The design and operation of the Yale-NAL-BNL hyperon beam

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Abstract

The design and operation of a negative hyperon beam is described. Fluxes of 200 Σ− and 2 Ξ− per 1.5 × 1011 interacting protons are delivered to a double magnetic spectrometer where decay products are analyzed. Hyperons are identified by kinematic fitting of their decays.

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Research supported by the United States Atomic Energy Commission under Contract AT (11-1).

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