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Benchmarking neutrino interaction models via a comparative analysis of kinematic imbalance measurements from the T2K, MicroBooNE and MINERvA experiments

Recent neutrino-nucleus cross-section measurements of observables characterising kinematic imbalance from the T2K, MicroBooNE and MINERvA experiments are used to benchmark predictions from widely used neutrino interaction event generators.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-01-21 Wissal Filali , Laura Munteanu , Stephen Dolan

Proposal to Perform a High-Statistics Neutrino Scattering Experiment Using a Fine-grained Detector

The NuMI facility at Fermilab will provide an extremely intense beam of neutrinos for the MINOS neutrino-oscillation experiment. The spacious and fully-outfitted MINOS near detector hall will be the ideal venue for a high-statistics,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 Minerva Collaboration

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

Coherent Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering and new Neutrino Interactions

We investigate the potential to probe new neutrino physics with future experiments measuring coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering. Experiments with high statistics should become feasible soon and allow to constrain parameters with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-04-05 Manfred Lindner , Werner Rodejohann , Xun-Jie Xu

Measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_{\nu} \rangle $ = 3.6 GeV

The first direct measurement of electron-neutrino quasielastic and quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon in the few-GeV region of incident neutrino energy has been carried out using the MINERvA detector in the NuMI beam at Fermilab.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-11-10 MINERvA Collaboration , J. Wolcott , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , M. F. Carneiro , J. Chvojka , H. da Motta , J. Devan , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , B. Eberly , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , T. Golan , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , 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 , T. Muhlbeier , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , J. Osta , V. Paolone , J. Park , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , L. Rakotondravohitra , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , M. Wospakrik , G. Zavala , D. Zhang , B. P. Ziemer

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

Measurement of Partonic Nuclear Effects in Deep-Inelastic Neutrino Scattering using MINERvA

The MINERvA collaboration reports a novel study of neutrino-nucleus charged-current deep inelastic scattering (DIS) using the same neutrino beam incident on targets of polystyrene, graphite, iron, and lead. Results are presented as ratios…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-10-04 MINERvA Collaboration , J. Mousseau , M. Wospakrik , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , M. E. Christy , J. Chvojka , H. da Motta , J. Devan , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , B. Eberly , 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 , 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. Morfín , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , J. Osta , V. Paolone , J. Park , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , L. Rakotondravohitra , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , G. Zavala , D. Zhang

Neutrino Flux Predictions for the NuMI Beam

Knowledge of the neutrino flux produced by the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beamline is essential to the neutrino oscillation and neutrino interaction measurements of the MINERvA, MINOS+, NOvA and MicroBooNE experiments at Fermi…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-05-26 MINERvA Collaboration , L. Aliaga , M. Kordosky , T. Golan , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bravar , H. Budd , M. F. Carneiro , G. A. Diaz , E. Endress , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , K. Hurtado , M. Kiveni , J. Kleykamp , T. Le , E. Maher , 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 , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , S. Sanchez Falero , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , D. Zhang

Search for active-sterile antineutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions with the NOvA experiment

This Letter reports results from the first long-baseline search for sterile antineutrinos mixing in an accelerator-based antineutrino-dominated beam. The rate of neutral-current interactions in the two NOvA detectors, at distances of 1 km…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-02-17 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 , R. Bernstein , V. Bhatnagar , 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. Dueñas 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 , K. Heller , V Hewes , A. Himmel , A. Holin , J. Huang , B. Jargowsky , J. Jarosz , F. Jediny , C. Johnson , M. Judah , I. Kakorin , D. Kalra , A. Kalitkina , 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 , P. Lasorak , K. Lang , 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 , V. Ryabov , O. Samoylov , M. C. Sanchez , S. Sánchez 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 , 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 , K. Yonehara , S. Yu , Y. Yu , S. Zadorozhnyy , J. Zalesak , Y. Zhang , R. Zwaska

Use of Neutrino Scattering Events with Low Hadronic Recoil to Inform Neutrino Flux and Detector Energy Scale

Charged-current neutrino interactions with low hadronic recoil ("low-nu") have a cross-section that is approximately constant versus neutrino energy. These interactions have been used to measure the shape of neutrino fluxes as a function of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-05-18 A. Bashyal , D. Rimal , B. Messerly , Z. Ahmad Dar , F. Akbar , M. V. Ascencio , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , J. L. Bonilla , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. Caceres , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , S. M. Gilligan , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , S. Jena , D. Jena , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , D. Last , A. Lozano , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , J. Miller , J. G. Morfín , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramírez , H. Ray , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , N. H. Vaughan , A. V. Waldron , C. Wret B. Yaeggy , K. Yang , 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

Comparisons and challenges of modern neutrino-scattering experiments (TENSIONS 2019 report)

A set of comparisons among neutrino interaction experiments (MiniBooNE, MINERvA, T2K, and MicroBooNE) is presented. This gives a broad view of the field of neutrino-nucleus interactions. The emphasis is on charged current inclusive,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-12-24 M. Buizza Avanzini , M. Betancourt , D. Cherdack , M. Del Tutto , S. Dytman , A. P. Furmanski , S. Gardiner , Y. Hayato , L. Koch , K. Mahn , A. Mastbaum , B. Messerly , C. Riccio , D. Ruterbories , J. Sobczyk , C. Wilkinson , C. Wret

Measurement of final-state correlations in neutrino muon-proton mesonless production on hydrocarbon at $\langle E_\nu\rangle=3$ GeV

Final-state kinematic imbalances are measured in mesonless production of $\nu_\mu + A \to \mu^- + p + X$ in the MINERvA tracker. Initial- and final-state nuclear effects are probed using the direction of the $\mu^-$-p transverse momentum…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-09-19 X. -G. Lu , M. Betancourt , T. Walton , F. Akbar , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , D. A. Andrade , M. Ascencio , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , A. Bodek , A. Bravar , H. Budd , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , J. Chaves , D. Coplowe , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , S. Jena , D. Jena , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , T. Le , 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 , C. Nguyen , A. Norrick , Nuruzzaman , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramirez , R. D. Ransome , L. Ren , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , J. T. Sobczyk , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , E. Valencia , D. Wark , A. Weber , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , B. Yaeggy

Recent Results of Electron-Neutrino Appearance Measurement at NOvA

NOvA is a long-baseline accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment that is optimized for $\nu_e$ measurements. It uses the upgraded NuMI beam from Fermilab and measures electron-neutrino appearance and muon-neutrino disappearance at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-11-23 Jianming Bian

Neutrino Interaction Physics in Neutrino Telescopes

Neutrino telescopes can observe neutrino interactions starting at GeV energies by sampling a small fraction of the Cherenkov radiation produced by charged secondary particles. These experiments instrument volumes massive enough to collect…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-12-10 Teppei Katori , Juan Pablo Yanez , Tianlu Yuan

Measurement of electron neutrino CCQE-like cross-section in MINERvA

The electron-neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic (CCQE) cross-section on nuclei is an important input parameter to appearance-type neutrino oscillation experiments. Current experiments typically work from the muon neutrino cross-section…

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

Simultaneous measurement of proton and lepton kinematics in quasielastic-like $\nu_{\mu}$-hydrocarbon interactions from 2 to 20 GeV

Neutrino charged-current quasielastic-like scattering, a reaction category extensively used in neutrino oscillation measurements, probes nuclear effects that govern neutrino-nucleus interactions. This Letter reports the first measurement of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-05-26 The MINERvA Collaboration , D. Ruterbories , S. Akhter , Z. Ahmad Dar , F. Akbar , V. Ansari , M. V. Ascencio , M. Sajjad Athar , A. Bashyal , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , J. L. Bonilla , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. Caceres , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , G. A. Díaz , H. da Motta , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. Filkins , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , P. K. Gaur , A. Ghosh , S. M. Gilligan , R. Gran , E. Haase , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , K. Jacobsen , D. Jena , S. Jena , J. Kleykamp , A. Klustová , M. Kordosky , D. Last , A. Lozano , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , A. M. McGowan , B. Messerly , J. Miller , O. Moreno , J. G. Morfín , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , K. -J. Plows , M. A. Ramírez , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , N. H. Vaughan , A. V. Waldron , M. O. Wascko , C. Wret , B. Yaeggy , L. Zazueta

Electron neutrino charged-current quasielastic scattering in the MINERvA experiment

The electron-neutrino charged-current quasielastic (CCQE) cross section on nuclei is an important input parameter to appearance-type neutrino oscillation experiments. Current experiments typically work from the muon neutrino cross section…

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

A model for neutrino-nucleus interactions in the GeV region

We review the recent progress in modelling neutrino-nucleus scattering, in a framework based on scaling which describes simultaneously the nuclear response to electromagnetic and weak probes. The study is relevant for the analysis of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-03 Maria B. Barbaro

Measurement of inclusive charged-current $\nu_\mu$ cross sections as a function of muon kinematics at $<E_\nu>\sim6~GeV$ on hydrocarbon

MINERvA presents a new analysis of inclusive charged-current neutrino interactions on a hydrocarbon target. We report single and double-differential cross sections in muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. These measurements are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-03 D. Ruterbories , A. Filkins , Z. Ahmad Dar , F. Akbar , D. A. Andrade , M. V. Ascencio , A. Bashyal , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , J. L. Bonilla , A. Bravar , H. Budd , G. Caceres , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , G. A. Díaz , H. da Motta , S. A. Dytman , J. Felix , L. Fields , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , S. Henry , D. Jena , S. Jena , J. Kleykamp , M. Kordosky , D. Last , T. Le , A. Lozano , X. -G. Lu , E. Maher , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , B. Messerly , J. Miller , J. G. Morfín , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Norrick , A. Olivier , G. N. Perdue , M. A. Ramírez , H. Ray , H. Schellman , G. Silva , C. J. Solano Salinas , H. Su , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , E. Valencia , A. V. Waldron , C. Wret , B. Yaeggy , K. Yang , L. Zazueta