Ch. Bieler

Radiation damage of BGO and CsI(Tl) crystals

Abstract We have measured the response of five 10–20 cm long BGO crystals from different manufacturers to irradiation with 137Cs γ-rays at doses of 40 and 85 rad. Immediately after irradiation the pulse height drops by 26–38% and recovers only partially with time. 110 d after irradiation the remaining damage is between 1 and 13%. A 10 cm long CsI (Tl) crystal shows pulse height reductions after irradiation which do not recover with time. The cumulative effect of a continuous irradiation on a BGO crystal (1 × 1× 15 cm3) in a partially shielded position on the beam pipe of PETRA was measured over a period of 53 d. At an average daily dose of 1.9 rad the pulse height dropped continuously resulting in an overall pulse height loss of 9% in 7 weeks. This indicates that BGO when applied in long and narrow shapes is more sensitive to small radiation doses than previously assumed.

The Electron Spectrum From B-meson Decays

The Crystal Ball Collaboration has measured the energy spectrum of electrons from semileptonicB meson decays at thee+e− storage ring DORIS II. Branching ratios and weak mixing angles of the Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix are determined using several models for the hadronic matrix elements. We obtain the branching ratio for semileptonic.B decays to charmed states BR(B→evXc)=(11.7±0.4±1.0)%. Our result for the corresponding Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element is |Vcb|=0.052±0.006. The model dependence of both results is included in the error. We have not observed semileptonicB decays to non-charmed mesons. Analyzing the measured electron spectrum above 2.4 GeV, where nob→c decays contribute, we find BR(B→evXu)/BR(B→evXc)<6.5% at the 90% confidence level. This corresponds to an upper limit |Vub/Vcb|<0.21.

Determination ofГ ee of the Υ(1S) and Υ(2S) resonances, and measurement ofR atW=9.39 GeV

AbstractUsing the Crystal Ball detector operating at the DORIS II storage ring we have measured the leptonic partial widthsГee of the Υ(1S) and Υ(2S) resonances. We find

Search for exotic tau decays

\Gamma _{ee} (\Upsilon (1S)) = 1.34 \pm 0.03 \pm 0.06keV

Search for radiative ϒ(1S) decays into light mesons

and

Silicon photodiode readout of a lead-scintillator shower counter☆

\Gamma _{ee} (\Upsilon (2S)) = 0.56 \pm 0.04 \pm 0.02keV.