Systematic resolution study of the CEBAF Hall C spectrometers — HMS and SOS

In this paper we present a systematic study of the momentum resolution of the CEBAF Hall C spectrometers. These are the High Momentum Spectrometer (HMS) and Short Orbit Spectrometer (SOS). This systematic study enables us to point out the dominating sources of the spectrometer resolutions. It demonstrates that such a systematic analysis can provide the information required to optimize the performance of an existing spectrometer system or the design of a new spectrometer system.