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This experiment proposes to measure particle production using p± ,K±, p± beams in the Meson area at Fermilab using Main Injector primary beam of 120GeV/c protons. The momenta of the secondary beams range from 5 GeV/c to 120GeV/c. The targets include various nuclei as well as hydrogen. The centerpiece of this experiment is the BEVALAC EOS time projection chamber (TPC) which will measure multiparticle final states. The particles in the final state are identified over all of phase space using a combination of dE/dx, TOF , Cerenkov and RICH technologies. The proposal goes before the PAC in November 2001 and first beams are expected in Spring 2002.More details of the experiment can be found at ppd.fnal.gov/experiments/e907/p907.htm
Currently the experiment is accepting more collaborators. Contact Rajendran Raja if you are interested in participating. P907 provides an ideal training ground for graduate students interested in both hardware and data analysis. It has tremendous potential in gathering high quality high statistics data that will enhance our understanding of minimum bias interactions that form 99% of the total cross section. There are also nuclear physics connections to RHIC and also to nuclear scaling.
