Published December 2016 | Version v1
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Recent developments on T2K flux and uncertainties

  • 1. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)

Description

The T2K accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment aims at measuring the νμ → νe oscillation channel with great precision. Ideally, a mono-energetic pure muonic neutrino beam should be used. The neutrino flux is made from the decay of hadrons produced by the interactions of a 31 GeV/c proton beam colliding onto a long carbon target. As a result, the flux exhibits a broad energy range, and is contaminated by electron and wrong-sign neutrinos. Being able to predict accurately the neutrino flux is one of the biggest challenges of the T2K experiment, the method currently used by the collaboration is presented here, together with future improvements. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.12.010005
Part of:
Proceedings of the 10th international workshop on neutrino-nucleus interactions in the few-GeV region (NuInt15)

Additional details

Identifiers

Publishing Information

Publisher
Physical Society of Japan
Imprint Place
Tokyo (Japan)
ISBN
978-4-89027-116-0
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 10th international workshop on neutrino-nucleus interactions in the few-GeV region (NuInt15)
Imprint Pagination
[422 p.]
Journal Page Range
p. 010005.1-010005.8

Conference

Title
10. international workshop on neutrino-nucleus interactions in the few-GeV region
Acronym
NuInt15
Dates
16-21 Nov 2015
Place
Osaka (Japan)

Optional Information

Notes
15 refs., 7 figs., 1 tab.