T2K ND280 Upgrade -- Technical Design Report
Abstract
In this document, we present the Technical Design Report of the Upgrade of the T2K Near Detector ND280. The goal of this upgrade is to improve the Near Detector performance to measure the neutrino interaction rate and to constrain the neutrino interaction cross-sections so that the uncertainty in the number of predicted events at Super-Kamiokande is reduced to about 4%. This will allow to improve the physics reach of the T2K-II project. This goal is achieved by modifying the upstream part of the detector, adding a new highly granular scintillator detector (Super-FGD), two new TPCs (High-Angle TPC) and six TOF planes. Details about the detector concepts, design and construction methods are presented, as well as a first look at the test-beam data taken in Summer 2018. An update of the physics studies is also presented.
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@article{arxiv.1901.03750,
title = {T2K ND280 Upgrade -- Technical Design Report},
author = {K. Abe and H. Aihara and A. Ajmi and C. Andreopoulos and M. Antonova and S. Aoki and Y. Asada and Y. Ashida and A. Atherton and E. Atkin and D. Attié and S. Ban and M. Barbi and G. J. Barker and G. Barr and M. Batkiewicz and A. Beloshapkin and V. Berardi and L. Berns and S. Bhadra and J. Bian and S. Bienstock and A. Blondel and J. Boix and S. Bolognesi and J. Borg and S. Bordoni and B. Bourguille and S. B. Boyd and D. Brailsford and A. Bravar and C. Bronner and D. Browning and M. Buizza Avanzini and F. Cadoux and N. F. Calabria and J. Calcutt and R. G. Calland and D. Calvet and T. Campbell and S. Cao and S. L. Cartwright and R. Castillo and M. G. Catanesi and W. Ceria and A. Cervera and A. Chappell and D. Cherdack and N. Chikuma and G. Christodoulou and M. Cicerchia and A. Clifton and G. Cogo and P. Colas and J. Coleman and G. Collazuol and D. Coplowe and A. Cudd and A. Dabrowska and A. Delbart and A. De Roeck and G. De Rosa and T. Dealtry and P. F. Denner and S. R. Dennis and C. Densham and R. de Oliveira and D. Dewhurst and F. Di Lodovico and N. Dokania and S. Dolan and D. Douqa and O. Drapier and K. E. Duffy and J. Dumarchez and P. J. Dunne and M. Dziewiecki and S. Emery-Schrenk and A. Evangelisti and Y. Favre and S. Fedotov and P. Fernandez and T. Feusels and A. J. Finch and G. A. Fiorentini and G. Fiorillo and M. Fitton and M. Friend and Y. Fujii and R. Fujita and D. Fukuda and R. Fukuda and Y. Fukuda and A. Garcia and C. Giganti and F. Gizzarelli and M. Gonin and A. Gorin and F. Gramegna and M. Guida and M. Guigue and D. R. Hadley and L. Haegel and J. T. Haigh and P. Hamacher-Baumann and D. Hansen and J. Harada and M. Hartz and T. Hasegawa and N. C. Hastings and Y. Hayato and A. Hiramoto and M. Hogan and R. Howell and J. Holeczek and F. Iacob and A. K. Ichikawa and M. Ikeda and J. Imber and R. A. Intonti and T. Ishida and T. Ishii and T. Ishii and M. Ishitsuka and E. Iwai and K. Iwamoto and A. Izmaylov and B. Jamieson and C. 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Pari and W. Parker and S. Parsa and J. Pasternak and C. Pastore and M. Pavin and D. Payne and A. Pepato and J. D. Perkin and F. Pietropaolo and L. Pickard and L. Pickering and E. S. Pinzon Guerra and O. Pizzirusso and B. Popov and J. Porthault and M. Posiadala-Zezula and J. -M. Poutissou and R. Poutissou and J. Pozimski and P. Przewlocki and H. Przybilski and B. Quilain and T. Radermacher and E. Radicioni and P. N. Ratoff and M. Ravonel and M. A. M. Rayner and E. Reinherz-Aronis and F. Resnati and M. Riallot and C. Riccio and P. Rojas and G. Romanino and E. Rondio and F. Rossi and S. Roth and A. Rychter and K. Sakashita and F. Sánchez and E. Scantamburlo and K. Scholberg and J. Schwehr and M. Scott and Y. Seiya and T. Sekiguchi and H. Sekiya and D. Sgalaberna and A. Shaikina and R. Shah and A. Shaikhiev and F. Shaker and D. Shaw and M. Shiozawa and T. Shirahige and W. Shorrock and A. Smirnov and M. Smy and J. T. Sobczyk and H. Sobel and L. Southwell and R. Spina and J. Steinmann and T. Stewart and P. Stowell and S. Suvorov and A. Suzuki and S. Y. Suzuki and Y. Suzuki and M. Szeptycka and S. Szoldos and A. Sztuc and J. Swierblewski and R. Tacik and M. Tada and M. Tajima and A. Takeda and Y. Takeuchi and H. K. Tanaka and H. A. Tanaka and A. Teklu and L. F. Thompson and W. Toki and T. Tomura and C. Touramanis and T. Tsukamoto and M. Tzanov and M. A. Uchida and Y. Uchida and M. Vagins and Z. Vallari and N. H. Van and D. Vargas and G. Vasseur and T. Wachala and C. W. Walter and D. Wark and M. O. Wascko and A. Weber and R. Wendell and L. Whitehead and R. J. Wilkes and M. J. Wilking and J. R. Wilson and R. J. Wilson and C. Wret and Y. Yamada and K. Yamamoto and C. Yanagisawa and G. Yang and T. Yano and K. Yasutome and S. Yen and N. Yershov and M. Yokoyama and T. Yoshida and T. Yuan and M. Yu and A. Zalewska and J. Zalipska and L. Zambelli and K. Zaremba and M. Ziembicki and P. Zilberman and E. D. Zimmerman and M. Zito},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.03750},
year = {2020}
}
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196 pages