학술논문

Feasibility studies of time-like proton electromagnetic form factors at $\overline{\rm P}$ANDA at FAIR
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Source
European Physical Journal. A; 52; 10
Subject
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Language
English
ISSN
1434-6001
Abstract
Simulation results for future measurements of electromagnetic proton form factors at $\overline{\rm P}$ANDA (FAIR) within the PandaRoot software framework are reported. The statistical precision with which the proton form factors can be determined is estimated. The signal channel p¯p → e+e– is studied on the basis of two different but consistent procedures. The suppression of the main background channel, i.e. p¯p → π+π–, is studied. Furthermore, the background versus signal efficiency, statistical and systematical uncertainties on the extracted proton form factors are evaluated using two different procedures. The results are consistent with those of a previous simulation study using an older, simplified framework. Furthermore, a slightly better precision is achieved in the PandaRoot study in a large range of momentum transfer, assuming the nominal beam conditions and detector performance.