Measurement of charged particle production from 450 GeV/c protons on beryllium

Ambrosini, G.

doi:10.1007/s100520050601

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“…This choice was driven by the fact that the experiments were not designed as hadron production facilities but were based on existing experiments studying standard or exotic QCD processes. A renowned example is NA56/SPY [101] at CERN that took data in 2002-2003 modifying NA52: a high precision mass spectrometer for the searches of strangelets in ion-ion interactions. Despite these limitations, SPY produced essential results (see Figure 5) for the design of the CERN-to Gran Sasso (CNGS) neutrino beam and the interpretation of the NOMAD data [27], both based on primary protons at 450 GeV (the CERN SPS).…”

Section: Hadron Yieldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design and Diagnostics of High-Precision Accelerator Neutrino Beams

et al. 2021

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Neutrino oscillation physics has entered a new precision era, which poses major challenges to the level of control and diagnostics of the neutrino beams. In this paper, we review the design of high-precision beams, their current limitations, and the latest techniques envisaged to overcome such limits. We put emphasis on “monitored neutrino beams” and advanced diagnostics to determine the flux and flavor of the neutrinos produced at the source at the per-cent level. We also discuss ab-initio measurements of the neutrino energy–i.e., measurements performed without relying on the event reconstruction at the ν detector–to remove any flux induced bias in the determination of the cross sections.

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Section: Hadron Yieldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design and Diagnostics of High-Precision Accelerator Neutrino Beams

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“…Several hadron production measurements have been conducted in past, such as MIPP at Fermilab 1 , HARP at CERN PS 2 , and NA56/SPY at CERN SPS 3 . Experiments currently on the hadron production measurement business are the NA61/SHINE a,4 and EMPHATIC b experiments.…”

Section: Hadron Production Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Precise Determination of Neutrino Flux with Hadron Production Measurements

Nagai¹

2019

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A precise prediction of the neutrino flux is a critical input for achieving the physics goals of accelerator-based neutrino experiments. In modern experiments, neutrino beams are created from the decays of secondary hadrons produced in hadron-nucleus interactions. Hadron production is the leading systematic uncertainty source on the neutrino flux prediction; therefore, its precise measurement is essential. In this proceedings, recent results and ongoing analyses of hadron production measurements by the NA61/SHINE experiment, as well as prospect for achievable precision on the flux predictions of T2K and Fermilab-based long-baseline neutrino experiments, will be presented. In addition, the necessity and prospects of further hadron production measurements by NA61/SHINE at CERN and the EMPHATIC experiment at Fermilab for the next generation neutrino experiments will be discussed.

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“…200 GeV/c [53,54]. The most significant difference is that most of the experiments used thin targets with an interaction length on the order of 1-5% compared to the ∼ 200% interaction length NuMI target.…”

Section: Numi Beamlinementioning

confidence: 99%

MINOS Sterile Neutrino Search

Koskinen

2009

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I would like to thank Jenny for useful advice on my studies and a critical eye on this thesis. I am grateful to friends and office mates at UCL: Dan, Tom, Shiva and especially Mark and Leo for lively (non-physics) conversation as well as pints at the pub. Mark Lancaster has singularly saved my financial future from certain ruin in wading through the UCL bureaucracy on my behalf. Whilst at Fermilab Caius Howcroft, Peter Shanahan and Bob Zwaska have become good friends and saved my sanity. Eric Grashorn has been kind enough to share his wine, cooking and friendship. Mandy and David Rominsky are good people. Phil Adamson was instrumental in easing my transition to Fermilab. Alex Sousa, Robert Pittam and the rest of the NC working group have been consistently helpful and gracious colleagues. Sacha Kopp has taught me things that I never thought I would need to learn, and I am all the more grateful for it. Instrumental to this thesis and my work on MINOS has been the considerable help and sagacious advice from Brian Rebel, who was also kind enough to join me on many bike rides along the Fox river. My family, from Manuela Forte to the Portillas, grandma and grandpa, cousins and on to the Roberts, have been instrumental in providing a bedrock of support during my studies. Ben, Greg and Sherm have been great friends. I thank my wife for being continually supportive and understanding when either studies or work kept us apart. Lastly, I would like to express my unbounded gratitude to my mother.

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Measurement of charged particle production from 450 GeV/c protons on beryllium

Cited by 56 publications

References 39 publications

Design and Diagnostics of High-Precision Accelerator Neutrino Beams

Design and Diagnostics of High-Precision Accelerator Neutrino Beams

Precise Determination of Neutrino Flux with Hadron Production Measurements

MINOS Sterile Neutrino Search

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