The muon beam monitor for the FAMU experiment: design, simulation, test, and operation
FAMU is an INFN-led muonic atom physics experiment based at the RIKEN-RAL muon facility at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source (United Kingdom). The aim of FAMU is to measure the hyperfine splitting in muonic hydrogen to determine the value of the proton Zemach radius with an accuracy better than 1%. The experiment has a scintillating-fibre hodoscope for beam monitoring and data normalisation. In order to carry out muon flux estimation, low-rate measurements were performed to extract the single-muon average deposited charge. Then, detector simulation in Geant4 and FLUKA allowed a thorough understanding of the single-muon response function, which is crucial for determining the muon flux. This work presents the design features of the FAMU beam monitor, along with the simulation and absolute calibration measurements in order to enable flux determination and enable data normalisation.
Authors
- R. Rossini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5273-344X)
- Alessandro Menegolli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2729-5593)
- Roberta Ramponi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1806-9706)
- M. Baruzzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1948-7635)
- M. Pullia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1851-431X)
- Guido Toci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5245-1805)
- K. Yokoyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6136-1908)
- E. Vallazza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7465-7430)
- E. Mocchiutti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7856-551X)
- R. Gaigher
- A. Vacchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3855-5856)
- C. Petroselli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4933-9723)
- L. Tortora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9802-0813)
- K. Ishida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9824-6388)
- M. Clemenza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8064-8936)
- S. Monzani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0479-2207)
- L. Gianfrani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2241-7603)
- Lorenzo Colace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7111-3905)
- M.C. Prata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1264-3997)
- A. Sbrizzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1934-3041)
- Stefano Banfi
- G. Baldazzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6657-1645)
- M. Rossella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9552-1164)
- Eugenio Fasci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1722-5831)
- J. S. Lord (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8315-482X)
- D. Cirrincione (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2861-0738)
- R. Benocci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1195-4542)
- M. Bonesini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5119-1896)
- R. Mazza
- A. de Bari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6693-0284)
- C. Pizzolotto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0200-2408)
- C. De Vecchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5591-8255)
- A. D. Hillier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2391-8581)
- R. Bertoni
- S. Carsi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2571-4760)
- Luigi Moretti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3908-4689)
- L. Quintieri
- P.J.C. King
Institutions
- University of Insubria (IT)
- Roma Tre University (IT)
- University of Udine (IT)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (GB)
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- University of Pavia (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma Tre (IT)
- National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia (IT)
- National Institute of Optics (IT)
- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano Bicocca (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste (IT)
- National Research Council (IT)
- RIKEN Nishina Center (JP)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Detector Science and Technology
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fdest.2024.1438902
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.30
Funders
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare