Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-11-2013
Abstract
The T2K experiment is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment aiming to observe the appearance of νe in a νμ beam. The νμ beam is produced at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC), observed with the 295 km distant Super-Kamiokande Detector and monitored by a suite of near detectors at 280 m from the proton target. The near detectors include a magnetized off-axis detector (ND280) which measures the unoscillated neutrino flux and neutrino cross-sections. The present paper describes the outermost component of ND280 which is a Side Muon Range Detector (SMRD) composed of scintillation counters with embedded wavelength shifting fibers and Multi-Pixel Photon Counter readout. The components, performance and response of the SMRD are presented. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
First Page
135
Last Page
146
Recommended Citation
Aoki, S., Barr, G., Batkiewicz, M., Błocki, J., Brinson, J., Coleman, W., Da̧browska, A., Danko, I., Dziewiecki, M., Ellison, B., Golyshkin, L., Gould, R., Hara, T., Haremza, J., Hartfiel, B., Holeczek, J., Izmaylov, A., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kiełczewska, D., Kilinski, A., Kisiel, J., Kudenko, Y., Kulkarni, N., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Łagoda, J., & Liu, J. (2013). The T2K Side Muon Range Detector (SMRD). Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 698, 135-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.10.001