Beam-based alignment of the NuMI target station components at FNAL

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

Volumn 568, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 548-560

  Zwaska, R ^f   Bishai, M ^b   Childress, S ^c   Drake, G ^a   Escobar, C ^e   Gouffon, P ^d   Harris, D A ^c   Hylen, J ^c   Indurthy, D ^f   Koizumi, G ^c   Kopp, S ^f   Lucas, P ^c   Marchionni, A ^c   Para, A ^c   Pavlović, Ž ^f   Smart, W ^c   Talaga, R ^a   Viren, B ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam focusing and bending magnets; Beam monitors; Neutrino detectors; Particle sources and targets

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MAGNETS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PARTICLE BEAM INJECTION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; TARGETS;

BEAM FOCUSING; BEAM MONITORS; BENDING MAGNETS; NEUTRINO DETECTORS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 33750840574     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.08.031     Document Type: Article

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