Design, construction, and initial performance of SciBar detector in K2K experiment

Author

Yamamoto, S. ; Andringa, S. ; Aoki, S. ; Choi, S. ; Dore, U. ; Espinal, X. ; Gomez-Cadenas, J.J. ; Gran, R. ; Hasegawa, M. ; Hayashi, K. ; Hayashi, K. ; Hayato, Y. ; Hiraide, K. ; Ichikawa, A.K. ; Iinuma, M. ; Jang, J.S. ; Jeon, E.J. ; Joo, K.K. ; Jover-M

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Kyoto Univ.

Volume

52

Issue

6

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2992

Lastpage

2997

Abstract

A new near detector for the K2K long baseline neutrino experiment, the SciBar, was constructed and started data taking to study neutrino interactions. In K2K, neutrino oscillation is studied by comparing the number of neutrino interactions and energy spectrum between near and far detectors. In order to study neutrino oscillations more precisely, it is necessary to improve the measurement of neutrino spectrum and interactions below 1 GeV, where the latest K2K results suggest maximum oscillation. For that purpose, SciBar is designed to be fully active with fine segmentation. We present the design and basic performance. All detector components have been working as expected. Also presented are the measurements of charged current interactions which are used in the latest K2K oscillation analysis

Keywords

charged currents; neutrino detection; neutrino interactions; neutrino oscillations; position sensitive particle detectors; scintillation counters; K2K long baseline neutrino experiment; SciBar detector construction; SciBar detector design; charged current interactions; detector components; energy spectrum; neutrino interactions; neutrino oscillation; neutrino spectrum; scintillator strips; segmentation; Adders; Astronomy; Current measurement; Educational technology; Mesons; Neutrino sources; Physics; Scintillation counters; Solid scintillation detectors; Structural beams; Detectors; neutrinos; scintillation detectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2005.862906

Filename

1589311