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The T2K Neutrino Flux Prediction
K. Abe
D. Autiero
1
J. Dumarchez
2
S. Emery
3
V. Galymov
3
C. Giganti
2
M. Gonin
4
M. Macaire
3
J. Marteau
1
E. Mazzucato
3
T. Mueller
4
B. Popov
2
B. Quilain
4
G. Vasseur
3
L. Zambelli
2
M. Zito
3
V. Galymov 3
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C. Giganti 2
Author IdHAL : giganti-claudio
M. Gonin 4
Author
M. Macaire 3
Author
J. Marteau 1
Author
E. Mazzucato 3
Author
T. Mueller 4
Author IdHAL : thomasalexandremueller ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2743-4741
B. Popov 2
Author IdHAL : boris-popov arXiv : https://arxiv.org/a/boris.popov ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5416-9301
1
IPNL - Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (Campus LyonTech-la Doua
Bâtiment Paul DIRAC
4 Rue Enrico Fermi
69622 Villeurbanne Cedex - France)
- UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (43, boulevard du 11 novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex - France)
- Université de Lyon (92 rue Pasteur - CS 30122, 69361 Lyon Cedex 07 - France)
- IN2P3 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR5822 (France)
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LPNHE - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (Barre 12-22, 1er étage 4 Place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05 - France)
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (4 place Jussieu - 75005 Paris - France)
- IN2P3 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (France)
- UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (5 rue Thomas-Mann - 75205 Paris cedex 13 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR7585 (France)
3
IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (CEA Saclay
F-91191 Gif sur Yvette cedex - France)
- CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives : DRF/IRFU (Centre de Saclay Centre de Grenoble Centre de Cadarache etc - France)
- Université Paris-Saclay (Espace Technologique, Bat. Discovery - RD 128 - 2e ét., 91190 Saint-Aubin - France)
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LLR - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (Route de Saclay - 91128 Palaiseau Cedex - France)
- IN2P3 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (France)
- X - École polytechnique (École polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR7638 (France)
Abstract : The Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) experiment studies neutrino oscillations using an off-axis muon neutrino beam with a peak energy of about 0.6 GeV that originates at the J-PARC accelerator facility. Interactions of the neutrinos are observed at near detectors placed at 280 m from the production target and at the far detector -- Super-Kamiokande (SK) -- located 295 km away. The flux prediction is an essential part of the successful prediction of neutrino interaction rates at the T2K detectors and is an important input to T2K neutrino oscillation and cross section measurements. A FLUKA and GEANT3 based simulation models the physical processes involved in the neutrino production, from the interaction of primary beam protons in the T2K target, to the decay of hadrons and muons that produce neutrinos. The simulation uses proton beam monitor measurements as inputs. The modeling of hadronic interactions is re-weighted using thin target hadron production data, including recent charged pion and kaon measurements from the NA61/SHINE experiment. For the first T2K analyses the uncertainties on the flux prediction are evaluated to be below 15% near the flux peak. The uncertainty on the ratio of the flux predictions at the far and near detectors is less than 2% near the flux peak.
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- ARXIV : 1211.0469
- DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.012001
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K. Abe, D. Autiero, J. Dumarchez, S. Emery, V. Galymov, et al.. The T2K Neutrino Flux Prediction. Physical Review D, American Physical Society, 2013, 87, pp.012001. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevD.87.012001⟩. ⟨in2p3-00750280⟩
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