Synchronization of the 14 kTon NO$$\nu$$A neutrino detector with the Fermilab NuMI beam

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014 · J.Phys.Conf.Ser.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/513/1/012028· OSTI ID:1295701

Niner, E. ^[1]; Adamson, P. ^[2]; Deuerling, G. ^[2]; Kwarciany, R. ^[2]; Meyer, H. ^[3]; Norman, A. ^[2]; Rechenmacher, R. ^[2]; Shanahan, P. ^[2]; Wilcer, N. ^[2]

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1. Indiana U.
2. Fermilab
3. Wichita State U.

The NOνA experiment is a neutrino oscillation experiment designed to measure parameters related to the neutrino mixing matrix, mass hierarchy and CP violation. The experiment measures neutrino and anti-neutrino interactions from the NuMI beam line at Fermilab in a Near Detector and a Far Detector located 810 kilometers away. Making these measurements requires precise synchronization of 344,064 channels in the Far Detector to an absolute wall time with a channel to channel variation of less then 10 ns. The experiment must correlate the presence of the relatively narrow neutrino beam in the detector with data readout. This paper will discuss the performance of the NOνA timing system during the first few months of operation at the Far Detector.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1295701
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-14-457-AD-CD-E-ND; 1301926
• Journal Information: J.Phys.Conf.Ser., Vol. 513; Conference: 20th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 10/14-10/18/2013
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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