MINOS: Contemporary evolution of Near Detector simulation and hardware

by Mr Alex Sells (University College London)

Thursday 27 Nov 2025, 14:00 → 15:30 Asia/Shanghai

5#/6th-603 - Meeting Room 603 (Science Building)

Abstract:

Almost 10 years after the MINOS experiment finished, improvements are still being made to the simulation of the NuMI neutrino beam using the Near Detector data. This model, based on the G4NuMI package, is relevant to flux predictions for a range of accelerator-beam neutrino oscillation experiments. A new reweighting of the Monte Carlo simulation is presented, which builds on previous work to incorporate mismodelling and unknown effects associated with neutrino interactions.
In addition, MINOS leaves behind a large supply of currently unused photomultiplier tubes. The second part of this talk introduces the R&D mission to design new electronics to make the hundreds of legacy Hamamatsu M64 multianode photomultipliers available for modern experimental purposes.

Biography:

Alex Sells – From Plymouth, UK, I have attended University College London since 2018, undertaking an integrated masters in Physics, and lately involved in research applying economical Cherenkov in Mine Pits (CHIPS)-style electronics to MINOS Photomultipliers, and in near detector focused MINOS analysis.

Host: Prof. Junting Huang

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