Development of a scintillating fiber tracking detector for the K2K neutrino oscillation experiment

Journal Article · Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 1998 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.56938· OSTI ID:21199291

Suzuki, Atsumu ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, Kobe University, 1-1, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657 (Japan)

We are preparing a scintillating fiber tracking detector as a part of the near fine-grained detector in the K2K long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment between KEK and Super-Kamiokande. We use Kuraray SCSF-78, 0.7 mm diameter fiber with Hamamatsu IIT-CCD camera read out system. The choice of the fiber is based on a series of measurements of the light yield and aging of the candidate fibers under various conditions. It was found that SCSF-78 has enough light yield and lifetime for our purposes. We have also checked the performance of the SCIFI sheet-IIT-CCD system by source ({sup 90}Sr) and cosmic rays. The detection efficiency was found to be more than 99%. The full SCIFI detector construction is current under way.

• OSTI ID: 21199291
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 450, Issue 1; Conference: SCIFI97: 3. conference on scintillating and fiber detectors, Notre Dame, IN (United States), 2-6 Nov 1997; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.56938; (c) 1998 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CAMERAS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
EFFICIENCY
EVALUATION
JAPANESE ORGANIZATIONS
NEUTRINO DETECTION
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
OPTICAL FIBERS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PARTICLE TRACKS
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READOUT SYSTEMS
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
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