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Design, Calibration, and Performance of the MINERvA Detector

The MINERvA experiment is designed to perform precision studies of neutrino-nucleus scattering using $\nu_\mu$ and ${\bar\nu}_\mu$ neutrinos incident at 1-20 GeV in the NuMI beam at Fermilab. This article presents a detailed description of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-03-12 L. Aliaga , L. Bagby , B. Baldin , A. Baumbaugh , A. Bodek , R. Bradford , W. K. Brooks , D. Boehnlein , S. Boyd , H. Budd , A. Butkevich , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , C. M. Castromonte , M. E. Christy , J. Chvojka , H. da Motta , D. S. Damiani , I. Danko , M. Datta , R. DeMaat , J. Devan , E. Draeger , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , B. Eberly , D. A. Edmondson , J. Felix , L. Fields , G. A. Fiorentini , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , C. A. George , C. Gingu , B. Gobbi , R. Gran , N. Grossman , D. A. Harris , J. Heaton , A. Higuera , J. A. Hobbs , I. J. Howley , K. Hurtado , M. Jerkins , T. Kafka , M. O. Kantner , C. Keppel , J. Kilmer , A. H. Krajeski , 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 , J. G. Morfin , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , G. Niculescu , I. Niculescu , C. D. O'Connor , N. Ochoa , J. Olsen , B. Osmanov , J. Osta , J. L. Palomino , V. Paolone , J. Park , G. N. Perdue , C. Pena , A. Pla-Dalmau , L. Rakotondravohitra , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , P. Rubinov , C. Rude , K. E. Sassin , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , R. M. Schneider , C. Simon , F. D. Snider , M. C. Snyder , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , R. N. Tilden , G. Tzanakos , J. P. Velasquez , T. Walton , A. Westerberg , J. Wolcott , B. A. Wolthuis , N. Woodward , T. Wytock , G. Zavala , D. Zhang , L. Y. Zhu , B. P. Ziemer

MINERvA: a dedicated neutrino scattering experiment at NuMI

MINERvA is a dedicated neutrino cross-section experiment planned for the near detector hall of the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. I summarize the detector design and physics capabilities of the experiment.

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-15 Kevin S. McFarland

The MINERvA Neutrino Interaction Experiment

The MINERvA neutrino interaction experiment in the NuMI beam at Fermilab will measure several aspects of neutrino interactions in the few GeV energy region. We will make cross section and form factor measurements using a fine-grained fully…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Richard Gran

Exploring Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the GeV Regime using MINERvA

With the advance of particle accelerator and detector technologies, the neutrino physics landscape is rapidly expanding. As neutrino oscillation experiments enter the intensity and precision frontiers, neutrino-nucleus interaction…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-11-17 X. -G. Lu , Z. Ahmad Dar , F. Akbar , D. A. Andrade , M. V. Ascencio , G. D. Barr , A. Bashyal , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , J. L. Bonilla , H. Budd , G. Caceres , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , H. da Motta , G. A. Diaz , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , S. M. Gilligan , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , D. Jena , S. Jena , J. Kleykamp , A. Klustova , M. Kordosky , D. Last , A. Lozano , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , J. G. Morfin , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , K. -J. Plows , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , A. V. Waldron , D. Wark , A. Weber , K. Yang , L. Zazueta

MINERvA Status and Event Reconstruction

MINERvA (Main INjector ExpeRiment v-A) is a few-GeV neutrino scattering experiment that began taking data in the NuMI beam at Fermilab (FNAL) in the Fall of 2009. MINERvA employs a fine-grained detector, with an eight ton active target…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Gabriel N. Perdue

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

Recent Results from MINERvA

The MINERvA collaboration is currently engaged in a broad program of neutrino-nucleus interaction measurements. Several recent measurements of interest to the accelerator-based oscillation community are presented. These include measurements…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-11 L. Fields

MINERvA neutrino detector response measured with test beam data

The MINERvA collaboration operated a scaled-down replica of the solid scintillator tracking and sampling calorimeter regions of the MINERvA detector in a hadron test beam at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. This article reports measurements…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-04-09 MINERvA Collaboration , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , C. Araujo Del Castillo , L. Bagby , L. Bellantoni , W. F. Bergan , A. Bodek , R. Bradford , A. Bravar , H. Budd , A. Butkevich , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , M. F. Carneiro , M. E. Christy , J. Chvojka , H. da Motta , J. Devan , G. A. Diaz , S. A. Dytman , B. Eberly , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , R. Flight , A. M. Gago , C. Gingu , T. Golan , A. Gomez , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , I. J. Howley , K. Hurtado , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , M. Lanari , T. Le , A. J. Leister , A. Lovlein , E. Maher , W. A. Mann , C. M. Marshall , K. S. McFarland , C. L. McGivern , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , W. Miller , A. Mislivec , J. G. Morfin , J. Mousseau , T. Muhlbeier , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , N. Ochoa , C. D. OConnor , B. Osmanov , J. Osta , V. Paolone , C. E. Patrick , L. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , C. E. Perez Lara , L. Rakotondravohitra , M. A. Ramirez , H. Ray , L. Ren , P. A. Rodrigues , P. Rubinov , C. R. Rude , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , Z. Urrutia , E. Valencia , T. Walton , A. Westerberg , J. Wolcott , N. Woodward , M. Wospakrik , G. Zavala , D. Zhang , B. P. Ziemer

Status Update for the MINER$\nu$A Experiment

MINER$\nu$A (Main INjEctoR $\nu$-A) is a few-GeV neutrino cross section experiment that began taking data in the FNAL NuMI beam-line in the fall of 2009. MINER$\nu$A employs a fine-grained detector capable of complete kinematic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-05-10 Gabriel Perdue

Measurement of the antineutrino to neutrino charged-current interaction cross section ratio in MINERvA

We present measurements of the neutrino and antineutrino total charged-current cross sections on carbon and their ratio using the MINERvA scintillator-tracker. The measurements span the energy range 2-22 GeV and were performed using forward…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-01-03 Minerva Collaboration , L. Ren , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , B. Eberly , E. Endress , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , T. Golan , R. Gran , J. Y. Han , D. A. Harris , K. Hurtado , M. Kiveni , 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 , A. Mislivec , J. G. Morfin , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , V. Paolone , J. Park , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , M. Sultana , S. Sanchez Falero , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , B. Yaeggy

Nuclear Target Cross Section Ratios at MINERvA

Measurements of $\nu_{\mu}$ inclusive charged-current cross section ratios on carbon, iron, and lead relative to scintillator are presented. Data for the analysis were collected by the fine-grained MINERvA detector in the NuMI beamline at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Brian G. Tice

Measurements of the Inclusive Neutrino and Antineutrino Charged Current Cross Sections in MINERvA Using the Low-$\nu$ Flux Method

The total cross sections are important ingredients for the current and future neutrino oscillation experiments. We present measurements of the total charged-current neutrino and antineutrino cross sections on scintillator (CH) in the NuMI…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-12-28 MINERvA Collaboration , J. DeVan , L. Ren , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , H. Budd , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , H. da Motta , J. Devan , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , B. Eberly , E. Endress , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , 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 , A. Mislivec , J. G. Morfín , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , V. Paolone , J. Park , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , M. Sultana , S. Sánchez Falero , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , D. Zhang

NOvA: Present and Future

NOvA is a next generation neutrino oscillation experiment designed to search for muon neutrino to electron neutrino oscillations by comparing electron neutrino event rates in a Near Detector at Fermilab with the rates observed in a large…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Gavin S. Davies

Neutrino Flux Predictions for the NuMI Beam

Knowledge of the neutrino flux produced by the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beamline is essential to the neutrino oscillation and neutrino interaction measurements of the MINERvA, MINOS+, NOvA and MicroBooNE experiments at Fermi…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-05-26 MINERvA Collaboration , L. Aliaga , M. Kordosky , T. Golan , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bravar , H. Budd , M. F. Carneiro , G. A. Diaz , E. Endress , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , K. Hurtado , M. Kiveni , J. Kleykamp , T. Le , E. Maher , 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. G. Morfin , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , V. Paolone , J. Park , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , S. Sanchez Falero , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , D. Zhang

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

The magnetized steel and scintillator calorimeters of the MINOS experiment

The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment uses an accelerator-produced neutrino beam to perform precision measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters in the "atmospheric neutrino" sector associated with muon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-05-12 MINOS Collaboration , D. G. Michael

Measuring the NuMI Beam Flux for MINERvA

MINERvA is employing multiple tools to understand its neutrino beam flux. We utilize external hadron production data, but we also depend heavily on in situ techniques in which we reduce our hadron production uncertainties by tuning our…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Melissa T. Jerkins

NOvA Recent Results with Neutrino+Antineutrino Data

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment using Fermilab's 700 kW NuMI muon neutrino beam. Two functionally identical scintillator detectors are placed off the beam axis, separated by 810 km oscillation baseline. Both…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-05-23 Tomas Nosek

Measurement of Neutral Current Coherent $\pi^0$ Production In The NOvA Near Detector

The NOvA experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment designed to measure electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam. It consists of two finely segmented, liquid scintillator detectors at 14 mrad off-axis in the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-03 Hongyue Duyang

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