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Hello everybody.
I am going to propose an experiment with a proton beam at CERN for a contest. http://home.web.cern.ch/students-educators/spotlight/2013/competition-beam-line-schools.
Also http://home.web.cern.ch/sites/home.web.cern.ch/files/information_about_the_t9_beam_line_and_experimental_facilities.pdf are the specifications of the beam and available devices for detecting the particles.
However I have several questions about the beam working.
1.-At "Target" is says: "There are different target heads available, allowing different electron components of the beam".
Does it mean that the beam will always shoot electrons and not protons?, does it shoot electrons and protons?, depending on the target head, can it shoot only protons?
2.-About the Cherenkov counter
What I understood of the Cherenkov counters is that they are like particle filters, am I right?, and if so, how can I know what kind of particles specifically can it filter?
3.-Collimator:
The Collimator can filter particles by their momentum and angle, I got that, but then can it be used to filter different kinds of particles?, I think it can but I am not sure, because as the particles are generated it may be possible to know which kinds of particles will have which values of momentum and inclination. Is that right?
4.-What does it mean to "flag" a particle?, as it says that the Halo counter can do
Thanks a lot for your answers
I am going to propose an experiment with a proton beam at CERN for a contest. http://home.web.cern.ch/students-educators/spotlight/2013/competition-beam-line-schools.
Also http://home.web.cern.ch/sites/home.web.cern.ch/files/information_about_the_t9_beam_line_and_experimental_facilities.pdf are the specifications of the beam and available devices for detecting the particles.
However I have several questions about the beam working.
1.-At "Target" is says: "There are different target heads available, allowing different electron components of the beam".
Does it mean that the beam will always shoot electrons and not protons?, does it shoot electrons and protons?, depending on the target head, can it shoot only protons?
2.-About the Cherenkov counter
What I understood of the Cherenkov counters is that they are like particle filters, am I right?, and if so, how can I know what kind of particles specifically can it filter?
3.-Collimator:
The Collimator can filter particles by their momentum and angle, I got that, but then can it be used to filter different kinds of particles?, I think it can but I am not sure, because as the particles are generated it may be possible to know which kinds of particles will have which values of momentum and inclination. Is that right?
4.-What does it mean to "flag" a particle?, as it says that the Halo counter can do
Thanks a lot for your answers
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