Aliaga, L;
Kordosky, M;
Golan, T;
Altinok, O;
Bellantoni, L;
Bercellie, A;
Betancourt, M;
... Zhang, D; + view all
(2016)
Neutrino flux predictions for the NuMI beam.
Physical Review D
, 94
(9)
, Article 092005. 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.092005.
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Abstract
Knowledge of the neutrino flux produced by the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beamline is essential to the neutrino oscillation and neutrino interaction measurements of the MINERvA, MINOS+, NOvA and MicroBooNE experiments at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. We have produced a flux prediction which uses all available and relevant hadron production data, incorporating measurements of particle production off of thin targets as well as measurements of particle yields from a spare NuMI target exposed to a 120 GeV proton beam. The result is the most precise flux prediction achieved for a neutrino beam in the one to tens of GeV energy region. We have also compared the prediction to in situ measurements of the neutrino flux and find good agreement.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Neutrino flux predictions for the NuMI beam |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.092005 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.092005 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | beam code development & simulation techniques, secondary beams, neutrinos, particles & fields, accelerators & beams |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10065128 |
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