The Beamline DAQ System for the T2K Experiment

Abstract

The T2K (Tokai-to-Kamioka) experiment is a long baseline neutrino experiment designed to observe oscillations from mu neutrinos to electron neutrinos. Through 2013, the system showed stable operation, with 230 kW of beam power and protons per bunch, the highest intensity in the world. This manuscript describes the data acquisition system used to monitor the high-intensity proton beam that produces the neutrino beam. This paper describes the data acquisition system for the monitoring of the primary proton beam and the secondary muon beam.