Off-Axis Characterisation of the CERN T10 Beam for low Momentum Proton Measurements with a High Pressure Gas Time Projection Chamber

Off-Axis Characterisation of the CERN T10 Beam for low Momentum Proton Measurements with a High Pressure Gas Time Projection Chamber

We present studies of proton fluxes in the T10 beamline at CERN. A prototype high pressure gas time projection chamber (TPC) was exposed to the beam of protons and other particles, using the 0.8 GeV/c momentum setting in T10, in order to make cross section measurements of low energy protons in argon...

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Published in:Instruments (Basel) Vol. 4; no. 3; p. 21
Main Authors: Jones, S.B., Nonnenmacher, T.S., Atkin, E., Barker, G.J., Basharina-Freshville, A., Betancourt, C., Boyd, S.B., Brailsford, D., Chen-Wishart, Z., Cremonesi, L., Deisting, A., Dias, A., Dunne, P., Haigh, J., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Kaboth, A., Korzenev, A., Ma, W., Mermod, P., Mironova, M., Monroe, J., Nichol, R., Nowak, J., Parker, W., Ritchie-Yates, H., Roth, S., Saakyan, R., Serra, N., Shitov, Y., Steinmann, J., Tarrant, A., Uchida, M.A., Valder, S., Waldron, A.V., Ward, M., Wascko, M.O.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 01-09-2020
Subjects:
Argon
beam test
CERN
Composition
Energy
Experiments
Fluxes
Generators
Hadrons
high pressure
Kinematics
Kinetic energy
Momentum
neutrino physics
Neutrinos
Optimization
Particle physics
Polymethyl methacrylate
Proton beams
Radiation counters
Sensors
time of flight
time projection chamber
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Summary:We present studies of proton fluxes in the T10 beamline at CERN. A prototype high pressure gas time projection chamber (TPC) was exposed to the beam of protons and other particles, using the 0.8 GeV/c momentum setting in T10, in order to make cross section measurements of low energy protons in argon. To explore the energy region comparable to hadrons produced by GeV-scale neutrino interactions at oscillation experiments, i.e., near 0.1 GeV of kinetic energy, methods of moderating the T10 beam were employed: the dual technique of moderating the beam with acrylic blocks and measuring scattered protons off the beam axis was used to decrease the kinetic energy of incident protons, as well as change the proton/minimum ionising particle (MIP) composition of the incident flux. Measurements of the beam properties were made using time of flight systems upstream and downstream of the TPC. The kinetic energy of protons reaching the TPC was successfully changed from ∼0.3 GeV without moderator blocks to less than 0.1 GeV with four moderator blocks (40 cm path length). The flux of both protons and MIPs off the beam axis was increased. The ratio of protons to MIPs vary as a function of the off-axis angle allowing for possible optimisation of the detector to select the type of required particles. Simulation informed by the time of flight measurements show that with four moderator blocks placed in the beamline, (5.6 ± 0.1) protons with energies below 0.1 GeV per spill traversed the active TPC region. Measurements of the beam composition and energy are presented.
ISSN:2410-390X
2410-390X
DOI:10.3390/instruments4030021