SND@LHC: the scattering and neutrino detector at the LHC


Acampora G., Ahdida C., Albanese R., Albrecht C., Alexandrov A., Andreini M., ...Daha Fazla

Journal of Instrumentation, cilt.19, sa.5, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1088/1748-0221/19/05/p05067
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Instrumentation
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Compendex, Index Islamicus, INSPEC
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Detector design and construction technologies and materials, Neutrino detectors, Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state)
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

SND@LHC is a compact and stand-alone experiment designed to perform measurements with neutrinos produced at the LHC in the pseudo-rapidity region of 7.2 < η < 8.4. The experiment is located 480 m downstream of the ATLAS interaction point, in the TI18 tunnel. The detector is composed of a hybrid system based on an 830 kg target made of tungsten plates, interleaved with emulsion and electronic trackers, also acting as an electromagnetic calorimeter, and followed by a hadronic calorimeter and a muon identification system. The detector is able to distinguish interactions of all three neutrino flavours, which allows probing the physics of heavy flavour production at the LHC in the very forward region. This region is of particular interest for future circular colliders and for very high energy astrophysical neutrino experiments. The detector is also able to search for the scattering of Feebly Interacting Particles. In its first phase, the detector is ready to operate throughout LHC Run 3 and collect a total of 250 fb−1.