Author/Authors :
Abgrall، نويسنده , , N. and Aduszkiewicz، نويسنده , , A. and Anticic، نويسنده , , Douglas T. and Antoniou، نويسنده , , N. and Argyriades، نويسنده , , J. and Baatar، نويسنده , , B. and Blondel، نويسنده , , A. and Blümer، نويسنده , , J. and Bogomilov، نويسنده , , M. and Bravar، نويسنده , , A. and Brooks، نويسنده , , W. and Brzychczyk، نويسنده , , J. and Bubak، نويسنده , , A. and Bunyatov، نويسنده , , S.A. and Busygina، نويسنده , , O. and Chr، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The T2K long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment in Japan needs precise predictions of the initial neutrino flux. The highest precision can be reached based on detailed measurements of hadron emission from the same target as used by T2K exposed to a proton beam of the same kinetic energy of 30 GeV. The corresponding data were recorded in 2007–2010 by the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS using a replica of the T2K graphite target. In this paper details of the experiment, data taking, data analysis method and results from the 2007 pilot run are presented. Furthermore, the application of the NA61/SHINE measurements to the predictions of the T2K initial neutrino flux is described and discussed.
