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Page 1: The CNGS Facility: Performance and Operational Experiencecern.ch/proj-cngs/PDF_files/411-EddaGschwendtner.pdf · ÆEvery 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body Æ1016 meter

The CNGS Facility Performance and Operational Experience

E Gschwendtner CERN

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

bull Introductionbull Layout and Main Parametersbull Performancebull Summary

Outline

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

3

Neutrino Parameter Status July 2008 Review of Particle PhysicsIf flavor eigenstates and mass eigenstates are different (mixing) and if masses are different

neutrino oscillation

Δm221 = 8 plusmn 03 x 10-5 eV2 Δm21 = 9 plusmn 017 meV solar and reactor Neutrinos

Δm232 = 25 plusmn 05 x 10-3 eV2 Δm32 = 50 plusmn 5 meV Atmospheric and long Baseline

sin22θ23 gt 093 θ23=353 degrees compatible with max mixing θ=45 degrees

Mixing of the three neutrinos unitary 3x3 matrix 4 parameters like the CKM matrix for Quarks CP violating phase not yet accessible currently 3 mixing angles θ

Mass states Flavor states

~

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

4

Neutrino IntroductionΔm2

32hellip governs the νμ to ντ oscillation

Up to now only measured by disappearance of muon neutrinosbull Produce muon neutrino beam measure muon neutrino flux at near detectorbull Extrapolate muon neutrino flux to a far detectorbull Measure muon neutrino flux at far detectorbull Difference is interpreted as oscillation from muon neutrinos to undetected tau neutrinos

K2K NuMI

CNGS (CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso) long base-line appearance experiment

bull Produce muon neutrino beam at CERNbull Measure tau neutrinos in Gran Sasso Italy

(732km) Very convincing verification of the neutrino oscillation

CERN

Gran Sassoντ interaction in the target produces a τ lepton Identification of tau lepton by characteristic kink

2 detectors in Gran Sassobull OPERA (12kton) emulsion target detector

~146000 lead-emulsion bricksbull ICARUS (600ton) liquid argon TPC

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

5

CNGS Conventional Neutrino Beams

p + C rarr (interactions) rarr π+ K+ rarr (decay in flight) rarr μ+ + νμ

Produce pions and Kaons to make neutrinos

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

6

targetmagnetichorns

decay tunnel

hadron absorber

muon detector 1

muon detector 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

7

CERN Neutrinos to Gran SassoIntroduction

Approved for 225 1019 protons on targetie 5 years with 451019 pot year

(200 days nominal intensity)

221017 potday~1017 νμ day~1011 νμ day at detector in Gran Sasso

3600 νμ interactionsyear in OPERA(charged current interactions)2-3 ντ interactions detectedyear in OPERA

CNGS Run 2008 1781019 pot

Typical size of a detector at Gran Sasso

500m

1000m 3000m

Run 2009 today 1831019 pot

~1ντ observed interaction with 21019 pot

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

8

hor 005 vert 003Beam divergence [mrad]

05 mm Beam sizes at 400 GeV [mm]

hor 10 vert 20Beta at focus [m]

5Bunch spacing [ns]

2Bunch length [ns] (4σ)

24Intensity per extraction [1013 p]

2100 of bunches per pulse

105Batch length [μs]

2 separated by 50 ms extractions per cycle

007 +- 20Momentum spread Δpp

H=0028 V= 0016Emittance [μm]

H=12 V=7Normalized emittance [μm]

400Nominal energy [GeV]

Nominal CNGS beamBeam parameters

CNGS Proton Beam Parameters

Expected beam performance 45 x 1019 protonsyear on target

500kW beam power

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

9

most challenging zone Target Chamber (targetndashhornndashreflector)

CNGS Challengesbull High Intensity High Energy Proton Beam

(500kW 400GeVc)ndash Induced radioactivity

bull In components shielding fluids etchellipndash Intervention on equipment lsquoimpossiblersquo

bull Remote handling by overhead cranebull Replace broken equipment no repairbull Human intervention only after long lsquocooling timersquo

ndash Design of equipment compromisebull Eg horn inner conductor for neutrino yield thin tube for reliability thick tube

bull Intense Short Beam Pulses Small Beam Spot(up to 35x1013 per 105 μs extraction lt 1 mm spot)ndash Thermo mechanical shocks by energy deposition (designing target rods

thin windows etchellip)

Proton beam Tuning Interlocks

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

10

CNGS Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

11

CNGS Primary Beam Line100m extraction together with LHC 620m long arc to bend towardsGran Sasso 120m long focusing section

Magnet Systembull 73 MBG Dipoles

ndash 17 T nominal field at 400 GeVcbull 20 Quadrupole Magnets

ndash Nominal gradient 40 Tmbull 12 Corrector Magnets

Beam Instrumentationbull 23 Beam Position Monitors (Button Electrode BPMs)

ndash recuperated from LEPndash Last one is strip-line coupler pick-up operated in airndash mechanically coupled to target

bull 8 Beam profile monitorsndash Optical transition radiation monitors 75 μm carbon or 12 μm titanium screens

bull 2 Beam current transformersbull 18 Beam Loss monitors

ndash SPS type N2 filled ionization chambers

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

12

Primary Beam Line

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

13

434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

14

CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

17

60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 2

pit 2 Horizontal

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

Page 2: The CNGS Facility: Performance and Operational Experiencecern.ch/proj-cngs/PDF_files/411-EddaGschwendtner.pdf · ÆEvery 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body Æ1016 meter

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

bull Introductionbull Layout and Main Parametersbull Performancebull Summary

Outline

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

3

Neutrino Parameter Status July 2008 Review of Particle PhysicsIf flavor eigenstates and mass eigenstates are different (mixing) and if masses are different

neutrino oscillation

Δm221 = 8 plusmn 03 x 10-5 eV2 Δm21 = 9 plusmn 017 meV solar and reactor Neutrinos

Δm232 = 25 plusmn 05 x 10-3 eV2 Δm32 = 50 plusmn 5 meV Atmospheric and long Baseline

sin22θ23 gt 093 θ23=353 degrees compatible with max mixing θ=45 degrees

Mixing of the three neutrinos unitary 3x3 matrix 4 parameters like the CKM matrix for Quarks CP violating phase not yet accessible currently 3 mixing angles θ

Mass states Flavor states

~

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

4

Neutrino IntroductionΔm2

32hellip governs the νμ to ντ oscillation

Up to now only measured by disappearance of muon neutrinosbull Produce muon neutrino beam measure muon neutrino flux at near detectorbull Extrapolate muon neutrino flux to a far detectorbull Measure muon neutrino flux at far detectorbull Difference is interpreted as oscillation from muon neutrinos to undetected tau neutrinos

K2K NuMI

CNGS (CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso) long base-line appearance experiment

bull Produce muon neutrino beam at CERNbull Measure tau neutrinos in Gran Sasso Italy

(732km) Very convincing verification of the neutrino oscillation

CERN

Gran Sassoντ interaction in the target produces a τ lepton Identification of tau lepton by characteristic kink

2 detectors in Gran Sassobull OPERA (12kton) emulsion target detector

~146000 lead-emulsion bricksbull ICARUS (600ton) liquid argon TPC

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

5

CNGS Conventional Neutrino Beams

p + C rarr (interactions) rarr π+ K+ rarr (decay in flight) rarr μ+ + νμ

Produce pions and Kaons to make neutrinos

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

6

targetmagnetichorns

decay tunnel

hadron absorber

muon detector 1

muon detector 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

7

CERN Neutrinos to Gran SassoIntroduction

Approved for 225 1019 protons on targetie 5 years with 451019 pot year

(200 days nominal intensity)

221017 potday~1017 νμ day~1011 νμ day at detector in Gran Sasso

3600 νμ interactionsyear in OPERA(charged current interactions)2-3 ντ interactions detectedyear in OPERA

CNGS Run 2008 1781019 pot

Typical size of a detector at Gran Sasso

500m

1000m 3000m

Run 2009 today 1831019 pot

~1ντ observed interaction with 21019 pot

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

8

hor 005 vert 003Beam divergence [mrad]

05 mm Beam sizes at 400 GeV [mm]

hor 10 vert 20Beta at focus [m]

5Bunch spacing [ns]

2Bunch length [ns] (4σ)

24Intensity per extraction [1013 p]

2100 of bunches per pulse

105Batch length [μs]

2 separated by 50 ms extractions per cycle

007 +- 20Momentum spread Δpp

H=0028 V= 0016Emittance [μm]

H=12 V=7Normalized emittance [μm]

400Nominal energy [GeV]

Nominal CNGS beamBeam parameters

CNGS Proton Beam Parameters

Expected beam performance 45 x 1019 protonsyear on target

500kW beam power

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

9

most challenging zone Target Chamber (targetndashhornndashreflector)

CNGS Challengesbull High Intensity High Energy Proton Beam

(500kW 400GeVc)ndash Induced radioactivity

bull In components shielding fluids etchellipndash Intervention on equipment lsquoimpossiblersquo

bull Remote handling by overhead cranebull Replace broken equipment no repairbull Human intervention only after long lsquocooling timersquo

ndash Design of equipment compromisebull Eg horn inner conductor for neutrino yield thin tube for reliability thick tube

bull Intense Short Beam Pulses Small Beam Spot(up to 35x1013 per 105 μs extraction lt 1 mm spot)ndash Thermo mechanical shocks by energy deposition (designing target rods

thin windows etchellip)

Proton beam Tuning Interlocks

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

10

CNGS Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

11

CNGS Primary Beam Line100m extraction together with LHC 620m long arc to bend towardsGran Sasso 120m long focusing section

Magnet Systembull 73 MBG Dipoles

ndash 17 T nominal field at 400 GeVcbull 20 Quadrupole Magnets

ndash Nominal gradient 40 Tmbull 12 Corrector Magnets

Beam Instrumentationbull 23 Beam Position Monitors (Button Electrode BPMs)

ndash recuperated from LEPndash Last one is strip-line coupler pick-up operated in airndash mechanically coupled to target

bull 8 Beam profile monitorsndash Optical transition radiation monitors 75 μm carbon or 12 μm titanium screens

bull 2 Beam current transformersbull 18 Beam Loss monitors

ndash SPS type N2 filled ionization chambers

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

12

Primary Beam Line

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

13

434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

14

CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

17

60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 2

pit 2 Horizontal

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

Page 3: The CNGS Facility: Performance and Operational Experiencecern.ch/proj-cngs/PDF_files/411-EddaGschwendtner.pdf · ÆEvery 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body Æ1016 meter

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

3

Neutrino Parameter Status July 2008 Review of Particle PhysicsIf flavor eigenstates and mass eigenstates are different (mixing) and if masses are different

neutrino oscillation

Δm221 = 8 plusmn 03 x 10-5 eV2 Δm21 = 9 plusmn 017 meV solar and reactor Neutrinos

Δm232 = 25 plusmn 05 x 10-3 eV2 Δm32 = 50 plusmn 5 meV Atmospheric and long Baseline

sin22θ23 gt 093 θ23=353 degrees compatible with max mixing θ=45 degrees

Mixing of the three neutrinos unitary 3x3 matrix 4 parameters like the CKM matrix for Quarks CP violating phase not yet accessible currently 3 mixing angles θ

Mass states Flavor states

~

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

4

Neutrino IntroductionΔm2

32hellip governs the νμ to ντ oscillation

Up to now only measured by disappearance of muon neutrinosbull Produce muon neutrino beam measure muon neutrino flux at near detectorbull Extrapolate muon neutrino flux to a far detectorbull Measure muon neutrino flux at far detectorbull Difference is interpreted as oscillation from muon neutrinos to undetected tau neutrinos

K2K NuMI

CNGS (CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso) long base-line appearance experiment

bull Produce muon neutrino beam at CERNbull Measure tau neutrinos in Gran Sasso Italy

(732km) Very convincing verification of the neutrino oscillation

CERN

Gran Sassoντ interaction in the target produces a τ lepton Identification of tau lepton by characteristic kink

2 detectors in Gran Sassobull OPERA (12kton) emulsion target detector

~146000 lead-emulsion bricksbull ICARUS (600ton) liquid argon TPC

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

5

CNGS Conventional Neutrino Beams

p + C rarr (interactions) rarr π+ K+ rarr (decay in flight) rarr μ+ + νμ

Produce pions and Kaons to make neutrinos

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

6

targetmagnetichorns

decay tunnel

hadron absorber

muon detector 1

muon detector 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

7

CERN Neutrinos to Gran SassoIntroduction

Approved for 225 1019 protons on targetie 5 years with 451019 pot year

(200 days nominal intensity)

221017 potday~1017 νμ day~1011 νμ day at detector in Gran Sasso

3600 νμ interactionsyear in OPERA(charged current interactions)2-3 ντ interactions detectedyear in OPERA

CNGS Run 2008 1781019 pot

Typical size of a detector at Gran Sasso

500m

1000m 3000m

Run 2009 today 1831019 pot

~1ντ observed interaction with 21019 pot

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

8

hor 005 vert 003Beam divergence [mrad]

05 mm Beam sizes at 400 GeV [mm]

hor 10 vert 20Beta at focus [m]

5Bunch spacing [ns]

2Bunch length [ns] (4σ)

24Intensity per extraction [1013 p]

2100 of bunches per pulse

105Batch length [μs]

2 separated by 50 ms extractions per cycle

007 +- 20Momentum spread Δpp

H=0028 V= 0016Emittance [μm]

H=12 V=7Normalized emittance [μm]

400Nominal energy [GeV]

Nominal CNGS beamBeam parameters

CNGS Proton Beam Parameters

Expected beam performance 45 x 1019 protonsyear on target

500kW beam power

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

9

most challenging zone Target Chamber (targetndashhornndashreflector)

CNGS Challengesbull High Intensity High Energy Proton Beam

(500kW 400GeVc)ndash Induced radioactivity

bull In components shielding fluids etchellipndash Intervention on equipment lsquoimpossiblersquo

bull Remote handling by overhead cranebull Replace broken equipment no repairbull Human intervention only after long lsquocooling timersquo

ndash Design of equipment compromisebull Eg horn inner conductor for neutrino yield thin tube for reliability thick tube

bull Intense Short Beam Pulses Small Beam Spot(up to 35x1013 per 105 μs extraction lt 1 mm spot)ndash Thermo mechanical shocks by energy deposition (designing target rods

thin windows etchellip)

Proton beam Tuning Interlocks

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

10

CNGS Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

11

CNGS Primary Beam Line100m extraction together with LHC 620m long arc to bend towardsGran Sasso 120m long focusing section

Magnet Systembull 73 MBG Dipoles

ndash 17 T nominal field at 400 GeVcbull 20 Quadrupole Magnets

ndash Nominal gradient 40 Tmbull 12 Corrector Magnets

Beam Instrumentationbull 23 Beam Position Monitors (Button Electrode BPMs)

ndash recuperated from LEPndash Last one is strip-line coupler pick-up operated in airndash mechanically coupled to target

bull 8 Beam profile monitorsndash Optical transition radiation monitors 75 μm carbon or 12 μm titanium screens

bull 2 Beam current transformersbull 18 Beam Loss monitors

ndash SPS type N2 filled ionization chambers

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

12

Primary Beam Line

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

13

434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

14

CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 2

pit 2 Horizontal

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

4

Neutrino IntroductionΔm2

32hellip governs the νμ to ντ oscillation

Up to now only measured by disappearance of muon neutrinosbull Produce muon neutrino beam measure muon neutrino flux at near detectorbull Extrapolate muon neutrino flux to a far detectorbull Measure muon neutrino flux at far detectorbull Difference is interpreted as oscillation from muon neutrinos to undetected tau neutrinos

K2K NuMI

CNGS (CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso) long base-line appearance experiment

bull Produce muon neutrino beam at CERNbull Measure tau neutrinos in Gran Sasso Italy

(732km) Very convincing verification of the neutrino oscillation

CERN

Gran Sassoντ interaction in the target produces a τ lepton Identification of tau lepton by characteristic kink

2 detectors in Gran Sassobull OPERA (12kton) emulsion target detector

~146000 lead-emulsion bricksbull ICARUS (600ton) liquid argon TPC

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

5

CNGS Conventional Neutrino Beams

p + C rarr (interactions) rarr π+ K+ rarr (decay in flight) rarr μ+ + νμ

Produce pions and Kaons to make neutrinos

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

6

targetmagnetichorns

decay tunnel

hadron absorber

muon detector 1

muon detector 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

7

CERN Neutrinos to Gran SassoIntroduction

Approved for 225 1019 protons on targetie 5 years with 451019 pot year

(200 days nominal intensity)

221017 potday~1017 νμ day~1011 νμ day at detector in Gran Sasso

3600 νμ interactionsyear in OPERA(charged current interactions)2-3 ντ interactions detectedyear in OPERA

CNGS Run 2008 1781019 pot

Typical size of a detector at Gran Sasso

500m

1000m 3000m

Run 2009 today 1831019 pot

~1ντ observed interaction with 21019 pot

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

8

hor 005 vert 003Beam divergence [mrad]

05 mm Beam sizes at 400 GeV [mm]

hor 10 vert 20Beta at focus [m]

5Bunch spacing [ns]

2Bunch length [ns] (4σ)

24Intensity per extraction [1013 p]

2100 of bunches per pulse

105Batch length [μs]

2 separated by 50 ms extractions per cycle

007 +- 20Momentum spread Δpp

H=0028 V= 0016Emittance [μm]

H=12 V=7Normalized emittance [μm]

400Nominal energy [GeV]

Nominal CNGS beamBeam parameters

CNGS Proton Beam Parameters

Expected beam performance 45 x 1019 protonsyear on target

500kW beam power

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

9

most challenging zone Target Chamber (targetndashhornndashreflector)

CNGS Challengesbull High Intensity High Energy Proton Beam

(500kW 400GeVc)ndash Induced radioactivity

bull In components shielding fluids etchellipndash Intervention on equipment lsquoimpossiblersquo

bull Remote handling by overhead cranebull Replace broken equipment no repairbull Human intervention only after long lsquocooling timersquo

ndash Design of equipment compromisebull Eg horn inner conductor for neutrino yield thin tube for reliability thick tube

bull Intense Short Beam Pulses Small Beam Spot(up to 35x1013 per 105 μs extraction lt 1 mm spot)ndash Thermo mechanical shocks by energy deposition (designing target rods

thin windows etchellip)

Proton beam Tuning Interlocks

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

10

CNGS Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

11

CNGS Primary Beam Line100m extraction together with LHC 620m long arc to bend towardsGran Sasso 120m long focusing section

Magnet Systembull 73 MBG Dipoles

ndash 17 T nominal field at 400 GeVcbull 20 Quadrupole Magnets

ndash Nominal gradient 40 Tmbull 12 Corrector Magnets

Beam Instrumentationbull 23 Beam Position Monitors (Button Electrode BPMs)

ndash recuperated from LEPndash Last one is strip-line coupler pick-up operated in airndash mechanically coupled to target

bull 8 Beam profile monitorsndash Optical transition radiation monitors 75 μm carbon or 12 μm titanium screens

bull 2 Beam current transformersbull 18 Beam Loss monitors

ndash SPS type N2 filled ionization chambers

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

12

Primary Beam Line

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

13

434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

14

CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

17

60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 2

pit 2 Horizontal

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

Page 5: The CNGS Facility: Performance and Operational Experiencecern.ch/proj-cngs/PDF_files/411-EddaGschwendtner.pdf · ÆEvery 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body Æ1016 meter

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

5

CNGS Conventional Neutrino Beams

p + C rarr (interactions) rarr π+ K+ rarr (decay in flight) rarr μ+ + νμ

Produce pions and Kaons to make neutrinos

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

6

targetmagnetichorns

decay tunnel

hadron absorber

muon detector 1

muon detector 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

7

CERN Neutrinos to Gran SassoIntroduction

Approved for 225 1019 protons on targetie 5 years with 451019 pot year

(200 days nominal intensity)

221017 potday~1017 νμ day~1011 νμ day at detector in Gran Sasso

3600 νμ interactionsyear in OPERA(charged current interactions)2-3 ντ interactions detectedyear in OPERA

CNGS Run 2008 1781019 pot

Typical size of a detector at Gran Sasso

500m

1000m 3000m

Run 2009 today 1831019 pot

~1ντ observed interaction with 21019 pot

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

8

hor 005 vert 003Beam divergence [mrad]

05 mm Beam sizes at 400 GeV [mm]

hor 10 vert 20Beta at focus [m]

5Bunch spacing [ns]

2Bunch length [ns] (4σ)

24Intensity per extraction [1013 p]

2100 of bunches per pulse

105Batch length [μs]

2 separated by 50 ms extractions per cycle

007 +- 20Momentum spread Δpp

H=0028 V= 0016Emittance [μm]

H=12 V=7Normalized emittance [μm]

400Nominal energy [GeV]

Nominal CNGS beamBeam parameters

CNGS Proton Beam Parameters

Expected beam performance 45 x 1019 protonsyear on target

500kW beam power

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

9

most challenging zone Target Chamber (targetndashhornndashreflector)

CNGS Challengesbull High Intensity High Energy Proton Beam

(500kW 400GeVc)ndash Induced radioactivity

bull In components shielding fluids etchellipndash Intervention on equipment lsquoimpossiblersquo

bull Remote handling by overhead cranebull Replace broken equipment no repairbull Human intervention only after long lsquocooling timersquo

ndash Design of equipment compromisebull Eg horn inner conductor for neutrino yield thin tube for reliability thick tube

bull Intense Short Beam Pulses Small Beam Spot(up to 35x1013 per 105 μs extraction lt 1 mm spot)ndash Thermo mechanical shocks by energy deposition (designing target rods

thin windows etchellip)

Proton beam Tuning Interlocks

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

10

CNGS Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

11

CNGS Primary Beam Line100m extraction together with LHC 620m long arc to bend towardsGran Sasso 120m long focusing section

Magnet Systembull 73 MBG Dipoles

ndash 17 T nominal field at 400 GeVcbull 20 Quadrupole Magnets

ndash Nominal gradient 40 Tmbull 12 Corrector Magnets

Beam Instrumentationbull 23 Beam Position Monitors (Button Electrode BPMs)

ndash recuperated from LEPndash Last one is strip-line coupler pick-up operated in airndash mechanically coupled to target

bull 8 Beam profile monitorsndash Optical transition radiation monitors 75 μm carbon or 12 μm titanium screens

bull 2 Beam current transformersbull 18 Beam Loss monitors

ndash SPS type N2 filled ionization chambers

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

12

Primary Beam Line

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

13

434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

14

CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

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measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

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Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

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0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

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measurementsimulation

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pit 2 Horizontal

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

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measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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targetmagnetichorns

decay tunnel

hadron absorber

muon detector 1

muon detector 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CERN Neutrinos to Gran SassoIntroduction

Approved for 225 1019 protons on targetie 5 years with 451019 pot year

(200 days nominal intensity)

221017 potday~1017 νμ day~1011 νμ day at detector in Gran Sasso

3600 νμ interactionsyear in OPERA(charged current interactions)2-3 ντ interactions detectedyear in OPERA

CNGS Run 2008 1781019 pot

Typical size of a detector at Gran Sasso

500m

1000m 3000m

Run 2009 today 1831019 pot

~1ντ observed interaction with 21019 pot

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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hor 005 vert 003Beam divergence [mrad]

05 mm Beam sizes at 400 GeV [mm]

hor 10 vert 20Beta at focus [m]

5Bunch spacing [ns]

2Bunch length [ns] (4σ)

24Intensity per extraction [1013 p]

2100 of bunches per pulse

105Batch length [μs]

2 separated by 50 ms extractions per cycle

007 +- 20Momentum spread Δpp

H=0028 V= 0016Emittance [μm]

H=12 V=7Normalized emittance [μm]

400Nominal energy [GeV]

Nominal CNGS beamBeam parameters

CNGS Proton Beam Parameters

Expected beam performance 45 x 1019 protonsyear on target

500kW beam power

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

9

most challenging zone Target Chamber (targetndashhornndashreflector)

CNGS Challengesbull High Intensity High Energy Proton Beam

(500kW 400GeVc)ndash Induced radioactivity

bull In components shielding fluids etchellipndash Intervention on equipment lsquoimpossiblersquo

bull Remote handling by overhead cranebull Replace broken equipment no repairbull Human intervention only after long lsquocooling timersquo

ndash Design of equipment compromisebull Eg horn inner conductor for neutrino yield thin tube for reliability thick tube

bull Intense Short Beam Pulses Small Beam Spot(up to 35x1013 per 105 μs extraction lt 1 mm spot)ndash Thermo mechanical shocks by energy deposition (designing target rods

thin windows etchellip)

Proton beam Tuning Interlocks

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Primary Beam Line100m extraction together with LHC 620m long arc to bend towardsGran Sasso 120m long focusing section

Magnet Systembull 73 MBG Dipoles

ndash 17 T nominal field at 400 GeVcbull 20 Quadrupole Magnets

ndash Nominal gradient 40 Tmbull 12 Corrector Magnets

Beam Instrumentationbull 23 Beam Position Monitors (Button Electrode BPMs)

ndash recuperated from LEPndash Last one is strip-line coupler pick-up operated in airndash mechanically coupled to target

bull 8 Beam profile monitorsndash Optical transition radiation monitors 75 μm carbon or 12 μm titanium screens

bull 2 Beam current transformersbull 18 Beam Loss monitors

ndash SPS type N2 filled ionization chambers

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

12

Primary Beam Line

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

13

434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

17

60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 2

pit 2 Horizontal

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

7

CERN Neutrinos to Gran SassoIntroduction

Approved for 225 1019 protons on targetie 5 years with 451019 pot year

(200 days nominal intensity)

221017 potday~1017 νμ day~1011 νμ day at detector in Gran Sasso

3600 νμ interactionsyear in OPERA(charged current interactions)2-3 ντ interactions detectedyear in OPERA

CNGS Run 2008 1781019 pot

Typical size of a detector at Gran Sasso

500m

1000m 3000m

Run 2009 today 1831019 pot

~1ντ observed interaction with 21019 pot

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

8

hor 005 vert 003Beam divergence [mrad]

05 mm Beam sizes at 400 GeV [mm]

hor 10 vert 20Beta at focus [m]

5Bunch spacing [ns]

2Bunch length [ns] (4σ)

24Intensity per extraction [1013 p]

2100 of bunches per pulse

105Batch length [μs]

2 separated by 50 ms extractions per cycle

007 +- 20Momentum spread Δpp

H=0028 V= 0016Emittance [μm]

H=12 V=7Normalized emittance [μm]

400Nominal energy [GeV]

Nominal CNGS beamBeam parameters

CNGS Proton Beam Parameters

Expected beam performance 45 x 1019 protonsyear on target

500kW beam power

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

9

most challenging zone Target Chamber (targetndashhornndashreflector)

CNGS Challengesbull High Intensity High Energy Proton Beam

(500kW 400GeVc)ndash Induced radioactivity

bull In components shielding fluids etchellipndash Intervention on equipment lsquoimpossiblersquo

bull Remote handling by overhead cranebull Replace broken equipment no repairbull Human intervention only after long lsquocooling timersquo

ndash Design of equipment compromisebull Eg horn inner conductor for neutrino yield thin tube for reliability thick tube

bull Intense Short Beam Pulses Small Beam Spot(up to 35x1013 per 105 μs extraction lt 1 mm spot)ndash Thermo mechanical shocks by energy deposition (designing target rods

thin windows etchellip)

Proton beam Tuning Interlocks

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

10

CNGS Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

11

CNGS Primary Beam Line100m extraction together with LHC 620m long arc to bend towardsGran Sasso 120m long focusing section

Magnet Systembull 73 MBG Dipoles

ndash 17 T nominal field at 400 GeVcbull 20 Quadrupole Magnets

ndash Nominal gradient 40 Tmbull 12 Corrector Magnets

Beam Instrumentationbull 23 Beam Position Monitors (Button Electrode BPMs)

ndash recuperated from LEPndash Last one is strip-line coupler pick-up operated in airndash mechanically coupled to target

bull 8 Beam profile monitorsndash Optical transition radiation monitors 75 μm carbon or 12 μm titanium screens

bull 2 Beam current transformersbull 18 Beam Loss monitors

ndash SPS type N2 filled ionization chambers

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

12

Primary Beam Line

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

13

434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

14

CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

17

60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 2

pit 2 Horizontal

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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hor 005 vert 003Beam divergence [mrad]

05 mm Beam sizes at 400 GeV [mm]

hor 10 vert 20Beta at focus [m]

5Bunch spacing [ns]

2Bunch length [ns] (4σ)

24Intensity per extraction [1013 p]

2100 of bunches per pulse

105Batch length [μs]

2 separated by 50 ms extractions per cycle

007 +- 20Momentum spread Δpp

H=0028 V= 0016Emittance [μm]

H=12 V=7Normalized emittance [μm]

400Nominal energy [GeV]

Nominal CNGS beamBeam parameters

CNGS Proton Beam Parameters

Expected beam performance 45 x 1019 protonsyear on target

500kW beam power

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

9

most challenging zone Target Chamber (targetndashhornndashreflector)

CNGS Challengesbull High Intensity High Energy Proton Beam

(500kW 400GeVc)ndash Induced radioactivity

bull In components shielding fluids etchellipndash Intervention on equipment lsquoimpossiblersquo

bull Remote handling by overhead cranebull Replace broken equipment no repairbull Human intervention only after long lsquocooling timersquo

ndash Design of equipment compromisebull Eg horn inner conductor for neutrino yield thin tube for reliability thick tube

bull Intense Short Beam Pulses Small Beam Spot(up to 35x1013 per 105 μs extraction lt 1 mm spot)ndash Thermo mechanical shocks by energy deposition (designing target rods

thin windows etchellip)

Proton beam Tuning Interlocks

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Primary Beam Line100m extraction together with LHC 620m long arc to bend towardsGran Sasso 120m long focusing section

Magnet Systembull 73 MBG Dipoles

ndash 17 T nominal field at 400 GeVcbull 20 Quadrupole Magnets

ndash Nominal gradient 40 Tmbull 12 Corrector Magnets

Beam Instrumentationbull 23 Beam Position Monitors (Button Electrode BPMs)

ndash recuperated from LEPndash Last one is strip-line coupler pick-up operated in airndash mechanically coupled to target

bull 8 Beam profile monitorsndash Optical transition radiation monitors 75 μm carbon or 12 μm titanium screens

bull 2 Beam current transformersbull 18 Beam Loss monitors

ndash SPS type N2 filled ionization chambers

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

12

Primary Beam Line

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

13

434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 2

pit 2 Horizontal

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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most challenging zone Target Chamber (targetndashhornndashreflector)

CNGS Challengesbull High Intensity High Energy Proton Beam

(500kW 400GeVc)ndash Induced radioactivity

bull In components shielding fluids etchellipndash Intervention on equipment lsquoimpossiblersquo

bull Remote handling by overhead cranebull Replace broken equipment no repairbull Human intervention only after long lsquocooling timersquo

ndash Design of equipment compromisebull Eg horn inner conductor for neutrino yield thin tube for reliability thick tube

bull Intense Short Beam Pulses Small Beam Spot(up to 35x1013 per 105 μs extraction lt 1 mm spot)ndash Thermo mechanical shocks by energy deposition (designing target rods

thin windows etchellip)

Proton beam Tuning Interlocks

Introduction

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Primary Beam Line100m extraction together with LHC 620m long arc to bend towardsGran Sasso 120m long focusing section

Magnet Systembull 73 MBG Dipoles

ndash 17 T nominal field at 400 GeVcbull 20 Quadrupole Magnets

ndash Nominal gradient 40 Tmbull 12 Corrector Magnets

Beam Instrumentationbull 23 Beam Position Monitors (Button Electrode BPMs)

ndash recuperated from LEPndash Last one is strip-line coupler pick-up operated in airndash mechanically coupled to target

bull 8 Beam profile monitorsndash Optical transition radiation monitors 75 μm carbon or 12 μm titanium screens

bull 2 Beam current transformersbull 18 Beam Loss monitors

ndash SPS type N2 filled ionization chambers

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

12

Primary Beam Line

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

13

434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

14

CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

17

60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 2

pit 2 Horizontal

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

Page 10: The CNGS Facility: Performance and Operational Experiencecern.ch/proj-cngs/PDF_files/411-EddaGschwendtner.pdf · ÆEvery 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body Æ1016 meter

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

10

CNGS Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

11

CNGS Primary Beam Line100m extraction together with LHC 620m long arc to bend towardsGran Sasso 120m long focusing section

Magnet Systembull 73 MBG Dipoles

ndash 17 T nominal field at 400 GeVcbull 20 Quadrupole Magnets

ndash Nominal gradient 40 Tmbull 12 Corrector Magnets

Beam Instrumentationbull 23 Beam Position Monitors (Button Electrode BPMs)

ndash recuperated from LEPndash Last one is strip-line coupler pick-up operated in airndash mechanically coupled to target

bull 8 Beam profile monitorsndash Optical transition radiation monitors 75 μm carbon or 12 μm titanium screens

bull 2 Beam current transformersbull 18 Beam Loss monitors

ndash SPS type N2 filled ionization chambers

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

12

Primary Beam Line

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

13

434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

14

CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

17

60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

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CNGS Performance

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Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

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bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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CNGS Primary Beam Line100m extraction together with LHC 620m long arc to bend towardsGran Sasso 120m long focusing section

Magnet Systembull 73 MBG Dipoles

ndash 17 T nominal field at 400 GeVcbull 20 Quadrupole Magnets

ndash Nominal gradient 40 Tmbull 12 Corrector Magnets

Beam Instrumentationbull 23 Beam Position Monitors (Button Electrode BPMs)

ndash recuperated from LEPndash Last one is strip-line coupler pick-up operated in airndash mechanically coupled to target

bull 8 Beam profile monitorsndash Optical transition radiation monitors 75 μm carbon or 12 μm titanium screens

bull 2 Beam current transformersbull 18 Beam Loss monitors

ndash SPS type N2 filled ionization chambers

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

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Primary Beam Line

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434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

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CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

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Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

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60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

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CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

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2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

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29-M

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5-Ju

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12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

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10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

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7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

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23-O

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30-O

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13-N

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20-N

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Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

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Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

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21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

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CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

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CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

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Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

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CNGS Performance

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Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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Primary Beam Line

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434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

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CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

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Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

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60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

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2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

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n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

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Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

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CNGS Performance

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Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

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bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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434m100m

1095m 18m 5m 5m67m

27m

TBID

Air cooled graphite targetndash Target table movable horizontallyvertically for alignment

bull Multiplicity detector TBID ionization chambers

bull 2 horns (horn and reflector)ndash Water cooled pulsed with 10ms half-sine wave pulse of up to 150180kA remote polarity change

possible

bull Decay pipe ndash 1000m diameter 245m 1mbar vacuum 3mm Ti entrance window 50mm carbon steel water cooled

exit window

bull Hadron absorber ndash Absorbs 100kW of protons and other hadrons

bull 2 muon monitor stations muon fluxes and profiles

CNGS Secondary Beam LineCNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

14

CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

17

60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

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19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

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Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

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Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

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0

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0006

0008

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0

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0004

0006

0008

001

0012

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MeasurementsSimulations

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008

CNGS Performance

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Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

14

CNGS Target13 graphite rods each 10cm long

Oslash = 5mm andor 4mm

27mm interaction length

Ten targets (+1 prototype) have been built Assembled in two magazines

Target magazine 1 unit used 4 in-situ spares CNGS Facility ndash Layout

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

17

60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

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02

025

03

035

04

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cm

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pit 1 Vertical

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005

01

015

02

025

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0004

0006

0008

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0012

0014

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pit 2 Horizontal

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0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

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chp

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measurementsimulation

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MeasurementsSimulations

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ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

15

CNGS Horn and Reflector

bull 150kA180kA pulsedbull 7m long inner conductor 18mm thickbull Designed for 2107 pulsesbull Water cooling to evacuate 26kWbull 1 spare horn (no reflector yet)

Design featuresbull Water cooling circuit

ndash In situ spare easy switchbull ltlt1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1w stop

ndash Remote water connectionbull Remote handling amp electrical connections

ndash ltlt 1mSv total dose after 1y beam 1m stopbull Remote and quick polarity change

035 m

inner conductor

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

17

60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 2

pit 2 Horizontal

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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16

Decay Tube

ndash steel pipendash 1mbarndash 994m longndash 245m diameter t=18mm

surrounded by 50cm concrete ndash entrance window 3mm Tindash exit window 50mm carbon steel

water cooled

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

17

60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 2

pit 2 Horizontal

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

17

60cm270cm

1125cm

bull 2 x 41 fixed monitors (Ionization Chambers)

bull 2 x 1 movable monitor

LHC type Beam Loss Monitorsbull Stainless steel cylinder bull Al electrodes 05cm separationbull N2 gas filling

CNGS

bull Muon Intensityndash Up to 8 107 cm2105μs

CNGS Facility ndash Layout and Main Parameters

Muon Monitors

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 2

pit 2 Horizontal

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575cm

chp

ot

measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

ala

et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

18

CNGS Performance2008 18 June ndash 3 November 2008bull Excellent performance of the CNGS Facilitybull CNGS modifications finished successfullybull Beam line equipment working well and stable

178middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 10100 on-time eventsbull 1700 candidate interaction in bricks

2009 28 May - 31 August 2009 18middot1019 protons on target

OPERA experimentbull 11186 on-time eventsbull 1929 candidate interaction in bricks

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

19

2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

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MeasurementsSimulations

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et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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2009 Protons on Target

02E+184E+186E+188E+181E+19

12E+1914E+1916E+1918E+19

2E+1922E+1924E+1926E+1928E+19

3E+1932E+1934E+1936E+19

22-M

ay

29-M

ay

5-Ju

n

12-J

un

19-J

un

26-J

un

3-Ju

l

10-J

ul

17-J

ul

24-J

ul

31-J

ul

7-A

ug

14-A

ug

21-A

ug

28-A

ug

4-Se

p

11-S

ep

18-S

ep

25-S

ep

2-O

ct

9-O

ct

16-O

ct

23-O

ct

30-O

ct

6-N

ov

13-N

ov

20-N

ov

27-N

ov

inte

grat

ed p

roto

ns o

n ta

rget

Expected potAchieved pot

Current expected pot 168E19Current achieved pot 18E19

Total POT expected 2009 322E19

Total POT 2008 178E19

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

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MeasurementsSimulations

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l FL

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A s

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ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

20

Beam Intensity

Error rms spread

Protons on targetextraction

x 1010

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

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MeasurementsSimulations

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CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

21

ABMB 14 Oct 2008E Gschwendtner ABATB

21

target

muon detectors pit 1

muon detectors pit 2

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

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Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

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005

01

015

02

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0008

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MeasurementsSimulations

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008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

22

CNGS Polarity Puzzle

bull Observation of asymmetry in horizontal direction between

ndash Neutrino (focusing of mesons with positive charge)ndash Anti-neutrino (focusing of mesons with negative

charge)

270cm

1125cm

Muon Detector Sensitive to any beam change (eg offset of beam vs target at 50μm level)Online feedback on quality of neutrino beam

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

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pit 1 Vertical

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005

01

015

02

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0006

0008

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pit 2 Horizontal

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0008

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chp

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MeasurementsSimulations

P S

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A s

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ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

23

CNGS Polarity PuzzleExplanation Earth magnetic field in 1km long decay tube

ndash calculate B components in CNGS reference systemndash Partially shielding of magnetic field due to decay tube steel

Results in shifts of the observed magnitudeMeasurements and simulations agree very well (absolute comparison within 5 in first muon pit)

Lines simulated μ fluxPoints measurementsNormalized to max=1

NeutrinoFocusing on

positive charge

Anti-neutrinoFocusing on

negative charge

FLU

KA

sim

ulat

ions

P S

ala

et a

l 200

8

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

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Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

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025

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chp

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0

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0006

0008

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pit 2 Horizontal

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0006

0008

001

0012

0014

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chp

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Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

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l FL

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ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

24

Muon Monitors Measurements vs Simulations

Excellent agreement

pit 1 Horizontal

0

005

01

015

02

025

03

035

04

-1575 -135 -1125 -90 -675 -45 -225 0 225 45 675 90 1125 135 1575

cm

chp

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Horizontal Profile Pit 1

pit 1 Vertical

0

005

01

015

02

025

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04

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chp

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Vertical Profile Pit 1 pit 2 Vertical

0

0002

0004

0006

0008

001

0012

0014

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chp

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measurementsimulation

Vertical Profile Pit 2

pit 2 Horizontal

0

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0006

0008

001

0012

0014

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chp

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measurementsimulation

Horizontal Profile Pit 2

MeasurementsSimulations

P S

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et a

l FL

UK

A s

imul

atio

ns 2

008

CNGS Performance

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

25

Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

26

bull Additional Slides

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

27

NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

SPGOePG 2009Edda Gschwendtner CERN

28

CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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Summarybull CNGS commissioned in 2006bull Modifications in CNGS facility and Completion of OPERA

Detectorbull Physics run since 2008

ndash 2008 bull 178 1019 protons on target total

ndash 2009 bull Expect 32 1019 protons on target totalbull Today (31 August 2009) 183 1019 protons on target

Waiting for tau neutrino results

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bull Additional Slides

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NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

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CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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bull Additional Slides

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NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

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CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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NeutrinosWeakly interacting leptons νe νμ ντ no charge

bull Solar Neutrinosndash 61014 neutrinossm2

Every 100 years 1 neutrino interacts in human body1016 meter lead to stop half of these neutrinos

bull Natural radioactivity from earthndash 6106 neutrinosscm2

bull 40K in our bodyndash 34108 neutrinosday

bull Cosmic neutrinosndash 330 neutrinoscm3

Introduction

bull CNGSndash Send ~1017 neutrinosday to Gran Sasso

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CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008

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CNGS Performance - Reminder

Examples effect on ντ cc events

horn off axis by 6mm lt 3reflector off axis by 30mm lt 3proton beam on target lt 3off axis by 1mmCNGS facility misaligned lt 3by 05mrad (beam 360m off)

CNGS Facility ndash Performance Results 2008