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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

Design, Calibration, and Performance of the MINERvA Detector

The MINERvA experiment is designed to perform precision studies of neutrino-nucleus scattering using $\nu_\mu$ and ${\bar\nu}_\mu$ neutrinos incident at 1-20 GeV in the NuMI beam at Fermilab. This article presents a detailed description of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-03-12 L. Aliaga , L. Bagby , B. Baldin , A. Baumbaugh , A. Bodek , R. Bradford , W. K. Brooks , D. Boehnlein , S. Boyd , H. Budd , A. Butkevich , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , C. M. Castromonte , M. E. Christy , J. Chvojka , H. da Motta , D. S. Damiani , I. Danko , M. Datta , R. DeMaat , J. Devan , E. Draeger , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Diaz , B. Eberly , D. A. Edmondson , J. Felix , L. Fields , G. A. Fiorentini , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , C. A. George , C. Gingu , B. Gobbi , R. Gran , N. Grossman , D. A. Harris , J. Heaton , A. Higuera , J. A. Hobbs , I. J. Howley , K. Hurtado , M. Jerkins , T. Kafka , M. O. Kantner , C. Keppel , J. Kilmer , A. H. Krajeski , 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 , J. G. Morfin , J. Mousseau , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , G. Niculescu , I. Niculescu , C. D. O'Connor , N. Ochoa , J. Olsen , B. Osmanov , J. Osta , J. L. Palomino , V. Paolone , J. Park , G. N. Perdue , C. Pena , A. Pla-Dalmau , L. Rakotondravohitra , R. D. Ransome , H. Ray , L. Ren , P. Rubinov , C. Rude , K. E. Sassin , H. Schellman , D. W. Schmitz , R. M. Schneider , C. Simon , F. D. Snider , M. C. Snyder , C. J. Solano Salinas , N. Tagg , B. G. Tice , R. N. Tilden , G. Tzanakos , J. P. Velasquez , T. Walton , A. Westerberg , J. Wolcott , B. A. Wolthuis , N. Woodward , T. Wytock , G. Zavala , D. Zhang , L. Y. Zhu , B. P. Ziemer

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 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

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

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

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

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

Recent Results from MINERvA

The MINERvA collaboration is currently engaged in a broad program of neutrino-nucleus interaction measurements. Several recent measurements of interest to the accelerator-based oscillation community are presented. These include measurements…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-11 L. Fields

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

Measurements of the Inclusive Neutrino and Antineutrino Charged Current Cross Sections in MINERvA Using the Low-$\nu$ Flux Method

The total cross sections are important ingredients for the current and future neutrino oscillation experiments. We present measurements of the total charged-current neutrino and antineutrino cross sections on scintillator (CH) in the NuMI…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-12-28 MINERvA Collaboration , J. DeVan , L. Ren , L. Aliaga , O. Altinok , L. Bellantoni , A. Bercellie , M. Betancourt , A. Bodek , H. Budd , T. Cai , M. F. Carneiro , H. da Motta , J. Devan , S. A. Dytman , G. A. Díaz , B. Eberly , E. Endress , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , R. Galindo , H. Gallagher , A. Ghosh , R. Gran , D. A. Harris , A. Higuera , 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 , A. Mislivec , J. G. Morfín , 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. Sánchez Falero , B. G. Tice , E. Valencia , J. Wolcott , M. Wospakrik , D. Zhang

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

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

Neutrino Cross Section Measurements for Long-Baseline Accelerator-based Neutrino Oscillation Experiments

Neutrino oscillations are clear evidence for physics beyond the standard model. The goal of next-generation neutrino oscillation experiments is to find a non-zero $\theta_{13}$, the last mixing matrix element for which we only know an upper…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-05-19 Teppei Katori

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

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

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

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

Measurement of charged-current $\nu_\mu$ and $\bar{\nu}_\mu$ cross sections on hydrocarbon in a shallow inelastic scattering region

This MINERvA analysis is the first neutrino and antineutrino study of a shallow inelastic scattering region, which is the transition region between resonant production and deep inelastic scattering processes. This transition is explicitly…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-03-27 A. Lozano , G. Silva , G. Caceres , S. Akhter , Z. Ahmad Dar , V. Ansari , M. V. Ascencio , M. Sajjad Athar , J. L. Bonilla , A. Bravar , G. A. Díaz , H. da Motta , J. Felix , L. Fields , R. Fine , A. M. Gago , H. Gallagher , P. K. Gaur , R. Gran , E. Granados , D. A. Harris , J. Kleykamp , A. Klustová , M. Kordosky , D. Last , X. -G. Lu , S. Manly , W. A. Mann , C. Mauger , K. S. McFarland , B. Messerly , O. Moreno , J. G. Morfín , J. K. Nelson , C. Nguyen , A. Olivier , V. Paolone , G. N. Perdue , C. Pernas , K. -J. Plows , M. A. Ramírez , D. Ruterbories , H. Schellman , C. J. Solano Salinas , D. S. Correia , M. Sultana , V. S. Syrotenko , A. V. Waldron , B. Yaeggy

LEvEL: Low-Energy Neutrino Experiment at the LHC

We propose the operation of \textbf{LEvEL}, the Low-Energy Neutrino Experiment at the LHC, a neutrino detector near the Large Hadron Collider Beam Dump. Such a detector is capable of exploring an intense, low-energy neutrino flux and can…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-09-06 Kevin J. Kelly , Pedro A. N. Machado , Alberto Marchionni , Yuber F. Perez-Gonzalez