Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-11-2011
Abstract
The T2K experiment is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. Its main goal is to measure the last unknown lepton sector mixing angle θ13 by observing νe appearance in a νμ beam. It also aims to make a precision measurement of the known oscillation parameters, Δ232+ and sin22θ23, via νμ disappearance studies. Other goals of the experiment include various neutrino cross-section measurements and sterile neutrino searches. The experiment uses an intense proton beam generated by the J-PARC accelerator in Tokai, Japan, and is composed of a neutrino beamline, a near detector complex (ND280), and a far detector (Super-Kamiokande) located 295 km away from J-PARC. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the instrumentation aspect of the T2K experiment and a summary of the vital information for each subsystem. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
First Page
106
Last Page
135
Recommended Citation
Abe, K., Abgrall, N., Aihara, H., Ajima, Y., Albert, J., Allan, D., Amaudruz, P., Andreopoulos, C., Andrieu, B., Anerella, M., Angelsen, C., Aoki, S., Araoka, O., Argyriades, J., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Assylbekov, S., De André, J., Autiero, D., Badertscher, A., Ballester, O., Barbi, M., Barker, G., Baron, P., Barr, G., Bartoszek, L., Batkiewicz, M., & Bay, F. (2011). The T2K experiment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 659 (1), 106-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.06.067