The MiniBooNE Detector

Collaboration
Jun, 2008
46 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 599 (2009) 28-46
e-Print:
Report number:
  • FERMILAB-PUB-08-210
Experiments:

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Abstract: (arXiv)
The MiniBooNE neutrino detector was designed and built to look for muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino oscillations in the mixing parameter space region where the LSND experiment reported a signal. The MiniBooNE experiment used a beam energy and baseline that were an order of magnitude larger than those of LSND so that the backgrounds and systematic errors would be completely different. This paper provides a detailed description of the design, function, and performance of the MiniBooNE detector.
Note:
  • 46 pages, 21 figures
  • neutrino: oscillation
  • neutrino/mu: secondary beam
  • neutrino: detector
  • Cherenkov counter: liquid
  • organic compounds
  • nitrogen
  • photomultiplier
  • mechanical engineering
  • electronics
  • data acquisition