Double-lens technique for efficient capture of short-lived particles by a crystal

TL;DR

This paper proposes a double-lens crystal system to significantly enhance the capture efficiency of short-lived particles in LHC experiments, potentially improving measurements of particle dipole moments.

Contribution

Introduction of a novel double-lens crystal optics system that boosts short-lived particle collection by approximately 1000 times at LHC.

Findings

Increases channeled particles by a factor of about 1000

Enhances efficiency of short-lived particle detection

Applicable to dipole moment measurement experiments

Abstract

For the experiments to measure the dipole moments of short-lived particles via crystal channeling, we propose a beam-optics system of two crystal lenses that increases the number of channeled short-lived particles per one incident primary proton by a factor of about 1000 at LHC.