2007/01/12 by Thomas Adam, T. Adam, E. Baussan +35 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.147
published as Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A577:523-539,2007 · 25 pages, submitted to Nuclear Instrument and Methods
arxiv created 2007/01/12 · openalex publication_date 2007/04/25 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
The main task of the Target Tracker detector of the long baseline neutrino oscillation OPERA experiment is to locate in which of the target elementary constituents, the lead/emulsion bricks, the neutrino interactions have occurred and also to give calorimetric information about each event. The technology used consists in walls of two planes of plastic scintillator strips, one per transverse direction. Wavelength shifting fibres collect the light signal emitted by the scintillator strips and guide it to both ends where it is read by multi-anode photomultiplier tubes. All the elements used in the construction of this detector and its main characteristics are described.