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The magnetized steel and scintillator calorimeters of the MINOS experiment

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posted on 2023-06-08, 05:45 authored by D G Michael, P Adamson, T Alexopoulos, Antonella De SantoAntonella De Santo, W.W.M. Allison, G.J. Alner, K Anderson, C Andreopoulos, M Andrews, R Andrews, Elisabeth FalkElisabeth Falk, Philip Harris, Jeff HartnellJeff Hartnell, R Morse, C Smith, R F White, et al
The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment uses an accelerator-produced neutrino beam to perform precision measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters in the atmospheric neutrino sector associated with muon neutrino disappearance. This long-baseline experiment measures neutrino interactions in Fermilab's NuMI neutrino beam with a near detector at Fermilab and again 735 km downstream with a far detector in the Soudan Underground Laboratory in northern Minnesota. The two detectors are magnetized steel-scintillator tracking calorimeters. They are designed to be as similar as possible in order to ensure that differences in detector response have minimal impact on the comparisons of event rates, energy spectra and topologies that are essential to MINOS measurements of oscillation parameters. The design, construction, calibration and performance of the far and near detectors are described in this paper.

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  • Published

Journal

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

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0168-9002

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

2

Volume

596

Page range

190-228

Pages

39.0

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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