A trigger control system for COMPASS and a measurement of the transverse polarization of Λ and Ξ hyperons from quasi-real photo-production

The Trigger Control System of the COMPASS experiment at the CERN SPS distributes the first level trigger together with a unique event identifier and a very precise reference clock, that synchronizes the readout electronics, over a passive optical fiber network to 152 front-end modules. All signals are transmitted over a single optical fiber. The system in addition generates the readout dead-time and provides advanced management functions. The second part presents an analysis of the transverse polarization of L and X hyperons in quasi-real photo-production based on COMPASS data. Averaged over the whole kinematical range the L shows a significantly positive polarization of +3.38 ± 0.32(stat.) ± 0.13(sys.) %. The L exhibits a slightly negative polarization of −1.51 ± 0.39(stat.) ± 0.10(sys.) %. Both polarizations are studied in dependence on the kinematical variables xF, pT, y, and Q2. X− and X + are within the errors unpolarized.