Deep sub-threshold $K^\ast (892)^{\circ}$ production in collisions of Ar + KCl at 1.76 A GeV

pp and ππ intensity interferometry in collisions of Ar+KCl at 1.76A GeV

Results on pp, π+π+, and π-π- intensity interferometry are reported for collisions of Ar+KCl at 1.76$A$~GeV beam energy, studied with the High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer (HADES) at SIS18/GSI. The experimental correlation functions as a function of the relative momentum are compared to model calculations allowing the determination of the space-time extent of the corresponding emission sources. The π π source radii are found significantly larger than the pp emission radius. The present radii do well complement the source-size excitation functions of the collision system of size $A+A \simeq 40+40$. The pp source radius at fixed beam energy is found to increase linearly with the cube r…

Deep sub-threshold K*(892)0 production in collisions of Ar + KCl at 1.76A GeV

Results on the deep sub-threshold production of the short-lived hadronic resonance K*(892)0 are reported for collisions of Ar + KCl at 1.76A GeV beam energy, studied with the High Acceptance Di-Electron Spectrometer (HADES) at SIS18/GSI. The K*(892)0 production probability per central collision of \( P_{K^{*0}}=(4.4\pm 1.1 \pm 0.5)\times 10^{-4}\) and the K*(892)0/K0 ratio of \( P_{K^{*0}}/P_{K^0}=(1.9\pm 0.5\pm 0.3)\times 10^{-2}\) are determined at the lowest energy so far (i.e. deep below the threshold for the corresponding production in nucleon-nucleon collisions, \( \sqrt{s_{NN}}-\sqrt{s_{thr}}=-340\) MeV). The K*0/K0 ratio is compared with results of other experiments and with the pre…

A dynamic collimation and alignment system for the Helmholtz linear accelerator

Review of scientific instruments 92(11), 113306 - 113306-9 (2021). doi:10.1063/5.0069824

Reference beam dynamics layout for the SC CW heavy ion HELIAC at GSI

Abstract The standalone superconducting continuous wave heavy ion linac HELIAC (HElmholtz LInear ACcelerator) is a common project of GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research and Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) under key support of Goethe University Frankfurt (IAP) and in collaboration with National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and NRC “Kurchatov Institute” ITEP. In 2017 the first superconducting section of the linac has been successfully commissioned and extensively tested with beam at GSI. The measurements sufficiently present the capability of 216.816 MHz multi-gap Crossbar H-mode (CH) DTL-structures. An acceleration of heavy ions up to the design beam energy and beyond has been r…