The First Year of the BABAR Experiment at PEP-II

Technical Report · Mon Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/784806· OSTI ID:784806

Barrera, Barbara

The BABAR detector, situated at the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric e{sup +}e{sup -} collider, has been recording data at energies on and around the {Upsilon}(4S) resonance since May 1999. In this paper, we briefly describe the PEP-II B Factory and the BABAR detector. The performance presently achieved by the experiment in the areas of tracking, vertexing, calorimetry and particle identification is reviewed. Analysis concepts that are used in the various papers submitted to this conference are also discussed.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 784806
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-8539; TRN: AH200131%%518
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 18 Dec 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CALORIMETRY
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PERFORMANCE
RESONANCE
PEP STORAGE RINGS
ELECTRON-POSITRON COLLISIONS
RADIATION DETECTORS
B MESONS