The first pion-Ar cross-section measurement with the LArIAT experiment
- GSSI - Gran Sasso Science Inst., L'Aquila (Italy); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
A complete understanding of neutrinos properties requires a study and a characterization of the interactions of the daughter particles created in a neutrino-nucleus interaction. The Liquid Argon In A Testbeam (LArIAT) experiment is a small-scale liquid argon detector situated in the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. The LArIAT experiment is exposed to a tertiary beam comprised of mostly pions along with a mix of muons, protons, kaons, and electrons. LArIAT's goal is to characterize the response of the LArTPC to known incoming charged particles and measure their interactions in Argon, in order to understand their cross-sections and to help developing and tuning simulations and reconstruction algorithms for LArTPC neutrino experiments. The world's rst measurement of a pion cross-section on an Argon target, made with the LArIAT detector, is presented here.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Organization:
- LArIAT Collaboration
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1340482
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-CONF-16-575-ND; 1510201
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series, Vol. 841, Issue 1; Conference: 7th Young Researchers Meeting, Torino (Italy), 24-26 Oct 2016; ISSN 1742-6588
- Publisher:
- IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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