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Measurement of inclusive charged current interactions on carbon in a few-GeV neutrino beam

The SciBooNE Collaboration reports a measurement of inclusive charged current interactions of muon neutrinos on carbon with an average energy of 0.8 GeV using the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam. We compare our measurement with two neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-17 SciBooNE Collaboration , Y. Nakajima , J. L. Alcaraz-Aunion , S. J. Brice , L. Bugel , J. Catala-Perez , G. Cheng , J. M. Conrad , Z. Djurcic , U. Dore , D. A. Finley , A. J. Franke , C. Giganti , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , P. Guzowski , A. Hanson , Y. Hayato , K. Hiraide , G. Jover-Manas , G. Karagiorgi , T. Katori , Y. K. Kobayashi , T. Kobilarcik , H. Kubo , Y. Kurimoto , W. C. Louis , P. F. Loverre , L. Ludovici , K. B. M. Mahn , C. Mariani , S. Masuike , K. Matsuoka , V. T. McGary , W. Metcalf , G. B. Mills , G. Mitsuka , Y. Miyachi , S. Mizugashira , C. D. Moore , T. Nakaya , R. Napora , P. Nienaber , D. Orme , M. Otani , A. D. Russell , F. Sanchez , M. H. Shaevitz , T. -A. Shibata , M. Sorel , R. J. Stefanski , H. Takei , H. -K. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , R. Tayloe , I. J. Taylor , R. J. Tesarek , Y. Uchida , R. Van de Water , J. J. Walding , M. O. Wascko , H. B. White , M. Yokoyama , G. P. Zeller , E. D. Zimmerman

Measurement of inclusive charged-current $\nu_{\numu}$ scattering on hydrocarbon at {<Enu>} 6 GeV with low three-momentum transfer

The \minerva experiment reports double-differential cross-section measurements for $\nu_{\mu}$-carbon interactions with three-momentum transfer $|\vec{q}| < 1.2$ GeV obtained with medium energy exposures in the NuMI beam. These measurements…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-08-17 M. V. Ascencio , D. A. Andrade , I. Mahbub , Z. Ahmad Dar , F. Akbar , A. Bashyal , S. Bender , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , J. L. Bonilla , K. Bonin , H. Budd , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , G. A. Diaz , H. da Motta , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , N. Fuad , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , R. Gran , T. Haluptzok , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , S. Jena , D. Jena , J. Kleykamp , A. Klustova , M. Kordosky , D. Last , A. Lozano , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , J. Miller , J. G. Morfin , J. K. Nelson , 4C. Nguyen , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , K. -J. Plows , M. A. Ramirez , H. Ray , B. J. Reed , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , E. Valencia , N. H. Vaughan , A. V. Waldron , C. Wret , B. Yaeggy , K. Yang , L. Zazueta

Toward Construction of the Unified Lepton-Nucleus Interaction Model from a Few Hundred MeV to GeV Region

Next generation neutrino oscillation experiments will need a quantitative understanding of neutrino-nucleus interaction far better than ever. Kinematics covered by the relevant neutrino-nucleus interaction spans wide region, from the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-02-28 S. X. Nakamura , Y. Hayato , M. Hirai , H. Kamano , S. Kumano , M. Sakuda , K. Saito , T. Sato

Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Quasi-Elastic Scattering on a Hydrocarbon Target at E_{\nu} ~ 3.5 GeV

We have isolated muon anti-neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic interactions occurring in the segmented scintillator tracking region of the MINERvA detector running in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. We measure the flux-averaged…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-11-25 The MINERvA collaboration , L. Fields , J. Chvojka , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , B. Baldin , A. Baumbaugh , A. Bodek , D. Boehnlein , S. Boyd , R. Bradford , W. K. Brooks , H. Budd , A. Butkevich , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , C. M. Castromonte , M. E. Christy , H. Chung , M. Clark , H. da Motta , D. S. Damiani , I. Danko , M. Datta , M. Day , R. DeMaat , J. Devan , E. Draeger , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , B. Eberly , D. A. Edmondson , J. Felix , T. Fitzpatrick , G. A. Fiorentini , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , C. A. George , J. A. Gielata , C. Gingu , B. Gobbi , R. Gran , N. Grossman , J. Hanson , D. A. Harris , J. Heaton , A. Higuera , I. J. Howley , K. Hurtado , M. Jerkins , T. Kafka , J. Kaisen , M. O. Kanter , C. E. Keppel , J. Kilmer , M. Kordosky , A. H. Krajeski , S. A. Kulagin , T. Le , H. Lee , A. G. Leister , G. Locke , G. Maggi , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. M. Marshall , K. S. McFarland , C. L. McGivern , A. M. McGowan , A. Mislivec , J. G. Morfín , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , G. Niculescu , I. Niculescu , N. Ochoa , C. D. O'Connor , J. Olsen , B. Osmanov , J. Osta , J. L. Palomino , V. Paolone , J. Park , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , C. Peña , L. Rakotondravohitra , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , P. A. Rodrigues , C. Rude , K. E. Sassin , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , R. M. Schneider , E. C. Schulte , C. Simon , F. D. Snider , M. C. Snyder , J. T. Sobczyk , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , W. Tan , B. G. Tice , G. Tzanakos , J. P. Velásquez , J. Walding , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , B. A. Wolthuis , N. Woodward , G. Zavala , H. B. Zeng , D. Zhang , L. Y. Zhu , B. P. Ziemer

Measurement of Quasielastic-Like Neutrino Scattering at $\left< E_\nu \right> \sim 3.5$~ GeV on a Hydrocarbon Target

MINERvA presents a new analysis of neutrino induced quasielastic-like interactions in a hydrocarbon tracking target. We report a double-differential cross section using the muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. In addition,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-01-16 D. Ruterbories , K. Hurtado , J. Osta , F. Akbar , L. Aliaga , D. A. Andrade , M. V. Ascencio , A. Bashyal , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , 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 , 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 , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , W. A. Mann , 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 , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramírez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , H. Schellman , J. T. Sobczyk , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , C. Wret , B. Yaeggy , L. Zazueta

Direct Measurement of Nuclear Dependence of Charged Current Quasielastic-like Neutrino Interactions using MINERvA

Charged-current $\nu_{\mu}$ interactions on carbon, iron, and lead with a final state hadronic system of one or more protons with zero mesons are used to investigate the influence of the nuclear environment on quasielastic-like…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-08-30 M. Betancourt , A. Ghosh , T. Walton , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , T. Cai , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , M. F. Carneiro , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Dıaz , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , T. Golan , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , K. Hurtado , M. Kiveni , J. Kleykamp , T. Le , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. M. Marshall , K. S. McFarland , C. L. McGivern , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , J. G. Morfın , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramırez , L. Ren , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , J. T. Sobczyk , C. J. Solano Salinas , S. Sanchez Falero , E. Valencia , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , B. Yaeggy

The NuMI Neutrino Beam at Fermilab

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) directed into the Earth at 58 mrad for short (~1km) and long…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sacha E. Kopp

First Measurement of Neutrino Interactions in MicroBooNE

The MicroBooNE detector has recently completed its first year of neutrino beam data-taking in the Booster Neutrino Beam at Fermilab, having collected approximately half of its intended data ($3.4\times10^{20}$ of $6.6\times10^{20}$ protons…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-11-04 Pip Hamilton

Search for Accelerator-Produced Sub-GeV Dark Matter with the NOvA Near Detector

The NuMI facility at Fermilab produces a high-intensity beam of muon neutrinos and antineutrinos, designed to study neutrino oscillations. This beam may also be a source of dark matter particles produced through a light mediator. We search…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-11-13 S. Abubakar , M. Acero , B. Acharya , P. Adamson , N. Anfimov , A. Antoshkin , E. Arrieta-Diaz , L. Asquith , A. Aurisano , A. Back , N. Balashov , P. Baldi , B. A. Bambah , E. F. Bannister , A. Barros , A. Bat , T. Bezerra , V. Bhatnagar , B. Bhuyan , J. Bian , A. C. Booth , R. Bowles , B. Brahma , C. Bromberg , N. Buchanan , A. Butkevich , T. J. Carroll , E. Catano-Mur , J. P. Cesar , R. Chirco , S. Choate , B. C. Choudhary , O. T. K. Chow , A. Christensen , M. F. Cicala , T. E. Coan , T. Contreras , A. Cooleybeck , D. Coveyou , L. Cremonesi , G. S. Davies , P. F. Derwent , Z. Djurcic , K. Dobbs , D. Duenas Tonguino , E. C. Dukes , R. Ehrlich , E. Ewart , P. Filip , M. J. Frank , H. R. Gallagher , A. Giri , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , R. Group , A. Habig , F. Hakl , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , J. M. Hays , M. He , K. Heller , V Hewes , A. Himmel , T. Horoho , X. Huang , A. Ivanova , I. Kakorin , A. Kalitkina , D. M. Kaplan , A. Khanam , B. Kirezli , J. Kleykamp , O. Klimov , L. W. Koerner , L. Kolupaeva , R. Kralik , A. Kumar , C. D. Kuruppu , V. Kus , T. Lackey , K. Lang , J. Lesmeister , A. Lister , J. A. Lock , S. Magill , W. A. Mann , M. T. Manoharan , M. Manrique Plata , M. L. Marshak , M. Martinez-Casales , V. Matveev , A. Medhi , B. Mehta , M. D. Messier , H. Meyer , T. Miao , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , R. Mohanta , A. Moren , A. Morozova , W. Mu , L. Mualem , M. Muether , C. Murthy , D. Myers , J. Nachtman , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , O. Neogi , R. Nichol , E. Niner , A. Norman , A. Norrick , H. Oh , A. Olshevskiy , T. Olson , A. Pal , J. Paley , L. Panda , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , R. Petti , L. R. Prais , A. Rafique , V. Raj , M. Rajaoalisoa , B. Ramson , B. Rebel , C. Reynolds , E. Robles , P. Roy , O. Samoylov , M. C. Sanchez , S. Sanchez Falero , P. Shanahan , P. Sharma , A. Sheshukov , Shivam , A. Shmakov , W. Shorrock , S. Shukla , I. Singh , V. Singh , S. Singh Chhibra , J. Smolik , P. Snopok , N. Solomey , A. Sousa , K. Soustruznik , M. Strait , C. Sullivan , L. Suter , A. Sutton , S. Swain , A. Sztuc , N. Talukdar , P. Tas , J. Thomas , E. Tiras , M. Titus , Y. Torun , D. Tran , J. Trokan-Tenorio , J. Urheim , B. Utt , P. Vahle , Z. Vallari , K. J. Vockerodt , A. V. Waldron , M. Wallbank , C. Weber , M. Wetstein , D. Whittington , D. A. Wickremasinghe , J. Wolcott , S. Wu , W. Wu , Y. Xiao , B. Yaeggy , A. Yahaya , A. Yankelevich , K. Yonehara , S. Zadorozhnyy , J. Zalesak , R. Zwaska

Cherenkov Light in Liquid Scintillator at the NOvA Experiment

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment with two functionally identical liquid scintillator tracking detectors, i.e. the Near Detector (ND) and the Far Detector (FD). One of NOvA's physics goal is to measure neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-30 Shiqi Yu

Simultaneous measurement of muon neutrino $\nu_\mu$ charged-current single $\pi^+$ production in CH, C, H$_2$O, Fe, and Pb targets in MINERvA

Neutrino-induced charged-current single $\pi^+$ production in the $\Delta(1232)$ resonance region is of considerable interest to accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiments. In this work, high statistics differential cross sections…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-07-14 A. Bercellie , K. A. Kroma-Wiley , S. Akhter , Z. Ahmad Dar , F. Akbar , V. Ansari , M. V. Ascencio , M. Sajjad Athar , L. Bellantoni , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , J. L. Bonilla , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. Caceres , T. Cai , G. A. Díaz , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , P. K. Gaur , A. Ghosh , S. M. Gilligan , R. Gran , E. Granados , D. A. Harris , D. Jena , S. Jena , J. Kleykamp , A. Klustová , M. Kordosky , D. Last , T. Le , A. Lozano , X. -G. Lu , I. Mahbub , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , 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 , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , B. Utt , E. Valencia , N. H. Vaughan , A. V. Waldron , B. Yaeggy , L. Zazueta

SciNO$\nu$A: A measurement of neutrino-nucleus scattering in a narrow-band beam

SciNO$\nu$A is a proposed experiment to deploy a fine-grained scintillator detector in front of the NO$\nu$A near detector to collect neutrino-nucleus scattering events in the NuMI, off-axis, narrow-band neutrino beam at Fermilab. This…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-11-18 X. C. Tian

A High Resolution Neutrino Experiment in a Magnetic Field for Project-X at Fermilab

We propose a new high-resolution neutrino experiment within a dipole magnetic field, HiResM$\nu$. This experiment will run along with long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments (LBL$\nu$) such as NO$\nu$A, a large-cavity detector at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-04-14 S. R. Mishra , R. Petti , C. Rosenfeld

A Data-Driven Method of Background Prediction at NOvA

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment that will use the NuMI beam originating at Fermilab. NOvA enables the study of two oscillation channels: $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance and $\nu_{e}$ appearance. It consists of two…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-10-02 Kanika Sachdev

Initial Results for Electron-Neutrino Appearance in MINOS

MINOS is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment designed to make precision measurements of the neutrino mixing parameters associated with the atmospheric neutrino mass splitting. Using a neutrino beam from the Main Injector (NuMI)…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-09-15 Mayly C. Sanchez

Search for Electron Neutrino Appearance in MINOS

The MINOS Collaboration continues its search for $\nu_e$ appearance in the NuMI (Neutrinos at the Main Injector) beam at Fermilab. Neutrinos in the beam interact in the Near Detector, located 1 km from the beam source, allowing us to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-19 Mhair Orchanian

Measurement of electron neutrino CCQE-like cross-section in MINERvA

The electron-neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic (CCQE) cross-section on nuclei is an important input parameter to appearance-type neutrino oscillation experiments. Current experiments typically work from the muon neutrino cross-section…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Jeremy Wolcott

Charged Pion Production in $\nu_\mu$ Interactions on Hydrocarbon at $\langle E_{\nu}\rangle$= 4.0 GeV

Charged pion production via charged current $\nu_{\mu}$ interactions on plastic (CH) is studied using the MINERvA detector exposed to the NuMI wideband neutrino beam at Fermilab. Events with hadronic invariant mass W $<$ 1.4 GeV are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-12-02 B. Eberly , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , M. G. Barrios Sazo , L. Bellantoni , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , M. J. Bustamante , A. Butkevich , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , M. F. Carneiro , M. E. Christy , J. Chvojka , H. da Motta , M. Datta , J. Devan , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , G. A. Fiorentini , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , T. Golan , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , K. Hurtado , T. Kafka , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , T. Le , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. M. Marshall , K. S. McFarland , C. L. McGivern , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , A. Mislivec , J. G. Morfín , J. Mousseau , T. Muhlbeier , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , J. Osta , J. L. Palomino , V. Paolone , J. Park , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , L. Rakotondravohitra , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , G. Salazar , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , C. Simon , J. T. Sobczyk , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , G. Zavala , A. Zegarra , D. Zhang , B. P. Ziemer

First neutrino event detection with nuclear emulsion at J-PARC neutrino beamline

Precise neutrino--nucleus interaction measurements in the sub-multi GeV region are important to reduce the systematic uncertainty in future neutrino oscillation experiments. Furthermore, the excess of ${\nu_e}$ interactions, as a possible…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-12-06 T. Fukuda , S. Aoki , S. Cao , N. Chikuma , Y. Fukuzawa , M. Gonin , T. Hayashino , Y. Hayato , A. Hiramoto , F. Hosomi , K. Ishiguro , S. Iori , T. Inoh , H. Kawahara , H. Kim , N. Kitagawa , T. Koga , R. Komatani , M. Komatsu , A. Matsushita , S. Mikado , A. Minamino , H. Mizusawa , K. Morishima , T. Matsuo , T. Matsumoto , Y. Morimoto , M. Morishita , K. Nakamura , M. Nakamura , Y. Nakamura , N. Naganawa , T. Nakano , T. Nakaya , Y. Nakatsuka , A. Nishio , S. Ogawa , H. Oshima , B. Quilain , H. Rokujo , O. Sato , Y. Seiya , H. Shibuya , T. Shiraishi , Y. Suzuki , S. Tada , S. Takahashi , K. Yamada , M. Yoshimoto , M. Yokoyama

Neutrino-nucleus interactions: open questions and future projects

We discuss various issues concerning the interactions of nuclei with neutrinos of low impinging energies (i.e. having several tens of MeV to a few hundred MeV) of interest for particle physics, nuclear physics and astrophysics. We focus, in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Cristina Volpe