Deflection of high-energy negative particles in a bent crystal through axial channeling and multiple volume reflection stimulated by doughnut scattering

Different kinds of deflection in a silicon crystal bent along the ?111? axis was observed for 150 GeV/. c negative particles, mainly ? - mesons, at one of the secondary beams of the CERN SPS. The whole beam was deflected to one side in quasi-bound states of doughnut scattering (DSB) by atomic strings with the efficiency (95.4 ± 0.2)% and with the peak position close to the bend crystal angle, ?=185 ?rad. It was observed volume capture of ? - mesons into the DSB states with a probability higher than 7%. A beam deflection opposite to the crystal bend was observed for some orientations of the crystal axis due to doughnut scattering and subsequent multiple volume reflections of ? - mesons by different bent planes crossing the axis. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.