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Tracking Detector Performance and Data Quality in the NOvA Experiment

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. It uses the NuMI beam from Fermilab and two sampling calorimeter detectors located off-axis from the beam. The NOvA experiment measures the rate of electron-neutrino appearance in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-12 Biswaranjan Behera

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…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-12-18 D. A. A. Wickremasinghe , K. Yonehara

Search for active-sterile neutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions in NOvA

We report results from the first search for sterile neutrinos mixing with active neutrinos through a reduction in the rate of neutral-current interactions over a baseline of 810\,km between the NOvA detectors. Analyzing a 14-kton detector…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-11-16 NOvA Collaboration , P. Adamson , L. Aliaga , D. Ambrose , N. Anfimov , A. Antoshkin , E. Arrieta-Diaz , K. Augsten , A. Aurisano , C. Backhouse , M. Baird , B. A. Bambah , K. Bays , B. Behera , S. Bending , R. Bernstein , V. Bhatnagar , B. Bhuyan , J. Bian , T. Blackburn , A. Bolshakova , C. Bromberg , J. Brown , G. Brunetti , N. Buchanan , A. Butkevich , V. Bychkov , M. Campbell , E. Catano-Mur , S. Childress , B. C. Choudhary , B. Chowdhury , T. E. Coan , J. A. B. Coelho , M. Colo , J. Cooper , L. Corwin , L. Cremonesi , D. Cronin-Hennessy , G. S. Davies , J. P. Davies , P. F. Derwent , R. Dharmapalan , P. Ding , Z. Djurcic , E. C. Dukes , H. Duyang , S. Edayath , R. Ehrlich , G. J. Feldman , M. J. Frank , M. Gabrielyan , H. R. Gallagher , S. Germani , T. Ghosh , A. Giri , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , V. Grichine , M. Groh , R. Group , D. Grover , B. Guo , A. Habig , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Hatzikoutelis , K. Heller , A. Himmel , A. Holin , B. Howard , J. Hylen , F. Jediny , M. Judah , G. K. Kafka , D. Kalra , S. M. S. Kasahara , S. Kasetti , R. Keloth , L. Kolupaeva , S. Kotelnikov , I. Kourbanis , A. Kreymer , A. Kumar , S. Kurbanov , T. Lackey , K. Lang , W. M. Lee , S. Lin , M. Lokajicek , J. Lozier , S. Luchuk , K. Maan , S. Magill , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , K. Matera , V. Matveev , D. P. Méndez , M. D. Messier , H. Meyer , T. Miao , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , R. Mohanta , A. Moren , L. Mualem , M. Muether , S. Mufson , R. Murphy , J. Musser , J. K. Nelson , R. Nichol , E. Niner , A. Norman , T. Nosek , Y. Oksuzian , A. Olshevskiy , T. Olson , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , D. Pershey , O. Petrova , R. Petti , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , R. Poling , B. Potukuchi , C. Principato , F. Psihas , A. Radovic , R. A. Rameika , B. Rebel , B. Reed , D. Rocco , P. Rojas , V. Ryabov , K. Sachdev , P. Sail , O. Samoylov , M. C. Sanchez , R. Schroeter , J. Sepulveda-Quiroz , P. Shanahan , A. Sheshukov , J. Singh , J. Singh , P. Singh , V. Singh , J. Smolik , N. Solomey , E. Song , A. Sousa , K. Soustruznik , M. Strait , L. Suter , R. L. Talaga , P. Tas , R. B. Thayyullathil , J. Thomas , X. Tian , S. C. Tognini , J. Tripathi , A. Tsaris , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , J. Vasel , L. Vinton , A. Vold , T. Vrba , B. Wang , M. Wetstein , D. Whittington , S. G. Wojcicki , J. Wolcott , N. Yadav , S. Yang , J. Zalesak , B. Zamorano , R. Zwaska

Electron Neutrino Charged-Current Quasielastic Scattering in the MINERvA Experiment

The electron-neutrino charged-current quasielastic (CCQE) cross section on nuclei is an important input parameter for electron neutrino appearance oscillation experiments. Current experiments typically begin with the muon neutrino cross…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 J. Wolcott

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

BeamLine Design for MINERvA TestBeam Detector

The MINER$\nu$A TestBeam Detector calibrations will take place in the MTEST facility at Fermilab. It will use a beam of hadrons between 300 and 1500 MeV/c to analyze the response of the MINERvA detector components. The aim of the present…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-08-05 C. E. Pérez , A. M. Gago , J. Morfin , D. A. Jensen , R. Gran

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 Coherent Production of $\pi^\pm$ in Neutrino and Anti-Neutrino Beams on Carbon from $E_\nu$ of $1.5$ to $20$ GeV

Neutrino-induced coherent charged pion production on nuclei, $\stackrel{(-)}{\nu}_\mu A\to\mu^\pm\pi^\mp A$ is a rare, inelastic interaction in which a small squared four-momentum $| t|$ is transferred to the recoil nucleus leaving it…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-12-24 A. Higuera , A. Mislivec , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , W. K. Brooks , H. Budd , A. Butkevich , M. F. Carneiro , C. M. Castromonte , M. E. Christy , J. Chvojka , H. da Motta , J. Devan , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , B. Eberly , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , G. A. Fiorentini , H. Gallagher , A. Gomez , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , K. Hurtado , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , T. Le , 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 , 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 , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , F. D. Snider , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , G. Zavala , D. Zhang , B. P. Ziemer

A novel segmented-scintillator antineutrino detector

The next generation of very-short-baseline reactor experiments will require compact detectors operating at surface level and close to a nuclear reactor. This paper presents a new detector concept based on a composite solid scintillator…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-06-01 Y. Abreu , Y. Amhis , L. Arnold , G. Ban , W. Beaumont , M. Bongrand , D. Boursette , J. M. Buhour , B. C. Castle , K. Clark , B. Coupé , A. S. Cucoanes , D. Cussans , A. De Roeck , J. DHondt , D. Durand , M. Fallot , S. Fresneau , L. Ghys , L. Giot , B. Guillon , G. Guilloux , S. Ihantola , X. Janssen , S. Kalcheva , L. N. Kalousis , E. Koonen , M. Labare , G. Lehaut , J. Mermans , I. Michiels , C. Moortgat , D. Newbold , J. Park , K. Petridis , I. Piñera , G. Pommery , L. Popescu , G. Pronost , J. Rademacker , A. Reynolds , D. Ryckbosch , N. Ryder , D. Saunders , Yu. A. Shitov , M. -H. Schune , P. R. Scovell , L. Simard , A. Vacheret , S. Van Dyck , P. Van Mulders , N. van Remortel , S. Vercaemer , A. Waldron , A. Weber , F. Yermia

Neutrino-induced muons observed with MINOS

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

Results and Prospects from NOvA

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino experiment that uses an upgraded NuMI neutrino source at Fermilab and a 14-kton detector at Ash River, Minnesota. The detector has a highly active, finely segmented design that offers superb event…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-12-27 Jianming Bian

Neutrino Interactions in MicroBooNE

MicroBooNE is a liquid-argon-based neutrino experiment, which began collecting data in Fermilab's Booster neutrino beam in October 2015. Physics goals of the experiment include probing the source of the anomalous excess of electron-like…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-05-16 Marco Del Tutto

Proton Fixed-Target Scintillation Experiment to Search for Minicharged Particles

We propose a low-cost and movable setup to probe minicharged particles (or milli-charged particles) using high-intensity proton fixed-target facilities. This proposal, FerMINI, consists of a milliQan-type detector, requiring…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-08-07 Kevin J. Kelly , Yu-Dai Tsai

Baby MIND: A magnetised spectrometer for the WAGASCI experiment

The WAGASCI experiment being built at the J-PARC neutrino beam line will measure the difference in cross sections from neutrinos interacting with a water and scintillator targets, in order to constrain neutrino cross sections, essential for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-04-27 M. Antonova , R. Asfandiyarov , R Bayes , P. Benoit , A. Blondel , M. Bogomilov , A. Cross , F. Cadoux , A. Cervera , N. Chikuma , A. Dudarev , T. Ekelöf , Y. Favre , S. Fedotov , S-P. Hallsjö , A. Izmaylov , Y. Karadzhov , M. Khabibullin , A. Khotyantsev , A. Kleymenova , T. Koga , A. Kostin , Y. Kudenko , V. Likhacheva , B. Martinez , R. Matev , M. Medvedeva , A. Mefodiev , A. Minamino , O. Mineev , M. Nessi , L. Nicola , E. Noah , T. Ovsiannikova , H. Pais Da Silva , S. Parsa , M. Rayner , G. Rolando , A Shaykhiev , P. Simion , F. J. P. Soler , S. Suvorov , R. Tsenov , H. Ten Kate , G. Vankova-Kirilova , N. Yershov

Track Reconstruction in the NOvA Experiment

The NuMI Off-Axis v Appearance (NOvA) experiment is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment using a neutrino source created from the NuMI Beamline at Fermilab. The experiment will study the oscillations of muon neutrinos to electron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-09-27 N. Raddatz

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

Measurement of the double-differential cross section of muon-neutrino charged-current interactions with low hadronic energy in the NOvA Near Detector

The NOvA collaboration reports cross-section measurements for $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current interactions with low hadronic energy (maximum kinetic energy of 250 MeV for protons and 175 MeV for pions) in the NOvA Near Detector. The results are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-11-13 M. A. Acero , B. Acharya , P. Adamson , L. Aliaga , N. Anfimov , A. Antoshkin , E. Arrieta-Diaz , L. Asquith , A. Aurisano , A. Back , N. Balashov , P. Baldi , B. A. Bambah , E. Bannister , A. Barros , S. Bashar , A. Bat , K. Bays , R. Bernstein , T. J. C. Bezerra , V. Bhatnagar , D. Bhattarai , B. Bhuyan , J. Bian , A. C. Booth , R. Bowles , B. Brahma , C. Bromberg , N. Buchanan , A. Butkevich , S. Calvez , T. J. Carroll , E. Catano-Mur , J. P. Cesar , A. Chatla , R. Chirco , B. C. Choudhary , A. Christensen , M. F. Cicala , T. E. Coan , A. Cooleybeck , C. Cortes-Parra , D. Coveyou , L. Cremonesi , G. S. Davies , P. F. Derwent , P. Ding , Z. Djurcic , K. Dobbs , M. Dolce , D. Doyle , D. Dueñas Tonguino , E. C. Dukes , A. Dye , R. Ehrlich , E. Ewart , P. Filip , M. J. Frank , H. R. Gallagher , F. Gao , A. Giri , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , M. Groh , R. Group , A. Habig , F. Hakl , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , M. He , K. Heller , V Hewes , A. Himmel , T. Horoho , Y. Ivaneev , A. Ivanova , B. Jargowsky , J. Jarosz , C. Johnson , M. Judah , I. Kakorin , D. M. Kaplan , A. Kalitkina , B. Kirezli-Ozdemir , J. Kleykamp , O. Klimov , L. W. Koerner , L. Kolupaeva , R. Kralik , A. Kumar , V. Kus , T. Lackey , K. Lang , J. Lesmeister , A. Lister , J. Liu , J. A. Lock , M. Lokajicek , M. MacMahon , S. Magill , W. A. Mann , M. T. Manoharan , M. Manrique Plata , M. L. Marshak , M. Martinez-Casales , V. Matveev , B. Mehta , M. D. Messier , H. Meyer , T. Miao , W. H. Miller , S. Mishra , S. R. Mishra , A. Mislivec , R. Mohanta , A. Moren , A. Morozova , W. Mu , L. Mualem , M. Muether , K. Mulder , D. Myers , D. Naples , A. Nath , S. Nelleri , J. K. Nelson , R. Nichol , E. Niner , A. Norman , A. Norrick , T. Nosek , H. Oh , A. Olshevskiy , T. Olson , M. Ozkaynak , A. Pal , J. Paley , L. Panda , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , R. Petti , J. C. C. Porter , L. R. Prais , M. Rabelhofer , A. Rafique , V. Raj , M. Rajaoalisoa , B. Ramson , B. Rebel , P. Roy , O. Samoylov , M. C. Sanchez , S. Sanchez Falero , P. Shanahan , P. Sharma , A. Sheshukov , Shivam , A. Shmakov , W. Shorrock , S. Shukla , D. K. Singha , I. Singh , P. Singh , V. Singh , E. Smith , J. Smolik , P. Snopok , N. Solomey , A. Sousa , K. Soustruznik , M. Strait , L. Suter , A. Sutton , K. Sutton , S. Swain , C. Sweeney , A. Sztuc , N. Talukdar , B. Tapia Oregui , P. Tas , T. Thakore , J. Thomas , E. Tiras , M. Titus , Y. Torun , D. Tran , J. Trokan-Tenorio , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , Z. Vallari , J. D. Villamil , K. J. Vockerodt , M. Wallbank , C. Weber , M. Wetstein , D. Whittington , D. A. Wickremasinghe , T. Wieber , J. Wolcott , M. Wrobel , S. Wu , W. Wu , W. Wu , Y. Xiao , B. Yaeggy , A. Yahaya , A. Yankelevich , K. Yonehara , Y. Yu , S. Zadorozhnyy , J. Zalesak , R. Zwaska

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

Electron neutrino charged-current quasielastic scattering in the MINERvA experiment

The electron-neutrino charged-current quasielastic (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

NO$\nu$A Data Acquisition Software System

NO$\nu$A is an accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment which has a great potential to measure the last unknown mixing angle $\theta_{13}$, the neutrino mass hierarchy, and the CP-violation phase in lepton sector with 1) 700 kW…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 Xinchun Tian