Session B10: Neutrino I
10:45 AM–12:33 PM, Saturday, April 14, 2007
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Room: City Terrace 6
Sponsoring Unit:
DPF
Chair: Boris Kayser, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Abstract ID: BAPS.2007.APR.B10.5
Abstract: B10.00005 : MINOS Calibration
11:33 AM–11:45 AM
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Author:
Jiajie Ling
(University of South Carolina)
We present the calibration studies and measurements in the MINOS neutrino detector at FNAL. The energy calibration is critical to precisely determine the neutrino oscillation parameters. A key component of the MINOS calibration is a dedicated measurement of the detector response in a test-beam at CERN. Light-injection, cosmic-ray muon, and beam-induced muon provide additional valuable, and in situ, calibration constants and constraints. The calibration study yields an absolute energy measurement at 5{\%} precision; the near-to-far energy difference, critical for THE oscillation MEASUREMENT, is within 2{\%}.
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