Design, Calibration, and Performance of the MINERvA Detector
Abstract
The MINERvA experiment is designed to perform precision studies of neutrino-nucleus scattering using and neutrinos incident at 1-20 GeV in the NuMI beam at Fermilab. This article presents a detailed description of the \minerva detector and describes the {\em ex situ} and {\em in situ} techniques employed to characterize the detector and monitor its performance. The detector is comprised of a finely-segmented scintillator-based inner tracking region surrounded by electromagnetic and hadronic sampling calorimetry. The upstream portion of the detector includes planes of graphite, iron and lead interleaved between tracking planes to facilitate the study of nuclear effects in neutrino interactions. Observations concerning the detector response over sustained periods of running are reported. The detector design and methods of operation have relevance to future neutrino experiments in which segmented scintillator tracking is utilized.
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@article{arxiv.1305.5199,
title = {Design, Calibration, and Performance of the MINERvA Detector},
author = {L. Aliaga and L. Bagby and B. Baldin and A. Baumbaugh and A. Bodek and R. Bradford and W. K. Brooks and D. Boehnlein and S. Boyd and H. Budd and A. Butkevich and D. A. Martinez Caicedo and C. M. Castromonte and M. E. Christy and J. Chvojka and H. da Motta and D. S. Damiani and I. Danko and M. Datta and R. DeMaat and J. Devan and E. Draeger and S. A. Dytman and G. A. Diaz and B. Eberly and D. A. Edmondson and J. Felix and L. Fields and G. A. Fiorentini and A. M. Gago and H. Gallagher and C. A. George and C. Gingu and B. Gobbi and R. Gran and N. Grossman and D. A. Harris and J. Heaton and A. Higuera and J. A. Hobbs and I. J. Howley and K. Hurtado and M. Jerkins and T. Kafka and M. O. Kantner and C. Keppel and J. Kilmer and A. H. Krajeski and H. Lee and A. G. Leister and G. Locke and G. Maggi and E. Maher and S. Manly and W. A. Mann and C. M. Marshall and K. S. McFarland and C. L. McGivern and A. M. McGowan and J. G. Morfin and J. Mousseau and D. Naples and J. K. Nelson and G. Niculescu and I. Niculescu and C. D. O'Connor and N. Ochoa and J. Olsen and B. Osmanov and J. Osta and J. L. Palomino and V. Paolone and J. Park and G. N. Perdue and C. Pena and A. Pla-Dalmau and L. Rakotondravohitra and R. D. Ransome and H. Ray and L. Ren and P. Rubinov and C. Rude and K. E. Sassin and H. Schellman and D. W. Schmitz and R. M. Schneider and C. Simon and F. D. Snider and M. C. Snyder and C. J. Solano Salinas and N. Tagg and B. G. Tice and R. N. Tilden and G. Tzanakos and J. P. Velasquez and T. Walton and A. Westerberg and J. Wolcott and B. A. Wolthuis and N. Woodward and T. Wytock and G. Zavala and D. Zhang and L. Y. Zhu and B. P. Ziemer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.5199},
year = {2014}
}