Measurement of beam-correlated background neutrons from the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam in ANNIE Phase-I

A.R. Back; J.F. Beacom; T. Boschi; D. Carber; E. Catano-Mur; M. Chen; E. Drakopoulou; F. Di Lodovico; A. Elagin; J. Eisch; V. Fischer; S. Gardiner; J. Griskevich; D. Grzan; R. Hatcher; F. Krennrich; B. Kimmelman; A. Kreymer; W. Lee; S. Locke; M. Long; M. Malek; C. McGivern; E. Moore; M. Needham; M. O'Flaherty; J. Podczerwinski; B. Richards; J. Ritz; M. C. Sanchez; M. Smy; R. Svoboda; E. Tiras; M. Vagins; J. Wang; P. Weatherly; A. Weinstein; M. Wetstein; J. Wu

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/15/03/P03011

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Measurement of beam-correlated background neutrons from the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam in ANNIE Phase-I

A.R. Back², J.F. Beacom⁴, T. Boschi³, D. Carber², E. Catano-Mur², M. Chen⁶, E. Drakopoulou⁹, F. Di Lodovico³, A. Elagin⁸, J. Eisch², V. Fischer⁶, S. Gardiner⁶, J. Griskevich⁷, D. Grzan², R. Hatcher¹, F. Krennrich², B. Kimmelman⁶, A. Kreymer¹, W. Lee¹, S. Locke⁷, M. Long⁶, M. Malek¹⁰, C. McGivern¹, E. Moore⁶, M. Needham⁹, M. O'Flaherty¹⁰, J. Podczerwinski², B. Richards¹¹, J. Ritz⁷, M. C. Sanchez², M. Smy⁷, R. Svoboda⁶, E. Tiras², M. Vagins⁷, J. Wang⁶, P. Weatherly⁷, A. Weinstein², M. Wetstein² and J. Wu²

Published 17 March 2020 • © 2020 The Author(s)
Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 15, March 2020 Citation A.R. Back et al 2020 JINST 15 P03011 DOI 10.1088/1748-0221/15/03/P03011

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² Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, U.S.A.

³ Kings College London, London WC2R2LS, U.K.

⁴ Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A.

⁵ Queen Mary University of London, London E14NS, U.K.

⁶ University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95817, U.S.A.

⁷ University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, U.S.A.

⁸ University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A.

⁹ University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, U.K.

¹⁰ University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, U.K.

¹¹ University of Warwick, Coventry CV47AL, U.K.

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Received 6 December 2019
Accepted 7 February 2020
Published 17 March 2020

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The Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE) aims to make a unique measurement of neutron yield from neutrino-nucleus interactions and to perform R&D for the next generation of water-based neutrino detectors. In this paper, we characterize beam-induced neutron backgrounds in the experimental hall at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. It is shown that the background levels are sufficiently low to allow the next stage of the experiment to proceed. These measurements are relevant to other Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) [1] experiments located adjacent to ANNIE Hall, where dirt neutrons and sky-shine could present similar backgrounds.

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