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Search for low-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources with Borexino

We report on searches for neutrinos and antineutrinos from astrophysical sources performed with the Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. Electron antineutrinos ($\bar{\nu}_e$) are detected in an organic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-09-06 M. Agostini , K. Altenmüller , S. Appel , V. Atroshchenko , Z. Bagdasarian , D. Basilico , G. Bellini , J. Benziger , D. Bick , G. Bonfini , D. Bravo , B. Caccianiga , F. Calaprice , A. Caminata , L. Cappelli , P. Cavalcante , F. Cavanna , A. Chepurnov , K. Choi , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , A. Derbin , A. Di Giacinto , V. Di Marcello , X. F. Ding , A. Di Ludovico , L. Di Noto , I. Drachnev , A. Formozov , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , M. Gschwender , C. Ghiano , M. Giammarchi , A. Goretti , M. Gromov , D. Guffanti , C. Hagner , E. Hungerford , Aldo Ianni , Andrea Ianni , A. Jany , D. Jeschke , S. Kumaran , V. Kobychev , G. Korga , T. Lachenmaier , M. Laubenstein , E. Litvinovich , P. Lombardi , I. Lomskaya , L. Ludhova , G. Lukyanchenko , L. Lukyanchenko , I. Machulin , G. Manuzio , S. Marcocci , J. Maricic , J. Martyn , E. Meroni , M. Meyer , L. Miramonti , M. Misiaszek , V. Muratova , B. Neumair , M. Nieslony , L. Oberauer , V. Orekhov , F. Ortica , M. Pallavicini , L. Papp , Ö. Penek , L. Pietrofaccia , N. Pilipenko , A. Pocar , G. Raikov , M. T. Ranalli , G. Ranucci , A. Razeto , A. Re , M. Redchuk , A. Romani , N. Rossi , S. Rottenanger , S. Schönert , D. Semenov , M. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , J. Thurn , E. Unzhakov , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , F. von Feilitzsch , M. Wojcik , M. Wurm , O. Zaimidoroga , S. Zavatarelli , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

Neutrino telescopes as a probe of active and sterile neutrino mixings

If the ultrahigh-energy (UHE) neutrino fluxes produced from a distant astrophysical source can be measured at a km^3-size neutrino telescope, they will provide a promising way to help determine the flavor mixing pattern of three active…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Zhi-zhong Xing

Neutrino Oscillations Experiments using Off-axis NuMI Beam

NuMI neutrino beam is constructed to aim at the MINOS detector in Soudan mine. Neutrinos emitted at angles $10-20 mrad$ with respect to the beam axis create an intense beam with a well defined energy, dependent on the angle. Additional…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Para , M. Szleper

Measurement of the muon flux for the SHiP experiment

The SHiP experiment will search for very weakly interacting particles beyond the Standard Model which are produced in a 400 \GeV/$c$ proton beam dump at the CERN SPS. About $10^{11}$ muons per spill will be produced in the dump. To design…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-15 SHiP Collaboration

Simulations of neutrino oscillations with a high-energy beta beam from CERN to LENA at Pyhasalmi Mine

I consider a high-Q beta beam peaking at multi-GeV energy for the baseline CERN-Pyh\"asalmi, with the length of 2288 km, using LENA, a 50 kton liquid scintillator as the far detector. The beta beam is assumed to be accompanied by a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-30 Juha Peltoniemi

Improved Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Search and Energy Spectrum Measurement with the PROSPECT Experiment at HFIR

We present a detailed report on sterile neutrino oscillation and U-235 antineutrino energy spectrum measurement results from the PROSPECT experiment at the highly enriched High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-02-10 M. Andriamirado , A. B. Balantekin , H. R. Band , C. D. Bass , D. E. Bergeron , D. Berish , N. S. Bowden , J. P. Brodsky , C. D. Bryan , T. Classen , A. J. Conant , G. Deichert , M. V. Diwan , M. J. Dolinski , A. Erickson , B. T. Foust , J. K. Gaison , A. Galindo-Uribarri , C. E. Gilbert , B. W. Goddard , B. T. Hackett , S. Hans , A. B. Hansell , K. M. Heeger , B. Heffron , D. E. Jaffe , X. Ji , D. C. Jones , O. Kyzylova , C. E. Lane , T. J. Langford , J. LaRosa , B. R. Littlejohn , X. Lu , J. Maricic , M. P. Mendenhall , A. M. Meyer , R. Milincic , I. Mitchell , P. E. Mueller , H. P. Mumm , J. Napolitano , C. Nave , R. Neilson , J. A. Nikkel , D. Norcini , S. Nour , J. L. Palomino , D. A. Pushin , X. Qian , E. Romero-Romero , R. Rosero , P. T. Surukuchi , M. A. Tyra , R. L. Varner , D. Venegas-Vargas , P. B. Weatherly , C. White , J. Wilhelmi , A. Woolverton , M. Yeh , A. Zhang , C. Zhang , X. Zhang

Improved limits on sterile neutrino dark matter from full-sky observations by the Fermi-GBM

For the first time, we use the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) on-board the Fermi satellite to search for sterile neutrino decay lines in the energy range 10-25 keV corresponding to sterile neutrino mass range 20-50 keV. This energy range has…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-12 Shunsaku Horiuchi , Kenny C. Y. Ng , Jennifer M. Gaskins , Miles Smith , Robert Preece

SND@LHC: The Scattering and Neutrino Detector at the LHC

SND@LHC is a compact and stand-alone experiment designed to perform measurements with neutrinos produced at the LHC in the pseudo-rapidity region of ${7.2 < \eta < 8.4}$. The experiment is located 480 m downstream of the ATLAS interaction…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-07-08 LHC Collaboration

NOvA Short-Baseline Tau Neutrino Appearance Search

Standard three-flavor neutrino oscillations have well explained by a wide range of neutrino experiments. However, the anomalous results, such as electron-antineutrino excess seen by LSND and MiniBooNE do not fit the three-flavor paradigm.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-03 Rijeesh Keloth , Adam Aurisano , Alexander Sousa , Gavin S Davies , Louise Suter , Robert K Plunkett

High Energy Neutrino Studies in the forward direction with FASER experiment at the LHC

The FASER experiment studies the neutral decay products from LHC collision of 13.6 TeV centre of mass energy at 480m distant away. There could be Beyond Standard Model (BSM) particles such like dark photons or axion like particles etc..,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-10-31 Osamu Sato

Atmospheric gamma-ray observation with the BETS detectorfor calibrating atmospheric neutrino flux calculations

We observed atmospheric gamma-rays around 10 GeV at balloon altitudes (15~25 km) and at a mountain (2770 m a.s.l). The observed results were compared with Monte Carlo calculations to find that an interaction model (Lund Fritiof1.6) used in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-07 K. Kasahara , E. Mochizuki , S. Torii , T. Tamura , N. Tateyama , K. Yoshida , T. Yamagami , Y. Saito , J. Nishimura , H. Murakami , T. Kobayashi , Y. Komori , M. Honda , T. Ohuchi , S. Midorikawa , T. Yuda

High-power targets: experience and R&D for 2 MW

High-power particle production targets are crucial elements of future neutrino and other rare particle beams. Fermilab plans to produce a beam of neutrinos (LBNE) with a 2.3 MW proton beam (Project X). Any solid target is unlikely to…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-08-14 P. Hurh , O. Caretta , T. Davenne , C. Densham , P. Loveridge , N. Simos

First Measurement of $\nu_\mu$ and $\nu_e$ Events in an Off-Axis Horn-Focused Neutrino Beam

We report the first observation of off-axis neutrino interactions in the MiniBooNE detector from the NuMI beamline at Fermilab. The MiniBooNE detector is located 745 m from the NuMI production target, at 110 mrad angle ($6.3^{\circ}$) with…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-04-29 P. Adamson , A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , C. E. Anderson , A. O. Bazarko , M. Bishai , S. J. Brice , B. C. Brown , L. Bugel , J. Cao , B. C. Choudhary , L. Coney , J. M. Conrad , D. C. Cox , A. Curioni , Z. Djurcic , D. A. Finley , B. T. Fleming , R. Ford , H. R. Gallagher , F. G. Garcia , G. T. Garvey , C. Green , J. A. Green , D. Harris , T. L. Hart , E. Hawker , J. Hylen , R. Imlay , R. A. Johnson , G. Karagiorgi , P. Kasper , T. Katori , T. Kobilarcik , S. Kopp , I. Kourbanis , S. Koutsoliotas , E. M. Laird , S. K. Linden , J. M. Link , Y. Liu , Y. Liu , L. Loiacono , W. C. Louis , A. Marchionni , K. B. M. Mahn , W. Marsh , G. McGregor , M. D. Messier , W. Metcalf , P. D. Meyers , F. Mills , G. B. Mills , J. Monroe , C. D. Moore , J. K. Nelson , R. H. Nelson , V. T. Nguyen , P. Nienaber , J. A. Nowak , S. Ouedraogo , R. B. Patterson , Z. Pavlovic , D. Perevalov , C. C. Polly , E. Prebys , J. L. Raaf , H. Ray , B. P. Roe , A. D. Russell , V. Sandberg , R. Schirato , D. Schmitz , M. H. Shaevitz , F. C. Shoemaker , W. Smart , D. Smith , M. Sodeberg , M. Sorel , P. Spentzouris , I. Stancu , R. J. Stefanski , M. Sung , H. A. Tanaka , R. Tayloe , M. Tzanov , P. Vahle , R. Van de Water , B. Viren , M. O. Wascko , D. H. White , M. J. Wilking , H. J. Yang , F. X. Yumiceva , G. P. Zeller , E. D. Zimmerman , R. Zwaska

Measurement of Neutrino Flux from Neutrino-Electron Elastic Scattering

Muon-neutrino elastic scattering on electrons is an observable neutrino process whose cross section is precisely known. Consequently a measurement of this process in an accelerator-based $\nu_\mu$ beam can improve the knowledge of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-17 MINERvA Collaboration , J. Park , 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 , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , B. Eberly , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , A. Ghosh , T. Golan , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , 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 , J. Osta , V. Paolone , C. E. Patrick , G. N. Perdue , L. Rakotondravohitra , M. A. Ramirez , H. Ray , L. Ren , D. Rimal , P. A. Rodrigues , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , T. Walton , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , G. Zavala , D. Zhang

Time Slicing of Neutrino Fluxes in Oscillation Experiments at Fermilab

Long and short baseline neutrino oscillation experiments, such as DUNE, ANNIE, SBND, demand high precision in reducing systematic errors, particularly those related to neutrino-nucleus interaction cross-sections. The stroboscopic approach…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-11-01 Sudeshna Ganguly , Katsuya Yonehara , Chandrashekhara M Bhat , A. Kent Triplett , Robert Ainsworth , Clara Hinds , Maan Abdelhamid

Exploring neutrino parameters with a beta-beam experiment from FNAL to DUSEL

We discuss in detail the physics reach of an experimental set-up where electron neutrinos (anti-neutrinos) produced in a beta-beam facility at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) are sent, over a distance of L~1300km, to the Deep…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-13 Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla , Patrick Huber

Solar neutrino with Borexino: results and perspectives

Borexino is a unique detector able to perform measurement of solar neutrinos fluxes in the energy region around 1 MeV or below due to its low level of radioactive background. It was constructed at the LNGS underground laboratory with a goal…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-23 O. Smirnov , G. Bellini , J. Benziger , D. Bick , G. Bonfini , D. Bravo , B. Caccianiga , F. Calaprice , A. Caminata , P. Cavalcante , A. Chavarria , A. Chepurnov , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , A. Derbin , A. Empl , A. Etenko , K. Fomenko , D. Franco , G. Fiorentini , C. Galbiati , S. Gazzana , C. Ghiano , M. Giammarchi , M. Goeger-Neff , A. Goretti , C. Hagner , E. Hungerford , Aldo Ianni , Andrea Ianni , V. Kobychev , D. Korablev , G. Korga , D. Kryn , M. Laubenstein , B. Lehnert , T. Lewke , E. Litvinovich , F. Lombardi , P. Lombardi , L. Ludhova , G. Lukyanchenko , I. Machulin , S. Manecki , W. Maneschg , F. Mantovani , S. Marcocci , Q. Meindl , E. Meroni , M. Meyer , L. Miramonti , M. Misiaszek , P. Mosteiro , V. Muratova , L. Oberauer , M. Obolensky , F. Ortica , K. Otis , M. Pallavicini , L. Papp , L. Perasso , A. Pocar , G. Ranucci , A. Razeto , A. Re , B. Ricci , A. Romani , N. Rossi , R. Saldanha , C. Salvo , S. Schoenert , H. Simgen , M. Skorokhvatov , A. Sotnikov , S. Sukhotin , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , D. Vignaud , R. B. Vogelaar , F. von Feilitzsch , H. Wang , J. Winter , M. Wojcik , A. Wright , M. Wurm , O. Zaimidoroga , S. Zavatarelli , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

First search for short-baseline neutrino oscillations at HFIR with PROSPECT

This Letter reports the first scientific results from the observation of antineutrinos emitted by fission products of $^{235}$U at the High Flux Isotope Reactor. PROSPECT, the Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, consists…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-12-26 J. Ashenfelter , A. B. Balantekin , C. Baldenegro , H. R. Band , C. D. Bass , D. E. Bergeron , D. Berish , L. J. Bignell , N. S. Bowden , J. Bricco , J. P. Brodsky , C. D. Bryan , A. Bykadorova Telles , J. J. Cherwinka , T. Classen , K. Commeford , A. J. Conant , A. A. Cox , D. Davee , D. Dean , G. Deichert , M. V. Diwan , M. J. Dolinski , A. Erickson , M. Febbraro , B. T. Foust , J. K. Gaison , A. Galindo-Uribarri , C. E. Gilbert , K. E. Gilje , A. Glenn , B. W. Goddard , B. T. Hackett , K. Han , S. Hans , A. B. Hansell , K. M. Heeger , B. Heffron , J. Insler , D. E. Jaffe , X. Ji , D. Jones , K. Koehler , O. Kyzylova , C. E. Lane , T. J. Langford , J. LaRosa , B. R. Littlejohn , F. Lopez , X. Lu , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , J. Matta , R. D. McKeown , M. P. Mendenhall , H. J. Miller , J. M. Minock , P. E. Mueller , H. P. Mumm , J. Napolitano , R. Neilson , J. A. Nikkel , D. Norcini , S. Nour , D. A. Pushin , X. Qian , E. Romero-Romero , R. Rosero , D. Sarenac , B. S. Seilhan , R. Sharma , P. T. Surukuchi , C. Trinh , M. A. Tyra , R. L. Varner , B. Viren , J. M. Wagner , W. Wang , B. White , C. White , J. Wilhelmi , T. Wise , H. Yao , M. Yeh , Y. R. Yen , A. Zhang , C. Zhang , X. Zhang , M. Zhao

Overview of Accelerator Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiments

There is renewed interest in performing a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment using accelerator neutrinos because of a discrepancy between the measured and the predicted values of the ratio of electron to muon neutrinos produced…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen Parke

Optimization of neutrino beams for underground sites in Europe

We present an optimization procedure for neutrino beams which could be produced at CERN and aimed to a set of seven possible underground sites in Europe with distances ranging from 130 km to 2300 km. Studies on the feasibility of a next…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-06-20 A. Longhin