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Search for active-sterile antineutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions with the NOvA experiment

This Letter reports results from the first long-baseline search for sterile antineutrinos mixing in an accelerator-based antineutrino-dominated beam. The rate of neutral-current interactions in the two NOvA detectors, at distances of 1 km…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-02-17 M. A. Acero , P. Adamson , L. Aliaga , 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 , R. Bernstein , V. Bhatnagar , B. Bhuyan , J. Bian , J. Blair , A. C. Booth , R. Bowles , C. Bromberg , N. Buchanan , A. Butkevich , S. Calvez , T. J. Carroll , E. Catano-Mur , B. C. Choudhary , A. Christensen , T. E. Coan , M. Colo , L. Cremonesi , G. S. Davies , P. F. Derwent , P. Ding , Z. Djurcic , M. Dolce , D. Doyle , D. Dueñas Tonguino , E. C. Dukes , H. Duyang , S. Edayath , R. Ehrlich , M. Elkins , E. Ewart , G. J. Feldman , P. Filip , J. Franc , M. J. Frank , H. R. Gallagher , R. Gandrajula , F. Gao , 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 , H. Hausner , K. Heller , V Hewes , A. Himmel , A. Holin , J. Huang , B. Jargowsky , J. Jarosz , F. Jediny , C. Johnson , M. Judah , I. Kakorin , D. Kalra , A. Kalitkina , D. M. Kaplan , R. Keloth , O. Klimov , L. W. Koerner , L. Kolupaeva , S. Kotelnikov , R. Kralik , Ch. Kullenberg , M. Kubu , A. Kumar , C. D. Kuruppu , V. Kus , T. Lackey , P. Lasorak , K. Lang , J. Lesmeister , S. Lin , A. Lister , J. Liu , M. Lokajicek , S. Magill , M. Manrique Plata , 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 , W. Mu , L. Mualem , M. Muether , K. Mulder , D. Naples , N. Nayak , J. K. Nelson , R. Nichol , E. Niner , A. Norman , A. Norrick , T. Nosek , H. Oh , A. Olshevskiy , T. Olson , J. Ott , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , O. Petrova , R. Petti , D. D. Phan , R. K. Plunkett , J. C. C. Porter , A. Rafique , V. Raj , M. Rajaoalisoa , B. Ramson , B. Rebel , P. Rojas , V. Ryabov , O. Samoylov , M. C. Sanchez , S. Sánchez Falero , 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 , S. Swain , C. Sweeney , B. Tapia Oregui , P. Tas , T. Thakore , R. B. Thayyullathil , J. Thomas , E. Tiras , J. Tripathi , J. Trokan-Tenorio , 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 , W. Wu , Y. Xiao , A. Yallappa Dombara , K. Yonehara , S. Yu , Y. Yu , S. Zadorozhnyy , J. Zalesak , Y. Zhang , R. Zwaska

A Data-Driven Method of Background Prediction at NOvA

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment that will use the NuMI beam originating at Fermilab. NOvA enables the study of two oscillation channels: $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance and $\nu_{e}$ appearance. It consists of two…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-10-02 Kanika Sachdev

Measurement of $\nu_\mu$ Charged-Current Inclusive $\pi^0$ Production in the NOvA Near Detector

Cross sections for the interaction $\nu_\mu A\rightarrow\mu^-\pi^0 X$ with neutrino energies between 1 and 5~GeV are measured using a sample of 165k selected events collected in the NOvA experiment's Near Detector, a hydrocarbon-based…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-07-05 NOvA Collaboration

Neutrino and Antineutrino Inclusive Charged-current Cross Section Measurements with the MINOS Near Detector

The energy dependence of the neutrino-iron and antineutrino-iron inclusive charged-current cross sections and their ratio have been measured using a high-statistics sample with the MINOS Near Detector exposed to the NuMI beam from the Main…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-13 The MINOS Collaboration

Cherenkov Light in Liquid Scintillator at the NOvA Experiment

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment with two functionally identical liquid scintillator tracking detectors, i.e. the Near Detector (ND) and the Far Detector (FD). One of NOvA's physics goal is to measure neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-30 Shiqi Yu

High Statistics Measurements of $\nu_{\mu}$ Charged-Current Single $\pi^{+}$ Production with Zero Pion Kinetic Energy Threshold in MINERvA

This Letter presents measurements of single-differential cross sections of $\nu_{\mu}$-induced charged-current 1 $\pi^{+}$ production on scintillator using the MINERvA detector at Fermilab. These measurements use traditional track-based…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-26 E. Granados , B. Messerly , S. Akhter , M. Sajjad Athar , S. A. Dytman , J. Felix , L. Fields , P. K. Gaur , S. M. Gilligan , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. L. Hart , J. Kleykamp , A. Klustová , M. Kordosky , D. Last , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , K. S. McFarland , O. Moreno , J. G. Morfín , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , C. Pernas , M. A. Ramírez , N. Roy , D. Ruterbories , C. J. Solano Salinas , M. Sultana , N. H. Vaughan , A. V. Waldron , M. O. Wascko , B. Yaeggy , L. Zazueta

SciNO$\nu$A: A measurement of neutrino-nucleus scattering in a narrow-band beam

SciNO$\nu$A is a proposed experiment to deploy a fine-grained scintillator detector in front of the NO$\nu$A near detector to collect neutrino-nucleus scattering events in the NuMI, off-axis, narrow-band neutrino beam at Fermilab. This…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-11-18 X. C. Tian

Status of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory is a multipurpose neutrino experiment designed to determine neutrino mass hierarchy and precisely measure oscillation parameters by detecting reactor neutrinos from the Yangjiang and Taishan…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-24 Cong Guo

Measurement of inclusive charged-current $\nu_\mu$ cross sections as a function of muon kinematics at $<E_\nu>\sim6~GeV$ on hydrocarbon

MINERvA presents a new analysis of inclusive charged-current neutrino interactions on a hydrocarbon target. We report single and double-differential cross sections in muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. These measurements are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-03 D. Ruterbories , A. Filkins , Z. Ahmad Dar , F. Akbar , D. A. Andrade , M. V. Ascencio , A. Bashyal , L. Bellantoni , 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 , S. A. Dytman , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , D. Jena , S. Jena , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , D. Last , T. Le , A. Lozano , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , B. Messerly , J. Miller , J. G. Morfín , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Norrick , A. Olivier , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramírez , H. Ray , H. Schellman , G. Silva , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , A. V. Waldron , C. Wret , B. Yaeggy , K. Yang , L. Zazueta

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

We have isolated muon anti-neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic interactions occurring in the segmented scintillator tracking region of the MINERvA detector running in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. We measure the flux-averaged…

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

Measurement of $\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$ charged-current single $\pi^{-}$ production on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region using MINERvA

The antineutrino scattering channel $\bar{\nu}_{\mu} \,\text{CH} \rightarrow \mu^{+} \,\pi^{-} \,X$(nucleon(s)) is analyzed in the incident energy range 1.5 to 10 GeV using the MINERvA detector at Fermilab. Differential cross sections are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-09-25 T. Le , F. Akbar , L. Aliaga , D. A. Andrade , M. V. Ascencio , A. Bashyal , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , J. L. Bonilla , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. Caceres , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , D. Coplowe , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , 5 J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , N. Fiza , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , S. Jena , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , D. Last , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , J. G. Morfín , 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 , J. T. Sobczyk , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , M. Wospakrik , B. Yaeggy , L. Zazueta

Measurement of Quasielastic-Like Neutrino Scattering at $\left< E_\nu \right> \sim 3.5$~ GeV on a Hydrocarbon Target

MINERvA presents a new analysis of neutrino induced quasielastic-like interactions in a hydrocarbon tracking target. We report a double-differential cross section using the muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. In addition,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-01-16 D. Ruterbories , K. Hurtado , J. Osta , F. Akbar , L. Aliaga , D. A. Andrade , M. V. Ascencio , A. Bashyal , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , 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 , 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 , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , W. A. Mann , 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 , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramírez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , H. Schellman , J. T. Sobczyk , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , C. Wret , B. Yaeggy , L. Zazueta

Neutrino Scattering Uncertainties and their Role in Long Baseline Oscillation Experiments

The field of oscillation physics is about to make an enormous leap forward in statistical precision: first through the MINOS experiment in the coming year, and later through the NOvA and T2K experiments. Because of the relatively poor…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 The MINERvA Collaboration , D. A. Harris

Beam monitoring and Near detector requirements for a Neutrino factory or long baseline beams

Neutrino Factory is a facility for future precision studies of neutrino oscillations. A so called near detector is essential for reaching the aimed precision of neutrino oscillation analysis. Main task of the near detector is to measure the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-10-11 Rosen Matev , Roumen Tsenov

Front-end control system and precise threshold configuration of the v-Angra experiment

The v-Angra experiment aims to estimate the flux of antineutrino particles coming out from the Angra II nuclear reactor. Such flux is proportional to the thermal power released in the fission process and therefore can be used to infer the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-07-23 Mariana L Migliorini , Antonio Fernandes , Joao C Anjos , Pietro Chimenti , Igor A Costa , Luis F G Gonzalez , Germano P Guedes , Ernesto Kemp , Herman P Lima , Guilherme S P Lopes , Amaro S Lopes , Rafael A Nobrega , Igor F Pains , Iuri M Pepe , Dion B S Ribeiro , David M Souza

Scintillating fiber near detector for the Neutrino Factory

Neutrino Factory is a facility for future precision studies of neutrino oscillations. A so called near detector is essential for reaching the aimed precision of neutrino oscillation analysis. Main task of a near detector is to measure the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-10-11 Rosen Matev

Measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_{\nu} \rangle $ = 3.6 GeV

The first direct measurement of electron-neutrino quasielastic and quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region of incident neutrino energy has been carried out using the MINERvA detector in the NuMI beam at Fermilab.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-11-10 MINERvA Collaboration , J. Wolcott , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , M. F. Carneiro , J. Chvojka , H. da Motta , J. Devan , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , B. Eberly , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , T. Golan , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , 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 , T. Muhlbeier , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , J. Osta , V. Paolone , J. Park , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , L. Rakotondravohitra , 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 , M. Wospakrik , G. Zavala , D. Zhang , B. P. Ziemer

Recent Results of Electron-Neutrino Appearance Measurement at NOvA

NOvA is a long-baseline accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment that is optimized for $\nu_e$ measurements. It uses the upgraded NuMI beam from Fermilab and measures electron-neutrino appearance and muon-neutrino disappearance at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-11-23 Jianming Bian

Measurement of Neutrino Flux from Neutrino-Electron Elastic Scattering

Muon-neutrino elastic scattering on electrons is an observable neutrino process whose cross section is precisely known. Consequently a measurement of this process in an accelerator-based $\nu_\mu$ beam can improve the knowledge of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-17 MINERvA Collaboration , J. Park , 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 , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , B. Eberly , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , A. Ghosh , T. Golan , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , 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 , J. Osta , V. Paolone , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , L. Rakotondravohitra , M. A. Ramirez , H. Ray , L. Ren , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , G. Zavala , D. Zhang

Extrapolation Techniques and Systematic Uncertainties in the NO$\nu$A Muon Neutrino Disappearance Analysis

The NOvA long-baseline neutrino experiment consists of two highly active, finely segmented, liquid scintillator detectors located 14.6 mrad off Fermilab's NuMI beam axis, with a Near Detector located at Fermilab, and a Far Detector located…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-11-03 Louise Suter