Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems, 2009, Vol.12, No.4, pp.429-434

NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
An Interdisciplinary Journal

2009, Vol.12, No.4, pp.429-434

Measurements of Hadron Production for Neutrino and Cosmic-Ray Physics - Program of the NA61/SHINE Experiment at CERN SPS.
Magdalena Zofia Posiadała

NA61/SHINE, a fixed target experiment at CERN SPS, performs in its first stage of data taking (years 2007 and 2009) measurements of hadron production in hadron - nucleus interactions. Such data are needed for neutrino (T2K) and cosmic-ray (Pierre Auger and KASCADE) experiments. The NA61/SHINE apparatus offers the unique possibility of accurate measurement of hadron production, including good particle identification. For precise predictions of the T2K neutrino beam parameters the measurements are performed on thin carbon target as well as on the replica of the target installed at Tokai. The preliminary results on hadron production cross section for 30 GeV protons on carbon target from 2007 pilot run are shown. The article also presents the plan for data taking in 2009, when more data on proton carbon interactions at 30 GeV for T2K will be taken, as well as higher energy data for cosmic-ray experiments.
Key words: NA61/SHINE, cosmic rays, hadron production measurements for T2K

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