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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

MINERvA: a dedicated neutrino scattering experiment at NuMI

MINERvA is a dedicated neutrino cross-section experiment planned for the near detector hall of the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. I summarize the detector design and physics capabilities of the experiment.

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-15 Kevin S. McFarland

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

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

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

The Design and Performance of the MINERvA Detector

The MINERvA experiment is designed to make precision measurements of various neutrino cross sections in the low energy regime. We describe the detector and give the performance of some of the measured quantities.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-11-05 H. Budd

MINERvA neutrino detector response measured with test beam data

The MINERvA collaboration operated a scaled-down replica of the solid scintillator tracking and sampling calorimeter regions of the MINERvA detector in a hadron test beam at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. This article reports measurements…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-04-09 MINERvA Collaboration , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , C. Araujo Del Castillo , L. Bagby , L. Bellantoni , W. F. Bergan , A. Bodek , R. Bradford , A. Bravar , H. Budd , A. Butkevich , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , M. F. Carneiro , M. E. Christy , J. Chvojka , H. da Motta , J. Devan , G. A. Diaz , S. A. Dytman , B. Eberly , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , R. Flight , A. M. Gago , C. Gingu , T. Golan , A. Gomez , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , I. J. Howley , K. Hurtado , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , M. Lanari , T. Le , A. J. Leister , A. Lovlein , E. Maher , W. A. Mann , C. M. Marshall , K. S. McFarland , C. L. McGivern , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , W. Miller , A. Mislivec , J. G. Morfin , J. Mousseau , T. Muhlbeier , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , N. Ochoa , C. D. OConnor , B. Osmanov , J. Osta , V. Paolone , C. E. Patrick , L. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , C. E. Perez Lara , L. Rakotondravohitra , M. A. Ramirez , H. Ray , L. Ren , P. A. Rodrigues , P. Rubinov , C. R. Rude , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , Z. Urrutia , E. Valencia , T. Walton , A. Westerberg , J. Wolcott , N. Woodward , M. Wospakrik , G. Zavala , D. Zhang , B. P. Ziemer

Tracking Detector Performance and Data Quality in the NOvA Experiment

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. It uses the NuMI beam from Fermilab and two sampling calorimeter detectors located off-axis from the beam. The NOvA experiment measures the rate of electron-neutrino appearance in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-12 Biswaranjan Behera

Nuclear Target Cross Section Ratios at MINERvA

Measurements of $\nu_{\mu}$ inclusive charged-current cross section ratios on carbon, iron, and lead relative to scintillator are presented. Data for the analysis were collected by the fine-grained MINERvA detector in the NuMI beamline at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Brian G. Tice

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

Data Quality and Performance of the NOvA Prototype Detector

The NOvA project is a long-baseline neutrino experiment. It utilizes the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab and consists of two functionally-identical liquid scintillator filled detectors. The detectors are placed 14 milliradians off-axis from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 S. Lein

NOvA: Present and Future

NOvA is a next generation neutrino oscillation experiment designed to search for muon neutrino to electron neutrino oscillations by comparing electron neutrino event rates in a Near Detector at Fermilab with the rates observed in a large…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Gavin S. Davies

Supernova neutrino detection in NOvA

The NOvA long-baseline neutrino experiment uses a pair of large, segmented, liquid-scintillator calorimeters to study neutrino oscillations, using GeV-scale neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam. These detectors are also sensitive to the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-18 NOvA Collaboration , M. A. Acero , P. Adamson , G. Agam , L. Aliaga , T. Alion , V. Allakhverdian , 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 , 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 , V. Bychkov , 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 , M. Dolce , D. Doyle , D. Dueñas Tonguino , 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 , A. Hall , 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 , M. Kubu , Ch. Kullenberg , A. Kumar , C. D. Kuruppu , V. Kus , T. Lackey , K. Lang , L. Li , S. Lin , A. Lister , M. Lokajicek , S. Luchuk , 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 , F. Psihas , A. Rafique , 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 , 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 , A. Yallappa Dombara , K. Yonehara , S. Yu , Y. Yu , S. Zadorozhnyy , J. Zalesak , Y. Zhang , R. Zwaska

BeamLine Design for MINERvA TestBeam Detector

The MINER$\nu$A TestBeam Detector calibrations will take place in the MTEST facility at Fermilab. It will use a beam of hadrons between 300 and 1500 MeV/c to analyze the response of the MINERvA detector components. The aim of the present…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-08-05 C. E. Pérez , A. M. Gago , J. Morfin , D. A. Jensen , R. Gran

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

NOvA Recent Results with Neutrino+Antineutrino Data

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment using Fermilab's 700 kW NuMI muon neutrino beam. Two functionally identical scintillator detectors are placed off the beam axis, separated by 810 km oscillation baseline. Both…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-05-23 Tomas Nosek

Measurement of the antineutrino to neutrino charged-current interaction cross section ratio in MINERvA

We present measurements of the neutrino and antineutrino total charged-current cross sections on carbon and their ratio using the MINERvA scintillator-tracker. The measurements span the energy range 2-22 GeV and were performed using forward…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-01-03 Minerva Collaboration , L. Ren , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , B. Eberly , E. Endress , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , T. Golan , R. Gran , J. Y. Han , D. A. Harris , K. Hurtado , M. Kiveni , 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 , V. Paolone , J. Park , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , M. Sultana , S. Sanchez Falero , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , B. Yaeggy

Measurement of Neutral Current Coherent $\pi^0$ Production In The NOvA Near Detector

The NOvA experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment designed to measure electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam. It consists of two finely segmented, liquid scintillator detectors at 14 mrad off-axis in the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-03 Hongyue Duyang

The NOvA Experiment: Status and Outlook

The NOvA long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment is currently under construction and will use an upgraded NuMI neutrino source at Fermilab and a 14-kton detector at Ash River, Minnesota to explore the neutrino sector. NOvA uses a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-11-22 R. B. Patterson