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The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beamline at Fermilab generates an intense muon neutrino beam for the NOvA (NuMI Off-axis $\nu_e$ Appearance) long-baseline neutrino experiment. Over the years, the NuMI beamline has been pivotal in…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-12-18 D. A. A. Wickremasinghe , K. Yonehara

The field of oscillation physics is about to make an enormous leap forward in statistical precision: first through the MINOS experiment in the coming year, and later through the NOvA and T2K experiments. Because of the relatively poor…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 The MINERvA Collaboration , D. A. Harris

In Fermilab's neutrino facilities such as the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) and the upcoming Long Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF), a proton beam strikes high-power target, producing positively and negatively charged pions and…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-01-24 D. A. Wickremasinghe , S. Ganguly , K. Yonehara , R. Zwaska , P. Snopok , Y. Yu

NOvA is a long-baseline accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment that is optimized for electron-neutrino appearance measurements. It uses the upgraded NuMI beam from Fermilab and consists of a Far Detector in Ash River, Minnesota…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-11 Jianming Bian

The NOvA experiment is an off-axis long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment seeking to measure $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance and $\nu_{e}$ appearance in a $\nu_{\mu}$ beam originating at Fermilab. In addition to measuring the unoscillated…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 J. Wolcott

We report new constraints on the size of large extra dimensions from data collected by the MINOS experiment between 2005 and 2012. Our analysis employs a model in which sterile neutrinos arise as Kaluza-Klein states in large extra…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-01-25 P. Adamson , I. Anghel , A. Aurisano , G. Barr , M. Bishai , A. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. Bogert , S. V. Cao , T. J. Carroll , C. M. Castromonte , R. Chen , S. Childress , J. A. B. Coelho , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , J. K. de Jong , S. De Rijck , A. V. Devan , N. E. Devenish , M. V. Diwan , C. O. Escobar , J. J. Evans , E. Falk , G. J. Feldman , W. Flanagan , M. V. Frohne , M. Gabrielyan , H. R. Gallagher , S. Germani , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , P. Gouffon , N. Graf , R. Gran , K. Grzelak , A. Habig , S. R. Hahn , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Holin , J. Huang , J. Hylen , G. M. Irwin , Z. Isvan , C. James , D. Jensen , T. Kafka , S. M. S. Kasahara , G. Koizumi , M. Kordosky , A. Kreymer , K. Lang , J. Ling , P. J. Litchfield , P. Lucas , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , N. Mayer , C. McGivern , M. M. Medeiros , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , S. Moed Sher , C. D. Moore , L. Mualem , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , J. A. Nowak , J. O'Connor , M. Orchanian , R. B. Pahlka , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , A. Perch , M. M. Pfützner , D. D. Phan , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , N. Poonthottathil , X. Qiu , A. Radovic , B. Rebel , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin , P. Sail , M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , A. Schreckenberger , P. Schreiner , R. Sharma , A. Sousa , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , J. Thomas , M. A. Thomson , X. Tian , A. Timmons , J. Todd , S. C. Tognini , R. Toner , D. Torretta , G. Tzanakos , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , B. Viren , A. Weber , R. C. Webb , C. White , L. Whitehead , L. H. Whitehead , S. G. Wojcicki , R. Zwaska

The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) facility at Fermilab is due to begin operations in late 2004. NuMI will deliver an intense muon neutrino beam of variable energy 2-20 GeV directed into the Earth at 58 mrad for short (~1 km) and…

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

This letter reports on a search for $\nu_\mu \to \nu_e$ transitions by the MINOS experiment based on a \unit[$3.14\times10^{20}$]{protons-on-target} exposure in the Fermilab NuMI beam. We observe 35 events in the Far Detector with a…

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

The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) facility at Fermilab began operations in late 2004. NuMI will deliver an intense muon neutrino beam of variable energy (2-20 GeV) directed into the Earth at 58 mrad for short (~1km) and long…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sacha E. Kopp

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

Several different scenarios for neutrino scattering experiments using a neutrino beam from the muon collider complex are discussed. The physics reach of a neutrino experiment at the front end of a muon collider is shown to extend far beyond…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-02-02 Deborah A. Harris , Kevin S. McFarland

MINOS will measure the composition of a neutrino beam at two locations, 735km apart, in an effort confirm the (atmospheric) neutrino oscillation hypothesis and measure the associated mixing parameters. Oscillations will be manifested as a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 Michael Kordosky

We report a two-detector measurement of the propagation speed of neutrinos over a baseline of 734 km. The measurement was made with the NuMI beam at Fermilab between the near and far MINOS detectors. The fractional difference between the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-11-11 P. Adamson , I. Anghel , N. Ashby , A. Aurisano , G. Barr , M. Bishai , A. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. Bogert , R. Bumgarner , S. V. Cao , C. M. Castromonte , S. Childress , J. A. B. Coelho , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , J. K. de Jong , A. V. Devan , N. E. Devenish , M. V. Diwan , C. O. Escobar , J. J. Evans , E. Falk , G. J. Feldman , B. Fonville , M. V. Frohne , H. R. Gallagher , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , P. Gouffon , N. Graf , R. Gran , K. Grzelak , A. Habig , S. R. Hahn , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , J. Hirschauer , A. Holin , J. Huang , J. Hylen , G. M. Irwin , Z. Isvan , C. James , S. R. Jefferts , D. Jensen , T. Kafka , S. M. S. Kasahara , G. Koizumi , M. Kordosky , A. Kreymer , K. Lang , J. Ling , P. J. Litchfield , P. Lucas , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , D. Matsakis , N. Mayer , A. McKinley , C. McGivern , M. M. Medeiros , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , S. Mitchell , S. Moed Sher , C. D. Moore , L. Mualem , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , J. A. Nowak , J. O'Connor , M. Orchanian , R. B. Pahlka , J. Paley , T. E. Parker , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , A. Perch , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , N. Poonthottathil , E. Powers , X. Qiu , A. Radovic , B. Rebel , K. Ridl , S. Römisch , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin , M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , A. Schreckenberger , P. Schreiner , R. Sharma , A. Sousa , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , J. Thomas , M. A. Thomson , X. Tian , A. Timmons , S. C. Tognini , R. Toner , D. Torretta , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , B. Viren , A. Weber , R. C. Webb , C. White , L. Whitehead , L. H. Whitehead , S. G. Wojcicki , J. Wright , V. Zhang , R. Zwaska

The results from the initial exposure of the MINOS detectors to neutrinos produced by the Fermilab NuMI beam are reported here. The exposure consisted of 1.27 x 10^{20} 120 GeV protons incident on the NuMI target. The data show the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Brian J. Rebel

We consider possible detector designs for short-baseline neutrino experiments using neutrino beams produced at the First Muon Collider complex. The high fluxes available at the muon collider make possible high statistics deep-inelastic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-02-02 Deborah A. Harris , Kevin S. McFarland

The nuSTORM facility has been designed to deliver beams of electron neutrinos and muon neutrinos (and their anti-particles) from the decay of a stored muon beam with a central momentum of 3.8 GeV/c and a momentum acceptance of 10%. The…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-03-20 D. Adey , S. K. Agarwalla , C. M. Ankenbrandt , R. Asfandiyarov , J. J. Back , G. Barker , E. Baussan , R. Bayes , S. Bhadra , V. Blackmore , A. Blondel , S. A. Bogacz , C. Booth , S. B. Boyd , A. Bravar , S. J. Brice , A. D. Bross , F. Cadoux , H. Cease , A. Cervera , J. Cobb , D. Colling , P. Coloma , L. Coney , A. Dobbs , J. Dobson , A. Donini , P. Dornan , M. Dracos , F. Dufour , R. Edgecock , J. Evans , M. Geelhoed , M. A. George , T. Ghosh , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , A. de Gouvea , A. Haesler , G. Hanson , P. F. Harrison , M. Hartz , P. Hernandez , J. A. Hernando Morata , P. Hodgson , P. Huber , A. Izmaylov , Y. Karadzhov , T. Kobilarcik , J. Kopp , L. Kormos , A. Korzenev , Y. Kuno , A. Kurup , P. Kyberd , J. B. Lagrange , A. Laing , A. Liu , J. M. Link , K. Long , K. Mahn , C. Mariani , C. Martin , J. Martin , N. McCauley , K. T. McDonald , O. Mena , S. R. Mishra , N. Mokhov , J. Morfin , Y. Mori , W. Murray , D. Neuffer , R. Nichol , E. Noah , M. A. Palmer , S. Parke , S. Pascoli , J. Pasternak , M. Popovic , P. Ratoff , M. Ravonel , M. Rayner , S. Ricciardi , C. Rogers , P. Rubinov , E. Santos , A. Sato , T. Sen , E. Scantamburlo , J. K. Sedgbeer , D. R. Smith , P. J. Smith , J. T. Sobczyk , L. Soby , F. J. P. Soler , S. Soldner-Rembold , M. Sorel , P. Snopok , P. Stamoulis , L. Stanco , S. Striganov , H. A. Tanaka , I. J. Taylor , C. Touramanis , C. D. Tunnell , Y. Uchida , N. Vassilopoulos , M. O. Wascko , A. Weber , M. J. Wilking , E. Wildner , W. Winter , U. K. Yang

The MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab was designed to be a definitive test of the LSND evidence for neutrino oscillations and has recently reported first results of a search for electron-neutrino appearance in a muon-neutrino Booster beam.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-07-22 Zelimir Djurcic

Results are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interactions, from an exposure to the NuMI neutrino beam of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-19 MINOS Collaboration , P. Adamson , D. J. Auty , D. S. Ayres , C. Backhouse , G. Barr , M. Bishai , A. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. J. Boehnlein , D. Bogert , S. Cavanaugh , D. Cherdack , S. Childress , J. A. B. Coelho , S. J. Coleman , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , I. Z. Danko , J. K. de Jong , N. E. Devenish , M. V. Diwan , M. Dorman , C. O. Escobar , J. J. Evans , E. Falk , G. J. Feldman , M. V. Frohne , H. R. Gallagher , R. A. Gomes , M. C. Goodman , P. Gouffon , N. Graf , R. Gran , N. Grant , K. Grzelak , A. Habig , D. Harris , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Himmel , A. Holin , X. Huang , J. Hylen , J. Ilic , G. M. Irwin , Z. Isvan , D. E. Jaffe , C. James , D. Jensen , T. Kafka , S. M. S. Kasahara , G. Koizumi , S. Kopp , M. Kordosky , A. Kreymer , K. Lang , G. Lefeuvre , J. Ling , P. J. Litchfield , L. Loiacono , P. Lucas , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , N. Mayer , A. M. McGowan , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , J. Mitchell , C. D. Moore , J. Morfín , L. Mualem , S. Mufson , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , T. C. Nicholls , J. A. Nowak , W. P. Oliver , M. Orchanian , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , G. F. Pearce , D. A. Petyt , S. Phan-Budd , R. Pittam , R. K. Plunkett , X. Qiu , J. Ratchford , T. M. Raufer , B. Rebel , P. A. Rodrigues , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , P. Schreiner , R. Sharma , P. Shanahan , A. Sousa , P. Stamoulis , M. Strait , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , E. Tetteh-Lartey , J. Thomas , M. A. Thomson , G. Tinti , R. Toner , D. Torretta , G. Tzanakos , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , B. Viren , J. J. Walding , A. Weber , R. C. Webb , C. White , L. Whitehead , S. G. Wojcicki , R. Zwaska

The MicroBooNE neutrino experiment at Fermilab is constructing a liquid-argon time-projection chamber for the Booster Neutrino Beam to study neutrino oscillations and interactions with nucleons and nuclei, starting in 2014. We describe the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Tia Miceli , Vassili Papavassiliou , Stephen Pate , Katherine Woodruff

The Booster Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab is preparing to search for muon to electron neutrino oscillations. The experiment is designed to make a conclusive statement about LSND's neutrino oscillation evidence. The experimental prospects…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrew O. Bazarko