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Feasibility Studies for Nucleon Structure Measurements with PANDA Meson 2014 Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA On behalf of the PANDA Collaboration Institut de Physique Nucl eaire dOrsay June 2, 2014 Meson2014, Ermias ATOMSSA,


  1. Feasibility Studies for Nucleon Structure Measurements with ¯ PANDA Meson 2014 Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA On behalf of the ¯ PANDA Collaboration Institut de Physique Nucl´ eaire d’Orsay June 2, 2014 Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 1 / 16

  2. Outline ¯ PANDA experimental setup ¯ PANDA physics program overview Nucleon structure: Form Factors and TDAs Feasibility studies of nucleon structure measurements Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 2 / 16

  3. FAIR: Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 3 / 16

  4. The FAIR Accelerator Complex 29 GeV protons Main component for PANDA: Ni/Be target 107 p/s High Energy Storage Ring Antiprotons: p=1.5 - 15 GeV/c High Res. Mode: L=10 31 /cm 2 /s, δ p/p=10 -5 High Lumi. Mode: L=2x10 32 /cm 2 /s, δ p/p=10 -4 Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 4 / 16

  5. Overview of ¯ PANDA physics program ¯ PANDA : Anti-Proton ANnihilation at DArmstadt Meson Spectroscopy D mesons, charmonia Search for exotic QCD states Glueballs, tetraquarks, hybrids, molecules Single and double hypernuclei Hadrons in nuclear matter Nucleon structure using EM probes Physics Performance Report - arXiv:0903.3905 Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 5 / 16

  6. ¯ PANDA detector Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 6 / 16

  7. Tracking and PID for Nucleon Structure Physics Program PbWO crystal EMCal, APDs (barrel) VPT (forward) Large coverage (2 π , 5 ◦ < θ < 145 ◦ ) Operation at -25 ◦ C for optimal photon production Silicon MVD and Straw Tube and GEM tracker Wide dynamic range: � 3 MeV dE/dx for PiD from STTs � Excellent resolution: σ ( E ) / E ≈ 1% ⊕ 2% / E ( GeV ) Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 7 / 16

  8. Form Factors Parametrizations of hadronic current in the matrix element for: Elastic scattering of a lepton off a nucleon ( l ± N → l ± N ): Spacelike (SL) real analytic functions of q 2 < 0 Well constrained to high values of − q 2 ≈ 30 GeV 2 Annihilation reaction of l + l − or N ¯ N pairs ( N ¯ N ↔ e + e − ): Timelike (TL) complex analytic functions of q 2 > 4 m 2 p Scarce data for TL FF (especially at high q 2 ) Extraction in the TL region: pp → e + e − pp → e + e − Cross section of ¯ Angular distribution ¯ σ tot = πα 2 (2 τ + 1) | G eff | 2 πα 2 d σ = × 6 M 2 � � τ τ ( τ − 1) d cos θ CM 8 M 2 p τ τ ( τ − 1) p eff = 2 τ | G M | 2 + | G E | 2 1 + cos 2 θ CM + | G E | 2 sin 2 θ CM q 2 τ | G M | 2 � � � � G 2 , and τ = 4 M 2 2 τ + 1 p Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 8 / 16

  9. Form Factors Parametrizations of hadronic current in the matrix element for: Elastic scattering of a lepton off a nucleon ( l ± N → l ± N ): Spacelike (SL) real analytic functions of q 2 < 0 Well constrained to high values of − q 2 ≈ 30 GeV 2 Annihilation reaction of l + l − or N ¯ N pairs ( N ¯ N ↔ e + e − ): Timelike (TL) complex analytic functions of q 2 > 4 m 2 p Scarce data for TL FF (especially at high q 2 ) TL FFs existing data (Phys Rev D87 (2013) 092005) | G eff | large uncertainties above q 2 ≈ 16 GeV 2 Large uncertainties in | G M / G E | No data on relative phase Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 8 / 16

  10. Feasibility of Timelike FF Measurements Full MC of Main background sources: pp → π + π − σ ≈ 10 6 × ¯ pp → e + e − ¯ Param. by Ong and Van de Wiele (EPJA46 (2010) 291) pp → π 0 π 0 followed by π 0 Dalitz: Relatively easy to ¯ reject using kinematical constraints Requirement on background rejection: < 0 . 1% Full ¯ PANDA PiD with kinematical cuts: Rejection of 10 9 on background Efficiency for signal above 20% (average 40%) M. Sudol et al. EPJA44 (2010) 373 R=|GE|/|GM| Significant improvement with 4 months @ 2 x 10 32 / cm 2 / s Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 9 / 16

  11. Transition Distribution Amplitudes Universal non perturbative objects that appear in the factorized calculation of cross sections of pp → e + e − π 0 and γ ∗ N → π N ) pp → J /ψπ 0 , ¯ some exclusive processes (Eg: ¯ Short distance dominated part computed within pQCD Validity requires large scale (usually taken as virtuality of lepton pair emission) Universal non-perturbative components: TDA and DA TDA: Probe the mesonic content of nucleon wave functions Factorization description valid in two kinematical regimes N ) 2 ≈ 0 for π ¯ Near forward kinematics t = ( p π − p ¯ N TDA Near backward kinematics u = ( p π − p N ) 2 ≈ 0 for π N TDA Test universality of TDAs that occur also in γ ∗ N → π N and N ¯ N → l + l − π reactions Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 10 / 16

  12. pp → J /ψπ 0 in ¯ Feasibility of ¯ PANDA (Signal) Background in charmonium spectroscopy studies ( c ¯ c resonances that decay into J /ψπ ) Cross section calculation from Pire et . al (Phys. Lett. B. 724 99-107): σ ≈ 2x100 pb π 0 = 0 ◦ for ¯ π 0 = 180 ◦ for p π TDA Cross section peaked around θ ∗ p π TDA and at θ ∗ Compared to e + e − : Pros: mass cut for background rejection, Cons: fixed Q 2 Expected counting rates for PANDA Forward π emission ϴ π * =0° * =90° ϴ π 4 months @ 2x10 32 /cm 2 /s N tot = 13000 Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 11 / 16

  13. pp → J /ψπ 0 in ¯ Feasibility of ¯ PANDA (Background) Main background: π + π − π 0 σ ≈ 400 µ b Two string fragmentation models DPM and FTF give similar π 0 CM polar angle π 0 = 0 ◦ and θ ∗ π 0 = 180 ◦ like signal (simulations by A. Galoyan) distribution peaked near θ ∗ π + π − invariant mass distribution, with substantial difference between models High precision measurement by ¯ PANDA will help discriminate between models 2 σ mass cut for J /ψ rejects ≈ 90% of π + π − π 0 background (before PID) Better momentum resolution = ⇒ better rejection → π π π + - 0 2 + - 0 2 p p @ mom( p )=5.513 GeV, s=12.25 GeV p p → π π π @ mom( p )=5.513 GeV, s=12.25 GeV 0 inv π π + - * π θ M in DPM * dN/dM dN/d 350 250 inv θ in DPM 0 π + π - π M in FTF inv 300 σ ψ * 2 M cut (J/ ) 200 θ in FTF 0 π 250 150 200 150 100 100 50 50 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 * π π - + M [GeV/c^2] θ 0 inv π Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 12 / 16

  14. Electron momentum reconstruction in ¯ PANDA Resolution loss due to Bremsstrahlung Tracking points: MVD (4 to 6) and STT (up to 24) 80% of X/X 0 inside tracking system from MVD Significant Bremsstrahlung photon emission (Almost collinear with photon direction) Helix prefit used as input for Kalman filter Kalman filter assumes Gaussian errors = ⇒ External radiation not taken into account E loss through Bremsstrahlung emission e-, pT=1 GeV (barrel region) Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 13 / 16

  15. Event by event correction of Bremsstrahlung Exploit spatial correlation between γ Brem and e + / e − clusters Combined with low threshold EMCal, possible to Find Bremsstrahlung photon candidates track by track Correct each track’s momentum by adding back total energy from all γ Brem Approach works: clear improvement in electron momentum resolution Counts Counts with correction 3000 4000 with correction electron P =2 GeV/c electron P =1 GeV/c no correction t t no correction 3000 2000 2000 Barrel 1000 Barrel 1000 0 0 Counts -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 Counts -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 3000 2000 Forward Endcap 1500 2000 Forward Endcap 1000 1000 500 0 0 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 (P -P)/P (P -P)/P MC MC MC MC Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 14 / 16

  16. Improvement on nucleon structure observables pp → J /ψπ 0 60% gain in efficiency with 2 σ cut for ¯ 70% gain in efficiency with minimum mass cut of √ s − m π 0 for ¯ pp → e + e − Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 15 / 16

  17. Summary ¯ PANDA will open exciting opportunities for hadronic physics Form factor measurements in the TL region over an extended range of q 2 Excellent test bed for the universality TDAs Correcting momentum reconstruction for Bremsstrahlung yields quantitaive improvements Meson2014, ¯ Ermias ATOMSSA, Binsong MA (IPNO) PANDA Nucleon Structure June 2, 2014 16 / 16

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