Design, construction, and initial performance of SciBar detector in K2K experiment

被引:9
作者
Yamamoto, S [1 ]
Andringa, S
Aoki, S
Choi, S
Dore, U
Espinal, X
Gomez-Cadenas, JJ
Gran, R
Hasegawa, M
Hayashi, K
Hayashi, K
Hayato, Y
Hiraide, K
Ichikawa, AK
Iinuma, M
Jang, JS
Jeon, EJ
Joo, KK
Jover-Mañas, G
Jung, CK
Kato, I
Kerr, D
Kim, JY
Kim, SB
Kobayashi, K
Kohara, A
Kubota, J
Kudenko, Y
Kuno, Y
Lee, MJ
Lessac-Chenin, E
Lim, IT
Loverre, PF
Ludovici, L
Maesaka, H
Mariani, C
McGrew, C
Mineev, O
Morita, T
Murakami, T
Nakanishi, Y
Nakaya, T
Nawang, S
Nishikawa, K
Nitta, K
Nova, F
Pac, MY
Rhee, EJ
Rodriguez, A
Sanchez, F
机构
[1] Kyoto Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Dept Phys, Kyoto 6068502, Japan
[2] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Fis Altes Energies Edifici Cn, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
[3] Kobe Univ, Kobe, Hyogo 6578501, Japan
[4] Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Phys, Seoul 151742, South Korea
[5] Univ Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[6] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[7] Inst Fis Corpuscular, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
[8] Univ Washington, Dept Phys, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[9] Hiroshima Univ, Grad Sch Adv Sci Matter, Higashihiroshima 7398530, Japan
[10] KEK, Inst Particle & Nucl Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
[11] Chonnam Natl Univ, Dept Phys, Kwangju 500757, South Korea
[12] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Phys & Astron, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
[13] TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
[14] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, Moscow 117312, Russia
[15] Osaka Univ, Dept Phys, Toyonaka, Osaka 5600043, Japan
[16] Dongshin Univ, Dept Phys, Naju 520714, South Korea
关键词
detectors; neutrinos; scintillation detectors;
D O I
10.1109/TNS.2005.862906
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A new near detector for the K2K long baseline neutrino experiment, the SciBar, was constructed and started data taking to study neutrino interactions. In K2K, neutrino oscillation is studied by comparing the number of neutrino interactions and energy spectrum between near and far detectors. In order to study neutrino oscillations more precisely, it is necessary to improve the measurement of neutrino spectrum and interactions below 1 GeV, where the latest K2K results suggest maximum oscillation. For that purpose, SciBar is designed to be fully active with fine segmentation. We present the design and basic performance. All detector components have been working as expected. Also presented are the measurements of charged current interactions which are used in the latest K2K oscillation analysis.
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页码:2992 / 2997
页数:6
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