Measurements of π± differential yields from the surface of the T2K replica target for incoming 31 GeV/c protons with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS: NA61/SHINE Collaboration

N. Abgrall; A. Aduszkiewicz; M. Ajaz; Y. Ali; E. Andronov; T. Antićić; N. Antoniou; B. Baatar; F. Bay; A. Blondel; J. Blümer; M. Bogomilov; A. Brandin; A. Bravar; J. Brzychczyk; S. A. Bunyatov; O. Busygina; P. Christakoglou; M. Ćirković; T. Czopowicz; N. Davis; S. Debieux; H. Dembinski; M. Deveaux; F. Diakonos; S. Di Luise; W. Dominik; J. Dumarchez; K. Dynowski; R. Engel; A. Ereditato; G. A. Feofilov; Z. Fodor; A. Garibov; M. Gaździcki; M. Golubeva; K. Grebieszkow; A. Grzeszczuk; F. Guber; A. Haesler; T. Hasegawa; A. E. Hervé; M. Hierholzer; S. Igolkin; A. Ivashkin; S. R. Johnson; K. Kadija; A. Kapoyannis; E. Kaptur; J. Kisiel; T. Kobayashi; V. I. Kolesnikov; D. Kolev; V. P. Kondratiev; A. Korzenev; K. Kowalik; S. Kowalski; M. Koziel; A. Krasnoperov; M. Kuich; A. Kurepin; D. Larsen; A. László; M. Lewicki; V. V. Lyubushkin; M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska; B. Maksiak; A. I. Malakhov; D. Manić; A. Marcinek; A. D. Marino; K. Marton; H. J. Mathes; T. Matulewicz; V. Matveev; G. L. Melkumov; B. Messerly; G. B. Mills; S. Morozov; S. Mrówczyński; Y. Nagai; T. Nakadaira; M. Naskręt; M. Nirkko; K. Nishikawa; A. D. Panagiotou; V. Paolone; M. Pavin; O. Petukhov; C. Pistillo; R. Płaneta; B. A. Popov; M. Posiadała-Zezula; S. Puławski; J. Puzović; W. Rauch; M. Ravonel; A. Redij; R. Renfordt; E. Richter-Wąs; A. Robert; D. Röhrich; E. Rondio; M. Roth; A. Rubbia; B. T. Rumberger; A. Rustamov; M. Rybczynski; A. Sadovsky; K. Sakashita; R. Sarnecki; K. Schmidt; T. Sekiguchi; I. Selyuzhenkov; A. Seryakov; P. Seyboth; D. Sgalaberna; M. Shibata; M. Słodkowski; P. Staszel; G. Stefanek; J. Stepaniak; H. Ströbele; T. Šuša; M. Szuba; M. Tada; A. Taranenko; A. Tefelska; D. Tefelski; V. Tereshchenko; R. Tsenov; L. Turko; R. Ulrich; M. Unger; M. Vassiliou; D. Veberič; V. V. Vechernin; G. Vesztergombi; L. Vinogradov; A. Wilczek; Z. Włodarczyk; A. Wojtaszek-Szwarc; O. Wyszyński; K. Yarritu; L. Zambelli; E. D. Zimmerman; M. Friend; V. Galymov; M. Hartz; T. Hiraki; A. Ichikawa; H. Kubo; K. Matsuoka; A. Murakami; T. Nakaya; K. Suzuki; M. Tzanov; M. Yu

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4440-y

Measurements of π^± differential yields from the surface of the T2K replica target for incoming 31 GeV/c protons with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS: NA61/SHINE Collaboration

N. Abgrall, A. Aduszkiewicz, M. Ajaz, Y. Ali, E. Andronov, T. Antićić, N. Antoniou, B. Baatar, F. Bay, A. Blondel, J. Blümer, M. Bogomilov, A. Brandin, A. Bravar, J. Brzychczyk, S. A. Bunyatov, O. Busygina, P. Christakoglou, M. Ćirković, T. CzopowiczN. Davis, S. Debieux, H. Dembinski, M. Deveaux, F. Diakonos, S. Di Luise, W. Dominik, J. Dumarchez, K. Dynowski, R. Engel, A. Ereditato, G. A. Feofilov, Z. Fodor, A. Garibov, M. Gaździcki, M. Golubeva, K. Grebieszkow, A. Grzeszczuk, F. Guber, A. Haesler, T. Hasegawa, A. E. Hervé, M. Hierholzer, S. Igolkin, A. Ivashkin, S. R. Johnson, K. Kadija, A. Kapoyannis, E. Kaptur, J. Kisiel, T. Kobayashi, V. I. Kolesnikov, D. Kolev, V. P. Kondratiev, A. Korzenev, K. Kowalik, S. Kowalski, M. Koziel, A. Krasnoperov, M. Kuich, A. Kurepin, D. Larsen, A. László, M. Lewicki, V. V. Lyubushkin, M. Maćkowiak-Pawłowska, B. Maksiak, A. I. Malakhov, D. Manić, A. Marcinek, A. D. Marino, K. Marton, H. J. Mathes, T. Matulewicz, V. Matveev, G. L. Melkumov, B. Messerly, G. B. Mills, S. Morozov, S. Mrówczyński, Y. Nagai, T. Nakadaira, M. Naskręt, M. Nirkko, K. Nishikawa, A. D. Panagiotou, V. Paolone, M. Pavin, O. Petukhov, C. Pistillo, R. Płaneta, B. A. Popov, M. Posiadała-Zezula, S. Puławski, J. Puzović, W. Rauch, M. Ravonel, A. Redij, R. Renfordt, E. Richter-Wąs, A. Robert, D. Röhrich, E. Rondio, M. Roth, A. Rubbia, B. T. Rumberger, A. Rustamov, M. Rybczynski, A. Sadovsky, K. Sakashita, R. Sarnecki, K. Schmidt, T. Sekiguchi, I. Selyuzhenkov, A. Seryakov, P. Seyboth, D. Sgalaberna, M. Shibata, M. Słodkowski, P. Staszel, G. Stefanek, J. Stepaniak, H. Ströbele, T. Šuša, M. Szuba, M. Tada, A. Taranenko, A. Tefelska, D. Tefelski, V. Tereshchenko, R. Tsenov, L. Turko, R. Ulrich, M. Unger, M. Vassiliou, D. Veberič, V. V. Vechernin, G. Vesztergombi, L. Vinogradov, A. Wilczek, Z. Włodarczyk, A. Wojtaszek-Szwarc, O. Wyszyński, K. Yarritu, L. Zambelli, E. D. Zimmerman, M. Friend, V. Galymov, M. Hartz, T. Hiraki, A. Ichikawa, H. Kubo, K. Matsuoka, A. Murakami, T. Nakaya, K. Suzuki, M. Tzanov, M. Yu

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Measurements of particle emission from a replica of the T2K 90 cm-long carbon target were performed in the NA61/SHINE experiment at CERN SPS, using data collected during a high-statistics run in 2009. An efficient use of the long-target measurements for neutrino flux predictions in T2K requires dedicated reconstruction and analysis techniques. Fully-corrected differential yields of π^±-mesons from the surface of the T2K replica target for incoming 31 GeV/c protons are presented. A possible strategy to implement these results into the T2K neutrino beam predictions is discussed and the propagation of the uncertainties of these results to the final neutrino flux is performed.

Original language	English
Article number	617
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	76
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4440-y
Publication status	Published - Nov 1 2016
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Abgrall, N., Aduszkiewicz, A., Ajaz, M., Ali, Y., Andronov, E., Antićić, T., Antoniou, N., Baatar, B., Bay, F., Blondel, A., Blümer, J., Bogomilov, M., Brandin, A., Bravar, A., Brzychczyk, J., Bunyatov, S. A., Busygina, O., Christakoglou, P., Ćirković, M., ... Yu, M. (2016). Measurements of π^± differential yields from the surface of the T2K replica target for incoming 31 GeV/c protons with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS: NA61/SHINE Collaboration. European Physical Journal C, 76(11), [617]. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4440-y

Measurements of π^± differential yields from the surface of the T2K replica target for incoming 31 GeV/c protons with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS: NA61/SHINE Collaboration. / Abgrall, N.; Aduszkiewicz, A.; Ajaz, M. et al.
In: European Physical Journal C, Vol. 76, No. 11, 617, 01.11.2016.

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Abgrall, N, Aduszkiewicz, A, Ajaz, M, Ali, Y, Andronov, E, Antićić, T, Antoniou, N, Baatar, B, Bay, F, Blondel, A, Blümer, J, Bogomilov, M, Brandin, A, Bravar, A, Brzychczyk, J, Bunyatov, SA, Busygina, O, Christakoglou, P, Ćirković, M, Czopowicz, T, Davis, N, Debieux, S, Dembinski, H, Deveaux, M, Diakonos, F, Di Luise, S, Dominik, W, Dumarchez, J, Dynowski, K, Engel, R, Ereditato, A, Feofilov, GA, Fodor, Z, Garibov, A, Gaździcki, M, Golubeva, M, Grebieszkow, K, Grzeszczuk, A, Guber, F, Haesler, A, Hasegawa, T, Hervé, AE, Hierholzer, M, Igolkin, S, Ivashkin, A, Johnson, SR, Kadija, K, Kapoyannis, A, Kaptur, E, Kisiel, J, Kobayashi, T, Kolesnikov, VI, Kolev, D, Kondratiev, VP, Korzenev, A, Kowalik, K, Kowalski, S, Koziel, M, Krasnoperov, A, Kuich, M, Kurepin, A, Larsen, D, László, A, Lewicki, M, Lyubushkin, VV, Maćkowiak-Pawłowska, M, Maksiak, B, Malakhov, AI, Manić, D, Marcinek, A, Marino, AD, Marton, K, Mathes, HJ, Matulewicz, T, Matveev, V, Melkumov, GL, Messerly, B, Mills, GB, Morozov, S, Mrówczyński, S, Nagai, Y, Nakadaira, T, Naskręt, M, Nirkko, M, Nishikawa, K, Panagiotou, AD, Paolone, V, Pavin, M, Petukhov, O, Pistillo, C, Płaneta, R, Popov, BA, Posiadała-Zezula, M, Puławski, S, Puzović, J, Rauch, W, Ravonel, M, Redij, A, Renfordt, R, Richter-Wąs, E, Robert, A, Röhrich, D, Rondio, E, Roth, M, Rubbia, A, Rumberger, BT, Rustamov, A, Rybczynski, M, Sadovsky, A, Sakashita, K, Sarnecki, R, Schmidt, K, Sekiguchi, T, Selyuzhenkov, I, Seryakov, A, Seyboth, P, Sgalaberna, D, Shibata, M, Słodkowski, M, Staszel, P, Stefanek, G, Stepaniak, J, Ströbele, H, Šuša, T, Szuba, M, Tada, M, Taranenko, A, Tefelska, A, Tefelski, D, Tereshchenko, V, Tsenov, R, Turko, L, Ulrich, R, Unger, M, Vassiliou, M, Veberič, D, Vechernin, VV, Vesztergombi, G, Vinogradov, L, Wilczek, A, Włodarczyk, Z, Wojtaszek-Szwarc, A, Wyszyński, O, Yarritu, K, Zambelli, L, Zimmerman, ED, Friend, M, Galymov, V, Hartz, M, Hiraki, T, Ichikawa, A, Kubo, H, Matsuoka, K, Murakami, A, Nakaya, T, Suzuki, K, Tzanov, M & Yu, M 2016, 'Measurements of π^± differential yields from the surface of the T2K replica target for incoming 31 GeV/c protons with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS: NA61/SHINE Collaboration', European Physical Journal C, vol. 76, no. 11, 617. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4440-y

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note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank the CERN PH, BE and EN Departments for the strong support of NA61/SHINE. This work was supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (Grants OTKA 68506 and 71989), the J{\'a}nos Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Grants 667/N-CERN/2010/0, NN 202 48 4339 and NN 202 23 1837), the Polish National Center for Science (Grants 2011/03/N/ST2/03691, 2012/04/M/ST2/00816 and 2013/11/N/ST2/03879), the Foundation for Polish Science – MPD program, co-financed by the European Union within the European Regional Development Fund, the Federal Agency of Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (SPbSU Research Grant 11.38.193.2014), the Russian Academy of Science and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grants 08-02-00018, 09-02-00664 and 12-02-91503-CERN), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grants 18071005, 19034011, 19740162, 20740160 and 20039012), the German Research Foundation (Grant GA 1480/2-2), the U.S. Department of Energy, the EU-funded Marie Curie Outgoing Fellowship, Grant PIOF-GA-2013-624803, the Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (bilateral contract No. 4418-1-15/17), Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia (Grant OI171002), Swiss Nationalfonds Foundation (Grants 206621_117734 and 20FL20_154223) and ETH Research Grant TH-01 07-3. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, The Author(s).",

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T1 - Measurements of π± differential yields from the surface of the T2K replica target for incoming 31 GeV/c protons with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS

T2 - NA61/SHINE Collaboration

AU - Abgrall, N.

AU - Aduszkiewicz, A.

AU - Ajaz, M.

AU - Ali, Y.

AU - Andronov, E.

AU - Antićić, T.

AU - Antoniou, N.

AU - Baatar, B.

AU - Bay, F.

AU - Blondel, A.

AU - Blümer, J.

AU - Bogomilov, M.

AU - Brandin, A.

AU - Bravar, A.

AU - Brzychczyk, J.

AU - Bunyatov, S. A.

AU - Busygina, O.

AU - Christakoglou, P.

AU - Ćirković, M.

AU - Czopowicz, T.

AU - Davis, N.

AU - Debieux, S.

AU - Dembinski, H.

AU - Deveaux, M.

AU - Diakonos, F.

AU - Di Luise, S.

AU - Dominik, W.

AU - Dumarchez, J.

AU - Dynowski, K.

AU - Engel, R.

AU - Ereditato, A.

AU - Feofilov, G. A.

AU - Fodor, Z.

AU - Garibov, A.

AU - Gaździcki, M.

AU - Golubeva, M.

AU - Grebieszkow, K.

AU - Grzeszczuk, A.

AU - Guber, F.

AU - Haesler, A.

AU - Hasegawa, T.

AU - Hervé, A. E.

AU - Hierholzer, M.

AU - Igolkin, S.

AU - Ivashkin, A.

AU - Johnson, S. R.

AU - Kadija, K.

AU - Kapoyannis, A.

AU - Kaptur, E.

AU - Kisiel, J.

AU - Kobayashi, T.

AU - Kolesnikov, V. I.

AU - Kolev, D.

AU - Kondratiev, V. P.

AU - Korzenev, A.

AU - Kowalik, K.

AU - Kowalski, S.

AU - Koziel, M.

AU - Krasnoperov, A.

AU - Kuich, M.

AU - Kurepin, A.

AU - Larsen, D.

AU - László, A.

AU - Lewicki, M.

AU - Lyubushkin, V. V.

AU - Maćkowiak-Pawłowska, M.

AU - Maksiak, B.

AU - Malakhov, A. I.

AU - Manić, D.

AU - Marcinek, A.

AU - Marino, A. D.

AU - Marton, K.

AU - Mathes, H. J.

AU - Matulewicz, T.

AU - Matveev, V.

AU - Melkumov, G. L.

AU - Messerly, B.

AU - Mills, G. B.

AU - Morozov, S.

AU - Mrówczyński, S.

AU - Nagai, Y.

AU - Nakadaira, T.

AU - Naskręt, M.

AU - Nirkko, M.

AU - Nishikawa, K.

AU - Panagiotou, A. D.

AU - Paolone, V.

AU - Pavin, M.

AU - Petukhov, O.

AU - Pistillo, C.

AU - Płaneta, R.

AU - Popov, B. A.

AU - Posiadała-Zezula, M.

AU - Puławski, S.

AU - Puzović, J.

AU - Rauch, W.

AU - Ravonel, M.

AU - Redij, A.

AU - Renfordt, R.

AU - Richter-Wąs, E.

AU - Robert, A.

AU - Röhrich, D.

AU - Rondio, E.

AU - Roth, M.

AU - Rubbia, A.

AU - Rumberger, B. T.

AU - Rustamov, A.

AU - Rybczynski, M.

AU - Sadovsky, A.

AU - Sakashita, K.

AU - Sarnecki, R.

AU - Schmidt, K.

AU - Sekiguchi, T.

AU - Selyuzhenkov, I.

AU - Seryakov, A.

AU - Seyboth, P.

AU - Sgalaberna, D.

AU - Shibata, M.

AU - Słodkowski, M.

AU - Staszel, P.

AU - Stefanek, G.

AU - Stepaniak, J.

AU - Ströbele, H.

AU - Šuša, T.

AU - Szuba, M.

AU - Tada, M.

AU - Taranenko, A.

AU - Tefelska, A.

AU - Tefelski, D.

AU - Tereshchenko, V.

AU - Tsenov, R.

AU - Turko, L.

AU - Ulrich, R.

AU - Unger, M.

AU - Vassiliou, M.

AU - Veberič, D.

AU - Vechernin, V. V.

AU - Vesztergombi, G.

AU - Vinogradov, L.

AU - Wilczek, A.

AU - Włodarczyk, Z.

AU - Wojtaszek-Szwarc, A.

AU - Wyszyński, O.

AU - Yarritu, K.

AU - Zambelli, L.

AU - Zimmerman, E. D.

AU - Friend, M.

AU - Galymov, V.

AU - Hartz, M.

AU - Hiraki, T.

AU - Ichikawa, A.

AU - Kubo, H.

AU - Matsuoka, K.

AU - Murakami, A.

AU - Nakaya, T.

AU - Suzuki, K.

AU - Tzanov, M.

AU - Yu, M.

N1 - Funding Information: We would like to thank the CERN PH, BE and EN Departments for the strong support of NA61/SHINE. This work was supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (Grants OTKA 68506 and 71989), the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Grants 667/N-CERN/2010/0, NN 202 48 4339 and NN 202 23 1837), the Polish National Center for Science (Grants 2011/03/N/ST2/03691, 2012/04/M/ST2/00816 and 2013/11/N/ST2/03879), the Foundation for Polish Science – MPD program, co-financed by the European Union within the European Regional Development Fund, the Federal Agency of Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (SPbSU Research Grant 11.38.193.2014), the Russian Academy of Science and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grants 08-02-00018, 09-02-00664 and 12-02-91503-CERN), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grants 18071005, 19034011, 19740162, 20740160 and 20039012), the German Research Foundation (Grant GA 1480/2-2), the U.S. Department of Energy, the EU-funded Marie Curie Outgoing Fellowship, Grant PIOF-GA-2013-624803, the Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (bilateral contract No. 4418-1-15/17), Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia (Grant OI171002), Swiss Nationalfonds Foundation (Grants 206621_117734 and 20FL20_154223) and ETH Research Grant TH-01 07-3. Publisher Copyright: © 2016, The Author(s).

PY - 2016/11/1

Y1 - 2016/11/1

N2 - Measurements of particle emission from a replica of the T2K 90 cm-long carbon target were performed in the NA61/SHINE experiment at CERN SPS, using data collected during a high-statistics run in 2009. An efficient use of the long-target measurements for neutrino flux predictions in T2K requires dedicated reconstruction and analysis techniques. Fully-corrected differential yields of π±-mesons from the surface of the T2K replica target for incoming 31 GeV/c protons are presented. A possible strategy to implement these results into the T2K neutrino beam predictions is discussed and the propagation of the uncertainties of these results to the final neutrino flux is performed.

AB - Measurements of particle emission from a replica of the T2K 90 cm-long carbon target were performed in the NA61/SHINE experiment at CERN SPS, using data collected during a high-statistics run in 2009. An efficient use of the long-target measurements for neutrino flux predictions in T2K requires dedicated reconstruction and analysis techniques. Fully-corrected differential yields of π±-mesons from the surface of the T2K replica target for incoming 31 GeV/c protons are presented. A possible strategy to implement these results into the T2K neutrino beam predictions is discussed and the propagation of the uncertainties of these results to the final neutrino flux is performed.

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U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4440-y

DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4440-y

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AN - SCOPUS:84994751960

SN - 1434-6044

VL - 76

JO - Zeitschrift fur Physik C-Particles and Fields

JF - Zeitschrift fur Physik C-Particles and Fields

IS - 11

M1 - 617

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Measurements of π^± differential yields from the surface of the T2K replica target for incoming 31 GeV/c protons with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS: NA61/SHINE Collaboration

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