ICARUS at FNAL
Abstract
The INFN and the ICARUS collaboration originally developed the technology of the LAr-TPC. Located the underground LNGS Hall-B, the ICARUS T600 detector has been performed over three years with remarkable detection efficiency featuring a smooth operation, high live time, and high reliability. About 3000 CNGS neutrino events have been collected and are being actively analyzed. ICARUS will now be moved to CERN for an extensive R&D program. The T600 detector will be overhauled and complemented with a similar T150 detector. These improvements are performed in collaboration with the LBNE experiment, of which several INFN Institutions are now members. As a novelty, a SC magnetic field of about 1 T will be introduced. During 2016 it is proposed to move the experiment to FNAL where short base line neutrino beams are available, complementing the approved MicroBooNe experiment which will start operation in 2014. The ICARUS detectors at FNAL will be an important addition since, in absence of anomalies, the signals of several detectors at different distances from the target should be a copy of each other for all experimental signatures. Due to the reduced mass, in MicroBooNE the anti-neutrino signal is too weak for a sensitive comparison. Hence, a definitive clarification of the LSND anomaly requires the exploration of the anti-neutrino signal provided by the much larger T600. The magnetic field will allow separating the anti-neutrino signal from the neutrino-induced background. It is proposed to expose the T600 at the Booster NuBeam at ~700 m from target; the T150 will be located at ~150 m. The T600 will also receive >10^4 nu_e events/year from the off-axis NUMI beam peaked around 1 GeV and exploitable to prepare for the LBNE experiment. The ICARUS teams are also interested in extending the participation to other short baseline neutrino activities collaborating with existing FNAL groups.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1312.7252,
title = {ICARUS at FNAL},
author = {M. Antonello and B. Baibussinov and V. Bellini and H. Bilokon and F. Boffelli and M. Bonesini and E. Calligarich and S. Centro and K. Cieslik and D. B. Cline and A. G. Cocco and A. Curioni and A. Dermenev and R. Dolfini and A. Falcone and C. Farnese and A. Fava and A. Ferrari and D. Gibin and S. Gninenko and F. Guber and A. Guglielmi and M. Haranczyk and J. Holeczek and A. Ivashkin and M. Kirsanov and J. Kisiel and I. Kochanek and A. Kurepin and J. Lagoda and F. Mammoliti and S. Mania and G. Mannocchi and V. Matveev and A. Menegolli and G. Meng and G. B. Mills and C. Montanari and F. Noto and S. Otwinowski and T. J. Palczewski and P. Picchi and F. Pietropaolo and P. Plonski and R. Potenza and A. Rappoldi and G. L. Raselli and M. Rossella and C. Rubbia and P. Sala and A. Scaramelli and E. Segreto and D. Stefan and J. Stepaniak and R. Sulej and C. M. Sutera and D. Tlisov and M. Torti and R. G. Van de Water and F. Varanini and S. Ventura and C. Vignoli and H. G. Wang and X. Yang and A. Zani and K. Zaremba},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.7252},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
Experiment Proposal; 54 pages, 33 figures