1. Decay tunnel instrumentation for the ENUBET neutrino beam
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F. Dal Corso, E. Radicioni, Alan Cosimo Ruggeri, A. Meregaglia, G. De Rosa, A. Branca, A. Longhin, L. Ludovici, Alessandro Berra, S. Cecchini, G. Collazuol, Mario Stipčević, Marzio Nessi, M. Vesco, Michelangelo Pari, M. G. Catanesi, M. Prest, M. Pozzato, V. Mascagna, L. Magaletti, G. Brunetti, E. Conti, E. Vallazza, C. Brizzolari, G. Mandrioli, Marco Calviani, A. Falcone, L. Meazza, Federico Cindolo, Marco Laveder, L. Pasqualini, Nikolaos Charitonidis, Verena Kain, N. Mauri, F. Pupilli, C. Delogu, M. Mezzetto, L. Patrizii, L. Votano, Maurizio Bonesini, G. Sirri, Silvia Capelli, Francesco Velotti, Alessandro Paoloni, Yu.A. Kudenko, E. Parozzi, C. Jollet, B. Klicek, Sara Carturan, M. Tenti, E. Lutsenko, Giovanni Paternoster, F. Terranova, A. Gola, F. Acerbi, Anselmo Margotti, Carlo Scian, C. Riccio, M. Torti, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Acerbi, F., Berra, A., Bonesini, M., Branca, A., Brizzolari, C., Brunetti, G., Calviani, M., Carturan, S., Capelli, S., Catanesi, M. G., Charitonidis, N., Cecchini, S., Cindolo, F., Collazuol, G., Conti, E., Corso, F. D., De Rosa, G., Delogu, C., Falcone, A., Gola, A., Jollet, C., Kain, V., Klicek, B., Kudenko, Y., Laveder, M., Longhin, A., Ludovici, L., Lutsenko, E., Magaletti, L., Mandrioli, G., Margotti, A., Mascagna, V., Mauri, N., Meazza, L., Meregaglia, A., Mezzetto, M., Nessi, M., Pari, M., Paoloni, A., Parozzi, E., Pasqualini, L., Paternoster, G., Patrizii, L., Pozzato, M., Prest, M., Pupilli, F., Radicioni, E., Riccio, C., Ruggeri, A. C., Scian, C., Sirri, G., Stipcevic, M., Tenti, M., Terranova, F., Torti, M., Vallazza, E., Velotti, F., Vesco, M., Votano, L., Acerbi, F, Berra, A, Bonesini, M, Branca, A, Brizzolari, C, Brunetti, G, Calviani, M, Carturan, S, Capelli, S, Catanesi, M, Charitonidis, N, Cecchini, S, Cindolo, F, Collazuol, G, Conti, E, Corso, F, Rosa, G, Delogu, C, Falcone, A, Gola, A, Jollet, C, Kain, V, Klicek, B, Kudenko, Y, Laveder, M, Longhin, A, Ludovici, L, Lutsenko, E, Magaletti, L, Mandrioli, G, Margotti, A, Mascagna, V, Mauri, N, Meazza, L, Meregaglia, A, Mezzetto, M, Nessi, M, Pari, M, Paoloni, A, Parozzi, E, Pasqualini, L, Paternoster, G, Patrizii, L, Pozzato, M, Prest, M, Pupilli, F, Radicioni, E, Riccio, C, Ruggeri, A, Scian, C, Sirri, G, Stipcevic, M, Tenti, M, Terranova, F, Torti, M, Vallazza, E, Velotti, F, Vesco, M, and Votano, L
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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,neutrino: flux ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,Neutrino detector ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,Particle identification methods ,0302 clinical medicine ,iron ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,beam-intensity monitors ,Neutrino detectors ,Detectors and Experimental Techniques ,Instrumentation ,physics.ins-det ,Mathematical Physics ,beam-intensity monitor ,radiation: damage ,Physics ,wavelength shifter: fibre ,Large Hadron Collider ,Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) ,K: decay ,Calorimeter ,Beam-line instrumentation (beam position and profile monitor ,bunch length monitors) ,Neutrino ,Particle Physics - Experiment ,Shashlik ,CERN Lab ,Beam-line instrumentation (beam position and profile monitors ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Scintillator ,03 medical and health sciences ,Calorimeters ,Silicon photomultiplier ,Optics ,Beam-line instrumentation (beam position and profile monitors bunch length monitors) ,0103 physical sciences ,photomultiplier: silicon ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] ,scintillation counter ,activity report ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,business.industry ,hep-ex ,calorimeter: design ,monitoring ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,business ,particle identification ,neutrino/e: particle source ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
The uncertainty in the initial neutrino flux is the main limitation for a precise determination of the absolute neutrino cross section. The ERC funded ENUBET project (2016-2021) is studying a facility based on a narrow band beam to produce an intense source of electron neutrinos with a ten-fold improvement in accuracy. Since March 2019 ENUBET is also a Neutrino Platform experiment at CERN: NP06/ENUBET. A key element of the project is the instrumentation of the decay tunnel to monitor large angle positrons produced together with $\nu_e$ in the three body decays of kaons ($K_{e3}$) and to discriminate them from neutral and charged pions. The need for an efficient and high purity e/$\pi$ separation over a length of several meters, and the requirements for fast response and radiation hardness imposed by the harsh beam environment, suggested the implementation of a longitudinally segmented Fe/scintillator calorimeter with a readout based on WLS fibers and SiPM detectors. An extensive experimental program through several test beam campaigns at the CERN-PS T9 beam line has been pursued on calorimeter prototypes, both with a shashlik and a lateral readout configuration. The latter, in which fibers collect the light from the side of the scintillator tiles, allows to place the light sensors away from the core of the calorimeter, thus reducing possible irradiation damages with respect to the shashlik design. This contribution will present the achievements of the prototyping activities carried out, together with irradiation tests made on the Silicon Photo-Multipliers. The results achieved so far pin down the technology of choice for the construction of the 3 m long demonstrator that will take data in 2021., Comment: Talk presented at the "15th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors (IPRD19)", 14-17 October 2019. Siena, Italy. 9 pages, 7 figures
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- 2019