The K2K SciBar detector

K. Nitta, E. Aliu, S. Andringa, S. Aoki, S. Choi, U. Dore, X. Espinal, J. J. Gomez-Cadenas, R. Gran, M. Hasegawa, K. Hayashi, K. Hayashi, Y. Hayato, K. Hiraide, A. K. Ichikawa, M. Iinuma, J. S. Jang, E. J. Jeon, K. K. Joo, C. K. JungI. Kato, D. Kerr, J. Y. Kim, S. B. Kim, K. Kobayashi, A. Kohara, J. Kubota, Yu Kudenko, Y. Kuno, M. J. Lee, E. Lessac-Chenin, I. T. Lim, P. F. Loverre, L. Ludovici, H. Maesaka, C. Mariani, C. McGrew, O. Mineev, T. Morita, T. Murakami, Y. Nakanishi, T. Nakaya, S. Nawang, K. Nishikawa, M. Y. Pac, E. J. Rhee, A. Rodríguez, F. Sanchez, T. Sasaki, K. K. Shiraishi

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Abstract

A new near detector, Scintillator Bar (SciBar), for the K2K long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment was installed to improve the measurement of the neutrino energy spectrum and to study neutrino interactions in the energy region around 1 GeV. SciBar is a 'fully active' tracking detector with fine segmentation consisting of plastic scintillator bars. The detector was constructed in the summer of 2003 and is taking data since October 2003. The basic design and initial performance are presented.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)147-151
Number of pages5
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume535
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 11 2004
EventProceedings of the 10th International Viennna Conference - Vienna, Austria
Duration: Feb 16 2004Feb 21 2004

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of T. Haff and P. Rovegno during the construction of the detector. We would like to express our appreciation for support by M. Taino during the construction work. This work has been undertaken with the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Government of Japan and its grants for Scientific Research, the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, the US Department of Energy, the Korean Research Foundation, and the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation. The Spanish institutes participating in the project would like to acknowledge the support by the Ministry of Science of Spain.

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