EMPHATIC: A proposed experiment to measure hadron scattering and productioncross sections for improved neutrino flux predictions

Authors :: Akaishi, T.
Aliaga-Soplin, L.
Asano, H.
Aurisano, A.
Barbi, M.
Bellantoni, L.
Bhadra, S.
Chang, W-C.
Fields, L.
Fiorentini, A.
Friend, M.
Fukuda, T.
Harris, D.
Hartz, M.
Honda, R.
Ishikawa, T.
Jamieson, B.
Kearns, E.
Kolev, N.
Komatsu, M.
Komatsu, Y.
Konaka, A.
Kordosky, M.
Lang, K.
Lebrun, P.
Lindner, T.
Ma, Y.
Caicedo, D. A. Martinez
Muether, M.
Naganawa, N.
Naruki, M.
Niner, E.
Noumi, H.
Ozawa, K.
Paley, J.
Pavin, M.
de Perio, P.
Proga, M.
Sakuma, F.
Santucci, G.
Sawada, T.
Sato, O.
Sekiguchi, T.
Shirotori, K.
Suzuki, A.
Tabata, M.
Takahashi, T.
Tomida, N.
Wendell, R.
Yamaga, T.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: Hadron scattering and production uncertainties are a limiting systematic on accelerator and at-mospheric neutrino flux predictions. New hadron measurements are necessary for neutrino fluxpredictions with well-understood and reduced uncertainties. We propose a new compact experimentto measure hadron scattering and production cross sections at beam energies that are inaccessibleto currently operating experiments. These measurements can reduce the current 10% neutrino fluxuncertainties by an approximate factor of two.

Subjects :: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors

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