MINERvA neutrino detector response measured with test beam data
Abstract
The MINERvA collaboration operated a scaled-down replica of the solid scintillator tracking and sampling calorimeter regions of the MINERvA detector in a hadron test beam at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. This article reports measurements with samples of protons, pions, and electrons from 0.35 to 2.0 GeV/c momentum. The calorimetric response to protons, pions, and electrons are obtained from these data. A measurement of the parameter in Birks' law and an estimate of the tracking efficiency are extracted from the proton sample. Overall the data are well described by a Geant4-based Monte Carlo simulation of the detector and particle interactions with agreements better than 4%, though some features of the data are not precisely modeled. These measurements are used to tune the MINERvA detector simulation and evaluate systematic uncertainties in support of the MINERvA neutrino cross section measurement program.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1501.06431,
title = {MINERvA neutrino detector response measured with test beam data},
author = {MINERvA Collaboration and L. Aliaga and O. Altinok and C. Araujo Del Castillo and L. Bagby and L. Bellantoni and W. F. Bergan and A. Bodek and R. Bradford and A. Bravar and H. Budd and A. Butkevich and D. A. Martinez Caicedo and M. F. Carneiro and M. E. Christy and J. Chvojka and H. da Motta and J. Devan and G. A. Diaz and S. A. Dytman and B. Eberly and J. Felix and L. Fields and R. Fine and R. Flight and A. M. Gago and C. Gingu and T. Golan and A. Gomez and R. Gran and D. A. Harris and A. Higuera and I. J. Howley and K. Hurtado and J. Kleykamp and M. Kordosky and M. Lanari and T. Le and A. J. Leister and A. Lovlein and E. Maher and W. A. Mann and C. M. Marshall and K. S. McFarland and C. L. McGivern and A. M. McGowan and B. Messerly and J. Miller and W. Miller and A. Mislivec and J. G. Morfin and J. Mousseau and T. Muhlbeier and D. Naples and J. K. Nelson and A. Norrick and N. Ochoa and C. D. OConnor and B. Osmanov and J. Osta and V. Paolone and C. E. Patrick and L. Patrick and G. N. Perdue and C. E. Perez Lara and L. Rakotondravohitra and M. A. Ramirez and H. Ray and L. Ren and P. A. Rodrigues and P. Rubinov and C. R. Rude and D. Ruterbories and H. Schellman and D. W. Schmitz and C. J. Solano Salinas and N. Tagg and B. G. Tice and Z. Urrutia and E. Valencia and T. Walton and A. Westerberg and J. Wolcott and N. Woodward and M. Wospakrik and G. Zavala and D. Zhang and B. P. Ziemer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.06431},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
as accepted by NIM A