E865 is the name of the experiment which searches for a very rare kaon decay, K->pi mu e. If this decay is found that would imply that there is a new particle to be investigated because the decay K->pi mu e violates lepton family number. In order to find such a decay, the E865 experiment apparatus is a collaboration of a number of machines. The University of Pittsburgh contributed the Cerenkov counters which detect particles by measuring the amount of Cerenkov radiation produced by each particle. My job in E865 is to understand variations in the efficiency of Cerenkov counters.
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