Cross section measurements in the main injector particle production (FNAL-E907) experiment at 58 GeV energy

Thesis/Dissertation · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1023970· OSTI ID:1023970

Gunaydin, Yusuf Oguzhan ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)

Cross-sections are presented for 58 GeV π, K, and p on a wide range of nuclear targets. These cross-sections are essential for determining the neutrino flux in measurements of neutrino cross-sections and oscillations. The E907 Main Injector Particle Production (MIPP) experiment at Fermilab is a fixed target experiment for measuring hadronic particle production using primary 120 GeV/c protons and secondary π, K, and p beams. The particle identification is made by dE/dx in a time projection chamber, and by time-of-flight, differential Cherenkov and ring imaging Cherenkov detectors, which together cover a wide range of momentum from 0.1 GeV/c up to 120 GeV/c. MIPP targets span the periodic table, from hydrogen to uranium, including beryllium and carbon. The MIPP has collected ~ 0.26 x 10⁶ events of 58 GeV/c secondary particles produced by protons from the main injector striking a carbon target.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1023970
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-THESIS--2009-65
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
Accelerators
BERYLLIUM
CARBON
CHERENKOV COUNTERS
CROSS SECTIONS
FERMILAB
HYDROGEN
NEUTRINOS
OSCILLATIONS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PROTONS
TARGETS
TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
URANIUM