The First Year of the BABAR Experiment at PEP-II

Technical Report · Sun Dec 17 23:00:00 EST 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/784776· OSTI ID:784776

Barrera, Barbara ^[1]

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1. SLAC

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: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 784776
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-8539
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
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PEP STORAGE RINGS
PERFORMANCE
RADIATION DETECTORS
RESONANCE