Cerenkov Particle Identification in FOCUS

Abstract

We describe the algorithm used to identify charged tracks in the fixed-target charm-photoproduction experiment FOCUS.

29 pages, 14 figures

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• Search for CP violation in D0 and D+ decays

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• Search for T Violation in Charm Meson Decays
• New Measurements of the D+ to K* mu nu Form Factor Ratios
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• Study of the decay asymmetry parameter and CP violation parameter in the Lambdac+ --> Lambda pi+ decay
• Study of the D^0 \to pi^-pi^+pi^-pi^+ decay
• Search for Rare and Forbidden 3-body Di-muon Decays of the Charmed Mesons D+ and Ds+
• Study of the decay mode D^0 -> K-K+pi-pi+
• Analysis of the semileptonic decay $D^0\to {\bar{K}}^0{\pi }^{-}{\mu }^{+}\nu$
• Measurement of the Ratio of the Vector to Pseudoscalar Charm Semileptonic Decay Rate Γ(D+ > ANTI-K*0 mu+ nu)/Γ(D+ > ANTI-K0 mu+ nu)
• Search for a strongly decaying neutral charmed pentaquark
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• Observation of a 1750 MeV/c^2 Enhancement in the Diffractive Photoproduction of K^+K^-
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• Hadronic D and D_s Meson Decays
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• Measurement of the D+ and Ds+ decays into K+K-K+
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• Measurements of ${\Xi }_c^{+}$ Branching Ratios
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• New Measurements of the D+ to K*munu/k2pi and Ds to phimunu/phipi Branching ratios
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• Search for a pentaquark decaying to Cascade- pi-
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