Conveners
TOF and GPS Observations
- Horst Friedsam (FNAL)
TOF and GPS Observations
- Helene Mainaud Durand (CERN)
Dr
Phil Adamson
(FNAL)
12/09/2012, 08:30
TOF and GPS Observations
Paper
In the Fall of 2011 the OPERA experiment at CERN reported the measurement of Neutrinos travelling fast than the speed of light. This meant that an independent verification of these results needed to be performed. Fermilab is in a unique position to perform such measurements with the existing MINOS Neutrino beamline and immediately started to upgrade the existing infrastructure to perform high...
Dr
Steven Jefferts
(NIST)
12/09/2012, 08:55
TOF and GPS Observations
Paper
In the context of time-of-flight measurements, the timing at the departure and arrival locations is obviously critical to the outcome of the experiment.
In the case of neutrino time-of-flight experiments, the locations are many hundreds of kilometers apart with synchronization requirements of nanoseconds for several months at a time.
In addition to the already stringent set of requirements...
Mr
Stephen Mitchell
(United States Naval Observatory)
12/09/2012, 09:20
TOF and GPS Observations
Paper
An overview is presented of the structure of the timing and GPS aspect of the MINOS experiment. Some timing results are presented and analysis is performed to estimate the real-world timing accuracy obtainable using collected data. An overview of the Precise Point Positioning (PPP) method of analyzing GNSS receiver data is also included as well as the specific application of PPP to precise...
Dr
Virgil Bocean
(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
12/09/2012, 10:15
TOF and GPS Observations
Paper
The NuMI beamline and the MINOS expriment study the long baseline oscillation of muon neutrinos and perform high-precision measurements of the oscillation parameters. The project directs a beam of muon neutrinos from the Fermilab Main Injector towards both near and far detectors capable of studying neutrino oscillations. The accurate aiming of the beam towards both the near and far underground...
Dominique Missiaen
(CERN)
12/09/2012, 10:40
TOF and GPS Observations
Paper
The calculation of the distance from CERN to Gran Sasso involves the combination of three independent sets of measurements: the calculation of the distance between pillars included in the geodetic reference network at CERN and LNGS; and the transfer on each site of coordinates, from the geodetic surface network, underground into the tunnel or experiment hall installations.
The transfer of...
Ms
Jing Liang
(Institute Of High Energy Physics ,Chinese Avademy of Sciences)
12/09/2012, 11:05
TOF and GPS Observations
Paper
This paper describes the activities carried out in order to estimate the distance traveled by the neutrinos beam from nuclear reactors to detectors. Both terrestrial and Global Positioning System (GPS) based geodetic techniques are used in this 3D distance measurement. The positions of the reactor cores and detectors were estimated in a common reference frame through the processing of the...