Proposal to Study High Momentum Transfer Phenomena and Search for New States

Abstract

We propose an experiment to study the detailed structure of high momenttun transfer multiparticle systems {tljets") at the highest energies and momentum transfers accessible at Fermilab. Special attention is paid to the possibility of detecting new particle stites produced in these disruptive collisions. The proposed spectrometer configuration which covers a rapidity range of 3.8 contains three large aperture multi-cell Cerenkov counters which allow unique identification of ~, K and p with momentum between ~10 and 40 GeV. Operation in the existing low-halo experimental area of the proton west beam line with an interaction rate of ~107/spill in a thin foil Tungston target permits the study of momentum transfers up to 8 GeVlc or higher when the spectrometer is triggered with a calorimeter.