1. Measurement of the polarisation of a high energy muon beam
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Shafqat Ahmad, E. Burtin, B. Frois, M. Grosse Perdekamp, R. Seitz, S. Dhawan, Drew Parks, I. Savin, M. Litmaath, M. D. Corcoran, B. Adeva, R.E. Segel, Alan D. Martin, John C. Mitchell, K. P. Schüler, J. Cranshaw, Günter Baum, T. Pussieux, Per Berglund, A. Rijllart, H. J. Kessler, Alessandro Bressan, M. Plo, G. Perez, D. von Harrach, T. Gaussiran, Roland Windmolders, Naoaki Horikawa, B. E. Bonner, M. Rodriguez, A. Arvidson, Kwong Lau, F. Marie, J. Pyrlik, C. A. Whitten, J. C. Faivre, Gerhard K. Mallot, W. Tlaczala, E. von Goeler, M. Clocchiatti, F. Lehar, D. Sanders, I. Sabo, D. Fasching, G. Igo, J.A. Buchanan, J. M. Rieubland, M. K. Ballintijn, David Miller, T. Lindqvist, Rudiger Voss, J. H. Moromisato, A. Rosado, S. Trentalange, S. Bültmann, Aldo Penzo, J. A. Garzon, Shoji Okumi, R. Kaiser, G. Bardin, A. Witzmann, Franco Bradamante, J. E.J. Oberski, S. Ishimoto, J. Martino, A. Dyring, G. van Middelkoop, V. G. Krivokhijine, J. Nassalski, B. Badelek, Sergey M. Sergeev, W. Thiel, A. Brüll, Yu. Kisselev, J. Dupont, U. Landgrat, C. Fernandez, A. Karev, G. Gracia, F. Feinstein, A. Sandacz, N. Hayashi, P. Schiavon, S. Dalla Torre, M. Velasco, R. van Dantzig, F. Perrot-Kunne, Wojciech Wislicki, S. Eichblatt, T. Hasegawa, Anna Zanetti, M. Boutemeur, G.S. Mutchler, L. Ropelewski, S. Lopez-Ponte, A. de Lesquen, H. Stuhrmann, C. A. Heusch, C. Dulya, Andrés Gómez, I. G. Bird, L. Klostermann, T. Çuhadar, A. Kishi, Ricardo Piegaia, M. Giorgi, J. Lichtenstadt, K. M. Teichert, M. de Jong, E. Rondio, T. Layda, A. Staude, J. Kyynäräinen, Jay Roberts, D. Pose, Y. Tzamouranis, J. M. Demolis, Lawrence Pinsky, Donald Crabb, Tjeerd Ketel, V. W. Hughes, Takahiro Iwata, J. S. McCarthy, P. Björkholm, F. Tessarotto, C. Cavata, S. Platchkov, P. Shanahan, Kunikazu Mori, L. Naumann, Roy Weinstein, G. Smirnov, L. Betev, K. Zaremba, E. M. Kabuss, C. Garabatos, R. Birsa, A. Magnon, J.M. Clement, B. W. Mayes, J. Saborido, J. Vogt, N. de Botton, Victor Kukhtin, M. Lamanna, D.V. Peshekhonov, M. Lowe, J. P. Chen, L. Gatignon, Donal Day, Jinkui Zhao, Aina Yañez, F. Sever, T. O. Niinikoski, H. Postma, A. Steinmetz, B., Adeva, S., Ahmad, A., Arvidson, B., Badelek, M. K., Ballintijn, G., Bardin, G., Baum, P., Berglund, L., Betev, I. G., Bird, Birsa, Renato, P., Björkholm, B. E., Bonner, N., de Botton, M., Boutemeur, Bradamante, Franco, Bressan, Andrea, A., Brüll, J., Buchanan, S., Bültmann, E., Burtin, C., Cavata, J. P., Chen, J., Clement, M., Clocchiatti, M. D., Corcoran, D., Crabb, J., Cranshaw, T., Çuhadar, DALLA TORRE, Silvia, R., van Dantzig, D., Day, J. M., Demoli, S., Dhawan, C., Dulya, J., Dupont, A., Dyring, S., Eichblatt, J. C., Faivre, D., Fasching, F., Feinstein, C., Fernandez, B., Froi, C., Garabato, J. A., Garzon, L., Gatignon, T., Gaussiran, Giorgi, Marcello, E., von Goeler, A., Gomez, G., Gracia, M., Grosse Perdekamp, D., von Harrach, T., Hasegawa, N., Hayashi, C. A., Heusch, N., Horikawa, V. W., Hughe, G., Igo, S., Ishimoto, T., Iwata, M., de Jong, E. M., Kabu, R., Kaiser, A., Karev, H. J., Kessler, T. J., Ketel, A., Kishi, Kisselev, Y. u., L., Klostermann, V., Krivokhijine, V., Kukhtin, J., Kyynäräinen, M., Lamanna, U., Landgrat, K., Lau, T., Layda, F., Lehar, A., de Lesquen, J., Lichtenstadt, T., Lindqvist, M., Litmaath, S., Lopez Ponte, M., Lowe, A., Magnon, G. K., Mallot, F., Marie, Martin, Anna, J., Martino, B., Maye, J. S., Mccarthy, G., van Middelkoop, D., Miller, J., Mitchell, K., Mori, J., Moromisato, G. S., Mutchler, J., Nassalski, L., Naumann, T. O., Niinikoski, J. E. J., Oberski, S., Okumi, D. P., Park, A., Penzo, G., Perez, F., Perrot Kunne, D., Peshekhonov, R., Piegaia, L., Pinsky, S., Platchkov, M., Plo, D., Pose, H., Postma, T., Pussieux, J., Pyrlik, J. M., Rieubland, A., Rijllart, J. B., Robert, M., Rodriguez, E., Rondio, L., Ropelewski, A., Rosado, I., Sabo, J., Saborido, A., Sandacz, D., Sander, I., Savin, Schiavon, Paolo, K. P., Schüler, R., Segel, R., Seitz, S., Sergeev, F., Sever, P., Shanahan, G., Smirnov, A., Staude, A., Steinmetz, H., Stuhrmann, W., Tlaczala, K. M., Teichert, F., Tessarotto, W., Thiel, S., Trentalange, Y., Tzamourani, M., Velasco, J., Vogt, R., Vo, R., Weinstein, C., Whitten, R., Windmolder, W., Wislicki, A., Witzmann, A., Yañez, Zanetti, ANNA MARIA, K., Zaremba, and J., Zhao
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Large Hadron Collider ,Muon ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Polarimeter ,positron energy spectrum ,muon beam polarimeter ,Nuclear physics ,Positron ,Energy spectrum ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Detectors and Experimental Techniques ,Nuclear Experiment ,Instrumentation ,Energy (signal processing) ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
A muon beam polarimeter has been built for the SMC experiment at the CERN SPS, for muon energies of 100 to 200 GeV. The beam polarisation is determined from the energy spectrum of positrons from the decay μ+ → e+ νcνμ. A polarisation of - 0.82 is measured with a relative systematic accuracy of 3%.
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- 1994