First Results from MIPP

Journal Article · Thu Feb 21 04:00:00 EST 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2898916· OSTI ID:21055295

Paley, Jonathan M ^[1]

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1. Indiana University Physics Department, 727 E. Third St., Bloomington, IN, 47405 (United States)

Measurements of neutrino cross-section and oscillations depend heavily on neutrino flux predictions. Such predictions rely on hadron-nucleus interaction cross-section data, and yet the data are scarce. The E907 Main Injector Particle Production (MIPP) experiment at Fermilab is a full acceptance spectrometer with excellent particle identification capabilities. MIPP has collected {approx}15x10{sup 6} events of p's, {pi}'s and K's at various momenta (from 5 to 120 GeV) on several targets including beryllium and carbon. In particular, MIPP has collected hadron production data on a spare NuMI target using 120 GeV/c protons from the Main Injector. We review the experiment, performance of the spectrometer and show preliminary results of particle production ratios of {pi}{sup -}/{pi}{sup +}, K{sup +}/{pi}{sup +}, K{sup -}/{pi}{sup -}, and K{sup -}/K{sup +} in bins of longitudinal and transverse momentum for thin and thick carbon targets.

• OSTI ID: 21055295
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 981; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BERYLLIUM 9 TARGET
CARBON 12 TARGET
CROSS SECTIONS
FERMILAB
GEV RANGE
KAONS MINUS
KAONS PLUS
MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
NEUTRINOS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PIONS MINUS
PIONS PLUS
PROTON REACTIONS
PROTONS
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM