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We examine the prospects of probing nonstandard interactions (NSI) of neutrinos in the e-tau sector with upcoming long-baseline nu_mu -> nu_e oscillation experiments. First conjectured decades ago, neutrino NSI remain of great interest,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-07-31 Alexander Friedland , Ian M. Shoemaker

One of the main goals of RENO (Reactor Experiment for Neutrino Oscillation) is to measure the smallest neutrino mixing angle {\theta}13 using reactor neutrinos in Korea. RENO is the first reactor experiment taking data with two identical…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-21 Seon-Hee Seo

The NEMO prototype detector, called "NEMO Phase-1", has been successfully operated at 2000 m depth from December 2006 to May 2007. The apparatus comprises a \emph{Junction Box} and a \emph{Mini-Tower} hosting 16 optical sensors. Preliminary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Isabella Amore

The planned neutrino program at Fermilab requires large proton beam intensities in excess of 2 MW. Measuring the transverse profiles of these high intensity beams is challenging and often depends on non-invasive techniques. One such…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-03-06 R. Thurman-Keup , M. Alvarez , J. Fitzgerald , C. Lundberg , P. Prieto , J. Zagel , W. Blokland

The NEMO-3 detector, which has been operating in the Frejus Underground Laboratory since February 2003, is devoted to searching for neutrinoless double beta decay (\beta\beta 0 \nu). The expected performance of the detector has been…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-12-09 Xavier Sarazin

SNO+ is a large liquid scintillator-based experiment located 2km underground at SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada. It reuses the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory detector, consisting of a 12m diameter acrylic vessel which will be filled with about 780…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-08 SNO+ Collaboration , : , S. Andringa , E. Arushanova , S. Asahi , M. Askins , D. J. Auty , A. R. Back , Z. Barnard , N. Barros , E. W. Beier , A. Bialek , S. D. Biller , E. Blucher , R. Bonventre , D. Braid , E. Caden , E. Callaghan , J. Caravaca , J. Carvalho , L. Cavalli , D. Chauhan , M. Chen , O. Chkvorets , K. Clark , B. Cleveland , I. T. Coulter , D. Cressy , X. Dai , C. Darrach , B. Davis-Purcell , R. Deen , M. M. Depatie , F. Descamps , F. Di Lodovico , N. Duhaime , F. Duncan , J. Dunger , E. Falk , N. Fatemighomi , R. Ford , P. Gorel , C. Grant , S. Grullon , E. Guillian , A. L. Hallin , D. Hallman , S. Hans , J. Hartnell , P. Harvey , M. Hedayatipour , W. J. Heintzelman , R. L. Helmer , B. Hreljac , J. Hu , T. Iida , C. M. Jackson , N. A. Jelley , C. Jillings , C. Jones , P. G. Jones , K. Kamdin , T. Kaptanoglu , J. Kaspar , P. Keener , P. Khaghani , L. Kippenbrock , J. R. Klein , R. Knapik , J. N. Kofron , L. L. Kormos , S. Korte , C. Kraus , C. B. Krauss , K. Labe , I. Lam , C. Lan , B. J. Land , S. Langrock , A. LaTorre , I. Lawson , G. M. Lefeuvre , E. J. Leming , J. Lidgard , X. Liu , Y. Liu , V. Lozza , S. Maguire , A. Maio , K. Majumdar , S. Manecki , J. Maneira , E. Marzec , A. Mastbaum , N. McCauley , A. B. McDonald , J. E. McMillan , P. Mekarski , C. Miller , Y. Mohan , E. Mony , M. J. Mottram , V. Novikov , H. M. O'Keeffe , E. O'Sullivan , G. D. Orebi Gann , M. J. Parnell , S. J. M. Peeters , T. Pershing , Z. Petriw , G. Prior , J. C. Prouty , S. Quirk , A. Reichold , A. Robertson , J. Rose , R. Rosero , P. M. Rost , J. Rumleskie , M. A. Schumaker , M. H. Schwendener , D. Scislowski , J. Secrest , M. Seddighin , L. Segui , S. Seibert , T. Shantz , T. M. Shokair , L. Sibley , J. R. Sinclair , K. Singh , P. Skensved , A. Soerensen , T. Sonley , R. Stainforth , M. Strait , M. I. Stringer , R. Svoboda , J. Tatar , L. Tian , N. Tolich , J. Tseng , H. W. C. Tseung , R. Van Berg , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , C. Virtue , B. von Krosigk , J. M. G. Walker , M. Walker , O. Wasalski , J. Waterfield , R. F. White , J. R. Wilson , T. J. Winchester , A. Wright , M. Yeh , T. Zhao , K. Zuber

SNO+ is a multipurpose neutrino experiment located approximately 2 km underground in SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada. The detector started taking physics data in May 2017 and is currently completing its first phase, as a pure water Cherenkov…

We discuss a scenario to extract up to 150 MeV neutrinos at a standard beta-beam facility using one and two detectors off-axis. In particular we show that the high-energy component of the neutrino fluxes can be subtracted through a specific…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Lazauskas , A. B. Balantekin , J. H. De Jesus , C. Volpe

In June 2012, an Expression of Interest for a long-baseline experiment (LBNO) has been submitted to the CERN SPSC. LBNO considers three types of neutrino detector technologies: a double-phase liquid argon (LAr) TPC and a magnetised iron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-09-17 L. Agostino , B. Andrieu , R. Asfandiyarov , D. Autiero , O. Bésida , F. Bay , R. Bayes , A. M. Blebea-Apostu , A. Blondel , M. Bogomilov , S. Bolognesi , S. Bordoni , A. Bravar , M. Buizza-Avanzini , F. Cadoux , D. Caiulo , M. Calin , M. Campanelli , C. Cantini , L. Chaussard , D. Chesneanu , N. Colino , P. Crivelli , I. De Bonis , Y. Déclais , J. Dawson , C. De La Taille , P. Del Amo Sanchez , A. Delbart , S. Di Luise , D. Duchesneau , F. Dulucq , J. Dumarchez , I. Efthymiopoulos , S. Emery , T. Enqvist , L. Epprecht , T. Esanu , D. Franco , D. Franco , M. Friend , V. Galymov , A. Gendotti , C. Giganti , I. Gil-Botella , M. C Gomoiu , P. Gorodetzky , A. Haesler , T. Hasegawa , S. Horikawa , M. Ieva , A. Jipa , Y. Karadzhov , I. Karpikov , A. Khotjantsev , A. Korzenev , D. Kryn , Y. Kudenko , P. Kuusiniemi , I. Lazanu , J. -M. Levy , K. Loo , T. Lux , J. Maalampi , R. M. Margineanu , J. Marteau , C. Martin , G. Martin-Chassard , E. Mazzucato , A. Mefodiev , O. Mineev , B. Mitrica , S. Murphy , T. Nakadaira , M. Nessi , K. Nikolics , L. Nita , E. Noah , P. Novella , G. A. Nuijten , T. Ovsiannikova , C. Palomares , T. Patzak , E. Pennacchio , L. Periale , H. Pessard , B. Popov , M. Ravonel , M. Rayner , C. Regenfus , C. Ristea , O. Ristea , A. Robert , A. Rubbia , K. Sakashita , F. Sanchez , R. Santorelli , E. Scantamburlo , F. Sergiampietri , D. Sgalaberna , M. Slupecki , F. J. P. Soler , D. L. Stanca , A. Tonazzo , W. H. Trzaska , R. Tsenov , G. Vankova-Kirilova , F. Vannucci , G. Vasseur , A. Verdugo , T. Viant , S. Wu , N. Yershov , L. Zambelli , M. Zito

Neutrino interaction rates for experiments placed off axis in the NuMI beam are calculated. Primary proton beam energy is 120 GeV and four locations at 810 km from target and 6, 12, 30 and 40 km off axis are considered. This report is part…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Viren

The Long Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) will utilize a beamline located at Fermilab to provide and aim a neutrino beam of sufficient intensity and appropriate energy range toward the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) detectors,…

The DANSS project is aimed at creating a relatively compact neutrino spectrometer which does not contain any flammable or other dangerous liquids and may therefore be located very close to the core of an industrial power reactor. As a…

For years, earth-based neutrino detectors have been run and operated to detect the elusive neutrino. These have historically been enormous underground detectors. The neutrino Solar Orbiting Laboratory ($\nu$SOL) project is working to design…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-17 Jonathan Folkerts

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies and for neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. The Far Detector of DUNE will consist of four 10 kt liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-25 A. Gallego-Ros

This paper discusses recent results and near-term prospects of the long-baseline neutrino experiments MINOS, MINOS+, T2K and NOvA. The non-zero value of the third neutrino mixing angle {\theta}13 allows experimental analysis in a manner…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-02-17 Tsuyoshi Nakaya , Robert K. Plunkett

The CERN Neutrino to Gran Sasso (CNGS) project aims to produce a high energy, wide band $\nu_{\mu}$ beam at CERN and send it toward the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS), 732 km away. Its main goal is the observation of the…

The SoLid collaboration is currently operating a 1.6 tons neutrino detector near the Belgian BR2 reactor, with main goal the observation of the oscillation of electron antineutrinos to previously undetected flavor states. The highly…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-15 Luis Manzanillas

We report the measurement of the time-of-flight of ~17 GeV muon neutrinos on the CNGS baseline (732 km) with the Large Volume Detector (LVD) at the Gran Sasso Laboratory. The CERN-SPS accelerator has been operated from May 10th to May 24th…

The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment was designed with the primary goal of precisely measuring the neutrino mixing parameter, $\theta_{13}$. Eight identically-designed gadolinium-doped liquid scintillator detectors installed in three…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-09-13 Zhiyuan Chen