A B4C-silicon target for the detection of neutrino interactions

G. Barichello; A. Cervera-Villanueva; D. C. Daniels; E. Do Couto E Silva; L. Dumps; M. Ellis; D. Ferrère; J. J. Gómez-Cadenas; C. Gößling; M. Gouanère; J. A. Hernando; W. Huta; J. M. Jiménez; J. Kokkonen; V. E. Kuznetsov; L. Linssen; J. Long; B. Lisowski; A. Lupi; Ö Runolfsson; B. Schmidt; F. J.P. Soler; D. Steele; M. Stipčević; M. Veltri; D. Voillat

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A B₄C-silicon target for the detection of neutrino interactions

G. Barichello, A. Cervera-Villanueva, D. C. Daniels, E. Do Couto E Silva, L. Dumps, M. Ellis, D. Ferrère, J. J. Gómez-Cadenas, C. Gößling, M. Gouanère, J. A. Hernando, W. Huta, J. M. Jiménez, J. Kokkonen, V. E. Kuznetsov, L. Linssen, J. Long, B. Lisowski, A. Lupi, Ö RunolfssonB. Schmidt, F. J.P. Soler, D. Steele, M. Stipčević, M. Veltri, D. Voillat

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Abstract

This note describes the construction of a target for neutrino interactions composed of passive boron carbide plates interleaved with silicon microstrip detectors. The target contains four layers of passive material with a total mass of 45 kg and 600 single-sided silicon microstrip detectors with a surface of 1.14 m² distributed over five layers. It is installed in the NOMAD spectrometer at the CERN SPS neutrino beam. During the 1997 run about 8000v_μ charged current interactions were estimated to have occurred in the target. For these events it will be possible to perform a precise measurement of both vertex and kinematical variables. This will provide invaluable experience towards the construction of a future large-scale silicon tracker for neutrino oscillation experiments.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Number of pages	15
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	419
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00770-0
State	Published - Dec 11 1998
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Neutrino oscillations
Silicon microstrip detectors

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Barichello, G., Cervera-Villanueva, A., Daniels, D. C., Do Couto E Silva, E., Dumps, L., Ellis, M., Ferrère, D., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., Gößling, C., Gouanère, M., Hernando, J. A., Huta, W., Jiménez, J. M., Kokkonen, J., Kuznetsov, V. E., Linssen, L., Long, J., Lisowski, B., Lupi, A., ... Voillat, D. (1998). A B₄C-silicon target for the detection of neutrino interactions. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 419(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00770-0

Barichello, G, Cervera-Villanueva, A, Daniels, DC, Do Couto E Silva, E, Dumps, L, Ellis, M, Ferrère, D, Gómez-Cadenas, JJ, Gößling, C, Gouanère, M, Hernando, JA, Huta, W, Jiménez, JM, Kokkonen, J, Kuznetsov, VE, Linssen, L, Long, J, Lisowski, B, Lupi, A, Runolfsson, Ö, Schmidt, B, Soler, FJP, Steele, D, Stipčević, M, Veltri, M & Voillat, D 1998, 'A B₄C-silicon target for the detection of neutrino interactions', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 419, no. 1, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00770-0

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