Construction of the CHIPS-M prototype and simulations of a 10 kiloton module

During the summer of 2014, the CHIPS collaboration constructed and deployed CHIPS-M, a 26 ton prototype water Cherenkov detector in a flooded mine pit in Northern Minnesota, 7mrad off-axis from the NuMI neutrino beam. The detector will be recovered in summer 2015 after taking cosmic ray data through...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Author Perch, Andrew
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 30.04.2015
Subjects
Cerenkov counters
Chips
Cosmic rays
Detectors
Mine flooding
Modules
Neutrino beams
Neutrinos
Water purification
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Summary:During the summer of 2014, the CHIPS collaboration constructed and deployed CHIPS-M, a 26 ton prototype water Cherenkov detector in a flooded mine pit in Northern Minnesota, 7mrad off-axis from the NuMI neutrino beam. The detector will be recovered in summer 2015 after taking cosmic ray data throughout the winter to test the structure and materials, and the water filtration and pumping system. Geant4 simulations of generic water Cherenkov detectors with a variety of PMT types and layouts will be used to guide the design of a 10 kiloton module, intended to provide complementary information to current experiments on \delta_{CP}, and chart a course towards cheaper large neutrino detectors.
ISSN:2331-8422