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Search for Electron Neutrino Appearance in MINOS

The MINOS Collaboration continues its search for $\nu_e$ appearance in the NuMI (Neutrinos at the Main Injector) beam at Fermilab. Neutrinos in the beam interact in the Near Detector, located 1 km from the beam source, allowing us to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-19 Mhair Orchanian

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

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

PVC Extrusion Development and Production for the NOvA Neutrino Experiment

We have produced large and highly-reflective open-cell PVC extrusions for the NOvA neutrino oscillation experiment. The extrusions were sealed, instrumented, assembled into self-supporting detector blocks, and filled with liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-06-07 R. L. Talaga , J. J. Grudzinski , S. Phan-Budd , A. Pla-Dalmau , J. E. Fagan , C. Grozis , K. M. Kephart

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 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

Expanding neutrino oscillation parameter measurements in NOvA using a Bayesian approach

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment that measures oscillations in charged-current $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{\mu}$ (disappearance) and $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{e}$ (appearance) channels, and their antineutrino…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-07-15 NOvA Collaboration , M. A. Acero , B. Acharya , P. Adamson , N. Anfimov , A. Antoshkin , E. Arrieta-Diaz , L. Asquith , A. Aurisano , A. Back , N. Balashov , P. Baldi , B. A. Bambah , 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 , S. Chaudhary , B. C. Choudhary , A. Christensen , T. E. Coan , A. Cooleybeck , L. Cremonesi , G. S. Davies , P. F. Derwent , P. Ding , Z. Djurcic , M. Dolce , D. Doyle , D. Dueñas Tonguino , E. C. Dukes , A. Dye , R. Ehrlich , M. Elkins , E. Ewart , P. Filip , J. Franc , 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 , B. Jargowsky , J. Jarosz , F. Jediny , C. Johnson , M. Judah , I. Kakorin , D. M. Kaplan , A. Kalitkina , J. Kleykamp , O. Klimov , L. W. Koerner , L. Kolupaeva , R. Kralik , A. Kumar , C. D. Kuruppu , V. Kus , T. Lackey , K. Lang , P. Lasorak , J. Lesmeister , A. Lister , J. Liu , M. Lokajicek , M. MacMahon , J. A. Lock , S. Magill , M. Manrique Plata , W. A. Mann , M. T. Manoharan , M. L. Marshak , M. Martinez-Casales , V. Matveev , B. Mehta , M. D. Messier , H. Meyer , T. Miao , V. Mikola , W. H. Miller , S. Mishra , S. R. Mishra , 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 , A. Pal , J. Paley , L. Panda , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , O. Petrova , R. Petti , R. K. Plunkett , A. Rafique , L. R. Prais , V. Raj , M. Rajaoalisoa , B. Ramson , B. Rebel , P. Roy , O. Samoylov , M. C. Sanchez , S. Sánchez Falero , P. Shanahan , P. Sharma , S. Shukla , A. Sheshukov , D. K. Singha , W. Shorrock , 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 , B. Tapia Oregui , P. Tas , T. Thakore , J. Thomas , E. Tiras , J. Trokan-Tenorio , Y. Torun , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , Z. Vallari , K. J. Vockerodt , T. Vrba , M. Wallbank , T. K. Warburton , M. Wetstein , D. Whittington , D. A. Wickremasinghe , T. Wieber , J. Wolcott , M. Wrobel , S. Wu , W. Wu , Y. Xiao , B. Yaeggy , A. Yankelevich , K. Yonehara , Y. Yu , S. Zadorozhnyy , J. Zalesak , R. Zwaska

Probing new physics scenarios using high energy events at NOvA far detector

NuMI Off-axis $\nu_e$ Appearance (NOvA) experiment is an ongoing long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. The primary channels of interest are the $\nu_e$, $\bar{\nu}_e$ appearance, $\nu_\mu$, $\bar{\nu}_\mu$ disappearance channels…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-01 Chinmay Bera , K. N. Deepthi

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

Low-latency NuMI Trigger for the CHIPS-5 Neutrino Detector

The CHIPS R&D project aims to develop affordable large-scale water Cherenkov neutrino detectors for underwater deployment. In 2019, a 5kt prototype detector CHIPS-5 was deployed in northern Minnesota to potentially study neutrinos generated…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-03-14 Petr Mánek , Simeon Bash , John Cesar , Greg Deuerling , Thomas Dodwell , Stefano Germani , Evan Niner , Andrew Norman , Jennifer Thomas , Josh Tingey , Neil Wilcer

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

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

First MINOS Results with the NuMI Beam

The results from the initial exposure of the MINOS detectors to neutrinos produced by the Fermilab NuMI beam are reported here. The exposure consisted of 1.27 x 10^{20} 120 GeV protons incident on the NuMI target. The data show the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Brian J. Rebel

Status of the Design of the LBNE Neutrino Beamline

The Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) will utilize a neutrino beamline facility located at Fermilab to carry out a compelling research program in neutrino physics. The facility will aim a beam of neutrinos toward a detector placed at…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2013-01-30 R. Andrews , A. Z. Chen , S. C. Childress , C. D. Moore , V. Papadimitriou , M. R. Campbell

Searching for Sterile Neutrinos at MINOS

MINOS is a two-detector on-axis experiment based at Fermilab. The NuMI neutrino beam encounters the MINOS Near Detector 1 km downstream before travelling 734 km through the Earth's crust, to reach the Far Detector located at the Soudan…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-04-17 Ashley Timmons

Liquid scintillator production for the NOvA experiment

The NOvA collaboration blended and delivered 8.8 kt (2.72M gal) of liquid scintillator as the active detector medium to its near and far detectors. The composition of this scintillator was specifically developed to satisfy NOvA's…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-09 S. Mufson , B. Baugh , C. Bower , T. E. Coan , J. Cooper , L. Corwin , J. A. Karty , P. Mason , M. D. Messier , A. Pla-Dalmau , M. Proudfoot

The NOvA Power Distribution System

We describe the power distribution systems and grounding schemes built for the near and far detectors of the NOvA long-baseline neutrino experiment. They are used to power the avalanche photodiodes and their thermoelectric coolers, the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-10 E. C. Dukes , R. Ehrlich , S. Goadhouse , L. Mualem , A. Norman , R. Tesarek

Neutrino detectors for oscillation experiments

A brief overview of the development of neutrino detectors for long-baseline oscillation experiments at accelerators and reactors is presented. Basic principles and main features of detectors of running accelerator experiments T2K and NOvA…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-06-28 Yury Kudenko

The NuMI Beam at FNAL and its use for Cross Section Measurements

The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) facility at Fermilab began operations in late 2004. NuMI will deliver an intense muon neutrino beam of variable energy (2-20 GeV). Several aspects of the design and results from runs of the MINOS…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-13 Sacha E. Kopp

Adjusting Neutrino Interaction Models and Evaluating Uncertainties using NOvA Near Detector Data

The two-detector design of the NOvA neutrino oscillation experiment, in which two functionally identical detectors are exposed to an intense neutrino beam, aids in canceling leading order effects of cross-section uncertainties. However,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-02-18 NOvA Collaboration , M. A. Acero , P. Adamson , G. Agam , L. Aliaga , T. Alion , V. Allakhverdian , N. Anfimov , A. Antoshkin , 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 , 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 , D. Doyle , 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 , 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 , Ch. Kullenberg , A. Kumar , C. D. Kuruppu , V. Kus , T. Lackey , K. Lang , L. Li , S. Lin , M. Lokajicek , S. Luchuk , K. Maan , 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 , A. Rafique , F. Psihas , A. Radovic , 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 , Y. Torun , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , Z. Vallari , J. Vasel , P. Vokac , T. Vrba , M. Wallbank , T. K. Warburton , M. Wetstein , D. Whittington , S. G. Wojcicki , J. Wolcott , A. Yallappa Dombara , K. Yonehara , S. Yu , Y. Yu , S. Zadorozhnyy , J. Zalesak , Y. Zhang , R. Zwaska