1. The HERMES spectrometer
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K. Ackerstaff, A. Airapetian, N. Akopov, M. Amarian, V. Andreev, E.C. Aschenauer, R. Avakian, H. Avakian, A. Avetissian, B. Bains, S. Barrow, W. Beckhusen, M. Beckmann, St. Belostotski, E. Belz, Th. Benisch, S. Bernreuther, N. Bianchi, J. Blouw, H. Böttcher, A. Borissov, J. Brack, B. Braun, B. Bray, S. Brons, W. Brückner, A. Brüll, H.J. Bulten, G.P. Capitani, P. Carter, P. Chumney, E. Cisbani, S. Clark, S. Colilli, H. Coombes, G.R. Court, P. Delheij, E. Devitsin, C.W. de Jager, E. De Sanctis, D. De Schepper, P.K.A. de Witt Huberts, P. Di Nezza, M. Doets, M. Düren, A. Dvoredsky, G. Elbakian, J. Emerson, A. Fantoni, A. Fechtchenko, M. Ferstl, D. Fick, K. Fiedler, B.W. Filippone, H. Fischer, H.T. Fortune, J. Franz, S. Frullani, M.-A. Funk, N.D. Gagunashvili, P. Galumian, H. Gao, Y. Gärber, F. Garibaldi, G. Gavrilov, P. Geiger, V. Gharibyan, V. Giordjian, F. Giuliani, A. Golendoukhin, B. Grabowski, G. Graw, O. Grebeniouk, P. Green, G. Greeniaus, M. Gricia, C. Grosshauser, A. Gute, J.P. Haas, K. Hakelberg, W. Haeberli, J.-O. Hansen, D. Hasch, O. Hausser, R. Henderson, Th. Henkes, R. Hertenberger, Y. Holler, R.J. Holt, H. Ihssen, A. Izotov, M. Iodice, H.E. Jackson, A. Jgoun, C. Jones, R. Kaiser, J. Kelsey, E. Kinney, M. Kirsch, A. Kisselev, P. Kitching, H. Kobayashi, E. Kok, K. Königsmann, M. Kolstein, H. Kolster, W. Korsch, S. Kozlov, V. Kozlov, R. Kowalczyk, L. Kramer, B. Krause, A. Krivchitch, V.G. Krivokhijine, M. Kueckes, P. Kutt, G. Kyle, W. Lachnit, R. Langstaff, W. Lorenzon, M. Lucentini, A. Lung, N. Makins, V. Maleev, S.I. Manaenkov, K. Martens, A. Mateos, K. McIlhany, R.D. McKeown, F. Meißner, F. Menden, D. Mercer, A. Metz, N. Meyners, O. Mikloukho, C.A. Miller, M.A. Miller, R. Milner, V. Mitsyn, G. Modrak, J. Morton, A. Most, R. Mozzetti, V. Muccifora, A. Nagaitsev, Y. Naryshkin, A.M. Nathan, F. Neunreither, M. Niczyporuk, W.-D. Nowak, M. Nupieri, P. Oelwein, H. Ogami, T.G. O’Neill, R. Openshaw, V. Papavassiliou, S.F. Pate, S. Patrichev, M. Pitt, H.J. Plett, H.R. Poolman, S. Potashov, D. Potterveld, B. Povh, V. Prahl, G. Rakness, V. Razmyslovich, R. Redwine, A.R. Reolon, R. Ristinen, K. Rith, H.O. Roloff, G. Röper, P. Rossi, S. Rudnitsky, H. Russo, D. Ryckbosch, Y. Sakemi, F. Santavenere, I. Savin, F. Schmidt, H. Schmitt, G. Schnell, K.P. Schüler, A. Schwind, T.-A. Shibata, T. Shin, B. Siebels, A. Simon, K. Sinram, W.R. Smythe, J. Sowinski, M. Spengos, K. Sperber, E. Steffens, J. Stenger, J. Stewart, F. Stock, U. Stößlein, M. Sutter, H. Tallini, S. Taroian, A. Terkulov, D. Thiessen, B. Tipton, V. Trofimov, A. Trudel, M. Tytgat, G.M. Urciuoli, R. Van de Vyver, J.F.J. van den Brand, G. van der Steenhoven, J.J. van Hunen, D. van Westrum, A. Vassiliev, M.C. Vetterli, M.G. Vincter, E. Volk, W. Wander, T.P. Welch, S.E. Williamson, T. Wise, G. Wöbke, K. Woller, S. Yoneyama, K. Zapfe-Düren, T. Zeuli, H. Zohrabian, and (Astro)-Particles Physics
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HERMES experiment ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,semi-inclusive scattering ,(e ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Cherenkov detector ,CALORIMETERS ,FOS: Physical sciences ,deep inelastic lepton scattering ,(e,e''h) ,Tracking (particle physics) ,Particle identification ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,INORGANIC MATERIALS ,law.invention ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,e''h) ,GAS-MIXTURES ,law ,Nuclear Experiment ,Instrumentation ,Physics ,Calorimeter (particle physics) ,Spectrometer ,PERFORMANCE ,magnetic spectrometer ,Deep inelastic scattering ,Transition radiation detector ,CHAMBERS ,High Energy Physics::Experiment - Abstract
The HERMES experiment is collecting data on inclusive and semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering of polarised positrons from polarised targets of H, D, and He. These data give information on the spin structure of the nucleon. This paper describes the forward angle spectrometer built for this purpose. The spectrometer includes numerous tracking chambers (micro-strip gas chambers, drift and proportional chambers) in front of and behind a 1.3 T.m magnetic field, as well as an extensive set of detectors for particle identification (a lead-glass calorimeter, a pre-shower detector, a transition radiation detector, and a threshold Cherenkov detector). Two of the main features of the spectrometer are its good acceptance and identification of both positrons and hadrons, in particular pions. These characteristics, together with the purity of the targets, are allowing HERMES to make unique contributions to the understanding of how the spins of the quarks contribute to the spin of the nucleon., 37 pages, 32 figures, 4 tables
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- 1998
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