Proposal for SPS beam time for the baby MIND and TASD neutrino detector prototypes

Abstract

The design, construction and testing of neutrino detector prototypes at CERN are ongoing activities. This document reports on the design of solid state baby MIND and TASD detector prototypes and outlines requirements for a test beam at CERN to test these, tentatively planned on the H8 beamline in the North Area, which is equipped with a large aperture magnet. It is hoped that this will allow for the current proposal to be considered in light of the recently approved projects related to neutrino activities with the SPS in the North Area in the medium term 2015-2020.

TITUS: the Tokai Intermediate Tank for the Unoscillated Spectrum

“…The principle for this detector is being optimised at the University of Geneva through the Baby-MIND detector [19] which is conceived as a proof of principle of low energy charge reconstruction using magnetised iron. It has been shown that the detector can be magnetised using aluminium coils which do not reduce the reconstruction efficiency and require minimal power to operate.…”

“…It has been shown that the detector can be magnetised using aluminium coils which do not reduce the reconstruction efficiency and require minimal power to operate. This design is discussed in detail in [19]. It has been accepted as part of the WAGASCI experiment [20].…”

“…A full simulation and reconstruction software infrastructure is being developed in concert with work on the Baby-MIND detector [19], a magnetised MRD with the same design as the TITUS MRD, but a smaller transverse footprint.…”

An Intermediate Water Cherenkov Detector at J-PARC

“…A proof-of-principal detector is being constructed by the University of Geneva [11] for use in the WAGASCI experiment [12] at J-PARC. This data will then be used to optimise the MRD design for TITUS.…”