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Quasi-Elastic Scattering in MINERvA

Determination of the quasi-elastic scattering cross-section over a broad range of neutrino energies, nuclear targets and Q^2 is a primary goal of the MINERvA experiment. We present preliminary comparisons of data and simulation in a sample…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Kevin S. McFarland

Identification of nuclear effects in neutrino-carbon interactions at low three-momentum transfer

Two different nuclear-medium effects are isolated using a low three-momentum transfer subsample of neutrino-carbon scattering data from the MINERvA neutrino experiment. The observed hadronic energy in charged-current $\nu_\mu$ interactions…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-09-24 P. A. Rodrigues , J. Demgen , E. Miltenberger , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , T. Kai , M. F. Carneiro , J. Chvojka , J. Devan , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , B. Eberly , M. Elkins , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , T. Golan , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , K. Hurtado , M. Kiveni , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , T. Le , J. R. Leistico , A. Lovlein , 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. Morfin , J. Mousseau , T. Muhlbeier , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , J. Osta , V. Paolone , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , D. Rimal , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , G. Zavala , D. Zhang

Measurement of Coherent Production of $\pi^\pm$ in Neutrino and Anti-Neutrino Beams on Carbon from $E_\nu$ of $1.5$ to $20$ GeV

Neutrino-induced coherent charged pion production on nuclei, $\stackrel{(-)}{\nu}_\mu A\to\mu^\pm\pi^\mp A$ is a rare, inelastic interaction in which a small squared four-momentum $| t|$ is transferred to the recoil nucleus leaving it…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-12-24 A. Higuera , A. Mislivec , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , W. K. Brooks , H. Budd , A. Butkevich , M. F. Carneiro , C. M. Castromonte , M. E. Christy , J. Chvojka , H. da Motta , J. Devan , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , B. Eberly , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , G. A. Fiorentini , H. Gallagher , A. Gomez , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , K. Hurtado , 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 , J. G. Morfín , J. Mousseau , T. Muhlbeier , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , J. Osta , J. L. Palomino , V. Paolone , J. Park , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , F. D. Snider , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , G. Zavala , D. Zhang , B. P. Ziemer

Measurement of the muon anti-neutrino double-differential cross section for quasi-elastic scattering on hydrocarbon at~$E_\nu \sim 3.5$ GeV

We present double-differential measurements of anti-neutrino quasi-elastic scattering in the MINERvA detector. This study improves on a previous single differential measurement by using updated reconstruction algorithms and interaction…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-05-11 C. E. Patrick , L. Aliaga , A. Bashyal , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. F. R. Caceres , M. F. Carneiro , E. Chavarria , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , H. Gallager , A. Ghosh , R. Gran , J. Y. Han , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , K. Hurtado , D. Jena , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , T. Le , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. M. Marshall , K. S. McFarland , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , A. Mislivec , J. G. Morfin , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , G. M. Nowak , Nuruzzaman , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , E. Peters , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , M. Sultana , S. Sanchez Falero , A. M. Teklu , E. Valencia , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , B. Yaeggy , D. Zhang

Shadowing in Inelastic Scattering of Muons on Carbon, Calcium and Lead at Low XBj

Nuclear shadowing is observed in the per-nucleon cross-sections of positive muons on carbon, calcium and lead as compared to deuterium. The data were taken by Fermilab experiment E665 using inelastically scattered muons of mean incident…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 Fermilab E665 Collaboration

NEUT/NuWro cross-section modelling at low three-momentum transfer

The MINERvA collaboration has reported a Charged-Current inclusive (CCinc) cross-section measurement on a CH target. This was performed by looking at both the muon and hadronic final state particles to create a double differential…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-11 P. Stowell

Nuclear effects in neutrino and antineutrino CCQE scattering at MINERvA kinematics

We compare the charged-current quasielastic neutrino and antineutrino observables obtained in two different nuclear models, the phenomenological SuperScaling Approximation and the Relativistic Mean Field approach, with the recent data…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-05-13 G. D. Megias , M. V. Ivanov , R. González-Jiménez , M. B. Barbaro , J. A. Caballero , T. W. Donnelly , J. M. Udías

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

Measurement of Quasielastic-Like Neutrino Scattering at $\left< E_\nu \right> \sim 3.5$~ GeV on a Hydrocarbon Target

MINERvA presents a new analysis of neutrino induced quasielastic-like interactions in a hydrocarbon tracking target. We report a double-differential cross section using the muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. In addition,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-01-16 D. Ruterbories , K. Hurtado , J. Osta , F. Akbar , L. Aliaga , D. A. Andrade , M. V. Ascencio , A. Bashyal , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , H. Budd , G. Caceres , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , J. Chaves , D. Coplowe , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , A. Ghosh , R. Gran , J. Y. Han , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , S. Jena , D. Jena , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , D. Last , T. Le , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , J. G. Morfín , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramírez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , H. Schellman , J. T. Sobczyk , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , C. Wret , B. Yaeggy , L. Zazueta

Impact of cross section uncertainties on NOvA oscillation analyses

The NOvA experiment is an off-axis long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment measuring $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance and $\nu_{e}$ appearance in a $\nu_{\mu}$ beam originating at Fermilab. Oscillations are observed in the far detector…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-01-17 Jeremy Wolcott

Neutron measurements from anti-neutrino hydrocarbon reactions

Charged-current anti-neutrino interactions on hydrocarbon scintillator in the MINERvA detector are used to study activity from their final-state neutrons. To ensure that most of the neutrons are from the primary interaction, rather than…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-09-24 M. Elkins , T. Cai , J. Chaves , J. Kleykamp , F. Akbar , L. Albin , L. Aliaga , D. A. Andrade , M. V. Ascencio , A. Bashyal , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. Caceres , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , J. Chaves , D. Coplowe , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , N. Fiza , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , A. Ghosh , R. Gran , J. Y. Han , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , S. Jena , D. Jena , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , D. Last , T. Le , A. Lovlein , J. Leistico , A. G. Lopez , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. M. Marshall , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , J. G. Morfín , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramírez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , D. Rimal , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , J. Wolcott , C. Wret , B. Yaeggy

Measurement of Electron Neutrino Charged-Current Inclusive Cross Section in 1-3 GeV energy region with the NOvA Near Detector

We present a measurement of the electron neutrino charged-current inclusive cross section per nucleon with a data sample corresponding to 2.6E20 protons-on-target collected by NOvA near detector at Fermilab.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-01-07 Xuebing Bu

Measurement of the Multi-Neutron $\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$ Charged Current Differential Cross Section at Low Available Energy on Hydrocarbon

Neutron production in antineutrino interactions can lead to bias in energy reconstruction in neutrino oscillation experiments, but these interactions have rarely been studied. MINERvA previously studied neutron production at an average…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-11-23 A. Olivier , T. Cai , S. Akhter , Z. Ahmad Dar , V. Ansari , M. V. Ascencio , M. Sajjad Athar , A. Bashyal , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , J. L. Bonilla , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. Caceres , G. A. Díaz , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , P. K. Gaur , S. M. Gilligan , R. Gran , E. Granados , D. A. Harris , A. L. Hart , D. Jena , S. Jena , J. Kleykamp , A. Klustová , M. Kordosky , D. Last , A. Lozano , X. -G. Lu , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , B. Messerly , O. Moreno , J. G. Morfín , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , C. Pernas , K. -J. Plows , M. A. Ramírez , H. Ray , N. Roy , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , N. H. Vaughan , A. V. Waldron , B. Yaeggy , L. Zazueta

Status of a Deep Learning Based Measurement of the Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged-current Cross Section in the NOvA Near Detector

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. It uses the NuMI beam from Fermilab and two sampling calorimeter detectors placed off-axis from the beam. The 293 ton Near Detector measures the unoscillated neutrino energy spectrum,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-12 Biswaranjan Behera

Measurement of the Double-Differential Muon-neutrino Charged-Current Inclusive Cross Section in the NOvA Near Detector

We report cross-section measurements of the final-state muon kinematics for \numu charged-current interactions in the NOvA near detector using an accumulated 8.09$\times10^{20}$ protons-on-target (POT) in the NuMI beam. We present the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-07-19 M. A. Acero , P. Adamson , L. Aliaga , 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 , B. Behera , R. Bernstein , V. Bhatnagar , D. Bhattarai , B. Bhuyan , J. Bian , J. Blair , A. C. Booth , R. Bowles , C. Bromberg , N. Buchanan , A. Butkevich , S. Calvez , T. J. Carroll , E. Catano-Mur , B. C. Choudhary , A. Christensen , T. E. Coan , M. Colo , L. Cremonesi , G. S. Davies , P. F. Derwent , P. Ding , Z. Djurcic , M. Dolce , D. Doyle , D. Duenas Tonguino , E. C. Dukes , H. Duyang , S. Edayath , R. Ehrlich , M. Elkins , E. Ewart , G. J. Feldman , P. Filip , J. Franc , M. J. Frank , H. R. Gallagher , R. Gandrajula , F. Gao , 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 , H. Hausner , M. He , K. Heller , V Hewes , A. Himmel , A. Holin , J. Huang , B. Jargowsky , J. Jarosz , F. Jediny , C. Johnson , M. Judah , I. Kakorin , A. Kalitkina , D. Kalra , D. M. Kaplan , R. Keloth , O. Klimov , L. W. Koerner , L. Kolupaeva , S. Kotelnikov , R. Kralik , Ch. Kullenberg , M. Kubu , A. Kumar , C. D. Kuruppu , V. Kus , T. Lackey , K. Lang , P. Lasorak , J. Lesmeister , S. Lin , A. Lister , J. Liu , M. Lokajicek , S. Magill , M. Manrique Plata , 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 , W. Mu , L. Mualem , M. Muether , K. Mulder , D. Naples , N. Nayak , J. K. Nelson , R. Nichol , E. Niner , A. Norman , A. Norrick , T. Nosek , H. Oh , A. Olshevskiy , T. Olson , J. Ott , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , O. Petrova , R. Petti , D. D. Phan , R. K. Plunkett , J. C. C. Porter , A. Rafique , V. Raj , M. Rajaoalisoa , B. Ramson , B. Rebel , P. Rojas , P. Roy , V. Ryabov , K. Sachdev , O. Samoylov , M. C. Sanchez , S. Sanchez Falero , 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 , S. Swain , C. Sweeney , A. Sztuc , B. Tapia Oregui , P. Tas , T. Thakore , R. B. Thayyullathil , J. Thomas , E. Tiras , J. Tripathi , J. Trokan-Tenorio , 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 , W. Wu , Y. Xiao , A. Yallappa Dombara , A. Yankelevich , K. Yonehara , S. Yu , Y. Yu , S. Zadorozhnyy , J. Zalesak , Y. Zhang , R. Zwaska

Neutrino- and antineutrino-induced reactions with nuclei between 1 and 50 GeV

Background: Nuclear effects can have a significant impact on neutrino-nucleus interactions. In particular, data from neutrino experiments with broad energy distributions require complex theoretical models that are able to take all the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 O. Lalakulich , K. Gallmeister , U. Mosel

Measurement of muon (anti-)neutrino charged-current quasielastic-like cross section using off-axis NuMI beam at ICARUS

This paper presents the first neutrino cross-section measurement from the ICARUS detector at Fermilab, using NuMI (Neutrinos at the Main Injector) beam data collected from two beam operation periods corresponding to $2.5\times10^{20}$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-04-29 ICARUS Collaboration , F. Abd Alrahman , P. Abratenko , N. Abrego-Martinez , A. Aduszkiewicz , F. Akbar , L. Aliaga Soplin , M. Artero Pons , J. Asaadi , W. F. Badgett , B. Baibussinov , B. Behera , V. Bellini , R. Benocci , J. Berger , S. Bertolucci , M. Betancourt , A. Blanchet , F. Boffelli , M. Bonesini , T. Boone , B. Bottino , A. Braggiotti , D. Brailsford , S. J. Brice , V. Brio , C. Brizzolari , H. S. Budd , A. Campani , A. Campos , D. Carber , M. Carneiro , I. Caro Terrazas , H. Carranza , F. Castillo Fernandez , S. Centro , G. Cerati , A. Chatterjee , D. Cherdack , S. Cherubini , N. Chithirasreemadam , M. Cicerchia , T. E. Coan , A. Cocco , M. R. Convery , L. Cooper-Troendle , S. Copello , H. Da Motta , M. Dallolio , A. A. Dange , A. de Roeck , S. Di Domizio , L. Di Noto , D. Di Ferdinando , M. Diwan , S. Dolan , S. Donati , F. Drielsma , J. Dyer , A. Falcone , C. Farnese , A. Fava , N. Gallice , C. Gatto , D. Gibin , A. Gioiosa , W. Gu , A. Guglielmi , G. Gurung , K. Hassinin , H. Hausner , A. Heggestuen , B. Howard , R. Howell , Z. Hulcher , G. Ingratta , M. S. Ismail , C. James , W. Jang , K. Jung , Y. -J. Jwa , L. Kashur , W. Ketchum , J. S. Kim , D. -H. Koh , J. Larkin , Y. Li , C. Mariani , C. M. Marshall , S. Martynenko , N. Mauri , K. S. McFarland , D. P. Méndez , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , O. G. Miranda , A. Mogan , N. Moggi , E. Montagna , C. Montanari , A. Montanari , M. Mooney , M. Moore , G. Moreno-Granados , J. Mueller , M. Murphy , D. Naples , S. Palestini , M. Pallavicini , V. Paolone , L. Pasqualini , L. Patrizii , G. Petrillo , C. Petta , V. Pia , F. Pietropaolo , F. Poppi , M. Pozzato , M. L. Pumo , G. Putnam , X. Qian , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , S. Repetto , F. Resnati , A. M. Ricci , M. Rosenberg , M. Rossella , N. Rowe , P. Roy , C. Rubbia , A. Ruggeri , S. Saha , G. Salmoria , S. Samanta , A. Scaramelli , D. Schmitz , A. Schukraft , D. Senadheera , S-H. Seo , F. Sergiampietri , G. Sirri , J. S. Smedley , J. Smith , M. Sotgia , L. Stanco , J. Stewart , H. A. Tanaka , M. Tenti , K. Terao , F. Terranova , V. Togo , D. Torretta , M. Torti , R. Triozzi , Y. -T. Tsai , K. V. Tsang , T. Usher , F. Varanini , N. Vardy , S. Ventura , M. Vicenzi , C. Vignoli , F. A. Wieler , Z. Williams , R. J. Wilson , P. Wilson , J. Wolfs , T. Wongjirad , A. Wood , E. Worcester , M. Worcester , S. Yadav , H. Yu , J. Yu , A. Zani , J. Zennamo , J. Zettlemoyer , S. Zucchelli

NuTeV Structure Function Measurement

The NuTeV experiment obtained high statistics samples of neutrino and anti-neutrino charged current events during the 1996-1997 Fermilab fixed target run. The experiment combines sign-selected neutrino and anti-neutrino beams and the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 M. Tzanov

A Precision Measurement of Electroweak Parameters in Neutrino-Nucleon Scattering

The CCFR collaboration reports a precise measurement of electroweak parameters derived from the ratio of neutral-current to charged-current cross-sections in neutrino-nucleon scattering at the Fermilab Tevatron. This ratio of cross-sections…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-31 CCFR Collaboration , K. S. McFarland

First inclusive triple-differential measurement of the muon-antineutrino charged-current cross section using the NOvA Near Detector

We present the first measurement of the triple-differential muon antineutrino charged-current inclusive cross section, using the NOvA Near Detector and $12.5 \times 10^{20}$ protons on target in the NuMI beam. This sample of muon…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-10 The NOvA Collaboration