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

Author

Yamamoto, Shimpei

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Kyoto Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

16-22 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

1034

Abstract

A new near detector in 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 oscillation more precisely, it is necessary to improve the measurement of neutrino spectrum and interaction 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

neutrino detection; neutrino oscillations; solid scintillation detectors; K2K long baseline neutrino experiment; K2K oscillation analysis; SciBar detector; charged current interactions; detector components; energy spectrum; fine segmentation; neutrino interactions; neutrino oscillation; neutrino spectrum; Current measurement; Detectors; Electromagnetic radiation; Energy measurement; Mesons; Neutrino sources; Particle beams; Pollution measurement; Protons; Strips;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8700-7

Electronic_ISBN

1082-3654

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462381

Filename

1462381