Assembly and bench testing of a spiral fiber tracker for the J-PARC TREK/E36 experiment

TL;DR

This paper reports the development and testing of a spiral fiber tracker for the TREK/E36 experiment at J-PARC, aimed at precise detection of particles from kaon decays to explore physics beyond the Standard Model.

Contribution

It introduces a new spiral fiber tracker designed specifically for the TREK/E36 experiment, with successful assembly and bench testing demonstrating its functionality.

Findings

No dead channels detected in bench tests

Successful assembly of the spiral fiber tracker

Potential for high-precision particle detection

Abstract

This study presents the recent progress made in developing a spiral fiber tracker (SFT) for use in the experiment TREK/E36 planned at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. This kaon decay experiment uses a stopped positive kaon beam to search for physics beyond the Standard Model through precision measurements of lepton universality and through searches for a heavy sterile neutrino and a dark photon. Detecting and tracking positrons and positive muons from kaon decays are of importance in achieving high-precision measurements; therefore, we designed and are developing the new tracking detector using a scintillating fiber. The SFT was completely assembled, and in a bench test, no dead channel was determined.