1–7 Jun 2014
Boston University
US/Eastern timezone

Fine-Grained Tracker as a Near Detector for LBNE

Not scheduled
Metcalf Auditorium (Boston University)

Metcalf Auditorium

Boston University

George Sherman Union 775 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215
Board: 26
Poster Long Baseline Oscillations

Speaker

Dr Xinchun Tian (University of South Carolina)

Description

The reference design of the near detector for the LBNE experiment is a Fine-Grained Tracker (FGT) capable of precisely measuring all four species of neutrinos: nu_mu, nu_e, anti-nu_mu and anti-nu_e. The FGT is composed of a Straw-Tube Tracker (STT) with transition-radation capability surrounded by a high resolution electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) and embedded in a dipole magnet. Muon-ID detectors instrument the iron-yoke of the magnet and the downstream and upstream stations outside the magnet. The STT is instrumented with Ar and other nuclear targets. The goal of the FGT is to constrain systematic errors below the statistical error in all oscillation studies in the far detector. The FGT will also conduct a panoply of precision measurements and searches.

Primary authors

Dr Xinchun Tian (Univeristy of South Carolina) Dr Xinchun Tian (University of South Carolina)

Co-author

Prof. Sanjib Mishra (University of South Carolina)

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