The NuMI neutrino beam

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作者
Adamson, P. [3 ]
Andersonc, K. [3 ]
Andrewsc, M. [3 ]
Andrewsc, R. [3 ]
Anghel, I. [7 ]
Augustinec, D. [3 ]
Aurisanob, A. [2 ]
Avvakumov, S. [28 ]
Ayres, D. S. [7 ]
Baller, B. [3 ]
Barish, B. [6 ]
Barr, G. [23 ]
Barrett, W. L. [37 ]
Bernstein, R. H. [3 ]
Biggs, J. [3 ]
Bishai, M. [9 ]
Blake, A. [1 ]
Bocean, V. [3 ]
Bock, G. J. [3 ]
Boehnlein, D. J. [3 ]
Bogert, D. [3 ]
Bourkland, K. [3 ]
Cao, S. V. [31 ]
Castromonte, C. M. [34 ]
Childress, S. [3 ]
Choudhary, B. C. [3 ]
Coelho, J. A. B. [32 ,33 ]
Cobb, J. H. [23 ]
Corwin, L. [16 ,27 ]
Crane, D. [3 ,33 ]
Cravens, J. P. [19 ]
Cronin-Hennessy, D. [20 ,29 ]
Ducar, R. J. [3 ,11 ]
De Jong, J. K. [7 ,23 ]
Devan, A. V. [3 ,38 ]
Devenish, N. E. [12 ,29 ]
Diwan, M. V. [9 ,32 ]
Erwin, A. R. [25 ,39 ]
Crane, D. [3 ,33 ]
Cravens, J. P. [19 ]
Cronin-Hennessy, D. [20 ,29 ]
Ducar, R. J. [3 ,11 ]
De Jong, J. K. [7 ,23 ]
Devan, A. V. [3 ,38 ]
Devenish, N. E. [12 ,29 ]
Diwan, M. V. [9 ,32 ]
Erwin, A. R. [25 ,39 ]
Escobar, C. O. [34 ]
Evans, J. J. [7 ]
Falk, E. [35 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
[2] Univ Cincinnati, Dept Phys, Cincinnati, OH 45221 USA
[3] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
[4] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Sci & Technol Facil Council, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[5] UCL, Dept Phys & Astron, London WC1E 6BT, England
[6] CALTECH, Lauritsen Lab, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[7] Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[8] Univ Athens, Dept Phys, GR-15771 Athens, Greece
[9] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA
[10] Univ Paris 07, F-75205 Paris 13, France
[11] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[12] Coll Holy Cross, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
[13] Univ Houston, Dept Phys, Houston, TX 77204 USA
[14] IIT, Dept Phys, Chicago, IL 60616 USA
[15] Iowa State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Ames, IA 50011 USA
[16] Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
[17] ITEP, High Energy Expt Phys Dept, Moscow 117218, Russia
[18] James Madison Univ, Dept Phys, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA
[19] Univ Manchester, Sch Phys & Astron, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
[20] Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[21] Univ Minnesota, Dept Phys, Duluth, MN 55812 USA
[22] Otterbein Coll, Westerville, OH 43081 USA
[23] Univ Oxford, Subdept Particle Phys, Oxford OX1 3RH, England
[24] Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Phys & Astron, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
[25] Inst High Energy Phys, RU-140284 Protvino, Moscow Region, Russia
[26] Univ S Carolina, Dept Phys & Astron, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
[27] South Dakota Sch Mines & Technol, Rapid City, SD 57701 USA
[28] Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[29] Univ Sussex, Dept Phys & Astron, Brighton BN1 9QH, E Sussex, England
[30] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[31] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Phys, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[32] Tufts Univ, Dept Phys, Medford, MA 02155 USA
[33] Univ Estadual Campinas, IFGW UNICAMP, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
[34] Univ Fed Goias, Inst Fis, BR-74001970 Goiania, Go, Brazil
[35] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis, BR-05315970 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
[36] Univ Warsaw, Dept Phys, PL-02093 Warsaw, Poland
[37] Western Washington Univ, Dept Phys, Bellingham, WA 98225 USA
[38] Coll William & Mary, Dept Phys, Williamsburg, VA 23187 USA
[39] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Phys, Madison, WI 53706 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 美国能源部; 巴西圣保罗研究基金会;
关键词
Neutrinos; Long baseline; Beam; Target; Main Injector; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; FLUX; SEARCH; INTENSITY; RATIO;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2015.08.063
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
This paper describes the hardware and operations of the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beam at Fermilab. It elaborates on the design considerations for the beam as a whole and for individual elements. The most important design details of individual components are described. Beam monitoring systems and procedures, including the tuning and alignment of the beam and NuMI long-term performance, are also discussed. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:279 / 306
页数:28
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