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BE Seminar
CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso (CNGS): Commissioning and First Operation
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AB Auditorium Prevessin (CERN)
AB Auditorium Prevessin
CERN
Description
The CNGS, CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso, project aims at directly detecting muon to tau-neutrino oscillations. An intense muon-neutrino beam is generated at CERN and directed towards the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, LNGS, in Italy, 732 km away from CERN. In LNGS large and complex detectors will allow to detect, in particular, the rare tau-neutrinos created by 'oscillation'from muon-neutrinos on their way between CERN and LNGS. On average around two tau-neutrino events are predicted per year in each of the 2000 ton detectors.
The construction of the CNGS beam facility started in September 2000. The CNGS beam has been commissioned during three weeks in July and August 2006. The operation for physics has started on 18th August 2006.
In this seminar, an overview of the CNGS beam will be shown. The beam equipment and instrumentation will be described. Emphasis is on the commissioning results and equipment performance during the initial operation.
Organiser(s): Werner Herr (AB/ABP)
More information: http://cern.ch/AB-seminar/
The construction of the CNGS beam facility started in September 2000. The CNGS beam has been commissioned during three weeks in July and August 2006. The operation for physics has started on 18th August 2006.
In this seminar, an overview of the CNGS beam will be shown. The beam equipment and instrumentation will be described. Emphasis is on the commissioning results and equipment performance during the initial operation.
Organiser(s): Werner Herr (AB/ABP)
More information: http://cern.ch/AB-seminar/