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The NuMI Beam at FNAL and its use for Cross Section Measurements

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). Several aspects of the design and results from runs of the MINOS…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-13 Sacha E. Kopp

Search for active neutrino disappearance using neutral-current interactions in the MINOS long-baseline experiment

We report the first detailed comparisons of the rates and spectra of neutral-current neutrino interactions at two widely separated locations. A depletion in the rate at the far site would indicate mixing between muon neutirnos and a sterile…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 P. Adamson

Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS

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

Search for sterile neutrinos in MINOS and MINOS+ using a two-detector fit

A search for mixing between active neutrinos and light sterile neutrinos has been performed by looking for muon neutrino disappearance in two detectors at baselines of 1.04 km and 735 km, using a combined MINOS and MINOS+ exposure of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-06-04 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 , L. W. Koerner , 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. H. Whitehead , S. G. Wojcicki , R. Zwaska

Measurements of atmospheric neutrinos and antineutrinos in the MINOS Far Detector

This paper reports measurements of atmospheric neutrino and antineutrino interactions in the MINOS Far Detector, based on 2553 live-days (37.9 kton-years) of data. A total of 2072 candidate events are observed. These are separated into 905…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-05-30 MINOS Collaboration , P. Adamson , C. Backhouse , G. Barr , M. Bishai , A. S. T. Blake , G. J. Bock , D. J. Boehnlein , D. Bogert , S. V. Cao , J. D. Chapman , S. Childress , J. A. B. Coelho , L. Corwin , D. Cronin-Hennessy , I. Z. Danko , J. K. de Jong , N. E. Devenish , M. V. Diwan , 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 , K. Grzelak , A. Habig , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Himmel , A. Holin , J. Hylen , 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 , J. Ling , P. J. Litchfield , L. Loiacono , P. Lucas , W. A. Mann , M. L. Marshak , M. Mathis , N. Mayer , M. M. Medeiros , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , J. Mitchell , C. D. Moore , L. Mualem , S. Mufson , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , J. A. Nowak , W. P. Oliver , M. Orchanian , R. B. Pahlka , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , X. Qiu , A. Radovic , J. Ratchford , B. Rebel , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin , M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , A. Schreckenberger , P. Schreiner , R. Sharma , A. Sousa , B. Speakman , M. Strait , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , J. Thomas , M. A. Thomson , 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 , K. Zhang , R. Zwaska

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 neutrino velocity with the MINOS detectors and NuMI neutrino beam

The velocity of a ~3 GeV neutrino beam is measured by comparing detection times at the Near and Far detectors of the MINOS experiment, separated by 734 km. A total of 473 Far Detector neutrino events was used to measure (v-c)/c = 5.1 +/-…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 MINOS Collaboration , P. Adamson

Testing of Hamamatsu R5900-00-M64 Multi-Pixel PMTs for MINOS

The MINOS long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment is comprised of three calorimeters, a Near Detector at FNAL, a Far Detector at the Soudan mine in northern Minnesota, and a Calibration Detector in a test beam at CERN. The light…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 M. A. Barker , A. De Santo , P. Dervan , K. Lang , P. S. Miyagawa , R. Saakyan , S. Smith , D. Michael , J. Thomas , A. Weber

New Results from the MINOS Experiment

In this paper we present the latest results from the MINOS Experiment. This includes a new measurement of the atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters based on 3.36 x 10^20 protons-on-target of data and a first analysis of neutral…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-12-18 Hugh Gallagher

First direct observation of muon antineutrino disappearance

This letter reports the first direct observation of muon antineutrino disappearance. The MINOS experiment has taken data with an accelerator beam optimized for muon antineutrino production, accumulating an exposure of $1.71\times 10^{20}$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-08-17 MINOS collaboration , P. Adamson , C. Andreopoulos , 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 , B. C. Choudhary , 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 , C. Howcroft , 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 , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , W. P. Oliver , M. Orchanian , R. Ospanov , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , G. F. Pearce , D. A. Petyt , S. Phan-Budd , 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 , 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 , G. Tzanakos , J. Urheim , P. Vahle , B. Viren , A. Weber , R. C. Webb , C. White , L. Whitehead , S. G. Wojcicki , T. Yang , R. Zwaska

First MINOS+ Data and New Results from MINOS

Following a 7-year run with the MINOS experiment from 2005 to 2012, the MINOS+ long-baseline neutrino experiment started operations in September 2013. Utilizing the MINOS Near and Far Detectors at Fermilab and northern Minnesota,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Alexandre Sousa

First search for sterile neutrino oscillation leading to $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance in the Booster Neutrino Beam at ICARUS

We present a search for muon neutrino disappearance in the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab using the ICARUS detector. Neutrino interactions identified as muon neutrinos interacting with argon nuclei via the charged current…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-25 ICARUS Collaboration

Neutrino Oscillation Results from MINOS and MiniBooNE

After a brief introduction to neutrino oscillations and a review of the world knowledge of neutrino oscillation parameters, we introduce two current neutrino oscillation experiments, MINOS and MiniBooNE. MINOS makes precise measurements of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-08-05 Tobias M. Raufer

Research News -- Progess in determination of neutrino oscillation parameters

Recent results from the MINOS experiment at Fermilab reconfirm neutrino oscillations. We describe briefly this experiment and discuss how this and other experiments enable us to determine fundamental parameters of elementary particle…

Popular Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Ananthanarayan , Chitra Gautham , Aquila Mavalankar , K. Shivaraj , S. Uma Sankar , A. Upadhyay

Search for the disappearance of muon antineutrinos in the NuMI neutrino beam

We report constraints on antineutrino oscillation parameters that were obtained by using the two MINOS detectors to measure the 7% muon antineutrino component of the NuMI neutrino beam. In the Far Detector, we select 130 events in the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-05-29 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. V. Cao , S. Cavanaugh , D. Cherdack , S. Childress , B. C. Choudhary , 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 , J. Hartnell , R. Hatcher , A. Himmel , A. Holin , C. Howcroft , X. Huang , J. Hylen , 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 , M. Mathis , N. Mayer , R. Mehdiyev , J. R. Meier , M. D. Messier , D. G. Michael , W. H. Miller , S. R. Mishra , J. Mitchell , C. D. Moore , L. Mualem , S. Mufson , J. Musser , D. Naples , J. K. Nelson , H. B. Newman , R. J. Nichol , J. A. Nowak , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , W. P. Oliver , M. Orchanian , R. Pahlka , J. Paley , R. B. Patterson , G. Pawloski , G. F. Pearce , S. Phan-Budd , R. K. Plunkett , X. Qiu , J. Ratchford , B. Rebel , C. Rosenfeld , H. A. Rubin , M. C. Sanchez , J. Schneps , A. Schreckenberger , P. Schreiner , R. Sharma , A. Sousa , M. Strait , N. Tagg , R. L. Talaga , M. A. Tavera , 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 , T. Yang , R. Zwaska

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 muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino transitions in MINOS

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

First Observations of Separated Atmospheric Muon Neutrino and Muon Anti-Neutrino Events in the MINOS Detector

The complete 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking data since the beginning of August 2003 at a depth of 2070 meters water-equivalent in the Soudan mine, Minnesota. This paper presents the first MINOS observations of muon neutrino and…

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

Charge-Separated Atmospheric Neutrino-Induced Muons in the MINOS Far Detector

We found 140 neutrino-induced muons in 854.24 live days in the MINOS far detector. We looked for evidence of neutrino disappearance in this data set by computing the ratio of the number of low momentum muons to the sum of the number of high…

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

Results from the MINOS Experiment and New MINOS+ Data

The MINOS experiment took data for seven years between May 2005 and April 2012. Since then it has been reborn as the new MINOS+ experiment in the upgraded medium energy NuMI beam and started taking data in September 2013. An update to the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Holin