DocumentCode
1098136
Title
Comments on "Physics Performance of the Barrel RPC System of the HARP Experiment
Author
Dydak, F. ; Ammosov, V. ; Boyko, I. ; Chelkov, G. ; Dedovitch, D. ; Elagin, A. ; Gapienko, V. ; Gostkin, M. ; Guskov, A. ; Koreshev, V. ; Kroumchtein, Z. ; Nefedov, Y. ; Nikolaev, K. ; Semak, A. ; Sviridov, Y. ; Usenko, E. ; Wotschack, J. ; Zaets, V. ; Zh
Author_Institution
Eur. Organ. for Nucl. Res., Geneva
Volume
54
Issue
4
fYear
2007
Firstpage
1454
Lastpage
1455
Abstract
It is shown that the above cited paper reports a detector performance that is inconsistent and cannot possibly be correct. The unknown detector physics that has been invoked to explain strange findings is an artefact stemming from wrong data analysis.
Keywords
position sensitive particle detectors; HARP experiment; barrel RPC system; resistive plate chambers; Data analysis; Detectors; Magnetic field measurement; Mesons; Particle beams; Particle measurements; Physics; Spectroscopy; Target tracking; Time measurement; HARP; RPC; resistive plate chambers; time of flight (TOF);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.2007.903169
Filename
4291714
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