Monitoring and calibration system for neutrino flux measurement in a high energy dichromatic beam

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 226; no. 2; pp. 281 - 300
• Main Authors: Blair, R., Jin, B., Macfarlane, D., Messner, R.L., Novikoff, D.B., Purohit, M.V., Auchincloss, P.S., Sciulli, F., Shaevitz, M.H., Edwards, D., Edwards, H., Fisk, H.E., Fukushima, Y., Kerns, Q.A., Kondo, T., Rapidis, P.A., Segler, S.L., Stefanski, R.J., Theriot, D., Yovanovitch, D., Bodek, A., Coleman, R., Marsh, W., Fackler, O., Jenkins, K.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.01.1984
• ISSN: 0168-9002; 1872-9576
• DOI: 10.1016/0168-9002(84)90042-1

In an experiment to measure the cross section for ν-N interactions, the neutrino flux is inferred from measured properties of the secondary hadron beam. The measurements of intensity, composition, and phase space are inputs to a Monte Carlo program which simulates the neutrino beam impinging on the experimental target detector. The components, technical design, and calibration of the devices which monitor the secondary beam are discussed. The accuracy with which the neutrino flux can be determined, given the limitations of the secondary beam monitoring, is also indicated.