CAPTAIN-Miner??a. Neutrino-Argon Scattering in a Medium-Energy Neutrino Beam

Mauger, Christopher M.¹ 

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

关键词: NEUTRINO BEAMS;    ARGON;    NEUTRINO REACTIONS;    TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS;    FERMILAB;    CROSS SECTIONS;    GEV RANGE 01-10;    LIQUIDS;    SCATTERING;    ACCURACY;    INTERACTIONS;    NEUTRINO OSCILLATION;    COST;    SCHEDULES;    INSTALLATION;    EXPERIMENT PLANNING Atomic and Nuclear Physics;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1225269
RP-ID  :  LA-UR--15-28458
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1225269
Others  :  TRN: US1500857

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

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.