The OPERA neutrino experiment at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory was designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in the appearance mode, through the study of vμ to vτ oscillations and subsequent measurement of the tau decay products. The apparatus is bimodular. Each module consist of a lead-emulsion target complemented by a dipole magnet and electronic detectors. The overall target mass is about 1350 tons. Muon identification and tracking inside the magnet are per-formed using bakelite RPC chambers in a large scale application corresponding to about 3200 square meters. The iron slabs, interleaved with the RPC planes, are used as passive material. The dipole magnet has a measured magnetic field intensity of 1.52 T when operated at 1600 A. The magnet coils are made of 10 x 2 square centimeters copper bars arranged in 20 turns in the upper and bottom part of the detector. In this paper an exhaustive description of the setup of the different detectors, of their commissioning and of the measured performances is reported. ©2008 IEEE.

Bergnoli, A., Bertolin, A., Brugnera, R., Carrara, E., Cazes, A., Dal Corso, F., et al. (2008). The OPERA spectrometers. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008; Dresden; Germany; 19-25 October 2008 (pp.2816-2818). IEEE [10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774957].

The OPERA spectrometers

Terranova, F;
2008

Abstract

The OPERA neutrino experiment at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory was designed to perform the first detection of neutrino oscillations in the appearance mode, through the study of vμ to vτ oscillations and subsequent measurement of the tau decay products. The apparatus is bimodular. Each module consist of a lead-emulsion target complemented by a dipole magnet and electronic detectors. The overall target mass is about 1350 tons. Muon identification and tracking inside the magnet are per-formed using bakelite RPC chambers in a large scale application corresponding to about 3200 square meters. The iron slabs, interleaved with the RPC planes, are used as passive material. The dipole magnet has a measured magnetic field intensity of 1.52 T when operated at 1600 A. The magnet coils are made of 10 x 2 square centimeters copper bars arranged in 20 turns in the upper and bottom part of the detector. In this paper an exhaustive description of the setup of the different detectors, of their commissioning and of the measured performances is reported. ©2008 IEEE.
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Muon; Spectrometer; Radiation; Nuclear and High Energy Physics; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
English
2008 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008
2008
Bergnoli, A
IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008; Dresden; Germany; 19-25 October 2008
9781424427154
2008
2816
2818
4774957
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Bergnoli, A., Bertolin, A., Brugnera, R., Carrara, E., Cazes, A., Dal Corso, F., et al. (2008). The OPERA spectrometers. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, NSS/MIC 2008; Dresden; Germany; 19-25 October 2008 (pp.2816-2818). IEEE [10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774957].
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