Secondary beam monitors for the NuMI facility at FNAL

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

Volumn 568, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 503-519

  Kopp, S ^d   Bishai, M ^a   Dierckxsens, M ^a   Diwan, M ^a   Erwin, A R ^e   Harris, D A ^b   Indurthy, D ^d   Keisler, R ^d   Kostin, M ^d   Lang, M ^d   MacDonald, J ^c   Marchionni, A ^b   Mendoza, S ^d   Morfin, J ^b   Naples, D ^c   Northacker, D ^c   Pavlović, Ž ^d   Phelps, L ^d   Ping, H ^e   Proga, M ^d   Vellissaris, C ^e   Viren, B ^a   Zwaska, R ^d   more..

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam characteristics; Ionization chambers; muon detectors; Neutrino; Neutrino beam; Particle sources and targets; pion

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PARTICLE BEAMS;

BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; MUON DETECTORS; NEUTRINO BEAMS; PARTICLE SOURCES; PARTICLE TARGETS;

PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 33750839329     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.062     Document Type: Article

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