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Cryogenic characterization of FBK NUV-HD-Cryo 3T SiPM sensors for the DUNE photon detection system
F. Acerbi, M. Andreotti, A. Balboni +93
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a long-baseline neutrino experiment based in the USA and composed of a Near Detector (ND) complex at Fermi National Laboratory (F…
Angular dependent measurement of electron-ion recombination in liquid argon for ionization calorimetry in the ICARUS liquid argon time projection chamber
ICARUS collaboration, P. Abratenko, N. Abrego-Martinez +178
This paper reports on a measurement of electron-ion recombination in liquid argon in the ICARUS liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). A clear dependence of recombination o…
Coded masks for imaging of neutrino events
M. Andreotti, P. Bernardini, A. Bersani +76
The capture of scintillation light emitted by liquid Argon and Xenon under molecular excitations by charged particles is still a challenging task. Here we present a first attempt t…
The ENUBET positron tagger prototype: construction and testbeam performance
F. Acerbi, M. Bonesini, F. Bramati +50
A prototype for the instrumented decay tunnel of ENUBET was tested in 2018 at the CERN East Area facility with charged particles up to 5 GeV. This detector is a longitudinal sampli…
Decay tunnel instrumentation for the ENUBET neutrino beam
F. Acerbi, A. Berra, M. Bonesini +56
The uncertainty in the initial neutrino flux is the main limitation for a precise determination of the absolute neutrino cross section. The ERC funded ENUBET project (2016-2021) is…
The ENUBET narrow band neutrino beam
ENUBET Collaboration, M. Tenti, F. Acerbi +54
The narrow band beam of ENUBET is the first implementation of the "monitored neutrino beam" technique proposed in 2015. ENUBET has been designed to monitor lepton production in the…
Irradiation and performance of RGB-HD Silicon Photomultipliers for calorimetric applications
F. Acerbi, G. Ballerini, A. Berra +41
Silicon Photomultipliers with cell-pitch ranging from 12 m to 20 m were tested against neutron irradiation at moderate fluences to study their performance for calorimetric ap…
A high precision neutrino beam for a new generation of short baseline experiments
F. Acerbi, G. Ballerini, S. Bolognesi +53
The current generation of short baseline neutrino experiments is approaching intrinsic source limitations in the knowledge of flux, initial neutrino energy and flavor. A dedicated…
Research and Development for Near Detector Systems Towards Long Term Evolution of Ultra-precise Long-baseline Neutrino Experiments
Aysel Kayis Topaksu, Edward Blucher, Bernard Andrieu +108
With the discovery of non-zero value of mixing angle, the next generation of long-baseline neutrino (LBN) experiments offers the possibility of obtaining statistically sig…
Shashlik calorimeters: novel compact prototypes for the ENUBET experiment
M. Pari, G. Ballerini, A. Berra +50
We summarize in this paper the detector R&D performed in the framework of the ERC ENUBET Project. We discuss in particular the latest results on longitudinally segmented shashlik c…
A narrow band neutrino beam with high precision flux measurements
A. Coffani, G. Ballerini, A. Berra +49
The ENUBET facility is a proposed narrow band neutrino beam where lepton production is monitored at single particle level in the instrumented decay tunnel. This facility addresses…
A compact light readout system for longitudinally segmented shashlik calorimeters
A. Berra, C. Brizzolari, S. Cecchini +17
The longitudinal segmentation of shashlik calorimeters is challenged by dead zones and non-uniformities introduced by the light collection and readout system. This limitation can b…
Test of scintillating bars coupled to Silicon Photomultipliers for a charged particle tracking device
S. Cecchini, I. D'Antone, L. Degli Esposti +8
The results obtained in laboratory tests, using scintillator bars read by silicon photomultipliers are reported. The present approach is the first step for designing a precision tr…
Determination of the muon charge sign with the dipolar spectrometers of the OPERA experiment
OPERA Collaboration, N. Agafonova, A. Aleksandrov +141
The OPERA long-baseline neutrino-oscillation experiment has observed the direct appearance of in the CNGS beam. Two large muon magnetic spectrometers are used to identi…
Search for anomalies in the neutrino sector with muon spectrometers and large LArTPC imaging detectors at CERN
M. Antonello, D. Bagliani, B. Baibussinov +136
A new experiment with an intense ~2 GeV neutrino beam at CERN SPS is proposed in order to definitely clarify the possible existence of additional neutrino states, as pointed out by…
Search for "anomalies" from neutrino and anti-neutrino oscillations at Delta_m^2 ~ 1eV^2 with muon spectrometers and large LAr-TPC imaging detectors
M. Antonello, D. Bagliani, B. Baibussinov +136
This proposal describes an experimental search for sterile neutrinos beyond the Standard Model with a new CERN-SPS neutrino beam. The experiment is based on two identical LAr-TPC's…
Momentum measurement by the Multiple Coulomb Scattering method in the OPERA lead emulsion target
The OPERA Collaboration
A new method of momentum measurement of charged particles through Multiple Coulomb Scattering (MCS) in the OPERA lead emulsion target is presented. It is based on precise measureme…
Emulsion sheet doublets as interface trackers for the OPERA experiment
A. Ariga
New methods for efficient and unambiguous interconnection between electronic counters and target units based on nuclear photographic emulsion films have been developed. The applica…