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Title: Analysis of Luminosity Data in BaBar

Abstract

Luminosity is a value describing the number of interactions between particles when their respective beams collide. The BaBar (B and B-bar) ambient database and the Oracle server contain archived measurements of instantaneous luminosity from two separate detectors. It is important to understand these data to describe the performance of the B-Factory. Extracting these data, the more reliable PEP-II (Positron Electron Two) luminosity detector can be calibrated to the data collected by the more accurate BaBar L3 (Level 3) detector. Using the ROOT programming language and standard BaBar tools for data extraction, graphs and statistics are generated. Some logistical errors contained in the logbook are also corrected. These programs help aid in understanding both what is happening within the B-Factory, as well as the correlations between the interrelationship of detector data and the information recorded in the logbook.

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Research Org.:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (US)
OSTI Identifier:
833111
Report Number(s):
SLAC-TN-04-057
TRN: US0406475
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 3 Sep 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; ELECTRON BEAMS; BEAM LUMINOSITY; PERFORMANCE; COLLIDING BEAMS; PEP STORAGE RINGS; RADIATION DETECTORS; DATA ANALYSIS; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS

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Schiller, R. Analysis of Luminosity Data in BaBar. United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.2172/833111.
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title = {Analysis of Luminosity Data in BaBar},
author = {Schiller, R.},
abstractNote = {Luminosity is a value describing the number of interactions between particles when their respective beams collide. The BaBar (B and B-bar) ambient database and the Oracle server contain archived measurements of instantaneous luminosity from two separate detectors. It is important to understand these data to describe the performance of the B-Factory. Extracting these data, the more reliable PEP-II (Positron Electron Two) luminosity detector can be calibrated to the data collected by the more accurate BaBar L3 (Level 3) detector. Using the ROOT programming language and standard BaBar tools for data extraction, graphs and statistics are generated. Some logistical errors contained in the logbook are also corrected. These programs help aid in understanding both what is happening within the B-Factory, as well as the correlations between the interrelationship of detector data and the information recorded in the logbook.},
doi = {10.2172/833111},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2004},
month = {Fri Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2004}
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