List of Tables

• Dimensions of the E864 Spectrometer Elements
• The variation of with for  MeV.
• Regions of stability of an A=7 strangelet, with MeV.
• Estimated number N of A=7 strangelets per Au-Au collision. All are within E864's sensitivity.
• Multiply strange chiral solitons and the predicted energy release, Q, for their weak decays (assuming zero binding).
• Typical computing time required for various Monte Carlo steps (1 VUP-second corresponds to 1 CPU second on a Vax 11/780).
• Average hit multiplicities for central events in the E864 detectors with and without extra track from showers in the shielding.(Parentheses show RMS spreads.)
• Scintillator pulse height values used to assign charges in analyzing Monte Carlo data. Pulse heights are normalized to charge 1.
• Summary of Single Particle Acceptance and Tracking Efficiency
• Acceptance in percent as a function of parallel and perpendicular rigidity
• Acceptance in percent for a 10 GeV charge +1 strangelet. The center of mass rapidity for Au-Pb collisions is 1.59
• Percent acceptance for neutral particles.
• Summary of Background Due to Interactions in S1, S2 and Vacuum Window
• Numbers of events from various sources for a 100 hour run. Calorimeter energy resolution assumed to be .
• Numbers of events from various sources for a 100 hour run. Calorimeter energy resolution assumed to be .
• Centrally produced composites studied in Run A
• Centrally produced composites studied in Run B
• Centrally produced composites studied in Run C
• Centrally produced composites studied in Run D
• Summary of test scintillator specifications.
• Summary of test PMT specifications.
• Sizes and types of scintillators tested.
• Mean time resolution (RMS) for various sizes and types of scintillators tested with cosmic rays.
• Straw Tube Occupancies
• Straw Tube design parameters.
• Costs of Development and Prototypes.
• Comparison of fiber calorimeter energy resolutions: Monte-Carlo vs. data.
• R&D and Tooling Costs for the Calorimeter
• R&D Requested Budget for the Multiplicity Trigger.
• Cost estimate of E864 Pb/fiber calorimeter. The tooling costs in parentheses are contained in the R&D budget.
• Cost estimate of E864 hodoscopes, tracking chambers, and PMT's.
• Cost estimate of E864 electronics.
• Cost estimate of other E864 systems.
• Breakdown of E-864 equipment costs and R&D costs (in parentheses).
• Hodoscope system FY 92 cost breakdown
• Hodoscope system FY 93 cost breakdown
• Calorimeter FY 93 cost breakdown
• Calorimeter FY 94 cost breakdown
• Straw Tube FY 92 cost breakdown
• Straw Tube FY 93 cost breakdown
• Straw Tube FY 94 cost breakdown
• Electronics for Photomultiplier Tubes

E864: Proposal for Funding
Measurements of Rare Composite Objects and
High Sensitivity Searches for Novel Forms
of Matter Produced in High Energy
Heavy Ion Collisions