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First Measurement of Monoenergetic Muon Neutrino Charged Current Interactions

We report the first measurement of monoenergetic muon neutrino charged current interactions. MiniBooNE has isolated 236 MeV muon neutrino events originating from charged kaon decay at rest ($K^+ \rightarrow \mu^+ \nu_\mu$) at the NuMI…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-05-08 A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , B. C. Brown , L. Bugel , G. Cheng , E. D. Church , J. M. Conrad , R. L. Cooper , R. Dharmapalan , Z. Djurcic , D. A. Finley , R. S. Fitzpatrick , R. Ford , F. G. Garcia , G. T. Garvey , J. Grange , W. Huelsnitz , C. Ignarra , R. Imlay , R. A. Johnson , J. R. Jordan , G. Karagiorgi , T. Katori , T. Kobilarcik , W. C. Louis , K. Mahn , C. Mariani , W. Marsh , G. B. Mills , J. Mirabal , C. D. Moore , J. Mousseau , P. Nienaber , B. Osmanov , Z. Pavlovic , D. Perevalov , H. Ray , B. P. Roe , A. D. Russell , M. H. Shaevitz , J. Spitz , I. Stancu , R. Tayloe , R. T. Thornton , R. G. Van de Water , M. O. Wascko , D. H. White , D. A. Wickremasinghe , G. P. Zeller , E. D. Zimmerman

Measurements of the electron neutrino-argon differential cross section without pions in the final state in MicroBooNE

We present a new measurement of the electron neutrino charged current cross section on argon without pions in the final state. This measurement uses the full MicroBooNE Booster Neutrino Beam dataset of $1.3\times 10^{21}$ protons on target…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-17 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , D. Andrade Aldana , L. Arellano , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , A. Barnard , G. Barr , D. Barrow , J. Barrow , V. Basque , J. Bateman , B. Behera , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhat , M. Bhattacharya , V. Bhelande , A. Binau , M. Bishai , A. Blake , B. Bogart , T. Bolton , M. B. Brunetti , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , A. Chappell , Y. Chen , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , R. Cross , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , R. Diurba , Z. Djurcic , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , P. Englezos , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , C. Fang , B. T. Fleming , W. Foreman , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , F. Gao , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , G. Ge , S. Gollapinni , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , L. Gu , W. Gu , R. Guenette , L. Hagaman , M. D. Handley , O. Hen , A. Hergenhan , M. Harrison , S. Hawkins , C. Hilgenberg , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hussain , B. Irwin , M. S. Ismail , C. James , X. Ji , J. H. Jo , A. Johnson , R. A. Johnson , D. Kalra , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , A. Kelly , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , K. Kumar , N. Lane , J. -Y. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , B. R. Littlejohn , L. Liu , S. Liu , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , T. Mahmud , N. Majeed , C. Mariani , J. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , F. Martinez Lopez , M. G. Manuel Alves , S. Martynenko , A. Mastbaum , I. Mawby , N. McConkey , B. McConnell , L. Mellet , J. Mendez , J. Micallef , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , M. A. Hernandez Morquecho , M. M. Moudgalya , S. Mulleria Babu , D. Naples , A. Navrer-Agasson , N. Nayak , M. Nebot-Guinot , C. Nguyen , L. Nguyen , J. Nowak , N. Oza , O. Palamara , N. Pallat , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , H. Parkinson , S. F. Pate , N. Patel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , K. Pletcher , I. Pophale , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , J. Rodriguez Rondon , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , I. Safa , C. Sauer , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Shi , L. Silva , E. L. Snider , S. Soldner-Rembold , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , A. M. Szelc , N. Taniuchi , K. Terao , C. Thorpe , D. Torbunov , D. Totani , M. Toups , A. Trettin , Y. -T. Tsai , J. Tyler , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , B. Viren , J. Wang , L. Wang , M. Weber , H. Wei , A. J. White , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , K. Wresilo , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , L. E. Yates , H. W. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang , Y. Zhang

Search for an anomalous excess of charged-current quasi-elastic $\nu_e$ interactions with the MicroBooNE experiment using Deep-Learning-based reconstruction

We present a measurement of the $\nu_e$-interaction rate in the MicroBooNE detector that addresses the observed MiniBooNE anomalous low-energy excess (LEE). The approach taken isolates neutrino interactions consistent with the kinematics of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-06-22 MicroBooNE collaboration , P. Abratenko , R. An , J. Anthony , L. Arellano , J. Asaadi , A. Ashkenazi , S. Balasubramanian , B. Baller , C. Barnes , G. Barr , V. Basque , L. Bathe-Peters , O. Benevides Rodrigues , S. Berkman , A. Bhanderi , A. Bhat , M. Bishai , A. Blake , T. Bolton , J. Y. Book , L. Camilleri , D. Caratelli , I. Caro Terrazas , F. Cavanna , G. Cerati , Y. Chen , D. Cianci , G. H. Collin , J. M. Conrad , M. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , M. Del Tutto , S. R. Dennis , P. Detje , A. Devitt , R. Diurba , R. Dorrill , K. Duffy , S. Dytman , B. Eberly , A. Ereditato , J. J. Evans , R. Fine , G. A. Fiorentini Aguirre , R. S. Fitzpatrick , B. T. Fleming , N. Foppiani , D. Franco , A. P. Furmanski , D. Garcia-Gamez , S. Gardiner , G. Ge , V. Genty , S. Gollapinni , O. Goodwin , E. Gramellini , P. Green , H. Greenlee , W. Gu , R. Guenette , P. Guzowski , L. Hagaman , O. Hen , C. Hilgenberg , G. A. Horton-Smith , A. Hourlier , R. Itay , C. James , X. Ji , L. Jiang , J. H. Jo , R. A. Johnson , Y. J. Jwa , D. Kalra , N. Kamp , N. Kaneshige , G. Karagiorgi , W. Ketchum , M. Kirby , T. Kobilarcik , I. Kreslo , I. Lepetic , K. Li , Y. Li , K. Lin , B. R. Littlejohn , W. C. Louis , X. Luo , K. Manivannan , C. Mariani , D. Marsden , J. Marshall , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , K. Mason , A. Mastbaum , N. McConkey , V. Meddage , T. Mettler , K. Miller , J. Mills , K. Mistry , T. Mohayai , A. Mogan , J. Moon , M. Mooney , A. F. Moor , C. D. Moore , L. Mora Lepin , J. Mousseau , M. Murphy , D. Naples , A. Navrer-Agasson , M. Nebot-Guinot , R. K. Neely , D. A. Newmark , J. Nowak , M. Nunes , O. Palamara , V. Paolone , A. Papadopoulou , V. Papavassiliou , S. F. Pate , N. Patel , A. Paudel , Z. Pavlovic , E. Piasetzky , I. Ponce-Pinto , S. Prince , X. Qian , J. L. Raaf , V. Radeka , A. Rafique , M. Reggiani-Guzzo , L. Ren , L. C. J. Rice , L. Rochester , J. Rodriguez Rondon , M. Rosenberg , M. Ross-Lonergan , G. Scanavini , D. W. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , W. Seligman , M. H. Shaevitz , R. Sharankova , J. Shi , J. Sinclair , A. Smith , E. L. Snider , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , P. Spentzouris , J. Spitz , M. Stancari , J. St. John , T. Strauss , K. Sutton , S. Sword-Fehlberg , A. M. Szelc , W. Tang , K. Terao , C. Thorpe , D. Totani , M. Toups , Y. -T. Tsai , M. A. Uchida , T. Usher , W. Van De Pontseele , B. Viren , M. Weber , H. Wei , Z. Williams , S. Wolbers , T. Wongjirad , M. Wospakrik , K. Wresilo , N. Wright , W. Wu , E. Yandel , T. Yang , G. Yarbrough , L. E. Yates , H. W. Yu , G. P. Zeller , J. Zennamo , C. Zhang

Confronting Recent Neutrino Oscillation Data with Sterile Neutrinos

Recent neutrino oscillation results have evoked renewed interest in sterile neutrino oscillation models. This paper reviews the data from MiniBooNE and short-baseline reactor antineutrino experiments within the context of sterile neutrinos.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-10-18 G. Karagiorgi

A Covariant OBE Model for $\eta$ Production in NN Collisions

A relativistic covariant one boson exchange model, previously applied to describe elastic nucleon-nucleon scattering, is extended to study $\eta$ production in NN collisions. The transition amplitude for the elementary BN->$\eta$N process…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 E. Gedalin , A. Moalem , L. Razdolskaja

Measurement of the A dependence of the muon neutrino charged-current quasielastic-like cross section as a function of muon and proton kinematics at $<$E$_{\nu}>\sim$6 GeV

The first simultaneous measurements of the $\nu_{\mu}$ quasielastic-like cross section on C, CH, H$_2$0, Fe, and Pb targets as a function of kinematic imbalance variables in the plane transverse to the incoming neutrino direction are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-10-20 J. Kleykamp , S. Akhter , Z. Ahmad Dar , N. S. Alex , V. Ansari , M. V. Ascencio , M. Sajjad Athar , M. Betancourt , J. L. Bonilla , A. Bravar , G. Caceres , G. A. Díaz , H. da Motta , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , P. K. Gaur , R. Gran , E. Granados , D. A. Harris , A. L. Hart , A. Klustová , M. Kordosky , D. Last , A. Lozano , X. -G. Lu , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , M. Mehmood , B. Messerly , O. Moreno , J. G. Morfín , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , C. Pernas , K. -J. Plows , M. A. Ramírez , R. D. Ransome , N. Roy , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , D. S. Correia , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , N. H. Vaughan , A. V. Waldron , B. Yaeggy , L. Zazueta

Relativistic descriptions of final-state interactions in neutral-current neutrino-nucleus scattering at MiniBooNE kinematics

The analysis of the recent neutral-current neutrino-nucleus scattering cross sections measured by the MiniBooNE Collaboration requires relativistic theoretical descriptions also accounting for the role of final state interactions. In this…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-05-29 Andrea Meucci , Carlotta Giusti , Franco Davide Pacati

Differences in Quasi-Elastic Cross-Sections of Muon and Electron Neutrinos

Accelerator neutrino oscillation experiments seek to make precision measurements of the neutrino flavor oscillations muon (anti)neutrino to electron (anti)neutrino in order to determine the mass hierarchy of neutrinos and to search for CP…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-10-15 Melanie Day , Kevin S. McFarland

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

Investigation of the MicroBooNE neutrino cross sections on Argon

Experimental data of charged current inclusive neutrino cross sections on argon as a function of different variables have recently appeared. We have compared them to our theoretical approach. Overall we find an agreement in spite of a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-08-02 M. Martini , M. Ericson , G. Chanfray

Viability of $\Delta m^2\sim$ 1 eV$^2$ sterile neutrino mixing models in light of MiniBooNE electron neutrino and antineutrino data from the Booster and NuMI beamlines

This paper examines sterile neutrino oscillation models in light of recently published results from the MiniBooNE Experiment. The new MiniBooNE data include the updated neutrino results, including the low energy region, and the first…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-20 G. Karagiorgi , Z. Djurcic , J. M. Conrad , M. H. Shaevitz , M. Sorel

First Observation of Coherent $\pi^0$ Production in Neutrino Nucleus Interactions with $E_{\nu}<$ 2 GeV

The MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab has amassed the largest sample to date of $\pi^0$s produced in neutral current (NC) neutrino-nucleus interactions at low energy. This paper reports a measurement of the momentum distribution of $\pi^0$s…

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New MiniBooNE Results

The MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab was designed to be a definitive test of the LSND evidence for neutrino oscillations and has recently reported first results of a search for electron-neutrino appearance in a muon-neutrino Booster beam.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-07-22 Zelimir Djurcic

Prospects for Antineutrino Running at MiniBooNE

We outline a program of antineutrino cross-section measurements necessary for the next generation of neutrino oscillation experiments, that can be performed with one year of data at MiniBooNE. We describe three independent methods of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 M. O. Wascko

Quasi-Elastic Neutrino Reactions on Carbon and Lead Nuclei

We examine neutral-current quasi-elastic neutrino-nucleus reactions on $^{12}$C and $^{208}$Pb targets. We use the relativistic mean field theory approach to describe the nuclear dynamics. We compute the cross sections for the scattering of…

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Discrimination of parametrizations for nuclear effects in neutrino scattering through comparisons of low (~ 700 MeV) and medium (~ 3 GeV) energy cross-section data

High-quality charged current quasielastic scattering data have recently been reported for both muon neutrinos and antineutrinos from several accelerator-based neutrino experiments. Measurements from MiniBooNE were the first to indicate that…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-04-30 J. Grange , C. Juszczak , J. Sobczyk , G. P. Zeller

Progress On Neutrino-Proton Neutral-Current Scattering In MicroBooNE

The MicroBooNE Experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, an 89-ton active mass liquid argon time projection chamber, affords a unique opportunity to observe low-$Q^2$ neutral-current neutrino-proton scattering events.…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2017-01-18 Stephen Pate

The MiniBooNE anomaly and heavy neutrino decay

The anomaly in the low energy distribution of quasi-elastic neutrino events reported by the MiniBooNE collaboration is discussed. We show that the observed excess of electron-like events could originate from the production and decay of a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-01-11 S. N. Gninenko

Global Fit of Electron and Neutrino Elastic Scattering Data to Determine the Strange Quark Contribution to the Vector and Axial Form Factors of the Nucleon

We present a global fit of neutral-current elastic (NCE) neutrino-scattering data and parity-violating electron-scattering (PVES) data with the goal of determining the strange quark contribution to the vector and axial form factors of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-13 S. F. Pate , V. Papavassiliou , J. P. Schaub , D. P. Trujillo , M. V. Ivanov , M. B. Barbaro , C. Giusti

An accurate evaluation of electron (anti-)neutrino scattering on nucleons

We discuss as accurately as possible the cross section of quasi-elastic scattering of electron (anti-)neutrinos on nucleons, also known as inverse beta decay in the case of antineutrinos. We focus on the moderate energy range from a few MeV…

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