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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

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

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. It is optimized to measure $\nu_e$ appearance and $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance at the Far Detector in the $\nu_{\mu}$ beam produced by the NuMI facility at Fermilab. NOvA uses a…

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

In order to explore CP asymmetry in the lepton sector, a power upgrade to the neutrino experimental facility at J-PARC is a key requirement for both the Tokai to Kamioka (T2K) long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment and a future…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 Taku Ishida

We report a search for neutrino oscillations to sterile neutrinos under a model with three active and one sterile neutrinos (3+1 model). This analysis uses the NOvA detectors exposed to the NuMI beam, running in neutrino mode. The data…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-02-27 The NOvA Collaboration

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

The NO$\nu$A collaboration has constructed a 14,000 ton, fine-grained, low-Z, total absorption tracking calorimeter at an off-axis angle to an upgraded NuMI neutrino beam. This detector, with its excellent granularity and energy resolution…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-20 R. Mina , M. J. Frank , E. Fries , R. C. Group , A. Norman , I. Oksuzian

Long baseline neutrino oscillation physics in the U.S. is centered at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), in particular at the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beamline commissioned in 2004-2005. Already, the MINOS…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Sacha E. Kopp

Among the most important tasks of neutrino oscillation experiments is correctly estimating the parent neutrino energy from the by-products of their interactions. Large uncertainties in our current understanding of such processes can…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Jeremy Wolcott

The Minos+ experiment is an extension of the Minos experiment at a higher energy and more intense neutrino beam, with the data collection having begun in the fall of 2013. The neutrino beam is provided by the Neutrinos from the Main…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-17 William Badgett , Steve R. Hahn , Donatella Torretta , Jerry Meier , Jeffrey Gunderson , Denise Osterholm , David Saranen

We carry out a state-of-the-art assessment of long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments with wide band beams. We describe the feasibility of an experimental program using existing high energy accelerator facilities, a new intense wide…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 V. Barger , M. Dierckxsens , M. Diwan , P. Huber , C. Lewis , D. Marfatia , B. Viren

A Neutrino Factory producing an intense beam composed of nu_e(nubar_e) and nubar_mu(nu_mu) from muon decays has been shown to have the greatest sensitivity to the two currently unmeasured neutrino mixing parameters, theta_13 and delta_CP .…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-13 A. Cervera , A. Laing , J. Martin-Albo , F. J. P. Soler

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

We have conducted tests at the Fermilab Booster of ionization chambers to be used as monitors of the NuMI neutrino beamline. The chambers were exposed to proton fluxes of up to 10$^{12}$ particles/cm$^2$/1.56$\mu$s. We studied space charge…

Proposed low energy beta beam facilities would be capable of producing intense beams of neutrinos (anti-neutrinos) with well defined spectra. We present analytic expressions and numerical results which accurately show how the total neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Philip S. Amanik , Gail C. McLaughlin

A 3.9 GHz deflecting mode (pi, TM110) cavity has been long used for six-dimensional phase-space beam manipulation tests at the A0 Photo-Injector Lab (16 MeV) in Fermilab and their extended applications with vacuum cryomodules are currently…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-09-19 Young-Min Shin , Michael Church

Neutrino cross sections are a critical ingredient in experiments that depend on neutrino scattering to reconstruct event kinematics and infer neutrino characteristics, like NOvA and T2K. An opportunity exists to reduce the 5-10% broad…

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

The Booster Neutrino Beamline experiment re-quested a new secondary electron emission multiwire profile monitor installation. The device had to be durable in high radiation conditions and mounted within a large 10-foot airtight steel…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-02-01 R. Prokop

Neutrino beam with about 300 MeV in energy, high-flux and medium baseline is considered a rational choice for measuring CP violation before the more powerful Neutrino Factory will be built. Following this concept, a unique neutrino beam…