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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Prediction of neutrino fluxes in the NOMAD experiment
André RubbiaAndré RubbiaJ. BouchezJ.-m. LevyA. LupiE. IacopiniA. GodleyCaroline PoulsenM. VeltriK. SchahmanecheVincenzo CavasinniJ. A. HernandoJ. RicoAlexander ToropinMalcolm EllisDidier FerrereJ. DumarchezR. PettiR. PettiG. Vidal-sitjesD. SteeleD. SteeleL. S. PeakFergus WilsonO.l. KlimovJ. LongE Silva E. Do CoutoSergei GninenkoD. AutieroJ.j. Gómez-cadenasMarco FraternaliA. Letessier-selvonL. LinssenU. StieglerA. Cervera-villanuevaAntonio BuenoAntonio BuenoD. PollmannK. BenslamaF. SalvatoreL. CamilleriT. StolarczykD. DanielsP. HurstGiacomo PoleselloM. Tareb-reyesKevin VarvellE. TsesmelisValerio VercesiDomizia OrestanoM. T. TranA. MarchionniL. Di LellaCaren HagnerT. DignanL. La RotondaF.v. WeberF.v. WeberJ. GossetC. Nguyen-mauVyacheslav ValuevP. RiemannT. WeisseA. GrantDmitry V. NaumovM. Valdata-nappiE. GanglerAlexey KrasnoperovH. PessardP. NedelecD. GibinM. Baldo-ceolinM. BannerT. SchmidtA.-m. TouchardG. CollazuolMario StipčevićP. AstierT. Del PreteJ-p. MeyerA. PolyarushL.j. WintonJ. UlrichsH. DegaudenziA. KovzelevG. J. FeldmanF. VannucciAchim GeiserAchim GeiserD. GeppertG. F. MoorheadP.w. CattaneoAnte LjubičićE. PennacchioMikhail KirsanovR. CousinsI. BirdI. BirdS.a. BunyatovG. SozziS.r. MishraS.r. MishraYu. NefedovL. VacavantT. VinogradovaD. HubbardD. SillouJ.-m. VieiraJ.m. GaillardN. HyettA. GuglielmiFrédéric JugetChiara RodaChiara RodaA. LanzaV. TereshchenkoC. LachaudGiacomo GrazianiC. ContaA. BaldisseriMichel GouanèreG. BassompierreB. A. PopovB. SchmidtB. SchmidtM. MezzettoKai ZuberM. ContalbrigoF. MartelliA. PlacciN. KentH. ZacconeG. ConfortoG. ConfortoS. BoydA. De SantoA. De SantoNathalie BessonB. LakićG. N. TaylorC. JosephF. BobisutV. FlaminioF. J. P. SolerF. J. P. SolerMarco LavederR. ChallisS.n. ToveyS.n. ToveyFr PastoreJ.-p. MendiburuClaus GösslingAlessandro CardiniBarry BlumenfeldJ. KokkonenM. E. SeviorRoberto FerrariBruce YabsleyX. Méchainsubject
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaFOS: Physical sciences01 natural sciences7. Clean energyHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentNuclear physicsHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)0103 physical sciences[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]010306 general physicsNeutrino oscillationInstrumentationCharged currentPhysicsNeutral current010308 nuclear & particles physicsDetectorHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyFísicaSolar neutrino problemMagnetic fieldBeamlineHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNeutrinoParticle Physics - Experimentdescription
The method developed for the calculation of the flux and composition of the West Area Neutrino Beam used by NOMAD in its search for neutrino oscillations is described. The calculation is based on particle production rates computed using a recent version of FLUKA and modified to take into account the cross sections measured by the SPY and NA20 experiments. These particles are propagated through the beam line taking into account the material and magnetic fields they traverse. The neutrinos produced through their decays are tracked to the NOMAD detector. The fluxes of the four neutrino flavours at NOMAD are predicted with an uncertainty of about 8% for nu(mu) and nu(e), 10% for antinu(mu), and 12% for antinu(e). The energy-dependent uncertainty achieved on the R(e, mu) prediction needed for a nu(mu)->nu(e) oscillation search ranges from 4% to 7%, whereas the overall normalization uncertainty on this ratio is 4.2%.
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| 2003-06-06 |