1. Introduction to the pb Experiment - Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Motivation
• 3. Rare Pion-Decay Experiments
  • 3.1 Pion Beta Decay Experiments
    • 3.1.1 PION BETA DECAY AT REST
    • 3.1.2 DECAY IN FLIGHT
  • 3.2 Pion Decay into Positron and Neutrino
• 4. The Pion Beta Experiment at PSI
  • 4.1 Experimental Technique
  • 4.2 Apparatus
  • 4.3 Pion Beam and Beam Monitoring Detectors
    • 4.3.1 BEAM LINE
    • 4.3.2 BEAM STUDIES WITH THE ACTIVE TARGET
  • 4.4 Shower Calorimeter
  • 4.5 Trigger and Electronics
• 5. Properties and Performance of the Pure CsI Crystals
  • 5.1 General Properties
  • 5.2 Determination of the Fast/Total Ratio
  • 5.3 Distance Measurements
  • 5.4 Photoelectron Statistics
  • 5.5 Light Collection Non-Uniformity
  • 5.6 CsI-Crystal Data Base
  • 5.7 Simulated Photon and Positron Response of the CsI-Crystals
• 6. Calibration with Photons
  • 6.1 Method of the Calibration
  • 6.2 Experimental Apparatus
  • 6.3 Analysis of the Data
    • 6.3.1 NEUTRON TDC SPECTRUM
    • 6.3.2 NORMALIZATION
    • 6.3.3 PEDESTAL AND NOISE CALCULATION
    • 6.3.4 TEMPERATURE CORRECTION AND GAIN MATCHING
  • 6.4 Results and Discussion
    • 6.4.1 EXPERIMENTAL RESULT
    • 6.4.2 COMPARISON OF DATA AND SIMULATION
    • 6.4.3 OUTLOOK
• 7. The Domino Sampling Chip DSC
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 System Description
    • 7.2.1 OPERATION OF THE DOMINO SAMPLING CHIP
    • 7.2.2 ZERO SUPPRESSION
    • 7.2.3 THE MOTHERBOARD DSM100
  • 7.3 Performance of the DSCs
    • 7.3.1 TEST SET-UP
    • 7.3.2 PEDESTAL SUBTRACTION
    • 7.3.3 SAMPLING SPEED CALIBRATION
    • 7.3.4 TIMING LINEARITY AND RESOLUTION
    • 7.3.5 AMPLITUDE LINEARITY
    • 7.3.6 SAMPLING OF CSI-PULSES
  • 7.4 Summary and Discussion
  • 7.5 Outlook
• 8. Conclusion