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Title: Accelerator Neutrino Beams

Authors: Sacha E. Kopp
Abstract: Neutrino beams at from high-energy proton accelerators have been instrumental discovery tools in particle physics. Neutrino beams are derived from the decays of charged pi and K mesons, which in turn are created from proton beams striking thick nuclear targets. The precise selection and manipulation of the pi/K beam control the energy spectrum and type of neutrino beam. This article describes the physics of particle production in a target and manipulation of the particles to derive a neutrino beam, as well as numerous innovations achieved at past experimental facilities.
Comments: submitted to Physics Reports, notes from lectures given at the NuFact Summer School
Subjects: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph); High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
Journal reference: Phys.Rept. 439 (2007) 101-159
Cite as: arXiv:physics/0609129v1 [physics.acc-ph]

Submission history

From: Sacha E. Kopp [view email]
[v1] Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:58:55 GMT (4946kb)