Contents

• Contents
• Beam requirements.
  • Experimental area:
  • Duration of the experiment.
  • Special conditions.
• Declaration sheet for hazardous equipment.
• Introduction.
• Theoretical Background.
  • Strong interaction
  • Atomic cascade.
• Experimental method.
  • First considerations.
  • Beam and cyclotron trap.
  • The crystal spectrometer.
  • CCD detectors.
  • Shielding.
  • Rate estimates.
• Calibration of the spectrometer.
  • Testing and tuning of the bent crystals.
  • Test experiments with pions.
  • The two-crystal set-up.
• Results of simulation tests.
  • Independent fits.
  • Correlated fits.
  • Constraints from the velocity distribution.
  • Conclusion.
• Proposals for scheduling.
  • Electronic X-rays.
  • Pionic and muonic X-rays.
• Responsabilities and financial contributions foreseen from the different collaboratoring partners.
• Special requests from PSI.
  • Manpower.
  • Technical support
  • Financial support
  • Laboratory and floor space.
• Safety.
  • Measurement in the NA hall.
  • Pion/muon measurement.
• Appendix 1: Useful formulae in crystal spectroscopy.
  • Some basic facts.
  • Crystal and source dimensions.
  • Energy resolution.
  • Intrinsic crystal properties.
  • Rates.
• Appendix 2: Determination of the Kinetic Energy Distribution from the Doppler Broadening of the n-ToF and X-Ray Lines.
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Bibliography