Monday, July 2, 2012

1111.5030 (S. Assylbekov et al.)

The T2K ND280 Off-Axis Pi-Zero Detector    [PDF]

S. Assylbekov, B. E. Berger, H. Berns, D. Beznosko, A. Bodek, R. Bradford, N. Buchanan, H. Budd, Y. Caffari, K. Connolly, I. Danko, R. Das, S. Davis, M. Day, S. Dytman, M. Dziomba, R. Flight, D. Forbush, K. Gilje, D. Hansen, J. Hignight, J. Imber, R. A. Johnson, C. K. Jung, V. Kravtsov, P. T. Le, G. D. Lopez, C. J. Malafis, S. Manly, A. D. Marino, K. S. McFarland, C. McGrew, C. Metelko, G. Nagashima, D. Naples, B. Nielsen, V. Paolone, P. Paul, W. Qian, K. Ramos, P. A. Rodrigues, D. Ruterbories, J. Schmidt, J. Schwehr, M. Siyad, J. Steffens, A. S. Tadepalli, I. J. Taylor, W. Toki, C. Vanek, D. Warner, A. Weber, R. J. Wilkes, R. J. Wilson, C. Yanagisawa, T. Yuan
The Pi-Zero detector (P{\O}D) is one of the subdetectors that makes up the off-axis near detector for the Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) long baseline neutrino experiment. The primary goal for the P{\O}D is to measure the relevant cross sections for neutrino interactions that generate pi-zero's, especially the cross section for neutral current pi-zero interactions, which are one of the dominant sources of background to the electron neutrino appearance signal in T2K. The P{\O}D is composed of layers of plastic scintillator alternating with water bags and brass sheets or lead sheets and is one of the first detectors to use Multi-Pixel Photon Counters (MPPCs) on a large scale.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.5030

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