Published October 29, 2015 | Version v1
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CAPTAIN-Miner@@a. Neutrino-Argon Scattering in a Medium-Energy Neutrino Beam

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Description

The NuMI facility at Fermilab is currently providing an extremely intense beam of neutrinos for the NO@@A, MINER@@A and MINOS+ experiments. By installing the 5-ton CAPTAIN liquid argon TPC in front of the MINER@@A detector in the NuMI beamline and combining the data from the CAPTAIN, MINER@@A and MINOS+ detectors, a broad program of few-GeV neutrino cross section measurements on argon can be pursued. These measurements will be extremely helpful for future oscillation experiments. By directly comparing the cross sections on argon to MINER@@A@@@s scintillator (CH) target, a new level of precision can be achieved in the measurements of the effects of the nucleus on neutrino interactions. These effects are of interest to not only the particle physics but also the nuclear physics community. This document describes in detail the physics goals of the CAPTAIN-MINER@@A experiment, in addition to a first estimate of the technical resources required to install, commission and operate the CAPTAIN detector in front of the MINERVA detector.

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1225269/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
62 p.
Report number
LA-UR--15-28458

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
47001540
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; ARGON; COST; CROSS SECTIONS; EXPERIMENT PLANNING; FERMILAB; GEV RANGE 01-10; INSTALLATION; INTERACTIONS; LIQUIDS; NEUTRINO BEAMS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; NEUTRINO REACTIONS; SCATTERING; SCHEDULES; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; DRIFT CHAMBERS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; FLUIDS; GASES; GEV RANGE; LEPTON BEAMS; LEPTON REACTIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLANNING; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RARE GASES; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC52-06NA25396
Funding organization
USDOE (United States)
Secondary number(s)
OSTIID--1225269