| Article | |
| Report number | CERN-PPE-97-059 |
| Title | The NOMAD experiment at the CERN SPS |
| Author(s) |
Altegoer, J ; Anfreville, M G ; Angelini, C ; Astier, Pierre ; Authier, M ; Autiero, D ; Baldisseri, Alberto ; Baldo-Ceolin, Massimilla ; Ballocchi, G ; Banner, M ; Basa, S ; Bassompierre, Gabriel ; Benslama, K ; Bird, I G ; Blumenfeld, B ; Bobisut, F ; Bouchez, J ; Boyd, S ; Bueno, A G ; Bunyatov, S A ; Camilleri, L L ; Cardini, A ; Castera, A ; Cattaneo, Paolo Walter ; Cavasinni, V ; Cloué, O ; Conforto, G ; Conta, C ; Cousins, R D ; De Santo, A ; Del Prete, T ; Di Lella, L ; Dignan, T ; do Couto e Silva, E ; Donnelly, I J ; Dumarchez, J ; Dumps, Ludwig ; Engster, Claude ; Fazio, T ; Feldman, G J ; Ferrari, R ; Ferrère, D ; Flaminio, Vincenzo ; Fraternali, M ; Gaillard, Jean-Marc ; Galumian, P I ; Gangler, E ; Geiser, A ; Geppert, D ; Gibin, D ; Gninenko, S N ; Gómez-Cadenas, J J ; Gosset, J ; Gössling, C ; Gouanère, M ; Grant, A ; Graziani, G ; Kekez, D ; Guglielmi, A M ; Hagner, C ; Hernando, J ; Hubbard, D B ; Hurst, P ; Huta, W ; Hyett, N ; Iacopini, E ; Joseph, C L ; Kirsanov, M M ; Khomenko, B A ; Klimov, O L ; Kovzelev, A ; Kuznetsov, V E ; Lanza, A ; La Rotonda, L ; Laveder, M ; Lazzeroni, C ; Letessier-Selvon, A A ; Lévy, J M ; Linssen, Lucie ; Ljubicic, A ; Long, J ; Lupi, A ; Manola-Poggioli, E ; Marchionni, A ; Martelli, F ; Mendiburu, J P ; Meyer, J P ; Mezzetto, Mauro ; Mishra, S ; Moorhead, G F ; Mossuz, L ; Nédélec, P ; Nefedov, Yu A ; Mguyen-Mau, C ; Orestano, D ; Passérieux, J P ; Pastore, F ; Peak, L S ; Pennacchio, E ; Perroud, Jean-Pierre ; Pessard, H ; Petitpas, P ; Petti, R ; Placci, Alfredo ; Plothow-Besch, Hartmute ; Pluquet, A ; Poinsignon, J ; Polesello, G ; Pollmann, D ; Pope, B G ; Popov, B A ; Poulsen, C ; Rathouit, P ; Renzoni, G ; Roda, C ; Rubbia, André ; Salvatore, F ; Schahmaneche, K ; Schmidt, B ; Sconza, A ; Serrano, M ; Sevior, M E ; Sillou, D ; Sobczynski, C W ; Soler, P ; Sozzi, G ; Steele, D ; Steininger, M ; Stipcevic, M ; Stolarczyk, T ; Taylor, G ; Tereshchenko, V V ; Toropin, A N ; Touchard, A M ; Tovey, Stuart N ; Tran, M T ; Tsesmelis, E ; Ulrichs, J ; Urós, V ; Valdata-Nappi, M ; Valuev, V Yu ; Vannucci, François (CERN) ; Varvell, K E ; Veltri, M ; Vercesi, V ; Verkindt, D ; Vieira, J M ; Vo, M K ; Volkov, S ; Weber, F ; Weisse, T ; Werlen, M ; Wicht, P ; Wilson, F F ; Winton, L J ; Yabsley, B D ; Zaccone, Henri |
| Affiliation | (Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst) ; (LAPP, Annecy) ; (Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore) ; (Harvard Univ., Cambridge) ; (Univ. of Calabria and INFN, Cosenza) ; (Dortmund Univ., Dortmund) ; (JINR, Dubna) ; (Univ. of Florence and INFN, Florence) ; (CERN) ; (Univ. Lausanne) ; (UCLA, Los Angeles) ; (Univ. Melbourne) ; (Inst. Nucl. Research, INR Moscow) ; (Univ. of Padova and INFN, Padova) ; (LPNHE, Univ. of Paris, Paris VI and VII) ; (Univ. of Pavia and INFN, Pavia) ; (Univ. of Pisa and INFN, Pisa) ; (DAPNIA, CEA Saclay) ; (ANSTO Sydney, Menai) ; (Univ. Sydney) ; (Univ. of Urbino, Urbino, and INFN Florence) ; (Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb) |
| Publication | 1998 |
| Imprint | 26 May 1997 |
| Number of pages | 38 |
| In: | Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 404 (1998) 96-128 |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0168-9002(97)01079-6 |
| Subject category | Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN SPS ; NOMAD WA96 |
| Abstract | The NOMAD experiment is a short base-line search for $\nu_{\mu}\rightarrow \nu_{\tau}$ oscillations in the CERN neutrino beam. The $\nu_{\tau}$'s are searched for through their charged-current interactions followed by the observation of the resulting $\tau^{-}$ through its electronic, muonic or hadronic decays. These decays are recognized using kinematical criteria necessitating the use of a light target which enables the reconstruction of individual particles produced in the neutrino interactions. This paper describes the various components of the NOMAD detector: the target and muon drift chambers, the electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters, the preshower and transition radiation detectors, and the veto and trigger scintillation counters. The beam and data acquisition system are also described. The quality of the reconstruction of individual particles is demonstrated through the ability of NOMAD to observe K$^0_{\rm s}$'s, $\Lambda^0$'s and $\pi^0$'s. Finally, the observation of $\tau^{-}$ through its electronic decay being one of the most promising channels in the search, the identification of electrons in NOMAD is discussed. |
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