Comparisons of the MINOS near and far detector readout systems at a test beam

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

Volumn 609, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 106-113

  Cabrera, A ^f   Adamson, P ^d   Barker, M ^f   Belias, A ^h   Boyd, S ^g   Crone, G ^d   Drake, G ^a   Falk, E ^j   Harris, P G ^j   Hartnell, J ^f,j   Jenner, L ^d   Kordosky, M ^k   Lang, K ^k   Litchfield, R P ^f   Michael, D ^b   Miyagawa, P S ^f   Morse, R ^j   Murgia, S ⁱ   Nichol, R ^d   Nicholls, T ^h   Pearce, G F ^h   Petyt, D ^e   Reyna, D ^a   Saakyan, R ^d   Shanahan, P ^c   Smith, C ^d   Symes, P ^j   Tagg, N ^f   Thomas, J ^d   Vahle, P ^k   Weber, A ^f   more..

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Iron scintillator sampling calorimeter; Neutrino detector calibration; Readout system; Test beam measurements

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DEPENDENCE; FAR DETECTOR; IRON-SCINTILLATOR SAMPLING CALORIMETERS; LONG BASE LINE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NEUTRINO DETECTOR CALIBRATION; NEUTRINO DETECTORS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS; NON-LINEARITY; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; TEST BEAM; THRESHOLD EFFECT;

CALIBRATION; CALORIMETRY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; LUMINESCENCE; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; TESTING;

DETECTORS;

EID: 71749103876     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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