Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2006-02-13
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
6 pages, 5 figures, To be published in Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.-- Proceedings of the IV International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleu
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2006.08.04
MINOS will measure the composition of a neutrino beam at two locations, 735km apart, in an effort confirm the (atmospheric) neutrino oscillation hypothesis and measure the associated mixing parameters. Oscillations will be manifested as a difference in the rate and energy spectrum of muon neutrino CC interactions measured in the two detectors. Because most interactions observed in MINOS are inelastic, the neutrino energy is reconstructed as the sum of the energy carried by the muon and that seen in the hadronic shower emanating from the struck nucleus. The latter is sensitive to uncertainties in the hadronisation process, chief among them those due to intranuclear re-scattering (i.e., final state interactions). We discuss the simulation of intranuclear re-scattering currently used by MINOS and its effect on quantities observable in the experiment.
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