadron beams for the investigation of the nucleon spin structure and the spectroscopy of hadrons. One or more outgoing particles are detected in coincidence with the incoming muon or hadron. A large polarized target inside a superconducting solenoid is used for the measurements with the muon beam. Outgoing particles are detected by a two-stage, large angle and large momentum range spectrometer. The setup is built using several types of tracking detectors, according to the expected incident rate, required space resolution and the solid angle to be covered. Particle identification is achieved using a RICH counter and both hadron and electromagnetic calorimeters. The setup has been successfully operated from 2002 onwards using a muon beam. Data with a hadron beam were also collected in 2004. This article describes the main features and performances of the spectrometer in 2004; a short summary of the 2006 upgrade is also given., 84 papes, 74 figures
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