Mini-LANNDD T40: A detector to measure the neutrino-argon cross section and the νe contamination in the off-axis NuMI beam and its use as an R program for the 70-kton LANNDD liquid argon TPC for superbeam
Abstract
We describe a preliminary study of a 40-ton liquid argon TPC based on the ICARUS method to use in the NuMI near region in line with the LANNDD project. This reduced-scale detector, called ``Mini-LANNDD T40'', is designed for R purposes and systematic measures on its response. Safety concerns are a key issue, which will be discussed as well as a preliminary design of the detector. Adapted as a near or vertex detector in a neutrino beam, the Mini-LANNDD T40 is capable of observing the νe flux in the off-axis beam, a key to use for measuring sin^2 2 θ_13 in the future, and measuring the low energy neutrino-argon cross-section, an important piece of information for future long baseline experiments. We also briefly present progress on the 70-kton LANNDD proposal as an end detector with superbeam from future neutrino factories to search for the CP violation.
- Publication:
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APS April Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- April 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003APS..APRK13002C