Design and operation of the MiniBooNE horn

by Larry Bartoszek (Bartoszek Engineering, Aurora, USA)

Thursday 11 Aug 2005, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Zurich

AB Auditorium Preves (CERN)

MiniBoone is a neutrino oscillation experiment operating at the Fermilab Booster. This seminar will describe the design and operational history of the MiniBooNE horn. The first MiniBooNE horn lasted for 96 million pulses operating at an average pulse rate of 5 Hz, instantaneuous rate of 15 Hz, making it the longest-lived and fastest pulsing horn in the world. The seminar will focus on the fatigue research that went into the development of the horn and its unique design features. The failure mode that eventually required the replacement of the horn will also be discussed.



Organiser(s): Werner Herr /AB-ABP Department
More information: http://cern.ch/AB-seminar/

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