A B₄C-silicon target for the detection of neutrino interactions

Barichello, G. et al. (1998) A B₄C-silicon target for the detection of neutrino interactions. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment, 419(1), pp. 1-15. (doi: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00770-0)

Abstract

This note describes the construction of a target for neutrino interactions composed of passive boron carbide plates interleaved with silicon microstrip detectors. The target contains four layers of passive material with a total mass of 45 kg and 600 single-sided silicon microstrip detectors with a total surface of 1.14 m² distributed over five layers. It is installed in the NOMAD spectrometer at the CERN SPS neutrino beam. During the 1997 run about 8000ν_μ charged current interactions were estimated to have occurred in the target. For these events it will be possible to perform a precise measurement of both vertex and kinematical variables. This will provide invaluable experience towards the construction of a future large-scale silicon tracker for neutrino oscillation experiments.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Soler, Professor Paul
• Authors: Barichello, G., Cervera-Villanueva, A., Daniels, D.C., Silva, E.d. C. e., Dumps, L., Ellis, M., Ferrère, D., Gómez-Cadenas, J.J., Gößling, C., Gouanère, M., Hernando, J.A., Huta, W., Jiménez, J.M., Kokkonen, J., Kuznetsov, V.E., Linssen, L., Long, J., Lisowski, B., Lupi, A., Runolfsson, Ö., Schmidt, B., Soler, F.J.P., Steele, D., Stipčević, M., Veltri, M., and Voillat, D.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• ISSN (Online): 1872-9576