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Cyclotron DM Experiment Background Knowledge and Analysis

Background Knowledge

There are two main branches in the decay from 8Be* to 8Be(g.s.). The branch ratio of gamma to e+e- is about 10^3.

 8Be Decay
8BeDecay
More information about 8Be can be found here.
 
Data Analysis
The outline of Data analysis:
Outline
Detector ArrayDetector Array Diagram
The Assembly

Decay Products

Three Branches: gamma decay (~1), e+e- pair decay(~10e-3), boson->e+e- decay(~10e-6)

Three Branches of 8Be* decay

Detectors

Silicon Detector (Double Sided Silicon Detector, 128 Strips for each side.)

DSSD128