Reconstruction of 400 GeV/c proton interactions with the SHiP-charm project


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Ahdida C., Akmete A., Albanese R., Alexandrov A., Alicante F., Alt J., ...More

European Physical Journal C, vol.84, no.6, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 84 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Doi Number: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12655-3
  • Journal Name: European Physical Journal C
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Chemical Abstracts Core, Communication Abstracts, INSPEC, zbMATH, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The SHiP-charm project was proposed to measure the associated charm production induced by 400 GeV/c protons in a thick target, including the contribution from cascade production. An optimisation run was performed in July 2018 at CERN SPS using a hybrid setup. The high resolution of nuclear emulsions acting as vertex detector was complemented by electronic detectors for kinematic measurements and muon identification. Here we present first results on the analysis of nuclear emulsions exposed in the 2018 run, which prove the capability of reconstructing proton interaction vertices in a harsh environment, where the signal is largely dominated by secondary particles produced in hadronic and electromagnetic showers within the lead target.