We present a new technique, "tau polarimetry,"for measuring the longitudinal beam polarization present in an e+e- collider through the analysis of e+e-→τ+τ- events. By exploiting the sensitivity of τ decay kinematics to the longitudinal polarization of the beams, we demonstrate that the longitudinal polarization can be measured with a 3 per mil systematic uncertainty at the interaction point using a technique that is independent of spin and beam transport modeling. Using 424.2±1.8 fb-1 of BABAR data at s=10.58 GeV, the average longitudinal polarization of the PEP-II e+e- collider has been measured to be ⟨𝑃⟩=0.0035±0.002⁢4stat±0.002⁢9sys. The systematic uncertainty studies are described in detail, which can serve as a guide for future applications of tau polarimetry. A proposed 𝑒− beam longitudinal polarization upgrade to the SuperKEKB 𝑒+⁢𝑒− collider would benefit from this technique.

Precision e- beam polarimetry at an e+e- B factory using tau-pair events

Pilloni A.;
2023-01-01

Abstract

We present a new technique, "tau polarimetry,"for measuring the longitudinal beam polarization present in an e+e- collider through the analysis of e+e-→τ+τ- events. By exploiting the sensitivity of τ decay kinematics to the longitudinal polarization of the beams, we demonstrate that the longitudinal polarization can be measured with a 3 per mil systematic uncertainty at the interaction point using a technique that is independent of spin and beam transport modeling. Using 424.2±1.8 fb-1 of BABAR data at s=10.58 GeV, the average longitudinal polarization of the PEP-II e+e- collider has been measured to be ⟨𝑃⟩=0.0035±0.002⁢4stat±0.002⁢9sys. The systematic uncertainty studies are described in detail, which can serve as a guide for future applications of tau polarimetry. A proposed 𝑒− beam longitudinal polarization upgrade to the SuperKEKB 𝑒+⁢𝑒− collider would benefit from this technique.
2023
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Inglese
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American Physical Society
108
9
092001
092020
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Internazionale
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