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Conference: Tipp 2014 - Third International Conference on Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics

Submitted by: WETSTEIN, Matthew

Submitted on: 02 March 2014 04:04

Title: The Atmospheric Neutrino Neutron Experiment (ANNIE)

Abstract content Neutron tagging in Gadolinium-doped water may play a significant role in reducing backgrounds from atmospheric neutrinos in next generation proton-decay searches using megaton-scale Water Cherenkov detectors. Similar techniques might also be useful in the detection of supernova neutrinos. Accurate determination of neutron tagging efficiencies will require a detailed understanding of the number of neutrons produced by neutrino interactions in water as a function of momentum transferred. We are developing a proposal for an experiment to be built on the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam, the Atmospheric Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE), which is designed to measure the neutron yield of atmospheric neutrino interactions in gadolinium-doped water. An innovative aspect of the ANNIE design is the use of precision timing to localize interaction vertices in the small fiducial volume of the detector. We propose to achieve this by using early production of LAPPDs (Large Area Picosecond Photodetectors). This experiment will be a first application of these devices demonstrating their feasibility for Water Cherenkov neutrino detectors. In this talk we will discuss the technological aspects of the ANNIE detector, with particular emphasis on work involved in adapting LAPPDs for the measurement.

Summary http://arxiv.org/abs/1402.6411

Primary Authors: WETSTEIN, Matthew (University of Chicago) mwetstein@uchicago.edu

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Abstract presenters: WETSTEIN, Matthew

Track classification: Experiments: 2c) Detectors for neutrino physics

Presentation type: Oral

Comments: On behalf of the ANNIE collaboration: I. Anghel 1,4, J. F. Beacom 6, M. Bergevin 7, G. Davies 4, F. Di Lodovico 12, A. Elagin 10, H. Frisch 10, R. Hill 10, G. Jocher 5, T. Katori 12, J. Learned11, R. Northrop 10, C. Pilcher 10, E. Ramberg 3, M.C. Sanchez 1,4, M. Smy 8, H. Sobel 8, R. Svoboda 7, S. Usman 5, M. Vagins 7, G. Varner 11, R. Wagner 1, M. Wetstein 10, L. Winslow 9, and M. Yeh 2 1 Argonne National Laboratory; Lemont, IL 60439, USA 2 Brookhaven National Laboratory; Upton, NY 11973, USA 3 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Batavia, IL 60510, USA 4 Iowa State University; Ames IA 50011, USA 5 National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency; Springfield VA 22150, USA 6 Ohio State University; Columbus OH 43210, USA 7 University of California at Davis; Davis CA 95817, USA 8 University of California at Irvine; Irvine CA 92697, USA 9 University of California at Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA 10 University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute; Chicago IL 60637, USA 11 University of Hawaii; Honolulu, HI 96822, USA 12 Queen Mary University of London; London E14NS, UK