Author :
Ducar, R. ; Hylen, J. ; Jensen, C. ; May, M. ; Pushka, D. ; Smart, W. ; Walton, J. ; Messier, M. ; Garkusha, V. ; Novoskoltsev, F. ; Zarucheisky, V. ; Unel, G. ; Kopp, S. ; Kostin, M. ; Lyukov, A. ; Zwaska, R. ; Milburne, R.
Author_Institution :
Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA
Abstract :
The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beam supplies an intense νμ beam to the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS). The νμ´s are derived from a secondary π+ beam that is allowed to decay within a 675 in decay tunnel. We are developing a continuous toroidal magnetic focusing system, called the Hadronic Hose, to better steer this secondary beam. The Hose will both increase the net neutrino flux reaching the MINOS detectors and reduce systematic differences in the neutrino energy spectra at the two detectors due to solid angle acceptances
Keywords :
neutrino oscillations; particle beam focusing; particle beam injection; proton accelerators; synchrotrons; MINOS; Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search; Neutrinos at the Main Injector; NuMI Hadronic Hose; continuous toroidal magnetic focusing system; intense neutrinomuon beam; net neutrino flux; neutrino energy spectra; Detectors; Hoses; Magnetic flux; Mesons; Neutrino sources; Physics; Protons; Solids; Tail; Toroidal magnetic fields;
