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The MINOS Detectors

The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment's primary goal is the precision measurement of the neutrino oscillation parameters in the atmospheric neutrino sector. This long-baseline experiment uses Fermilab's NuMI beam,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Habig , E. W. Grashorn

Progress of the Charged Pion Semi-Inclusive Neutrino Charged Current Cross Section in NOvA

The NOvA experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment designed to measure the rates of electron neutrino appearance and muon neutrino disappearance. The NOvA near detector is located at Fermilab, 800 m from the primary…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-10 Aristeidis Tsaris

Data Quality and Performance of the NOvA Prototype Detector

The NOvA project is a long-baseline neutrino experiment. It utilizes the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab and consists of two functionally-identical liquid scintillator filled detectors. The detectors are placed 14 milliradians off-axis from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 S. Lein

Neutron measurements from anti-neutrino hydrocarbon reactions

Charged-current anti-neutrino interactions on hydrocarbon scintillator in the MINERvA detector are used to study activity from their final-state neutrons. To ensure that most of the neutrons are from the primary interaction, rather than…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-09-24 M. Elkins , T. Cai , J. Chaves , J. Kleykamp , F. Akbar , L. Albin , L. Aliaga , D. A. Andrade , M. V. Ascencio , A. Bashyal , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , 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 , N. Fiza , 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 , A. Lovlein , J. Leistico , A. G. Lopez , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. M. Marshall , 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 , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramírez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , D. Rimal , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , J. Wolcott , C. Wret , B. Yaeggy

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

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

We report a study of muon neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic events in the segmented scintillator inner tracker of the MINERvA experiment running in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. The events were selected by requiring a {\mu}^- and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-11-25 The MINERvA collaboration , G. A. Fiorentini , D. W. Schmitz , P. A. Rodrigues , 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 , J. Chvojka , 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 , L. Fields , 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. Morfń , 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 , C. Rude , K. E. Sassin , H. Schellman , 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

Early Neutrino Data in the NO$\nu$A Near Detector Prototype

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino experiment using an off-axis neutrino beam produced by the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. The NOvA experiment will study neutrino $\nu_{\mu}\rightarrow\nu_{e}$ oscillations. A short term goal for the NOvA…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-19 M. Betancourt

Use of Neutrino Scattering Events with Low Hadronic Recoil to Inform Neutrino Flux and Detector Energy Scale

Charged-current neutrino interactions with low hadronic recoil ("low-nu") have a cross-section that is approximately constant versus neutrino energy. These interactions have been used to measure the shape of neutrino fluxes as a function of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-05-18 A. Bashyal , D. Rimal , B. Messerly , Z. Ahmad Dar , F. Akbar , M. V. Ascencio , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , J. L. Bonilla , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. Caceres , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , S. M. Gilligan , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , S. Jena , D. Jena , J. Kleykamp , 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. Morfín , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramírez , H. Ray , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , N. H. Vaughan , A. V. Waldron , C. Wret B. Yaeggy , K. Yang , L. Zazueta

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

Supernova neutrino detection in NOvA

The NOvA long-baseline neutrino experiment uses a pair of large, segmented, liquid-scintillator calorimeters to study neutrino oscillations, using GeV-scale neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam. These detectors are also sensitive to the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-18 NOvA Collaboration , M. A. Acero , P. Adamson , G. Agam , L. Aliaga , T. Alion , V. Allakhverdian , N. Anfimov , A. Antoshkin , E. Arrieta-Diaz , L. Asquith , 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 , J. Blair , A. C. Booth , P. Bour , R. Bowles , C. Bromberg , N. Buchanan , A. Butkevich , V. Bychkov , S. Calvez , T. J. Carroll , E. Catano-Mur , S. Childress , B. C. Choudhary , T. E. Coan , M. Colo , L. Corwin , L. Cremonesi , G. S. Davies , P. F. Derwent , P. Ding , Z. Djurcic , M. Dolce , D. Doyle , D. Dueñas Tonguino , E. C. Dukes , P. Dung , H. Duyang , S. Edayath , R. Ehrlich , M. Elkins , G. J. Feldman , P. Filip , W. Flanagan , J. Franc , 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 , A. Hall , 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 , M. Kubu , Ch. Kullenberg , A. Kumar , C. D. Kuruppu , V. Kus , T. Lackey , K. Lang , L. Li , S. Lin , A. Lister , M. Lokajicek , S. Luchuk , S. Magill , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , M. Martinez-Casales , V. Matveev , B. Mayes , D. P. Méndez , M. D. Messier , H. Meyer , T. Miao , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , A. Mislivec , R. Mohanta , A. Moren , A. Morozova , 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 , A. Norrick , T. Nosek , A. Olshevskiy , T. Olson , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , O. Petrova , R. Petti , R. K. Plunkett , F. Psihas , A. Rafique , V. Raj , B. Ramson , B. Rebel , P. Rojas , V. Ryabov , O. Samoylov , M. C. Sanchez , S. Sánchez Falero , I. S. Seong , P. Shanahan , A. Sheshukov , P. Singh , V. Singh , E. Smith , J. Smolik , P. Snopok , N. Solomey , A. Sousa , K. Soustruznik , M. Strait , L. Suter , A. Sutton , C. Sweeney , 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 , Z. Vallari , J. Vasel , P. Vokac , T. Vrba , M. Wallbank , T. K. Warburton , M. Wetstein , D. Whittington , D. A. Wickremasinghe , S. G. Wojcicki , J. Wolcott , A. Yallappa Dombara , K. Yonehara , S. Yu , Y. Yu , S. Zadorozhnyy , J. Zalesak , Y. Zhang , R. Zwaska

Exploring Nuclear Effects in Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions Using Measurements of Transverse Kinematic Imbalance from T2K and MINERvA

Predictions from widely-used neutrino-nucleus interaction event generators are compared to measurements of transverse kinematic imbalances, made by both the T2K and MINERvA experiments, to allow a joint characterisation of the nuclear…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-11-05 Stephen Dolan

Measurement of Partonic Nuclear Effects in Deep-Inelastic Neutrino Scattering using MINERvA

The MINERvA collaboration reports a novel study of neutrino-nucleus charged-current deep inelastic scattering (DIS) using the same neutrino beam incident on targets of polystyrene, graphite, iron, and lead. Results are presented as ratios…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-10-04 MINERvA Collaboration , J. Mousseau , M. Wospakrik , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , M. E. Christy , J. Chvojka , H. da Motta , J. Devan , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , B. Eberly , 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 , 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 , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , J. Osta , V. Paolone , J. Park , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , L. Rakotondravohitra , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , G. Zavala , D. Zhang

The NOvA Experiment: Status and Outlook

The NOvA long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment is currently under construction and will use an upgraded NuMI neutrino source at Fermilab and a 14-kton detector at Ash River, Minnesota to explore the neutrino sector. NOvA uses a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-11-22 R. B. Patterson

Recent Cross Section Work From NOvA

The NOvA experiment is an off-axis long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment seeking to measure $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance and $\nu_{e}$ appearance in a $\nu_{\mu}$ beam originating at Fermilab. In addition to measuring the unoscillated…

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

Status of a Deep Learning Based Measurement of the Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged-current Cross Section in the NOvA Near Detector

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. It uses the NuMI beam from Fermilab and two sampling calorimeter detectors placed off-axis from the beam. The 293 ton Near Detector measures the unoscillated neutrino energy spectrum,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-12 Biswaranjan Behera

Measurement of Neutrino-Electron Elastic Scattering at NOvA Near Detector

NOvA is a long-baseline accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment that is optimized for electron-neutrino appearance measurements. It uses the upgraded NuMI beam from Fermilab and consists of a Far Detector in Ash River, Minnesota…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-11 Jianming Bian

New Results from the MINOS Experiment - EPS 2011 conference proceedings

The MINOS experiment is a long-baseline neutrino experiment designed to study neutrino behaviour, in particular the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations. MINOS sends the NuMI neutrino beam through two detectors, a Near Detector 1 km…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-01-19 Anna Holin

MINOS neutrino oscillation results

The MINOS long-baseline experiment is using the NuMI neutrino beam to make precise measurements of neutrino flavor oscillations in the "atmospheric" neutrino sector. MINOS observes the $\nu_\mu$ disappearance oscillations seen in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-05-28 Alec Habig

Event Reconstruction in the NOvA Experiment

The NOvA experiment observes oscillations in two channels (electron-neutrino appearance and muon-neutrino disappearance) using a predominantly muon-neutrino NuMI beam. The Near Detector records multiple overlapping neutrino interactions in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-12 Biswaranjan Behera , Gavin Davies , Fernanda Psihas