WA89 experiment
{{short description|Physics experiment}}
The WA89 experiment (Omega/Hyperon) was a particle physics experiment operating from 1989 to 1994 in the West Area of the SPS accelerator at CERN.{{Cite journal |last1=Alexandrov |first1=Yu. A |last2=Clement |first2=M |last3=Dropmann |first3=F |last4=Fournier |first4=A |last5=Grafström |first5=P |last6=Hubbard |first6=E |last7=Paul |first7=S |last8=Siebert |first8=H. W |last9=Trombini |first9=A |last10=Zavertiaev |first10=M |date=1998-05-11 |title=The high-intensity hyperon beam at CERN |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900298002289 |journal=Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |language=en |volume=408 |issue=2 |pages=359–372 |doi=10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00228-9 |issn=0168-9002|arxiv=physics/9801006 |bibcode=1998NIMPA.408..359A }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Experiments at CERN: WA89/Omega/Hyperon—Hyperon beam experiment |url=https://greybook.cern.ch/greybook/experiment/detail?id=WA89 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2020-05-15 |website=}} It was a large acceptance forward spectrometer dedicated to the spectroscopy of charmed strange baryons and exotic multiquark states produced by a hyperon beam.
The initial aims of the hyperon beam experiment were to investigate charmed-strange quark baryons, verify and investigate the U(3100) and study baryonic resonances and decays whilst searching for the double-strange dibaryon H.{{Cite journal |last1=Forino |first1=A |last2=Gessaroli |first2=R |last3=Quareni-Vignudelli |first3=A |last4=Viaggi |first4=F |last5=Barberis |first5=D |date=1987 |title=Proposal for a new hyperon beam experiment at the CERN-SPS using the Omega facility |url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/301194?ln=en |journal=CERN. Geneva. SPS Experiments Committee}}
Experimental setup
The WA89 experiment consisted of a beamline and a forward spectrometer. The beamline contained the proton beam hitting the hyperon production target which was followed by a 13 m long hyperon channel. Three dipoles were used to provide a bending power of 8.4 Tm. The target region consisted of two adjacent targets surrounded by muon strip detectors. Following this, a 15 m long Λ decay region was filled with six drift chamber sets and a spectrometer magnet.{{Cite journal |last=Paul |first=S. |date=1989 |title=1. The new hyperon beam experiment at CERN |url=https://doi.org/10.1063/1.38934 |journal=AIP Conference Proceedings |volume=196 |pages=280–284 |publisher=AIP |doi=10.1063/1.38934|bibcode=1989AIPC..196..280P |url-access=subscription }}
The beam particle trajectories along with their momenta were measured with a scintillating fibre hodoscope in the beamline and a silicon microstrip detector at the end of the line.
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External links
[https://inspirehep.net/experiments/1108935 CERN-WA-089 experiment record] on INSPIRE-HEP
[https://greybook.cern.ch/experiment/detail?id=WA89 CERN Grey Book] for WA89 experiment{{SPS experiments}}
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