Rafael A. Badui Jason S. Bono Lei Guo Brian A. Raue
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Rafael A. Badui Jason S. Bono Lei Guo Brian A. Raue
The Beam-Helicity Asymmetry + + for p ! pK K and p ! p⇡ ⇡ Rafael A. Badui Jason S. Bono Lei Guo Brian A. Raue Purpose and Status • Purpose is to demonstrate details of analysis and receive feedback • Emphasis on procedures • Currently writing draft of paper and analysis note 2/29 g12 Experiment + • Analysis of p ! pK K the g12 experiment + and p ! p⇡ ⇡ using data collected from • All final state particles were required to be detected • Photoproduction experiment on proton target with luminosity 68pb 1 • Photon beam was circularly polarized (max polarization ⇡ 80%) with an energy range 1.1 5.5 GeV • Proton target was not polarized 3/29 Event Selection 10 8 • No detached vertices for either reaction 10 6 10 5 6 • Reconstructed vertex required to lie inside target cylinder 4 y (cm) 2 r < 2.0 cm 0 −2 110 < z < 104 70 cm −4 −6 −8 −10 −10 10 −8 −6 −4 −2 0 x (cm) 4/29 2 4 6 8 10 3 Event Selection 10 10 9 • No detached vertices for either reaction 5 8 • Reconstructed vertex required to lie inside target cylinder 104 7 r (cm) 6 r < 2.0 cm 10 3 10 2 5 4 110 < z < 70 cm 3 2 10 1 0 −140 −130 −120 −110 −100 −90 z (cm) 4/29 −80 −70 −60 −50 −40 1 Event Selection • No detached vertices for either reaction • Reconstructed vertex required to lie inside target cylinder r < 2.0 cm 110 < z < 70 cm • Vertex time as determined by RF and TOF were required to be 1 ns from each other 5/29 Event Selection • No detached vertices for either reaction • Reconstructed vertex required to lie inside target cylinder r < 2.0 cm 110 < z < 70 cm • Vertex time as determined by RF and TOF were required to be 1 ns from each other 5/29 Event Selection • Multiple photons were sometimes tagged • Several algorithms were considered Select random photon Select more energetic photon Select photon with larger probability from kinematic fitting Remove events with multiple tagged photons • Analysis simply removed events with multiple tagged photons 6/29 g12 Corrections Applied + p ! p⇡ ⇡ • Beam Energy Corrections • Energy Loss • Momentum Corrections • Kinematic Fitting 7/29 g12 Corrections Applied + p ! pK K • Beam Energy Corrections • Energy Loss • Momentum Corrections • Kinematic Fitting 7/29 Invariant Mass Plots 8/29 Invariant Mass Plots 8/29 Invariant Mass Plots 8/29 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry • In a given kinematic bin, ⌧ , the beam-helicity asymmetry is defined as 1 I (⌧ ) = P (⌧ ) + (⌧ ) + (⌧ ) + (⌧ ) (⌧ ) • It is measured experimentally as Y Iexp (⌧ ) = + (⌧ ) ↵+ N + (⌧ ) ↵+ 9/29 Y + (⌧ ) ↵ N (⌧ ) ↵ Beam-Helicity Asymmetry Y Iexp (⌧ ) = + (⌧ ) ↵+ N + (⌧ ) ↵+ Y + (⌧ ) ↵ N (⌧ ) ↵ ± • N (⌧ ) number of events in ⌧ coming from a ± photon helicity • ↵ ± = • a¯c = 1 (1 2 ± a¯c ) + N⇡ N⇡ N⇡+ +N⇡ = 0.0028 ± 0.0008 is the beam-charge asymmetry Beam-charge asymmetry was measured using the reactions p ! p⇡ + and p ! n⇡ 10/29 0 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry Y Iexp (⌧ ) = + (⌧ ) ↵+ N + (⌧ ) ↵+ ± Y + N (⌧ ) ± Y (⌧ ) = X i=1 P = E 2 Ee + (Ee (⌧ ) ↵ N (⌧ ) ↵ 1 ± P ,i Ee E (Ee + 3 ) 2 2 E ) E (E e e 3 Each event is weighted by inverse polarization E ) Pe 11/29 Electron beam polarization measured by Moller polarimeter Beam-Helicity Asymmetry • Beam-Helicity asymmetry was measured with respect to the angle between two predefined planes p 0 X p • Figure on right defines the “MesonMeson Plane Configuration” z X 12/29 + x Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.3 • Comparison of I between kaon and pion channels in Meson-Meson Plane Configuration as function of 0.2 0.1 I • Kaon channel has larger asymmetry amplitude and dominated by sin(2 ) 0 −0.1 γ p → p π+ π −0.2 Fourier Fit for Iπ + γ p → p K K−0.3 Fourier Fit for IK −3 −2 −1 0 φ (rad) 13/29 1 2 3 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry • Fourier fit is to I ( )= 3 X 0.3 0.2 cn sin(n ) 0.1 I n=1 • Coefficients stopped at 3 after significance testing 0 −0.1 γ p → p π+ π −0.2 Hypothesis Tests Fourier Fit for Iπ + γ p → p K K- LASSO −0.3 Fourier Fit for IK −3 −2 −1 0 φ (rad) 14/29 1 2 3 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.4 • Investigated Fourier coefficients as function of di↵erent kinematics I⇡ ( ; W ) = 3 X 0.3 0.2 0.1 cn (W ) sin(n ) 0 n=1 −0.1 • Pion asymmetry dominated by sin(2 ) for most of the energy range c1 c2 c3 −0.2 −0.3 −0.4 1.8 2 2.2 2.4 2.6 W (GeV) 15/29 2.8 3 3.2 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.4 • Investigated Fourier coefficients as function of di↵erent kinematics IK ( ; W ) = 3 X 0.3 0.2 0.1 cn (W ) sin(n ) 0 n=1 −0.1 • Kaon asymmetry dominated by sin( ) for most of the energy range −0.2 c1 c2 c3 −0.3 −0.4 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 W (GeV) 16/29 3 3.2 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry Interesting peak but probably due to threshold effects 0.5 0.4 • Investigated Fourier coefficients as function of di↵erent kinematics + IK ( ; M (K K )) = 3 X 0.3 0.2 0.1 cn (M ) sin(n ) n=1 0 −0.1 −0.2 + • Overall amplitude decreases as M (K K ) increases −0.3 −0.4 −0.5 c1 c2 c3 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 + 1.8 M(K K - ) (GeV) 17/29 2 2.2 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.8 0.6 • Investigated Fourier coefficients as function of di↵erent kinematics IK ( ; M (pK )) = 3 X 0.4 0.2 cn (M ) sin(n ) 0 n=1 −0.2 • Overall amplitude increases as M (pK ) increases −0.4 c1 c2 c3 −0.6 −0.8 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2.2 M(pK - ) (GeV) 18/29 2.4 2.6 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.6 • Investigated Fourier coefficients as function of di↵erent kinematics 0.4 0.2 + IK ( ; M (pK )) = 3 X cn (M ) sin(n ) 0 n=1 −0.2 c1 c2 c3 + • Overall amplitude increases as M (pK ) increases −0.4 −0.6 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 + 2.2 M(pK ) (GeV) 19/29 2.4 2.6 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.5 0.4 • Investigated Fourier coefficients as function of di↵erent kinematics IK ( ; t !K + ) = 3 X 0.3 0.2 0.1 cn ( t) sin(n ) 0 n=1 −0.1 c1 c2 c3 −0.2 −0.3 −0.4 −0.5 0.5 1 1.5 + 2 2 -t(γ → K ) (GeV ) 20/29 2.5 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.5 0.4 • Investigated Fourier coefficients as function of di↵erent kinematics IK ( ; t !K + K )= 3 X 0.3 0.2 0.1 cn ( t) sin(n ) n=1 0 −0.1 −0.2 −0.3 −0.4 −0.5 c1 c2 c3 0.5 1 1.5 2 + - 2.5 2 -t(γ → K K ) (GeV ) 21/29 3 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.5 • Investigated Fourier coefficients as function of di↵erent kinematics 0.4 0.3 0.2 • Thorough study 0.1 • Repeated for other plane configurations 0 −0.1 −0.2 −0.3 −0.4 −0.5 c1 c2 c3 0.5 1 1.5 2 + - 2.5 2 -t(γ → K K ) (GeV ) 21/29 3 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry X • Figure on right defines the “Neutral Baryon Plane Configuration” + p p z X 22/29 0 x Beam-Helicity Asymmetry X • Figure on right defines the “Positive Baryon Plane Configuration” X p z p 23/29 0 + x Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.5 mm c1 nb -c1 pb -c1 0.4 • Apparent agreement among leading coefficients for different plane/angle configurations across all kinematics (up to sign of the permutation) 0.3 0.2 0.1 • Also true for pion channel 0 • Not true for other coefficients −0.1 −0.2 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 M(K+K- ) (GeV) 24/29 2 2.2 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.8 0.7 • Apparent agreement among leading coefficients for different plane/angle configurations across all kinematics (up to sign of the permutation) 0.6 0.5 mm c1 nb -c1 pb -c1 0.4 0.3 0.2 • Also true for pion channel 0.1 • Not true for other coefficients 0 −0.1 −0.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 M(pK- ) (GeV) 24/29 2.2 2.4 2.6 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.6 0.5 • Apparent agreement among leading coefficients for different plane/angle configurations across all kinematics (up to sign of the permutation) 0.4 mm c1 nb -c1 pb -c1 0.3 0.2 • Also true for pion channel 0.1 • Not true for other coefficients 0 −0.1 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 M(pK+) (GeV) 24/29 2.2 2.4 2.6 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.5 mm c1 nb -c1 pb -c1 0.4 • Apparent agreement among leading coefficients for different plane/angle configurations across all kinematics (up to sign of the permutation) 0.3 0.2 0.1 • Also true for pion channel 0 • Not true for other coefficients −0.1 −0.2 0.5 1 1.5 -t(γ → K+) (GeV2 ) 24/29 2 2.5 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.5 0.4 • Apparent agreement among leading coefficients for different plane/angle configurations across all kinematics (up to sign of the permutation) 0.3 mm c1 nb -c1 pb -c1 0.2 0.1 • Also true for pion channel 0 • Not true for other coefficients −0.1 −0.2 0.5 1 1.5 2 -t(γ → K+K- ) (GeV2 ) 24/29 2.5 3 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.45 0.4 • Apparent agreement among leading coefficients for different plane/angle configurations across all kinematics (up to sign of the permutation) 0.35 0.3 0.25 0.2 • Also true for pion channel 0.15 0.1 • Not true for other coefficients 0.05 0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 W (GeV) 24/29 3 mm c1 nb -c1 pb -c1 3.2 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.4 • Apparent agreement among leading coefficients for different plane/angle configurations across all kinematics (up to sign of the permutation) 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 −0.1 • Also true for pion channel mm c2 nb c2 pb c2 −0.2 • Not true for other coefficients −0.3 −0.4 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 W (GeV) 23/28 3 3.2 Beam-Helicity Asymmetry 0.4 • Apparent agreement among leading coefficients for different plane/angle configurations across all kinematics (up to sign of the permutation) 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 −0.1 • Also true for pion channel mm c3 nb c3 pb c3 −0.2 • Not true for other coefficients −0.3 −0.4 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 W (GeV) 24/29 3 3.2 Statistical Uncertainties • Statistical uncertainties treated each event following a Bernoulli-type distribution, weighted by inverse polarization and adjusted by the beamcharge asymmetry • For N Bernoulli trials (trial can yield either ±1), the standard error on the average number of successes (defining +1 to be a success) is given by p ✓ ◆ 2 N (+1)N ( 1) N (+1) = 3 N N2 25/29 Statistical Uncertainties • In this study, N (±1) is replaced by ± N ↵± = N̄ ± • Due to each event weighted by the inverse polarization, the standard error is multiplied by the root-mean-square of the inverse polarization over all events • The standard error on I is given by p 2 N̄ + N̄ stat (I ) = 3 N̄ 2 25/29 ⌧ 1 P2 1 2 Systematic Uncertainties • The systematic uncertainties were estimated by varying each cut used in the event selection process • The cuts were varied by 10% in each direction • Radial Vertex Cut r < 2.0 cm ! r < 2.2 cm r < 2.0 cm ! r < 1.8 cm 26/29 Systematic Uncertainties • The systematic uncertainties were estimated by varying each cut used in the event selection process • The cuts were varied by 10% in each direction • Longitudinal Vertex Cut |z |z 90| < 20.0 cm ! |z 90| < 20.0 cm ! |z 90| < 22.0 cm 90| < 18.0 cm 26/29 Systematic Uncertainties • The systematic uncertainties were estimated by varying each cut used in the event selection process • The cuts were varied by 10% in each direction • Timing Cut | t| < 1.0 ns ! | t| < 1.1 ns | t| < 1.0 ns ! | t| < 0.9 ns 26/29 Systematic Uncertainties • The systematic uncertainties were estimated by varying each cut used in the event selection process • Multiple Photon Cut Multiple photon cut ! no multiple photon cut 26/29 Systematic Uncertainties • The systematic uncertainties were estimated by varying each cut used in the event selection process • Binning 16 16 bins ! 17 bins ! 15 bins bins 26/29 Systematic Uncertainties • The systematic uncertainties were estimated by varying each cut used in the event selection process • The systematic uncertainty from an arbitrary source is estimated by v uX ✓ ◆2 u I ( ) I ( ) i i nom alt u u Inom ( i ) u i ✓ ◆ sys = u 2 u X 1 t I ( ) nom i i 26/29 Systematic Uncertainties • The systematic uncertainties were estimated by varying each cut used in the event selection process • The total systematic uncertainty was obtained by adding the uncertainties from the di↵erent sources in quadrature s X 2 = sys,tot sys,src src 26/29 Systematic Uncertainties • Systematic uncertainties for pion channel in the meson-meson plane configuration 27/29 Systematic Uncertainties • Systematic uncertainties for kaon channel in the meson-meson plane configuration 27/29 Systematic Uncertainties • Systematic uncertainties for kaon channel in the neutral baryon plane configuration 27/29 Systematic Uncertainties • Systematic uncertainties for kaon channel in the positive baryon plane configuration 27/29 Systematic Uncertainties • Compared to Irms , the systematic uncertainty is ⇡ 10% v ◆2 uX ✓ u I ( ) i u u I ( ) i u i Irms = u ✓ ◆ 2 uX 1 t I ( ) i i 28/29 Conclusions • Thorough study on the beam-helicity asymmetry • Its angular dependence was studied • Fourier coefficients studied as functions of key kinematic variables • Procedures, results, and uncertainty estimation presented • Systematic uncertainties on fiducial cuts and TOF knockouts to be conducted 29/29