Design and performance of the muon monitor for the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment

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

Volumn 624, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 591-600

  Matsuoka, K ^a   Ichikawa, A K ^a   Kubo, H ^a   Maeda, K ^b   Maruyama, T ^c   Matsumura, C ^b   Murakami, A ^a   Nakaya, T ^a   Nishikawa, K ^c   Ozaki, T ^b   Sakashita, K ^c   Suzuki, K ^a   Suzuki, S Y ^c   Tashiro, K ^b   Yamamoto, K ^b   Yokoyama, M ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionization chamber; J PARC; Muon monitor; Neutrino beam; Silicon PIN photodiode; T2K

Indexed keywords

BEAM DIRECTION; BEAM TESTS; DETECTOR ARRAYS; J-PARC; LONG BASE LINE; MUON MONITOR; NEUTRINO BEAMS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS; PIN PHOTODIODE; T2K; TEST RESULTS;

IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTODIODES;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

EID: 78649316036     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.09.074     Document Type: Article

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