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Impact of cross section uncertainties on NOvA oscillation analyses

The NOvA experiment is an off-axis long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment measuring $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance and $\nu_{e}$ appearance in a $\nu_{\mu}$ beam originating at Fermilab. Oscillations are observed in the far detector…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-01-17 Jeremy Wolcott

Measurement of $K^{+}$ production in charged-current $\nu_{\mu}$ interactions

Production of K^{+} mesons in charged-current \nu_{\mu} interactions on plastic scintillator (CH) is measured using MINERvA exposed to the low-energy NuMI beam at Fermilab. Timing information is used to isolate a sample of 885…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-07-26 C. M. Marshall , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , J. Chvojka , H. da Motta , J. Devan , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , B. Eberly , E. Endress , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , T. Golan , R. Gran , S. Griswold , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , K. Hurtado , M. Kiveni , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , T. Le , E. Maher , I. Majoros , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. S. McFarland , C. L. McGivern , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , A. Mislivec , J. G. Morfín , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , J. Osta , V. Paolone , J. Park , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , L. Rakotondravohitra , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , M. Rosenberg , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , L. A. Shadler , C. Simon , C. J. Solano Salinas , S. Sánchez Falero , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , Z. Wang , P. Watkins , K. Wiley , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , D. Zhang

Data Quality and Performance of the NOvA Prototype Detector

The NOvA project is a long-baseline neutrino experiment. It utilizes the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab and consists of two functionally-identical liquid scintillator filled detectors. The detectors are placed 14 milliradians off-axis from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 S. Lein

Neutron measurements from anti-neutrino hydrocarbon reactions

Charged-current anti-neutrino interactions on hydrocarbon scintillator in the MINERvA detector are used to study activity from their final-state neutrons. To ensure that most of the neutrons are from the primary interaction, rather than…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-09-24 M. Elkins , T. Cai , J. Chaves , J. Kleykamp , F. Akbar , L. Albin , L. Aliaga , D. A. Andrade , M. V. Ascencio , A. Bashyal , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. Caceres , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , J. Chaves , D. Coplowe , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , N. Fiza , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , A. Ghosh , R. Gran , J. Y. Han , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , S. Jena , D. Jena , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , D. Last , T. Le , A. Lovlein , J. Leistico , A. G. Lopez , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. M. Marshall , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , J. G. Morfín , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramírez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , D. Rimal , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , J. Wolcott , C. Wret , B. Yaeggy

Antineutrino Charged-Current reactions on Hydrocarbon with Low Momentum Transfer

We report on multinucleon effects in low momentum transfer ($< 0.8$ GeV/c) anti-neutrino interactions on plastic (CH) scintillator. These data are from the 2010-2011 antineutrino phase of the MINERvA experiment at Fermilab. The hadronic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-01-16 R. Gran , M. Betancourt , M. Elkins , P. A. Rodrigues , F. Akbar , L. Aliaga , D. A. Andrade , A. Bashyal , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. F. R. Caceres Vera , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , D. Coplowe , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , H. Haider , J. Y. Han , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , D. Jena , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , T. Le , J. R. Leistico , A. Lovlein , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. M. Marshall , K. S. McFarland , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , A. Mislivec , J. G. Morfin , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , D. Rimal , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , S. Sanchez Falero , E. Valencia , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , B. Yaeggy

Measurement of Neutrino-Electron Elastic Scattering at NOvA Near Detector

NOvA is a long-baseline accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment that is optimized for electron-neutrino appearance measurements. It uses the upgraded NuMI beam from Fermilab and consists of a Far Detector in Ash River, Minnesota…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-11 Jianming Bian

Identification of nuclear effects in neutrino-carbon interactions at low three-momentum transfer

Two different nuclear-medium effects are isolated using a low three-momentum transfer subsample of neutrino-carbon scattering data from the MINERvA neutrino experiment. The observed hadronic energy in charged-current $\nu_\mu$ interactions…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-09-24 P. A. Rodrigues , J. Demgen , E. Miltenberger , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , T. Kai , M. F. Carneiro , J. Chvojka , J. Devan , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , B. Eberly , M. Elkins , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , T. Golan , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , K. Hurtado , M. Kiveni , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , T. Le , J. R. Leistico , A. Lovlein , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. M. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. S. McFarland , C. L. McGivern , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , A. Mislivec , J. Morfin , J. Mousseau , T. Muhlbeier , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , J. Osta , V. Paolone , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , D. Rimal , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , G. Zavala , D. Zhang

Measurement of inclusive charged-current $\nu_\mu$ cross sections as a function of muon kinematics at $<E_\nu>\sim6~GeV$ on hydrocarbon

MINERvA presents a new analysis of inclusive charged-current neutrino interactions on a hydrocarbon target. We report single and double-differential cross sections in muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. These measurements are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-03 D. Ruterbories , A. Filkins , Z. Ahmad Dar , F. Akbar , D. A. Andrade , M. V. Ascencio , A. Bashyal , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , J. L. Bonilla , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. Caceres , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , G. A. Díaz , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , D. Jena , S. Jena , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , D. Last , T. Le , A. Lozano , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , B. Messerly , J. Miller , J. G. Morfín , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Norrick , A. Olivier , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramírez , H. Ray , H. Schellman , G. Silva , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , A. V. Waldron , C. Wret , B. Yaeggy , K. Yang , L. Zazueta

Detector R&D for future Neutrino Experiments with the NuMI Beamline

A report to the Fermilab Director from the Study Group on Future Neutrino Experiments at Fermilab

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Barenboim , A. Bodek , C. Bromberg , A. Bross , L. Buckley-Geer , B. Choudhary , D. Cline , F. DeJongh , G. Drake , S. Geer , M. Goodman , A. deGouvea , D. A. Harris , K. Heller , J. Huston , J. Johnstone , M. Kostin , J. Learned , P. Litchfield , M. Marshak , K. McDonald , K. S. McFarland , S. Menary , M. Messier , D. Michael , R. Miller , N. Mokhov , J. K. Nelson , E. Peterson , R. Richards , K. Ruddick , F. Sergiamepietri , P. Shanahan , R. Shrock , Y. Seo , R. Stefanski , M. Szleper , K. Tollefson , J. Urheim

Simultaneous measurement of proton and lepton kinematics in quasielastic-like $\nu_{\mu}$-hydrocarbon interactions from 2 to 20 GeV

Neutrino charged-current quasielastic-like scattering, a reaction category extensively used in neutrino oscillation measurements, probes nuclear effects that govern neutrino-nucleus interactions. This Letter reports the first measurement of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-05-26 The MINERvA Collaboration , D. Ruterbories , S. Akhter , Z. Ahmad Dar , F. Akbar , V. Ansari , M. V. Ascencio , M. Sajjad Athar , A. Bashyal , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , J. L. Bonilla , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. Caceres , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , G. A. Díaz , H. da Motta , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , P. K. Gaur , A. Ghosh , S. M. Gilligan , R. Gran , E. Haase , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , K. Jacobsen , D. Jena , S. Jena , J. Kleykamp , A. Klustová , M. Kordosky , D. Last , A. Lozano , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , O. Moreno , J. G. Morfín , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , K. -J. Plows , M. A. Ramírez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , N. H. Vaughan , A. V. Waldron , M. O. Wascko , C. Wret , B. Yaeggy , L. Zazueta

Precise Measurement of Neutrino and Anti-neutrino Differential Cross Sections

The NuTeV experiment at Fermilab has obtained a unique high statistics sample of neutrino and anti-neutrino interactions using its high-energy sign-selected beam. We present a measurement of the differential cross section for…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-09-29 M. Tzanov , D. Naples , S. Boyd , J. McDonald , V. Radescu , T. Adams , A. Alton , S. Avvakumov , L. deBarbaro , P. deBarbaro , R. H. Bernstein , A. Bodek , T. Bolton , J. Brau , D. Buchholz , H. Budd , L. Bugel , J. Conrad , R. B. Drucker , B. T. Fleming , R. Frey , J. A. Formaggio , J. Goldman , M. Goncharov , D. A. Harris , R. A. Johnson , J. H. Kim , S. Koutsoliotas , M. J. Lamm , W. Marsh , D. Mason , K. S. McFarland , C. McNulty , P. Nienaber , A. Romosan , W. K. Sakumoto , H. Schellman , M. H. Shaevitz , P. Spentzouris , E. G. Stern , N. Suwonjandee , N. Tobien , M. Vakili , A. Vaitaitis , U. K. Yang , J. Yu , G. P. Zeller , E. D. Zimmerman

Neutrino Cross section Future

The study of neutrino-nucleus interactions has recently received renewed attention due to their importance in interpreting the neutrino oscillation data. Over the past few years, there has been continuous disagreement between neutrino cross…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-02-18 Sowjanya Gollapinni

The Design and Performance of the MINERvA Detector

The MINERvA experiment is designed to make precision measurements of various neutrino cross sections in the low energy regime. We describe the detector and give the performance of some of the measured quantities.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-11-05 H. Budd

The NuMI Neutrino Beam at Fermilab

The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) facility at Fermilab is due to begin operations in late 2004. NuMI will deliver an intense muon neutrino beam of variable energy 2-20 GeV directed into the Earth at 58 mrad for short (~1 km) and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Sacha E. Kopp

Measurement of final-state correlations in neutrino muon-proton mesonless production on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_\nu\rangle=3$ GeV

Final-state kinematic imbalances are measured in mesonless production of $\nu_\mu + A \to \mu^- + p + X$ in the MINERvA tracker. Initial- and final-state nuclear effects are probed using the direction of the $\mu^-$-p transverse momentum…

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The NuMI Beam at FNAL and its use for Cross Section Measurements

The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) facility at Fermilab began operations in late 2004. NuMI will deliver an intense muon neutrino beam of variable energy (2-20 GeV). Several aspects of the design and results from runs of the MINOS…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-13 Sacha E. Kopp

Coherent Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering and new Neutrino Interactions

We investigate the potential to probe new neutrino physics with future experiments measuring coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering. Experiments with high statistics should become feasible soon and allow to constrain parameters with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-04-05 Manfred Lindner , Werner Rodejohann , Xun-Jie Xu

Neutrino-nucleus interaction models and their impact on oscillation analyses

In neutrino oscillation experiments, neutrino interactions at the detector are simulated using event generators which attempt to reflect our understanding of nuclear physics. We study the impact of different neutrino interactions and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-04-23 Pilar Coloma , Patrick Huber , Chun-Min Jen , Camillo Mariani

Neutrino oscillation studies and the neutrino cross section

The present uncertainties in the knowledge of the neutrino cross sections for E_nu \sim 1 GeV, that is in the energy range most important for atmospheric and long baseline accelerator neutrinos, are large. These uncertainties do not play a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Paolo Lipari

Updates and Lessons Learned from NuMI Beamline at Fermilab

The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beamline at Fermilab generates an intense muon neutrino beam for the NOvA (NuMI Off-axis $\nu_e$ Appearance) long-baseline neutrino experiment. Over the years, the NuMI beamline has been pivotal in…

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