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The complete 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking data since the beginning of August 2003 at a depth of 2070 meters water-equivalent in the Soudan mine, Minnesota. This paper presents the first MINOS observations of muon neutrino and…

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

The MINOS experiment has used the world's most powerful neutrino beam to make precision neutrino oscillation measurements. By observing the disappearance of muon neutrinos, MINOS has made the world's most precise measurement of the larger…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Justin Evans

The MINOS experiment uses a beam of predominantly muon-type neutrinos generated using protons from the Main Injector at Fermilab in Batavia, IL, and travelling 735 km through the Earth to a disused iron mine in Soudan, MN. The 10{\mu}s-long…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-08-28 P. Adamson , N. Ashby , R. Bumgarner

We study the $\nu_\mu - \nu_s$ oscillation effects in the near detector of the MINOS experiment. Conceptually, the MINOS search for sterile neutrinos with mass $\sim 1$ eV realizes an interesting situation of partial decoherence of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-28 Daniel Hernandez , A. Yu. Smirnov

This letter reports new results from the MINOS experiment based on a two-year exposure to muon neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam. Our data are consistent with quantum mechanical oscillations of neutrino flavor with mass splitting…

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

The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment's Far Detector has been operational since July 2003, taking cosmic ray and atmospheric neutrino data from its location in the Soudan Mine Underground Lab. Numerous…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Habig

The MINOS experiment took data from 2005 up until 2012. This was superseded by MINOS+, the continuation of the two-detector, on-axis, long-baseline experiment based at Fermilab, and at the Soudan Underground Laboratory in northern…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-11-25 Ashley Timmons

This paper reports measurements of atmospheric neutrino and antineutrino interactions in the MINOS Far Detector, based on 2553 live-days (37.9 kton-years) of data. A total of 2072 candidate events are observed. These are separated into 905…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-05-30 MINOS Collaboration , P. Adamson , C. Backhouse , G. Barr , M. Bishai , A. S. T. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. J. Boehnlein , D. Bogert , S. V. Cao , J. D. Chapman , S. Childress , J. A. B. Coelho , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , I. Z. Danko , J. K. de Jong , N. E. Devenish , M. V. Diwan , 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 , 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 , J. Ling , P. J. Litchfield , L. Loiacono , P. Lucas , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , M. Mathis , N. Mayer , M. M. Medeiros , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , 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 , W. P. Oliver , M. Orchanian , R. B. Pahlka , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , X. Qiu , A. Radovic , J. Ratchford , B. Rebel , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin , M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , A. Schreckenberger , P. Schreiner , R. Sharma , A. Sousa , B. Speakman , M. Strait , 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 , K. Zhang , R. Zwaska

MINOS will measure the composition of a neutrino beam at two locations, 735km apart, in an effort confirm the (atmospheric) neutrino oscillation hypothesis and measure the associated mixing parameters. Oscillations will be manifested as a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 Michael Kordosky

The results from the initial exposure of the MINOS detectors to neutrinos produced by the Fermilab NuMI beam are reported here. The exposure consisted of 1.27 x 10^{20} 120 GeV protons incident on the NuMI target. The data show the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Brian J. Rebel

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

We report new constraints on the size of large extra dimensions from data collected by the MINOS experiment between 2005 and 2012. Our analysis employs a model in which sterile neutrinos arise as Kaluza-Klein states in large extra…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-01-25 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. Pfützner , 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

As of December 2005, the MINOS long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment collected data with an exposure of $0.93\times10^{20}$ protons on target. Preliminary analysis of these data reveals a result inconsistent with a no-oscillation…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Nathaniel Tagg

Using a NuMI beam exposure of 7.1 /times 10^20 protons-on-target, the MINOS long-baseline experiment has performed a search for active to sterile neutrino mixing over a distance of 735 km. Details of the analysis are provided, along with…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Alexandre Sousa

In this paper we present the latest results from the MINOS Experiment. This includes a new measurement of the atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters based on 3.36 x 10^20 protons-on-target of data and a first analysis of neutral…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-12-18 Hugh Gallagher

Results are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interactions, from an exposure to the NuMI neutrino beam of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-19 MINOS Collaboration , P. Adamson , D. J. Auty , D. S. Ayres , C. Backhouse , G. Barr , M. Bishai , A. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. J. Boehnlein , D. Bogert , S. Cavanaugh , D. Cherdack , S. Childress , J. A. B. Coelho , S. J. Coleman , 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 , N. Grant , K. Grzelak , A. Habig , D. Harris , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Himmel , A. Holin , X. Huang , J. Hylen , J. Ilic , 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 , N. Mayer , A. M. McGowan , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , J. Mitchell , C. D. Moore , J. Morfín , L. Mualem , S. Mufson , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , T. C. Nicholls , J. A. Nowak , W. P. Oliver , M. Orchanian , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , G. F. Pearce , D. A. Petyt , S. Phan-Budd , R. Pittam , R. K. Plunkett , X. Qiu , J. Ratchford , T. M. Raufer , B. Rebel , P. A. Rodrigues , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , P. Schreiner , R. Sharma , P. Shanahan , A. Sousa , P. Stamoulis , M. Strait , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , E. Tetteh-Lartey , J. Thomas , M. A. Thomson , G. Tinti , 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 , R. Zwaska

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

The Minos+ experiment is an extension of the Minos experiment at a higher energy and more intense neutrino beam, with the data collection having begun in the fall of 2013. The neutrino beam is provided by the Neutrinos from the Main…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-17 William Badgett , Steve R. Hahn , Donatella Torretta , Jerry Meier , Jeffrey Gunderson , Denise Osterholm , David Saranen

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

A search for disappearance of active neutrinos over a baseline of 735 km was conducted using the NuMI neutrino beam and the MINOS detectors. The data analyzed correspond to an exposure of 3.18x10^{20} protons on target. The data are fitted…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Alexandre Sousa