The MINERvA Neutrino Interaction Experiment

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2898952· OSTI ID:21055331

Gran, Richard ^[1]

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1. University of Minnesota Duluth (United States)

The MINERvA neutrino interaction experiment in the NuMI beam at Fermilab will measure several aspects of neutrino interactions in the few GeV energy region. We will make cross section and form factor measurements using a fine-grained fully active scintillator (CH) target, and also investigate nuclear effects on neutrino interactions as well as hadron rescattering using integral nuclear targets made of helium, carbon, iron, and lead. We will improve or add to existing measurements and address some specific questions that are important for current and upcoming neutrino oscillation experiments. This paper reports on the progress toward the design, construction, and calibration of the detector, which we expect will get its first neutrino beam in 2009.

• OSTI ID: 21055331
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 981, Issue 1; Conference: NuFact 07: 9. international workshop on neutrino factories, superbeams and beta beams, Okayama (Japan), 6-11 Aug 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2898952; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CALIBRATION
CARBON 12 TARGET
CROSS SECTIONS
FERMILAB
FORM FACTORS
GEV RANGE
HELIUM 4 TARGET
IRON 56 TARGET
LEAD 208 TARGET
NEUTRINO BEAMS
NEUTRINO OSCILLATION
NEUTRINO REACTIONS
NEUTRINO-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NEUTRINOS
PHOSPHORS
RESCATTERING
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS