Contents

• REFEREES' QUESTIONS
  • QUESTIONS ON PHYSICS
  • QUESTIONS ON THE EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
• ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ON PHYSICS
  • Delta G / G
    • Measurement of Delta G / G in COMPASS
    • Measurement of Delta G / G at RHIC
  • PHYSICS WITH CHARMED HADRONS
    • Charm production studies
    • Doubly charmed baryons
    • Semileptonic charmed baryon decays
    • Leptonic decays
    • Discoveries
    • What to do with 10 million reconstructed charmed hadrons?
    • Comments on Hera-B
  • PHYSICS WITH PRIMAKOFF REACTIONS AND THE pi(1800)
    • Search for the strange partner of the pi(1800)
    • Primakoff vs. diffractive production
    • pi(1800) by Primakoff production
    • The channel pi(1800) to omega pi pi
• ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ON THE EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
  • MUON TARGET AND MAGNET
    • Construction schedule
    • Cost Estimate
    • Responsibilities and Manpower
  • TRACKING CHAMBERS
    • Chamber description and performance evaluation
    • Details on alignment and calibration
    • Prototype testing
    • Manpower for construction and operation
  • RICH
    • Radiator vessel
    • Mirrors
    • Gas radiator system
    • Photon detectors
    • Comments on the possibility of replacing RICH1 with threshold Cherenkovs
    • Funding
  • MUON WALL DETECTORS
    • Physics requirements
    • Choice of detectors
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC CALORIMETERS
  • SILICON DETECTORS
    • Signal to noise ratio
    • Readout frequency
    • Radiation damage
    • Conclusion
  • DATA ACQUISITION
    • Schedule for the design and tests of the DAQ
    • DAQ programs
    • Real-Time operating systems
    • Support by CERN
  • OFFLINE COMPUTING
    • COMPASS Data Rates to Tape
    • Calibration
    • Offline Computing and Data Reconstruction
    • DST Analysis
    • Cost Estimates
• References
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