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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

First Results of $\nu_e$ Appearance Analysis and Electron Neutrino Identification at NOvA

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

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-11-05 Jianming Bian

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

Current Status for the Inclusive Neutral Current $\pi^{0}$ production Cross Section Measurement with the NOvA Near Detector

NOvA (NuMI Off-axis {\nu}e Appearance) experiment is designed to study long-baseline neutrino oscillations using two detectors, the Near Detector (ND) at Fermilab and the Far Detector (FD) at a distance 810 km in Northern Minnesota. NOvA…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-10 Daisy Kalra

NOvA's Current and Future Sterile Neutrino Searches

The NOvA experiment's most recent search for eV-scale sterile neutrinos under a 3+1 model simultaneously analyses muon neutrino and neutral current datasets from the NuMI beam at its Near ($\sim$\qty{1}{km} baseline) and Far (\qty{810}{km}…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-02-13 Adam Lister

Heterogeneous Point Set Transformers for Segmentation of Multiple View Particle Detectors

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment that detects neutrino particles from the NuMI beam at Fermilab. Before data from this experiment can be used in analyses, raw hits in the detector must be matched to their source…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-13 Edgar E. Robles , Dikshant Sagar , Alejandro Yankelevich , Jianming Bian , Pierre Baldi , NOvA Collaboration

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

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

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

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

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

First measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters using neutrinos and antineutrinos by NOvA

The NOvA experiment has made a $4.4\sigma$-significant observation of $\bar\nu_{e}$ appearance in a 2 GeV $\bar\nu_{\mu}$ beam at a distance of 810 km. Using $12.33\times10^{20}$ protons on target delivered to the Fermilab NuMI neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-02-18 M. A. Acero , P. Adamson , L. Aliaga , T. Alion , V. Allakhverdian , S. Altakarli , N. Anfimov , A. Antoshkin , 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 , T. Blackburn , J. Blair , A. C. Booth , P. Bour , C. Bromberg , N. Buchanan , A. Butkevich , S. Calvez , M. Campbell , T. J. Carroll , E. Catano-Mur , A. Cedeno , S. Childress , B. C. Choudhary , B. Chowdhury , T. E. Coan , M. Colo , J. Cooper , L. Corwin , L. Cremonesi , G. S. Davies , P. F. Derwent , P. Ding , Z. Djurcic , D. Doyle , E. C. Dukes , H. Duyang , S. Edayath , R. Ehrlich , M. Elkins , G. J. Feldman , P. Filip , W. Flanagan , 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 , 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 , A. Kreymer , Ch. Kulenberg , A. Kumar , C. D. Kuruppu , V. Kus , T. Lackey , K. Lang , S. Lin , M. Lokajicek , J. Lozier , S. Luchuk , K. Maan , S. Magill , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , M. Martinez-Casales , V. Matveev , D. P. Mendez , M. D. Messier , H. Meyer , T. Miao , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , A. Mislivec , R. Mohanta , A. Moren , 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 , T. Nosek , A. Olshevskiy , T. Olson , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , D. Pershey , O. Petrova , R. Petti , D. D. Phan , R. K. Plunkett , B. Potukuchi , C. Principato , F. Psihas , A. Radovic , V. Raj , R. A. Rameika , B. Rebel , P. Rojas , V. Ryabov , O. Samoylov , M. C. Sanchez , S. Sanchez Falero , I. S. Seong , P. Shanahan , A. Sheshukov , P. Singh , V. Singh , E. Smith , J. Smolik , P. Snopok , N. Solomey , E. Song , A. Sousa , K. Soustruznik , M. Strait , L. Suter , A. Sutton , 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 , J. Vasel , L. Vinton , P. Vokac , T. Vrba , M. Wallbank , B. Wang , T. K. Warburton , M. Wetstein , M. While , D. Whittington , S. G. Wojcicki , J. Wolcott , N. Yadav , A. Yallappa Dombara , K. Yonehara , S. Yu , S. Zadorozhnyy , J. Zalesak , B. Zamorano , R. Zwaska

First measurement of electron neutrino appearance in NOvA

We report results from the first search for $\nu_\mu\to\nu_e$ transitions by the NOvA experiment. In an exposure equivalent to $2.74\times10^{20}$ protons-on-target in the upgraded NuMI beam at Fermilab, we observe 6 events in the Far…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-05-03 P. Adamson , C. Ader , M. Andrews , N. Anfimov , I. Anghel , K. Arms , E. Arrieta-Diaz , A. Aurisano , D. S. Ayres , C. Backhouse , M. Baird , B. A. Bambah , K. Bays , R. Bernstein , M. Betancourt , V. Bhatnagar , B. Bhuyan , J. Bian , K. Biery , T. Blackburn , V. Bocean , D. Bogert , A. Bolshakova , M. Bowden , C. Bower , D. Broemmelsiek , C. Bromberg , G. Brunetti , X. Bu , A. Butkevich , D. Capista , E. Catano-Mur , T. R. Chase , S. Childress , B. C. Choudhary , B. Chowdhury , T. E. Coan , J. A. B. Coelho , M. Colo , J. Cooper , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , A. Cunningham , G. S. Davies , J. P. Davies , M. Del Tutto , P. F. Derwent , K. N. Deepthi , D. Demuth , S. Desai , G. Deuerling , A. Devan , J. Dey , R. Dharmapalan , P. Ding , S. Dixon , Z. Djurcic , E. C. Dukes , H. Duyang , R. Ehrlich , G. J. Feldman , N. Felt , E. J. Fenyves , E. Flumerfelt , S. Foulkes , M. J. Frank , W. Freeman , M. Gabrielyan , H. R. Gallagher , M. Gebhard , T. Ghosh , W. Gilbert , A. Giri , S. Goadhouse , R. A. Gomes , L. Goodenough , M. C. Goodman , V. Grichine , N. Grossman , R. Group , J. Grudzinski , V. Guarino , B. Guo , A. Habig , T. Handler , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Hatzikoutelis , K. Heller , C. Howcroft , J. Huang , X. Huang , J. Hylen , M. Ishitsuka , F. Jediny , C. Jensen , D. Jensen , C. Johnson , H. Jostlein , G. K. Kafka , Y. Kamyshkov , S. M. S. Kasahara , S. Kasetti , K. Kephart , G. Koizumi , S. Kotelnikov , I. Kourbanis , Z. Krahn , V. Kravtsov , A. Kreymer , Ch. Kulenberg , A. Kumar , T. Kutnink , R. Kwarciancy , J. Kwong , K. Lang , A. Lee , W. M. Lee , K. Lee , S. Lein , J. Liu , M. Lokajicek , J. Lozier , Q. Lu , P. Lucas , S. Luchuk , P. Lukens , G. Lukhanin , S. Magill , K. Maan , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , M. Martens , J. Martincik , P. Mason , K. Matera , M. Mathis , V. Matveev , N. Mayer , E. McCluskey , R. Mehdiyev , H. Merritt , M. D. Messier , H. Meyer , T. Miao , D. Michael , S. P. Mikheyev , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , R. Mohanta , A. Moren , L. Mualem , M. Muether , S. Mufson , J. Musser , H. B. Newman , J. K. Nelson , E. Niner , A. Norman , J. Nowak , Y. Oksuzian , A. Olshevskiy , J. Oliver , T. Olson , J. Paley , P. Pandey , A. Para , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , N. Pearson , D. Perevalov , D. Pershey , E. Peterson , R. Petti , S. Phan-Budd , L. Piccoli , A. Pla-Dalmau , R. K. Plunkett , R. Poling , B. Potukuchi , F. Psihas , D. Pushka , X. Qiu , N. Raddatz , A. Radovic , R. A. Rameika , R. Ray , B. Rebel , R. Rechenmacher , B. Reed , R. Reilly , D. Rocco , D. Rodkin , K. Ruddick , R. Rusack , V. Ryabov , K. Sachdev , S. Sahijpal , H. Sahoo , O. Samoylov , M. C. Sanchez , N. Saoulidou , P. Schlabach , J. Schneps , R. Schroeter , J. Sepulveda-Quiroz , P. Shanahan , B. Sherwood , A. Sheshukov , J. Singh , V. Singh , A. Smith , D. Smith , J. Smolik , N. Solomey , A. Sotnikov , A. Sousa , K. Soustruznik , Y. Stenkin , M. Strait , L. Suter , R. L. Talaga , M. C. Tamsett , S. Tariq , P. Tas , R. J. Tesarek , R. B. Thayyullathil , K. Thomsen , X. Tian , S. C. Tognini , R. Toner , J. Trevor , G. Tzanakos , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , L. Valerio , L. Vinton , T. Vrba , A. V. Waldron , B. Wang , Z. Wang , A. Weber , A. Wehmann , D. Whittington , N. Wilcer , R. Wildberger , D. Wildman , K. Williams , S. G. Wojcicki , K. Wood , M. Xiao , T. Xin , N. Yadav , S. Yang , S. Zadorozhnyy , J. Zalesak , B. Zamorano , A. Zhao , J. Zirnstein , R. Zwaska

NOvA muon energy scale systematic

The systematic uncertainty on the correspondence between muon range and energy is developed for the NOvA neutrino experiment. NOvA consists of two detectors, the Near Detector at Fermilab and the Far Detector in northern Minnesota. Total…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-02-11 M. Strait , S. Bending , K. Kephart , P. Lukens

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

Impact of cross section uncertainties on NOvA oscillation analyses

The NOvA experiment is an off-axis long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment measuring $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance and $\nu_{e}$ appearance in a $\nu_{\mu}$ beam originating at Fermilab. Oscillations are observed in the far detector…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-01-17 Jeremy Wolcott

MINERvA Detector: Description and Performance

The MINERvA experiment is aimed at precisely measuring the cross-sections for various neutrino interaction channels. It is located at Fermilab in the underground cavern in front of MINOS near detector. MINERvA is a fine-grained scintillator…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-09-14 Bari Osmanov

Letter of Intent to build an Off-axis Detector to study numu to nue oscillations with the NuMI Neutrino Beam

The NuMI neutrino beam line and the MINOS experiment represent a major investment of US High Energy Physics in the area of neutrino physics. The forthcoming results could decisively establish neutrino oscillations as the underlying physics…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-31 D. Ayres et. al

Observing the Next Galactic Supernova with the NOvA Detectors

The next galactic core-collapse supernova will deliver a wealth of neutrinos which for the first time we are well-situated to measure. These explosions produce neutrinos with energies between 10 and 100 MeV over a period of tens of seconds.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-03 Justin A. Vasel , Andrey Sheshukov , Alec Habig

Design Methodology and Considerations for NOVA 53 MHZ RF Cavities

The NO{\nu}A Experiment will construct a detector optimized for electron neutrino detection in the existing Neutrino at Main Injector (NuMI) beamline. This beamline is capable of operating at 400 kW of primary beam power and the upgrade…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-07-18 C. Ader , D. W. Wildman