Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Journal Title
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Pub Date
11-29-2016
Volume
94
Issue
9
Abstract
Knowledge of the neutrino flux produced by the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beamline is essential to the neutrino oscillation and neutrino interaction measurements of the MINERvA, MINOS+ NOvA and MicroBooNE experiments at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. We have produced a flux prediction which uses all available and relevant hadron production data, incorporating measurements of particle production off of thin targets as well as measurements of particle yields from a spare NuMI target exposed to a 120 GeV proton beam. The result is the most precise flux prediction achieved for a neutrino beam in the one to tens of GeV energy region. We have also compared the prediction to in situ measurements of the neutrino flux and find good agreement.
Recommended Citation
Aliaga Soplin, Leonidas; Kordosky, Michael A.; (…); Nelson, Jeffrey K.; Norrick, A.; Zhang, D.; and et al., Neutrino flux predictions for the NuMI beam (2016). PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 94(9).
10.1103/PhysRevD.94.092005
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.94.092005
