Related papers: New Results from the MINOS Experiment

Improved search for muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino oscillations in MINOS

We report the results of a search for $\nu_{e}$ appearance in a $\nu_{\mu}$ beam in the MINOS long-baseline neutrino experiment. With an improved analysis and an increased exposure of $8.2\times10^{20}$ protons on the NuMI target at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-05-30 MINOS Collaboration , P. Adamson , D. J. Auty , D. S. Ayres , C. Backhouse , G. Barr , M. Betancourt , M. Bishai , A. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. J. Boehnlein , D. Bogert , S. V. Cao , S. Cavanaugh , D. Cherdack , S. Childress , J. A. B. Coelho , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , I. Z. Danko , J. K. de Jong , N. E. Devenish , M. V. Diwan , M. Dorman , C. O. Escobar , J. J. Evans , E. Falk , G. J. Feldman , M. V. Frohne , H. R. Gallagher , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , P. Gouffon , N. Graf , R. Gran , K. Grzelak , A. Habig , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Himmel , A. Holin , X. Huang , J. Hylen , G. M. Irwin , Z. Isvan , D. E. Jaffe , C. James , D. Jensen , T. Kafka , S. M. S. Kasahara , G. Koizumi , S. Kopp , M. Kordosky , A. Kreymer , K. Lang , G. Lefeuvre , J. Ling , P. J. Litchfield , L. Loiacono , P. Lucas , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , M. Mathis , N. Mayer , A. M. McGowan , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , D. G. Michael , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , J. Mitchell , C. D. Moore , L. Mualem , S. Mufson , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , J. A. Nowak , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , W. P. Oliver , M. Orchanian , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , G. F. Pearce , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , X. Qiu , J. Ratchford , B. Rebel , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin , M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , A. Schreckenberger , P. Schreiner , P. Shanahan , R. Sharma , A. Sousa , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , J. Thomas , M. A. Thomson , R. Toner , D. Torretta , G. Tzanakos , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , B. Viren , J. J. Walding , A. Weber , R. C. Webb , C. White , L. Whitehead , S. G. Wojcicki , T. Yang , R. Zwaska

First measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters using neutrinos and antineutrinos by NOvA

The NOvA experiment has made a $4.4\sigma$-significant observation of $\bar\nu_{e}$ appearance in a 2 GeV $\bar\nu_{\mu}$ beam at a distance of 810 km. Using $12.33\times10^{20}$ protons on target delivered to the Fermilab NuMI neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-02-18 M. A. Acero , P. Adamson , L. Aliaga , T. Alion , V. Allakhverdian , S. Altakarli , N. Anfimov , A. Antoshkin , A. Aurisano , A. Back , C. Backhouse , M. Baird , N. Balashov , P. Baldi , B. A. Bambah , S. Bashar , K. Bays , S. Bending , R. Bernstein , V. Bhatnagar , B. Bhuyan , J. Bian , T. Blackburn , J. Blair , A. C. Booth , P. Bour , C. Bromberg , N. Buchanan , A. Butkevich , S. Calvez , M. Campbell , T. J. Carroll , E. Catano-Mur , A. Cedeno , S. Childress , B. C. Choudhary , B. Chowdhury , T. E. Coan , M. Colo , J. Cooper , L. Corwin , L. Cremonesi , G. S. Davies , P. F. Derwent , P. Ding , Z. Djurcic , D. Doyle , E. C. Dukes , H. Duyang , S. Edayath , R. Ehrlich , M. Elkins , G. J. Feldman , P. Filip , W. Flanagan , M. J. Frank , H. R. Gallagher , R. Gandrajula , F. Gao , S. Germani , A. Giri , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , V. Grichine , M. Groh , R. Group , B. Guo , A. Habig , F. Hakl , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Hatzikoutelis , K. Heller , V Hewes , A. Himmel , A. Holin , B. Howard , J. Huang , J. Hylen , F. Jediny , C. Johnson , M. Judah , I. Kakorin , D. Kalra , D. M. Kaplan , R. Keloth , O. Klimov , L. W. Koerner , L. Kolupaeva , S. Kotelnikov , A. Kreymer , Ch. Kulenberg , A. Kumar , C. D. Kuruppu , V. Kus , T. Lackey , K. Lang , S. Lin , M. Lokajicek , J. Lozier , S. Luchuk , K. Maan , S. Magill , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , M. Martinez-Casales , V. Matveev , D. P. Mendez , M. D. Messier , H. Meyer , T. Miao , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , A. Mislivec , R. Mohanta , A. Moren , L. Mualem , M. Muether , S. Mufson , K. Mulder , R. Murphy , J. Musser , D. Naples , N. Nayak , J. K. Nelson , R. Nichol , G. Nikseresht , E. Niner , A. Norman , T. Nosek , A. Olshevskiy , T. Olson , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , D. Pershey , O. Petrova , R. Petti , D. D. Phan , R. K. Plunkett , B. Potukuchi , C. Principato , F. Psihas , A. Radovic , V. Raj , R. A. Rameika , B. Rebel , P. Rojas , V. Ryabov , O. Samoylov , M. C. Sanchez , S. Sanchez Falero , I. S. Seong , P. Shanahan , A. Sheshukov , P. Singh , V. Singh , E. Smith , J. Smolik , P. Snopok , N. Solomey , E. Song , A. Sousa , K. Soustruznik , M. Strait , L. Suter , A. Sutton , R. L. Talaga , B. Tapia Oregui , P. Tas , R. B. Thayyullathil , J. Thomas , E. Tiras , D. Torbunov , J. Tripathi , A. Tsaris , Y. Torun , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , J. Vasel , L. Vinton , P. Vokac , T. Vrba , M. Wallbank , B. Wang , T. K. Warburton , M. Wetstein , M. While , D. Whittington , S. G. Wojcicki , J. Wolcott , N. Yadav , A. Yallappa Dombara , K. Yonehara , S. Yu , S. Zadorozhnyy , J. Zalesak , B. Zamorano , R. Zwaska

Status of the MINOS experiment

I will present the status of the long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment MINOS at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). I will summarize the status of the detector and beam construction, the expected event rates and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-07 Milind V. Diwan

Neutrino oscillations along the Earth to probe flavor parameters: a NeuWorld

On 2010 MINOS experiment was showing an hint of possible different mass splitting and mixing angles for neutrinos and anti-neutrinos, suggesting a charge-parity-time (CPT) violation in the lepton sector; last year 2012 a second result from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-03-13 D. Fargion , D. D Armiento

NOSTOS: a spherical TPC to detect low energy neutrinos

A novel low-energy ($\sim$few keV) neutrino-oscillation experiment NOSTOS, combining a strong tritium source and a high pressure spherical Time Projection Chamber (TPC) detector 10 m in radius has been recently proposed. The oscillation of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-04-11 S. Aune , P. Colas , J. Dolbeau , G. Fanourakis , E. Ferrer-Ribas , T. Geralis , Y. Giomataris , P. Gorodetzky , G. J. Gounaris , I. G. Irastorza , K. Kousouris , V. Lepeltier , T. Patzak , E. A. Paschos , P. Salin , I. Savvidis , J. D. Vergados

Measurement of Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations with the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

The data taken with the ANTARES neutrino telescope from 2007 to 2010, a total live time of 863 days, are used to measure the oscillation parameters of atmospheric neutrinos. Muon tracks are reconstructed with energies as low as 20 GeV.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-05 ANTARES collaboration , S. Adrian-Martinez , I. Al Samarai , A. Albert , M. Andre , M. Anghinolfi , G. Anton , S. Anvar , M. Ardid , T. Astraatmadja , J. -J. Aubert , B. Baret , S. Basa , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , C. Bigongiari , C. Bogazzi , M. Bou-Cabo , B. Bouhou , M. C. Bouwhuis , J. Brunner , J. Busto , A. Capone , C. Carloganu , J. Carr , S. Cecchini , Z. Charif , Ph. Charvis , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , R. Coniglione , L. Core , H. Costantini , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , C. Curtil , G. De Bonis , M. P. Decowski , I. Dekeyser , A. Deschamps , C. Distefano , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , Q. Dorosti , D. Drouhin , T. Eberl , U. Emanuele , A. Enzenhoefer , J. -P. Ernenwein , S. Escoffier , K. Fehn , P. Fermani , M. Ferri , S. Ferry , V. Flaminio , F. Folger , U. Fritsch , J. -L. Fuda , S. Galata , P. Gay , K. Geyer , G. Giacomelli , V. Giordano , A. Gleixner , J. P. Gomez-Gonzalez , K. Graf , G. Guillard , G. Hallewell , M. Hamal , H. van Haren , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernandez-Rey , B. Herold , J. Hoessl , C. C. Hsu , M. de Jong , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , A. Kappes , U. Katz , O. Kavatsyuk , P. Kooijman , C. Kopper , A. Kouchner , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , G. Lambard , G. Larosa , D. Lattuada , D. Lefevre , G. Lim , D. Lo Presti , H. Loehner , S. Loucatos , F. Louis , S. Mangano , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , J. A. Martinez-Mora , A. Meli , T. Montaruli , M. Morganti , L. Moscoso , H. Motz , M. Neff , E. Nezri , D. Palioselitis , G. E. Pavalas , K. Payet , J. Petrovic , P. Piattelli , V. Popa , T. Pradier , E. Presani , C. Racca , C. Reed , G. Riccobene , C. Richardt , R. Richter , C. Riviere , A. Robert , K. Roensch , A. Rostovtsev , J. Ruiz-Rivas , M. Rujoiu , G. V. Russo , D. F. E. Samtleben , A. Sanchez-Losa , P. Sapienza , J. Schmid , J. Schnabel , F. Schoeck , J. -P. Schuller , F. Schuessler , T. Seitz , R. Shanidze , F. Simeone , A. Spies , M. Spurio , J. J. M. Steijger , Th. Stolarczyk , M. Taiuti , C. Tamburini , A. Trovato , B. Vallage , C. Vallee , V. Van Elewyck , M. Vecchi , P. Vernin , E. Visser , S. Wagner , G. Wijnker , J. Wilms , E. de Wolf , H. Yepes , D. Zaborov , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zuniga

Search for Sterile Neutrinos Mixing with Muon Neutrinos in MINOS

We report results of a search for oscillations involving a light sterile neutrino over distances of 1.04 and $735\,\mathrm{km}$ in a $\nu_{\mu}$-dominated beam with a peak energy of $3\,\mathrm{GeV}$. The data, from an exposure of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-10-11 P. Adamson , I. Anghel , A. Aurisano , G. Barr , M. Bishai , A. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. Bogert , S. V. Cao , T. J. Carroll , C. M. Castromonte , R. Chen , S. Childress , J. A. B. Coelho , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , J. K. de Jong , S. De Rijck , A. V. Devan , N. E. Devenish , M. V. Diwan , C. O. Escobar , J. J. Evans , E. Falk , G. J. Feldman , W. Flanagan , M. V. Frohne , M. Gabrielyan , H. R. Gallagher , S. Germani , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , P. Gouffon , N. Graf , R. Gran , K. Grzelak , A. Habig , S. R. Hahn , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Holin , J. Huang , J. Hylen , G. M. Irwin , Z. Isvan , C. James , D. Jensen , T. Kafka , S. M. S. Kasahara , G. Koizumi , M. Kordosky , A. Kreymer , K. Lang , J. Ling , P. J. Litchfield , P. Lucas , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , N. Mayer , C. McGivern , M. M. Medeiros , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , S. Moed Sher , C. D. Moore , L. Mualem , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , J. A. Nowak , J. O'Connor , M. Orchanian , R. B. Pahlka , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , A. Perch , M. M. Pfutzner , D. D. Phan , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , N. Poonthottathil , X. Qiu , A. Radovic , B. Rebel , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin , P. Sail , M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , A. Schreckenberger , P. Schreiner , R. Sharma , A. Sousa , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , J. Thomas , M. A. Thomson , X. Tian , A. Timmons , J. Todd , S. C. Tognini , R. Toner , D. Torretta , G. Tzanakos , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , B. Viren , A. Weber , R. C. Webb , C. White , L. Whitehead , L. H. Whitehead , S. G. Wojcicki , R. Zwaska

Neutrino oscillations as a novel probe for a minimal length

We suggest that the presence of a quantum gravity induced minimal length can be explored using neutrino oscillation probabilities. Neutrinos seem ideally suited for this investigation because they can propagate freely over large distances…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-11-21 Martin Sprenger , Piero Nicolini , Marcus Bleicher

Neutrino Oscillations with the MINOS, MINOS+, T2K, and NOvA Experiments

This paper discusses recent results and near-term prospects of the long-baseline neutrino experiments MINOS, MINOS+, T2K and NOvA. The non-zero value of the third neutrino mixing angle {\theta}13 allows experimental analysis in a manner…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-02-17 Tsuyoshi Nakaya , Robert K. Plunkett

NOSTOS experiment and new trends in rare event detection

A novel low-energy neutrino-oscillation experiment NOSTOS, combining a strong tritium source and a high pressure spherical TPC detector (10 m in radius) has been recently proposed. The goal of the experiment is to measure the mixing angle…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 I. Giomataris , S. Aune , P. Colas , I. Irastorza , B. Peyaud , J. Dolbeau , P. Gorodetzky , H. van der Graff , T. Patzak , P. Salin , V. Lepeltier , J. D. Vergados

Measurement of the Atmospheric Muon Neutrinos with the MACRO Detector

The flux of muons induced by atmospheric neutrinos has been measured with the MACRO detector. Different event topologies have been detected, due to neutrino interactions in the apparatus and in the rock below it. The upward-throughgoing…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Paolo Bernardini

Precision measurement of the speed of propagation of neutrinos using the MINOS detectors

We report a two-detector measurement of the propagation speed of neutrinos over a baseline of 734 km. The measurement was made with the NuMI beam at Fermilab between the near and far MINOS detectors. The fractional difference between the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-11-11 P. Adamson , I. Anghel , N. Ashby , A. Aurisano , G. Barr , M. Bishai , A. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. Bogert , R. Bumgarner , S. V. Cao , C. M. Castromonte , S. Childress , J. A. B. Coelho , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , J. K. de Jong , A. V. Devan , N. E. Devenish , M. V. Diwan , C. O. Escobar , J. J. Evans , E. Falk , G. J. Feldman , B. Fonville , M. V. Frohne , H. R. Gallagher , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , P. Gouffon , N. Graf , R. Gran , K. Grzelak , A. Habig , S. R. Hahn , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , J. Hirschauer , A. Holin , J. Huang , J. Hylen , G. M. Irwin , Z. Isvan , C. James , S. R. Jefferts , D. Jensen , T. Kafka , S. M. S. Kasahara , G. Koizumi , M. Kordosky , A. Kreymer , K. Lang , J. Ling , P. J. Litchfield , P. Lucas , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , D. Matsakis , N. Mayer , A. McKinley , C. McGivern , M. M. Medeiros , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , S. Mitchell , S. Moed Sher , C. D. Moore , L. Mualem , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , J. A. Nowak , J. O'Connor , M. Orchanian , R. B. Pahlka , J. Paley , T. E. Parker , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , A. Perch , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , N. Poonthottathil , E. Powers , X. Qiu , A. Radovic , B. Rebel , K. Ridl , S. Römisch , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin , M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , A. Schreckenberger , P. Schreiner , R. Sharma , A. Sousa , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , J. Thomas , M. A. Thomson , X. Tian , A. Timmons , S. C. Tognini , R. Toner , D. Torretta , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , B. Viren , A. Weber , R. C. Webb , C. White , L. Whitehead , L. H. Whitehead , S. G. Wojcicki , J. Wright , V. Zhang , R. Zwaska

Search for sterile neutrino mixing in the MINOS long-baseline experiment

A search for depletion of the combined flux of active neutrino species over a 735 km baseline is reported using neutral-current interaction data recorded by the MINOS detectors in the NuMI neutrino beam. Such a depletion is not expected…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 The MINOS Collaboration

Searching for Sterile Neutrinos at MINOS

MINOS is a two-detector on-axis experiment based at Fermilab. The NuMI neutrino beam encounters the MINOS Near Detector 1 km downstream before travelling 734 km through the Earth's crust, to reach the Far Detector located at the Soudan…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-04-17 Ashley Timmons

A Test of $\numunux$ Oscillations and determination of the $\Delta m^2$ parameter of Atmospheric Neutrinos using the $L/E$ method

We point out that the measurement of the $L/E$ distribution of atmospheric neutrino events with sufficient resolution in order to observe the characteristic modulations of neutrino oscillations would provide a unique way to test the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Mannocchi , L. Periale , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , S. Ragazzi , A. Rubbia

Measurement of Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations with a High-Density Detector

We propose an experiment to test the hypothesis that the reported anomaly on atmospheric neutrino fluxes is due to nu_mu <-> nu_x oscillations. It will rely both on a disappearance technique, exploiting the method of the dependence of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Curioni , G. Mannocchi , L. Periale , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , S. Ragazzi

Future Atmospheric Neutrino Detectors

Future experiments focusing on atmospheric neutrino detection are reviewed. One of the main goals of these experiments is the detection of an unambiguous oscillation pattern (nu_mu reappearance) to prove the oscillation hypothesis. Further…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-26 A. Geiser

Atmospheric Neutrinos: Status and Prospects

We present an overview of the current status of neutrino oscillation studies at atmospheric neutrino experiments. While the current data gives some tentalising hints regarding the neutrino mass hierarchy, octant of $\theta_{23}$ and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-06-22 Sandhya Choubey

Atmospheric Neutrino Physics with the MACRO detector

We present the measurement of the the flux and angular distribution of atmospheric muon neutrinos using the MACRO detector. Three different event topologies are detected in two different energy ranges. High energy neutrinos (E~80 GeV) via…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Spurio

Proposal to Perform a High-Statistics Neutrino Scattering Experiment Using a Fine-grained Detector

The NuMI facility at Fermilab will provide an extremely intense beam of neutrinos for the MINOS neutrino-oscillation experiment. The spacious and fully-outfitted MINOS near detector hall will be the ideal venue for a high-statistics,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 Minerva Collaboration