The GlueX Beamline and Detector
S. Adhikari, C.S.Akondi, H.Al Ghoul, A. Ali, M. Amaryan, E.G., Anassontzis, A.Austregesilo, F. Barbosa, J. Barlow, A. Barnes, E. Barriga, R., Barsotti, T.D. Beattie, J. Benesch, V.V. Berdnikov, G. Biallas, T. Black, W., Boeglin, P. Brindza, W.J. Briscoe, T. Britton, J. Brock

TL;DR
The GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab utilizes a complex detector system with advanced photon tagging, particle tracking, and calorimetry to study photoproduction reactions with a polarized photon beam, achieving high data rates and operational efficiency.
Contribution
This paper details the design, components, and performance of the GlueX detector system and beamline, highlighting its capabilities for studying photoproduction with polarized photons.
Findings
Successful operation at 40 kHz trigger rate
Data acquisition system handles 600 MB/s
First three years of operational performance described
Abstract
The GlueX experiment at Jefferson Lab has been designed to study photoproduction reactions with a 9-GeV linearly polarized photon beam. The energy and arrival time of beam photons are tagged using a scintillator hodoscope and a scintillating fiber array. The photon flux is determined using a pair spectrometer, while the linear polarization of the photon beam is determined using a polarimeter based on triplet photoproduction. Charged-particle tracks from interactions in the central target are analyzed in a solenoidal field using a central straw-tube drift chamber and six packages of planar chambers with cathode strips and drift wires. Electromagnetic showers are reconstructed in a cylindrical scintillating fiber calorimeter inside the magnet and a lead-glass array downstream. Charged particle identification is achieved by measuring energy loss in the wire chambers and using the flight…
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