Design and construction of INGRID neutrino beam monitor for the T2K neutrino experiment

Author

Otani, M. ; Minamino, A. ; Nitta, K. ; Ichikawa, A. ; Nagai, N. ; Nakaya, T. ; Orme, D. ; Yokoyama, M. ; Autiero, D. ; Besnier, M. ; Bronner, C. ; Chaussard, L. ; Declais, Y. ; Drapier, O. ; Ferreira, O. ; Gonin, M. ; Moreau, F. ; Tran, P.D.

Author_Institution

Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwakecho, 606-8502 Japan

fYear

2008

fDate

19-25 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

2930

Lastpage

2933

Abstract

We report the and construction status of the INGRID neutr ino beam monitor for the T2K experiment. The INGRID detector consists of sixteen modules of iron-scintillator sandwich and will be placed around the neutrino beam center at 280m downstream of the target. By counting the number of neutrino interaction inside each module, we reconstruct and directly monitor the neutr ino beam direction and profile. We have tested the active components of INGRID and have found the light yield satisfies our requirements. Currently the assembly of INGRID is underway and the detector will be installed in March, 2009.

Keywords

Assembly; Detectors; Helium; Mesons; Monitoring; Neutrino sources; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Particle beams; Structural beams; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE

Conference_Location

Dresden, Germany

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2714-7

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774979

Filename

4774979