Speaker
Prof.
Norair Akopov
(Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute))
Description
OLYMPUS, an experiment designed to quantify the contribution of two-photon exchange to the proton form factor discrepancy, completed data taking in early 2013. About 4 fb-1 of data were collected, running with a 2.01 GeV stored lepton beam of alternating charge impinging on an internal hydrogen gas target. The analysis effort has progressed signicantly with data spanning an accepted kinematic range of (0.5 < Q2 < 2.2) (GeV/c)2. Meanwhile, a full Monte Carlo simulation now allows for integration of expected rates given variable cuts while accounting for time-dependent backgrounds and detector effects. This talk will review the current status and prospects.
Primary author
Prof.
Norair Akopov
(Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute))
