Speaker
Iaroslava Bezshyiko
(Universitaet Zuerich (CH))
Description
The SHiP experiment is a new fixed target experiment at CERN which aims to search for long living very weakly interacting particles. A prime example of these Hidden Particles are sterile neutrinos,
which might be produced in decays of charm and beauty hadrons.
To search them, high intensity beams are needed. The main experimental challenge is to keep a low background level. Background induced by muons coming from light meson decays can be reduced by using sweeping magnets,
while the neutrino induced background can only be reduced by using veto systmes and offline analysis. The optimization of the muon shield and the estimates of neutrino induced background will be discussed.
Primary author
Iaroslava Bezshyiko
(Universitaet Zuerich (CH))
