Pion Beta Decay Group Publications

University of   Virginia	Dinko Pocanic, Professor   Emil Frlez, Research Scientist   Stefan Ritt, Research Scientist	Paul Scherrer Institute

	Preprints and E-Prints         Proceedings, Reports and Abstracts	Reffereed Journals         Collaborations

	Preprints and E-Prints

E. Frlez, W. Li, Pocanic, S. Ritt, and H. P. Wirtz
Measurement of stopping beam distributions in the PIBETA detector
To Be Submitted to Nucl. Inst. and Meth. A     Preprint    Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (438 kB)  GZipped PS ]

	Publications: Refereed Journals

D. Pocanic, E. Frlez, V. A. Baranov, W. Bertl, C. Broennimann, M. Bychkov, J. F. Crawford, M. Daum, N. V. Khomutov, A. S. Korenchenko, S. M. Korenchenko, T. Kozlowski, N. P. Kravchuk, N. A. Kuchinsky, W. Li, R. C. Minehart, D. Mzhavia, B. G. Ritchie, S. Ritt, A. M. Rozhdestvensky, V. V. Sidorkin, L. C. Smith, I. Supek, Z. Tsamalaidze, B. A. VanDevender, Y. Wang, H.-P. Wirtz, K.O.H. Ziock
Precise Measurement of the ^{+ 0}e⁺ _e Branching Ratio
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 181803-1-4 (2004)     Preprint    Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (227 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E. Frlez, D. Pocanic, V. A. Baranov, W. Bertl, M. Bychkov, N. V. Khomutov, A. S. Korenchenko, S. M. Korenchenko, T. Kozlowski, N. P. Kravchuk, N. A. Kuchinsky, W. Li, R. C. Minehart, D. Mzhavia, B. G. Ritchie, S. Ritt, A. M. Rozhdestvensky, V. V. Sidorkin, L. C. Smith, I. Supek, Z. Tsamalaidze, B. A. VanDevender, E. P. Velicheva, Y. Wang, H.-P. Wirtz, K. O. H. Ziock
Precise Measurement of the Pion Axial Form Factor in the ⁺ e⁺ _e Decay
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 181804-1-4 (2004)     Preprint    Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (448 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E. Frlez, D. Pocanic, K. A. Assamagan, Yu. Bagaturia, V. A. Baranov, W. Bertl, Ch. Broennimann, M. A. Bychkov, J. F. Crawford, M. Daum, Th. Fluegel, R. Frosch, R. Horisberger, V. A. Kalinnikov, V.V. Karpukhin, N. V. Khomutov, J. E. Koglin, A. S. Korenchenko, S. M. Korenchenko, T. Kozlowski, B. Krause, N. P. Kravchuk, N. A. Kuchinsky, W. Li, D. W. Lawrence, R. C. Minehart, D. Mzhavia, H. Obermeier, D. Renker, B. G. Ritchie, S. Ritt, T. Sakhelashvili, R. Schnyder, V. V. Sidorkin, P. L. Slocum, L. C. Smith, N. Soic, W. A. Stephens, I. Supek, Z. Tsamalaidze, B. A. VanDevender, Y. Wang, H.-P. Wirtz, K.O.H. Ziock
Design, Commissioning and Performance of the PIBETA Detector at PSI
Nucl. Inst. and Meth. A 526, 300--347 (2004)    Preprint    Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (3195 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E155 Collaboration
Precision Measurement of the the Proton and Deuteron Spin Structure Functions G₂ and Asymmetries A₂^*
Phys. Lett. B553, 18-24 (2003)     Preprint    Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (244 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E. Frlez, T. A. Campbell, I. J. Carey, and D. Pocanic
Radiation hardness of active elements of the PIBETA detector
Fizika B (Zagreb) 12, 97-116 (2003)     Preprint    Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (467 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E. Frlez, D. Pocanic, and S. Ritt
ADC common noise correction and zero suppression in the PIBETA detector
Nucl. Inst. and Meth. A463, 341-349 (2001)     Preprint    Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (438 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E. Frlez, Ch. Brönnimann, B. Krause, D. Pocanic, D. Renker, S. Ritt, P. L. Slocum, I. Supek, and H. P. Wirtz
Light Response of Pure CsI Calorimeter Crystals Painted with Wavelength Shifting Lacquer
Nucl. Inst. and Meth. A459, 426-439 (2001)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (665 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E. Frlez, B. K. Wright, and D. Pocanic
optics: General-Purpose Scintillator Light Response Simulation Code
Comput. Phys. Commun. 134, 110-135 (2001)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (12753 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E. Frlez, I. Supek, K. A. Assamagan, Ch. Brönnimann, Th. Flügel, B. Krause, D. W. Lawrence, D. Mzavia, D. Pocanic, D. Renker, S. Ritt, P. L. Slocum, and N. Soic
Cosmic muon tomography of pure cesium iodide crystals
Nucl. Inst. and Meth. A440, 57-85 (2000)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (1267 kB)  GZipped PS ]

V .V. Karpukhin, N. V. Khomutov, I. V. Kisel, A. S. Korenchenko, S. M. Korenchenko, N. P. Kravchuk, N. A. Kuchinsky, and S. Ritt
Cylindrical multiwire proportional chambers for the PIBETA detector
Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 418, 306-313 (1998)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (261 kB)  GZipped PS ]

	Publications: Proceedings, Reports and Abstracts

W. Li, PIBETA Collaboration
A new measurement of the ^{+ 0}e⁺ _e decay branching ratio
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 45, No. 5, 50 (2000)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (6.0 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E. Frlez, PIBETA Collaboration
A new constraint on the tensor coupling constant in the ⁺ e⁺ _e decay
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 45, No. 5, 50 (2000)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (6.0 kB)  GZipped PS ]

D. Pocanic, PIBETA Collaboration
Measurement of the radiative muon decay in the PIBETA experiment
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 45, No. 5, 50 (2000)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (6.0 kB)  GZipped PS ]

H. P. Wirtz, PIBETA Collaboration
Waveform digitization with the Domino Sampling Chip in the PIBETA experiment
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 45, No. 5, 50 (2000)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (6.0 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E. Frlez, PIBETA Collaboration
Study of Rare Pion and Muon Decays with the PIBETA Detector
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 45, No. 2, 164 (2000)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (6.0 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E. Frlez, PIBETA Collaboration
Commissioning of the PIBETA Detector at PSI
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 44, No. 1, 1409 (1999)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (6.1 kB)  GZipped PS ]

S. Ritt and P. A. Amaudruz
New Components of the MIDAS Data Acquisition System
Proceedings of the 11th IEEE NPSS Real Time Conference (Santa Fe, 1998)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (117 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E. Frlez, B. K. Wright, D. Pocanic, and P. L. Slocum
tkoptics: GUI Version of General-Purpose Scintillator Light Response Simulation Code
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 43, 1139 (1998)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (6.1 kB)  GZipped PS ]

S. Ritt and P. A. Amaudruz
MIDAS: User's and Programmer's Manual
209 pages, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI (1998)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (541 kB)  GZipped PS ]

P. L. Slocum, E. Frlez, J. E. Koglin, R. C. Minehart, D. Pocanic, S. Ritt, Ch. Brönnimann, Th. Flügel, B. Krause, D. Renker, D. W. Lawrence, and B. G. Ritchie
An Energy Clustering Algorithm for the PIBETA Calorimeter
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 1662 (1997)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (6.5 kB)  GZipped PS ]

E. Frlez, Ch. Brönnimann, B. Krause, D. Renker, T. Flügel, J. E. Koglin, R. C. Minehart, D. Pocanic, S. Ritt, P. L. Slocum, D. W. Lawrence, and B. G. Ritchie
Response of the PIBETA CsI Calorimeter Array to 10-70 MeV e^± and Tagged Photons
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 994 (1997)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (7346 kB)  GZipped PS ]

D. Pocanic, T. Flügel, Ch. Brönnimann, B. Krause, D. Renker, E. Frlez, J. E. Koglin, R. C. Minehart, S. Ritt, P. L. Slocum, D. W. Lawrence, and B. G. Ritchie,
Angular Resolution of the PIBETA Calorimeter and Its Acceptance for Pion and Muon Radiative Decays
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 994 (1997)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (6.6 kB)  GZipped PS ]

PIBETA Collaboration
A Precise Measurement of the ^{+ 0}e⁺ _e Decay Rate
PSI Annual Report/Annex I, Villigen, (1995,1996,1997,1998,1999)
Full Text: [  PDF 1993 (200 kB)  PDF 1997 (200 kB)  PDF 1998 (200 kB)  PDF 1999 (200 kB) 
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E. Frlez, K. A. Assamagan, D. Pocanic, S. Ritt, B. K. Wright, Ch. Brönnimann, M. Daum, D. Renker, and I. Supek
Three-Dimensional Tomography of Pure CsI Calorimeter Crystals
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39, 1406 (1994)     Abstract    Full Text: [  PDF (3.0 kB)  GZipped PS ]

	Collaboration

PIBETA Collaboration
D. Pocanic, E. Frlez, J. E. Koglin , W. Li, R. C. Minehart, B. E. Norum, S. Ritt, L. C. Smith, W. A. Stephens, and K. O. H. Ziock (Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA)
W. Bertl, Ch. Brönnimann, J. F. Crawford, M. Daum, R. Horisberger, D. Renker, R. Schnyder, and H. P. Wirtz (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen PSI, CH-5232, Switzerland)
V. A. Kalinnikov, N. V. Khomutov, A. S. Korenchenko, S. M. Korenchenko, N. P. Kravchuk, and N. A. Kuchinsky (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RU-141980 Dubna, Russia)
T. Kozlowski (Institute for Nuclear Studies, PL-05-400 Swierk, Poland)
D. Mzhavia and Z. Tsamalaidze (Institute for High Energy Physics, Tbilisi State University, GUS-380086 Tbilisi, Georgia)
B. G. Ritchie (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, U.S.A.)
I. Supek (Rudjer Boskovic Institute, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia)