Studies of d <i>E</i> /d <i>x</i> measurements with the BESIII

Abstract

The Beijing Spectrometer III (BESIII) is a general-purpose detector used for the study of τ-charm physics at the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider II (BEPCII). This paper presents our studies of the dE/dx measurement in the drift chamber of BESIII, which is important for the identification of charged particles. Corrections applied to the dE/dx measurement in data reconstruction are discussed. After our current dE/dx calibration, a resolution of about 6% has been obtained for minimum ionization particles, and a 3σ K/π separation is obtained for momenta up to 760 MeV/c. These results meet the design goals of the BESIII drift chamber.