@article{3161471,
    title = "Design, calibration, and performance of the MINERvA detector",
    author = "Aliaga, L. and Bagby, L. and Baldin, B. and Baumbaugh, A. and Bodek, A. and and Bradford, R. and Brooks, W. K. and Boehnlein, D. and Boyd, S. and and Budd, H. and Butkevich, A. and Martinez Caicedo, D. A. and Castromonte, and C. M. and Christy, M. E. and Chvojka, J. and da Motta, H. and Damiani, and D. S. and Danko, I. and Datta, M. and DeMaat, R. and Devan, J. and and Draeger, E. and Dytman, S. A. and Diaz, G. A. and Eberly, B. and and Edmondson, D. A. and Felix, J. and Fields, L. and Fiorentini, G. A. and and Flight, R. S. and Gago, A. M. and Gallagher, H. and George, C. A. and and Gielata, J. A. and Gingu, C. and Gobbi, B. and Gran, R. and Grange, J. and and Grossman, N. and Harris, D. A. and Heaton, J. and Higuera, A. and and Hobbs, J. A. and Howley, I. J. and Hurtado, K. and Jerkins, M. and and Kafka, T. and Kantner, M. O. and Keppel, C. and Kilmer, J. and Kordosky, and M. and Krajeski, A. H. and Kumbartzki, G. J. and Lee, H. and Leister, A. and G. and Locke, G. and Maggi, G. and Maher, E. and Manly, S. and Mann, W. and A. and Marshall, C. M. and McFarland, K. S. and McGivern, C. L. and and McGowan, A. M. and Mislivec, A. and Morfin, J. G. and Mousseau, J. and and Naples, D. and Nelson, J. K. and Niculescu, G. and Niculescu, I. and and O'Connor, C. D. and Ochoa, N. and Olsen, J. and Osmanov, B. and Osta, J. and and Palomino, J. L. and Paolone, V. and Park, J. and Perdue, G. N. and and Pena, C. and Pla-Dalmau, A. and Rakotondravohitra, L. and Ransome, R. D. and and Ray, H. and Ren, L. and Rubinov, P. and Rude, C. and Sassin, K. E. and and Schellman, H. and Schmitz, D. W. and Schneider, R. M. and Schulte, and E. C. and Simon, C. and Snider, F. D. and Snyder, M. C. and Solano and Salinas, C. J. and Tagg, N. and Tice, B. G. and Tilden, R. N. and and Tzanakos, G. and Velasquez, J. P. and Walton, T. and Westerberg, A. and and Wolcott, J. and Wolthuis, B. A. and Woodward, N. and Wytock, T. and and Zavala, G. and Zeng, H. B. and Zhang, D. and Zhu, L. Y. and Ziemer, B. and P.",
    journal = "NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION
A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT",
    year = "2014",
    volume = "743",
    pages = "130-159",
    publisher = "ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV",
    doi = "10.1016/j.nima.2013.12.053",
    keywords = "NuMI; MINERvA; Neutrinos; Cross-sections; Nuclear effects",
    abstract = "The MINERvA(6) experiment is designed to perform precision studies of
neutrino-nucleus scattering using nu(mu) and (nu) over bar (mu)
neutrinos incident at 1-20 GeV in the NuMI beam at Fermilab. This
article presents a detailed description of the MINERvA detector and
describes the ex situ and in situ techniques employed to characterize
the detector and monitor its performance. The detector is composed of a
finely segmented scintillator-based inner tracking region surrounded by
electromagnetic and hadronic sampling calorimetry. The upstream portion
of the detector includes planes of graphite, iron and lead interleaved
between tracking planes to facilitate the study of nuclear effects in
neutrino interactions. Observations concerning the detector response
over sustained periods of running are reported. The detector design and
methods of operation have relevance to future neutrino experiments in
which segmented scintillator tracking is utilized. (C) 2014 The Authors.
Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC
BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)."
}