The NuMI neutrino beam

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

Volumn 806, Issue , 2016, Pages 279-306

  Adamson, P ^c   Anderson, K ^c   Andrews, M ^c   Andrews, R ^c   Anghel, I ^g,j   Augustine, D ^c   Aurisano, A ^b   Avvakumov, S ^ab   Ayres, D S ^g   Baller, B ^c   Barish, B ^f   Barr, G ^w   Barrett, W L ^ak   Bernstein, R H ^c   Biggs, J ^c   Bishai, M ⁱ   Blake, A ^a   Bocean, V ^c   Bock, G J ^c   Boehnlein, D J ^c   Bogert, D ^c   Bourkland, K ^c   Cao, S V ^ae   Castromonte, C M ^ah   Childress, S ^c   Choudhary, B C ^c   Coelho, J A B ^af,ag   Cobb, J H ^w   Corwin, L ^p,aa   Crane, D ^c   Cravens, J P ^ae   Cronin Hennessy, D ^t   Ducar, R J ^c   De Jong, J K ^w   Devan, A V ^al   Devenish, N E ^ac   Diwan, M V ⁱ   Erwin, A R ^am   Escobar, C O ^ag   Evans, J J ^s   Falk, E ^ac   Feldman, G J ^k   Fields, T H ^g   Ford, R ^c   Frohne, M V ^l   Gallagher, H R ^af   Garkusha, V ^y   Gomes, R A ^ah   Goodman, M C ^g   Gouffon, P ^ai   Graf, N ⁿ   Gran, R ^u   Grossman, N ^c   Grzelak, K ^aj   Habig, A ^u   Hahn, S R ^c   Harding, D ^c   Harris, D ^c   Harris, P G ^ac   Hartnell, J ^ac   Hatcher, R ^c   Hays, S ^c   Heller, K ^t   Holin, A ^e   Huang, J ^ae   Hylen, J ^c   Ibrahim, A ^c   Indurthy, D ^ae   Irwin, G M ^ab   Isvan, Z ^i,k   Jaffe, D E ⁱ   James, C ^c   Jensen, D ^c   Johnstone, J ^c   Kafka, T ^af   Kasahara, S M S ^t   Koizumi, G ^c   Kopp, S ^ae   Kordosky, M ^al   Kreymer, A ^c   Lang, K ^c   Laughton, C ^c   Lefeuvre, G ^ac   Ling, J ⁱ   Litchfield, P J ^d,t   Loiacono, L ^ae   Lucas, P ^c   Mann, W A ^af   Marchionni, A ^c   Marshak, M L ^t   Mayer, N ^p,af   McGivern, C ^x   Medeiros, M M ^ah   Mehdiyev, R ^ae   Meier, J R ^t   Messier, M D ^k,p   Michael, D G ^f   Milburn, R H ^af   Miller, J L ^r   Miller, W H ^t   Mishra, S R ^z   Moed Sher, S ^c   Moore, C D ^c   Morfin J ^c   Mualem, L ^f   Mufson, S ^p   Murgia, S ^ab   Murtagh, M ⁱ   Musser, J ^p   Naples, D ^x   Nelson, J K ^al   Newman, H B ^f   Nichol, R J ^e   Nowak, J A ^t   O'Connor, J ^e   Oliver, W P ^af   Olsen, M ^c   Orchanian, M ^f   Osprey, S ^w   Pahlka, R B ^c   Paley, J ^g   Para, A ^c   Patterson, R B ^f   Patzak, T ^j   Pavlovic Z ^ae   Pawloski, G ^t,ab   Perch, A ^e   Peterson, E A ^t   Petyt, D A ^t   Pfutzner M M ^e   Phan Budd, S ^g   Plunkett, R K ^c   Poonthottathil, N ^c   Prieto, P ^c   Pushka, D ^c   Qiu, X ^ab   Radovic, A ^al   Rameika, R A ^c   Ratchford, J ^ae   Rebel, B ^c   Reilly, R ^c   Rosenfeld, C ^z   Rubin, H A ⁿ   Ruddick, K ^t   Sanchez, M C ^g,o   Saoulidou, N ^c   Sauer, L ^c   Schneps, J ^af   Schoo, D ^c   Schreckenberger, A ^t,ae   Schreiner, P ^g   Shanahan, P ^c   Sharma, R ^c   Smart, W ^c   Smith, C ^e   Sousa, A ^b,k   Stefanik, A ^c   Tagg, N ^v   Talaga, R L ^g   Tassotto, G ^c   Thomas, J ^e   Thompson, J ^x   Thomson, M A ^a   Tian, X ^z   Timmons, A ^s   Tinsley, D ^c   Tognini, S C ^ah   Toner, R ^k   Torretta, D ^c   Trostin, I ^q   Tzanakos, G ^h   Urheim, J ^p   Vahle, P ^al   Vaziri, K ^c   Villegas, E ^c   Viren, B ⁱ   Vogel, G ^c   Webber, R C ^c   Weber, A ^d,w   Webb, R C ^ad   Wehmann, A ^c   White, C ⁿ   Whitehead, L ^i,m   Whitehead, L H ^e   Wojcicki, S G ^ab   Wong Squires, M L ^c   Yang, T ^c   Yumiceva, F X ^al   Zarucheisky, V ^y   Zwaska, R ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

ⁱ BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^k HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Holy Cross College   (United States)

^m University of Houston   (United States)

ⁿ ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^o IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^r JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^t UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^v OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^x UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^y INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^z UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^aa SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^ab STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^ad TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^af TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^ah FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^ak WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^al William and Mary   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Beam; Long baseline; Main Injector; Neutrinos; Target

Indexed keywords

NEUTRONS; TARGETS;

BEAM; BEAM MONITORING; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LONG BASE LINE; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MAIN INJECTOR; NEUTRINOS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

EID: 84945896490     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2015.08.063     Document Type: Article

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