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5. The magnetized steel and scintillator calorimeters of the MINOS experiment

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Michael, D.G., Adamson, P., Alexopoulos, T., Allison, W.W.M., Alner, G.J., Anderson, K., Andreopoulos, C., Andrews, M., Andrews, R., Arroyo, C., Avvakumov, S., Ayres, D.S., Baller, B., Barish, B., Barker, M.A., Barnes, P.D., Jr., Barr, G., Barrett, W.L., Beall, E., Bechtol, K., Becker, B.R., Belias, A., Bergfeld, T., Bernstein, R.H., Bhattacharya, D., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bocean, V., Bock, B., Bock, G.J., Boehm, J., Boehnlein, D.J., Bogert, D., Border, P.M., Bower, C., Boyd, S., Buckley-Geer, E., Byon-Wagner, A., Cabrera, A., Chapman, J.D., Chase, T.R., Chernichenko, S.K., Childress, S., Choudhary, B.C., Cobb, J.H., Coleman, S.J., Cossairt, J.D., Courant, H., Crane, D.A., Culling, A.J., Damiani, D., Dawson, J.W., de Jong, J.K., DeMuth, D.M., De Santo, A., Dierckxsens, M., Diwan, M.V., Dorman, M., Drake, G., Ducar, R., Durkin, T., Erwin, A.R., Escobar, C.O., Evans, J.J., Fackler, O.D., Falk Harris, E., Feldman, G.J., Felt, N., Fields, T.H., Ford, R., Frohne, M.V., Gallagher, H.R., Gebhard, M., Godley, A., Gogos, J., Goodman, M.C., Gornushkin, Yu., Gouffon, P., Grashorn, E.W., Grossman, N., Grudzinski, J.J., Grzelak, K., Guarino, V., Habig, A., Halsall, R., Hanson, J., Harris, D., Harris, P.G., Hartnell, J., Hartouni, E.P., Hatcher, R., Heller, K., Hill, N., Ho, Y., Howcroft, C., Hylen, J., Ignatenko, M., Indurthy, D., Irwin, G.M., James, C., Jenner, L., Jensen, D., Joffe-Minor, T., Kafka, T., Kang, H.J., Kasahara, S.M.S., Kilmer, J., Kim, H., Kim, M.S., Koizumi, G., Kopp, S., Kordosky, M., Koskinen, D.J., Kostin, M., Kotelnikov, S.K., Krakauer, D.A., Kumaratunga, S., Ladran, A.S., Lang, K., Laughton, C., Lebedev, A., Lee, R., Lee, W.Y., Libkind, M.A., Liu, J., Litchfield, P.J., Litchfield, R.P., Longley, N.P., Lucas, P., Luebke, W., Madani, S., Maher, E., Makeev, V., Mann, W.A., Marchionni, A., Marino, A.D., Marshak, M.L., Marshall, J.S., McDonald, J., McGowan, A.M., Meier, J.R., Merzon, G.I., Messier, M.D., Milburn, R.H., Miller, J.L., Miller, W.H., Mishra, S.R., Miyagawa, P.S., Moore, C.D., Morfín, J., Morse, R., Mualem, L., Mufson, S., Murgia, S., Murtagh, M.J., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, C., Nelson, J.K., Newman, H.B., Nezrick, F., Nichol, R.J., Nicholls, T.C., Ochoa-Ricoux, J.P., Oliver, J., Oliver, W.P., Onuchin, V.A., Osiecki, T., Ospanov, R., Paley, J., Paolone, V., Para, A., Patzak, T., Pavlović, Ž., Pearce, G.F., Pearson, N., Peck, C.W., Perry, C., Peterson, E.A., Petyt, D.A., Ping, H., Piteira, R., Pla-Dalmau, A., Plunkett, R.K., Price, L.E., Proga, M., Pushka, D.R., Rahman, D., Rameika, R.A., Raufer, T.M., Read, A.L., Rebel, B., Reyna, D.E., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H.A., Ruddick, K., Ryabov, V.A., Saakyan, R., Sanchez, M.C., Saoulidou, N., Schneps, J., Schoessow, P.V., Schreiner, P., Schwienhorst, R., Semenov, V.K., Seun, S.-M., Shanahan, P., Shield, P.D., Shivane, R., Smart, W., Smirnitsky, V., Smith, C., Smith, P.N., Sousa, A., Speakman, B., Stamoulis, P., Stefanik, A., Sullivan, P., Swan, J.M., Symes, P.A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R.L., Terekhov, A., Tetteh-Lartey, E., Thomas, J., Thompson, J., Thomson, M.A., Thron, J.L., Trendler, R., Trevor, J., Trostin, I., Tsarev, V.A., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vakili, M., Vaziri, K., Velissaris, C., Verebryusov, V., Viren, B., Wai, L., Ward, C.P., Ward, D.R., Watabe, M., Weber, A., Webb, R.C., Wehmann, A., West, N., White, C., White, R.F., Wojcicki, S.G., Wright, D.M., Wu, Q.K., Yan, W.G., Yang, T., Yumiceva, F.X., Yun, J.C., Zheng, H., Zois, M., and Zwaska, R.

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2008
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7. Search for sterile neutrino mixing in the MINOS long-baseline experiment

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Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Auty, D. J. Ayres, D. S. and Backhouse, C. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. and Bishai, M. Blake, A. Bock, G. J. Boehnlein, D. J. and Bogert, D. Bower, C. Cavanaugh, S. Chapman, J. D. and Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Coelho, J. A. B. and Cobb, J. H. Coleman, S. J. Cravens, J. P. and Cronin-Hennessy, D. Culling, A. J. Danko, I. Z. de Jong, J. K. Devenish, N. E. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Erwin, A. R. and Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. Falk, E. Feldman, G. J. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Godley, A. Goodman, M. C. and Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hatcher, R. and Heller, K. Himmel, A. Holin, A. Huang, X. Hylen, J. and Irwin, G. M. Isvan, Z. Jaffe, D. E. James, C. Jensen, D. and Kafka, T. Kasahara, S. M. S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Krahn, Z. Kreymer, A. Lang, K. Ling, J. Litchfield, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. and Loiacono, L. Lucas, P. Ma, J. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. and Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. and Mehdiyev, R. Meier, J. R. Messier, M. D. Metelko, C. J. and Michael, D. G. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mitchell, J. and Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. and Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. and Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Orchanian, M. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Paley, J. and Paolone, V. Patterson, R. B. Pavlovic, Z. Pawloski, G. and Pearce, G. F. Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. Rahaman, A. and Rameika, R. A. Raufer, T. M. Rebel, B. Rodrigues, P. A. and Rosenfeld, C. Rubin, H. A. Ryabov, V. A. Sanchez, M. C. and Saoulidou, N. Schneps, J. Schreiner, P. Shanahan, P. and Smart, W. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Stamoulis, P. Strait, M. and Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. Thomas, J. Thomson, M. A. and Tinti, G. Toner, R. Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. and Viren, B. Watabe, M. Weber, A. Webb, R. C. West, N. and White, C. Whitehead, L. Wojcicki, S. G. Wright, D. M. and Yang, T. Zhang, K. Zwaska, R. MINOS Collaboration

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

A search for depletion of the combined flux of active neutrino species over a 735 km baseline is reported using neutral-current interaction data recorded by the MINOS detectors in the NuMI neutrino beam. Such a depletion is not expected according to conventional interpretations of neutrino oscillation data involving the three known neutrino flavors. A depletion would be a signature of oscillations or decay to postulated noninteracting sterile neutrinos, scenarios not ruled out by existing data. From an exposure of 3.18 x 10(20) protons on target in which neutrinos of energies between similar to 500 MeV and 120 GeV are produced predominantly as nu(mu), the visible energy spectrum of candidate neutral-current reactions in the MINOS far detector is reconstructed. Comparison of this spectrum to that inferred from a similarly selected near-detector sample shows that of the portion of the nu(mu) flux observed to disappear in charged-current interaction data, the fraction that could be converting to a sterile state is less than 52% at 90% confidence level (C. L.). The hypothesis that active neutrinos mix with a single sterile neutrino via oscillations is tested by fitting the data to various models. In the particular four-neutrino models considered, the mixing angles theta(24) and theta(34) are constrained to be less than 11 degrees and 56 degrees at 90% C. L., respectively. The possibility that active neutrinos may decay to sterile neutrinos is also investigated. Pure neutrino decay without oscillations is ruled out at 5.4 standard deviations. For the scenario in which active neutrinos decay into sterile states concurrently with neutrino oscillations, a lower limit is established for the neutrino decay lifetime tau(3)/m(3) > 2.1 x 10(-12) s/eV at 90% C.L.

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2010

8. Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS far detector

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Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Ayres, D. S. Backhouse, C. Barnett, J. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. Becker, B. R. Bishai, M. Blake, A. and Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Bower, C. Cavanaugh, S. Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Cobb, J. H. Coleman, S. J. and Cronin-Hennessy, D. Culling, A. J. Danko, I. Z. de Jong, J. K. Devenish, N. E. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. Falk, E. Feldman, G. J. Fields, T. H. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Godley, A. Goodman, M. C. and Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grzelak, K. and Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hatcher, R. Heller, K. Himmel, A. Holin, A. Hylen, J. Irwin, G. M. Isvan, Z. Jaffe, D. E. James, C. Jensen, D. and Kafka, T. Kasahara, S. M. S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Korman, K. Koskinen, D. J. Krahn, Z. and Kreymer, A. Lang, K. Ling, J. Litchfield, P. J. and Loiacono, L. Lucas, P. Ma, J. Mann, W. A. Marshak, M. L. and Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. Mehdiyev, R. and Meier, J. R. Messier, M. D. Metelko, C. J. Michael, D. G. Miller, Kw. H. Mishra, S. R. Mitchell, J. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Musser, J. and Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nichol, R. J. and Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Osprey, S. Paley, J. Patterson, R. B. and Patzak, T. Pawloski, G. Pearce, G. F. Peterson, E. A. and Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. Rahaman, A. Rameika, R. A. and Raufer, T. M. Rebel, B. Reichenbacher, J. Rodrigues, P. A. and Rosenfeld, C. Rubin, H. A. Ryabov, V. A. Sanchez, M. C. and Saoulidou, N. Schneps, J. Schreiner, P. Shanahan, P. and Smart, W. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Speakman, B. Stamoulis, P. and Strait, M. Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. Thomas, J. and Thomson, M. A. Thron, J. L. Tinti, G. Toner, R. Tsarev, V. A. Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. Viren, B. and Watabe, M. Weber, A. Webb, R. C. West, N. White, C. and Whitehead, L. Wojcicki, S. G. Wright, D. M. Yang, T. and Zois, M. Zhang, K. Zwaska, R. MINOS Collaboration

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

The temperature of the upper atmosphere affects the height of primary cosmic ray interactions and the production of high-energy cosmic ray muons which can be detected deep underground. The MINOS far detector at Soudan, MN, has collected over 67 X 10(6) cosmic ray induced muons. The underground muon rate measured over a period of five years exhibits a 4% peak-to-peak seasonal variation which is highly correlated with the temperature in the upper atmosphere. The coefficient, alpha(T), relating changes in the muon rate to changes in atmospheric temperature was found to be alpha(T) 0: 873 +/- 0: 009(stat) +/- 0.010(syst). Pions and kaons in the primary hadronic interactions of cosmic rays in the atmosphere contribute differently to alpha(T) due to the different masses and lifetimes. This allows the measured value of alpha(T) to be interpreted as a measurement of the K/pi ratio for E-p greater than or similar to 7 TeV of 0.12(-0.05)(+0.07), consistent with the expectation from collider experiments.

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2010

9. Neutrino and antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross section measurements with the MINOS near detector

Author

Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Ayres, D. S. Backhouse, C. Barnes, Jr., P. D. and Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. and Blake, A. Bock, G. J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Bower, C. Cavanaugh, S. Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Coelho, J. A. B. Coleman, S. J. and Cronin-Hennessy, D. Culling, A. J. Danko, I. Z. de Jong, J. K. Devenish, N. E. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Erwin, A. R. and Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. Falk, E. Feldman, G. J. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Godley, A. Goodman, M. C. and Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hatcher, R. and Heller, K. Himmel, A. Holin, A. Hylen, J. Irwin, G. M. and Isvan, Z. Jaffe, D. E. James, C. Jensen, D. Kafka, T. Kasahara, S. M. S. Kim, J. J. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Krahn, Z. Kreymer, A. and Lang, K. Ling, J. Litchfield, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. and Loiacono, L. Lucas, P. Ma, J. Mann, W. A. Marshak, M. L. and Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. Mehdiyev, R. and Meier, J. R. Messier, M. D. Metelko, C. J. Michael, D. G. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mitchell, J. Moore, C. D. and Morfin, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. and Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. Patterson, R. B. and Pavlovic, Z. Pawloski, G. Pearce, G. F. Petyt, D. A. and Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. Rahaman, A. Rameika, R. A. and Raufer, T. M. Rebel, B. Rodrigues, P. A. Rosenfeld, C. and Rubin, H. A. Ryabov, V. A. Sanchez, M. C. Saoulidou, N. and Schneps, J. Schreiner, P. Semenov, V. K. Shanahan, P. and Smart, W. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Stamoulis, P. Strait, M. and Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. Thomas, J. Thomson, M. A. and Tinti, G. Toner, R. Tsarev, V. A. Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. Viren, B. Watabe, M. Weber, A. Webb, R. C. West, N. White, C. Whitehead, L. Wojcicki, S. G. and Wright, D. M. Yang, T. Zois, M. Zhang, K. Zwaska, R. and MINOS Collaboration

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

The energy dependence of the neutrino-iron and antineutrino-iron inclusive charged-current cross sections and their ratio have been measured using a high-statistics sample with the MINOS near detector exposed to the NuMI beam from the main injector at Fermilab. Neutrino and antineutrino fluxes were determined using a low hadronic energy subsample of charged-current events. We report measurements of nu-Fe ((nu) over bar - Fe) cross section in the energy range 3-50 GeV (5-50 GeV) with precision of 2%-8% (3%-9%) and their ratio which is measured with precision 2%-8%. The data set spans the region from low energy, where accurate measurements are sparse, up to the high-energy scaling region where the cross section is well understood.

Published
2010

10. Study of muon neutrino disappearance using the Fermilab Main Injector neutrino beam

Author

Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D. S. Baller, B. and Barish, B. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. and Beall, E. Becker, B. R. Belias, A. Bernstein, R. H. and Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. Blake, A. Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehm, J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Border, P. M. and Bower, C. Buckley-Geer, E. Cabrera, A. Cavanaugh, S. and Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. and Cobb, J. H. Coleman, S. J. Culling, A. J. De Jong, J. K. and Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Drakoulakos, D. and Durkin, T. Dytman, S. A. Erwin, A. R. Escobar, C. O. and Evans, J. J. Harris, E. Falk Feldman, G. J. Fields, T. H. and Ford, R. Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Godley, A. and Gogos, J. Goodman, M. C. Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grossman, N. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. and Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E. P. Hatcher, R. and Heller, K. Himmel, A. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. and Indurthy, D. Irwin, G. M. Ishitsuka, M. Jaffe, D. E. and James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. Kafka, T. Kang, H. J. and Kasahara, S. M. S. Kim, M. S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Kotelnikov, S. K. Kreymer, A. and Kumaratunga, S. Lang, K. Lebedev, A. Lee, R. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. Loiacono, L. Lucas, P. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. Marino, A. D. and Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. and Meier, J. R. Merzon, G. I. Messier, M. D. Metelko, C. J. and Michael, D. G. Milburn, R. H. Miller, J. L. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mislivec, A. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. and Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Murgia, S. Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. and Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. Para, A. Patzak, T. and Pavlovic, Z. Pearce, G. F. Peck, C. W. Peterson, E. A. and Petyt, D. A. Ping, H. Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. and Rahman, D. Rameika, R. A. Raufer, T. M. Rebel, B. and Reichenbacher, J. Reyna, D. E. Rodrigues, P. A. Rosenfeld, C. Rubin, H. A. Ruddick, K. Ryabov, V. A. Saakyan, R. and Sanchez, M. C. Saoulidou, N. Schneps, J. Schreiner, P. and Semenov, V. K. Seun, S. -M. Shanahan, P. Smart, W. and Smirnitsky, V. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Speakman, B. and Stamoulis, P. Strait, M. Symes, P. A. Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. Tetteh-Lartey, E. Thomas, J. Thompson, J. Thomson, M. A. Thron, J. L. Tinti, G. Trostin, I. Tsarev, V. A. and Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. Verebryusov, V. and Viren, B. Ward, C. P. Ward, D. R. Watabe, M. Weber, A. and Webb, R. C. Wehmann, A. West, N. White, C. Wojcicki, S. G. Wright, D. M. Yang, T. Zheng, H. Zois, M. and Zwaska, R. Minos Collaboration

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

We report the results of a search for nu(mu) disappearance by the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search [D. G. Michael (MINOS), Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 191801 (2006).]. The experiment uses two detectors separated by 734 km to observe a beam of neutrinos created by the Neutrinos at the Main Injector facility at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The data were collected in the first 282 days of beam operations and correspond to an exposure of 1.27x10(20) protons on target. Based on measurements in the Near Detector, in the absence of neutrino oscillations we expected 336 +/- 14 nu(mu) charged-current interactions at the Far Detector but observed 215. This deficit of events corresponds to a significance of 5.2 standard deviations. The deficit is energy dependent and is consistent with two-flavor neutrino oscillations according to |Delta m(2)|=2.74(-0.26)(+0.44) x 10(-3) eV(2)/c(4) and sin(2)2 theta > 0.87 at 68% confidence level.

Published
2008

11. Charge-separated atmospheric neutrino-induced muons in the MINOS far detector

Author

Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D. S. Baller, B. and Barish, B. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. and Beall, E. Becker, B. R. Belias, A. Bergfeld, T. and Bernstein, R. H. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. Blake, A. and Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehm, J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Border, P. M. Bower, C. Buckley-Geer, E. Cabrera, A. and Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Cobb, J. H. Culling, A. J. de Jong, J. K. De Santo, A. Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Drakoulakos, D. Durkin, T. Erwin, A. R. Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. and Harris, E. Falk Feldman, G. J. Fields, T. H. Ford, R. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Giurgiu, G. A. Godley, A. and Gogos, J. Goodman, M. C. Gouffon, P. Gran, R. and Grashorn, E. W. Grossman, N. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. and Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E. P. and Hatcher, R. Heller, K. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. and Indurthy, D. Irwin, G. M. Ishitsuka, M. Jaffe, D. E. and James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. Joffe-Minor, T. Kafka, T. Kang, H. J. Kasahara, S. M. S. Kim, M. S. Koizumi, G. and Kopp, S. Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Kotelnikov, S. K. and Kreymer, A. Kumaratunga, S. Lang, K. Lebedev, A. and Lee, R. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. Lucas, P. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. Marino, A. D. and Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. and Meier, J. R. Merzon, G. I. Messier, M. D. Michael, D. G. and Milburn, R. H. Miller, J. L. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. and Mislivec, A. Miyagawa, P. S. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. and Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Murgia, S. Musser, J. Naples, D. and Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. and Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. Para, A. Patzak, T. and Pavlovic, Z. Pearce, G. F. Peck, C. W. Peterson, E. A. and Petyt, D. A. Ping, H. Piteira, R. Pittam, R. and Plunkett, R. K. Rahman, D. Rameika, R. A. Raufer, T. M. and Rebel, B. Reichenbacher, J. Reyna, D. E. Rosenfeld, C. and Rubin, H. A. Ruddick, K. Ryabov, V. A. Saakyan, R. and Sanchez, M. C. Saoulidou, N. Schneps, J. Schreiner, P. and Semenov, V. K. Seun, S.-M. Shanahan, P. Smart, W. and Smirnitsky, V. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Speakman, B. and Stamoulis, P. Symes, P. A. Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. and Tetteh-Lartey, E. Thomas, J. Thompson, J. Thomson, M. A. and Thron, J. L. Tinti, G. Trostin, I. Tsarev, V. A. and Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. Verebryusov, V. Viren, B. Ward, C. P. Ward, D. R. Watabe, M. Weber, A. and Webb, R. C. Wehmann, A. West, N. White, C. Wojcicki, S. G. Wright, D. M. Wu, Q. K. Yang, T. Yumiceva, F. X. and Zheng, H. Zois, M. Zwaska, R. MINOS Collaboration

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

We found 140 neutrino-induced muons in 854.24 live days in the MINOS far detector, which has an acceptance for neutrino-induced muons of 6.91x10(6) cm(2) sr. 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 momentum and unknown momentum muons for both data and Monte Carlo expectation in the absence of neutrino oscillations. The ratio of data and Monte Carlo ratios, R, is R=0.65(-0.12)(+0.15)(stat)+/- 0.09(syst), a result that is consistent with an oscillation signal. A fit to the data for the oscillation parameters sin(2)2 theta(23) and Delta m(23)(2) excludes the null oscillation hypothesis at the 94% confidence level. We separated the muons into mu(-) and mu(+) in both the data and Monte Carlo events and found the ratio of the total number of mu(-) to mu(+) in both samples. The ratio of those ratios, R boolean AND(CPT), is a test of CPT conservation. The result R boolean AND(CPT)=0.72(-0.18)(+0.24)(stat)(-0.04)(+0.08)(syst) is consistent with CPT conservation.

Published
2007

12. Measurement of the Atmospheric Muon Charge Ratio at TeV Energies with MINOS

Author

Adamson, P., Andreopoulos, C., Arms, K.E., Armstrong, R., Auty, D.J., Avvakumov, S., Ayres, D.S., Baller, B., Barish, B., Barnes, P.D., Barr, G., Barrett, W.L., Beall, E., Becker, .B.R., Belias, A., Bergfeld, T., Bernstein, R.H., Bhattacharya, D., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, B., Bock, G.J., Boehm, J., Boehnlein, D.J., Bogert, D., Border, P.M., Bower, C., Buckley-Geer, E., Bungau, C., Cabrera, A., Chapman, J.D., Cherdack, D., Childress, S., Choudhary, B.C., Cobb, J.H., Culling, A.J., De Jong, J.K., De Santo, A., Dierckxsens, M., Diwan, M.V., Dorman, M., Drakoulakos, D., Durkin, T., Erwin, A.R., Escobar, C.O., Evans, J.J., Falk Harris, E., Feldman, G.J., Fields, T.H., Ford, R., Frohne, M.V., Gallagher, H.R., Giurgiu, G.A., Godley, A., Gogos, J., Goodman, M.C., Gouffon, P., Gran, R., Grashorn, E.W., Grossman, N., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Harris, D., Harris, P.G., Hartnell, J., Hartouni, E.P., Hatcher, R., Heller, K., Holin, A., Howcroft, C., Hylen, J., Indurthy, D., Irwin, G.M., Ishitsuka, M., Jaffe, D.E., James, C., Jenner, L., Jensen, D., Joffe-Minor, T., Kafka, T., Kang, H.J., Kasahara, S.M.S., Kim, M.S., Koizumi, G., Kopp, S., Kordosky, M., Koskinen, D.J., Kotelnikov, S.K., Kreymer, A., Kumaratunga, S., Lang, K., Lebedev, A., Lee, R., Ling, J., Liu, J., Litchfield, P.J., Litchfield, R.P., Lucas, Philippe, Mann, W.A., Marchionni, A., Marino, A.D., Marshak, M.L., Marshall, J.S., Mayer, N., Mcgowan, A.M., Meier, J.R., Merzon, G.I., Messier, M.D., Michael, D.G., Milburn, R.H., Miller, J.L., Mishra, S.R., Mislivec, A., Miyagawa, P.S., Moore, C.D., Morfin, J., Mualem, L., Mufson, S., Murgia, S., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J.K., Newman, H.B., Nichol, R.J., Nicholls, T.C., Ochoa-Ricoux, J.P., Oliver, W.P., Osiecki, T., Ospanov, R., Paley, J., Paolone, V., Para, A., Patzak, T., Pavlovic, Z., Pearce, G.F., Peck, C.W., Peterson, E.A., Petyt, D.A., Ping, H., Piteira, R., Pittam, R., Plunkett, R.K., Rahman, D., Rameika, R.A., Raufer, T.M., Rebel, B., Reichenbacher, J., Reyna, D.E., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H.A., Ruddick, K., Ryabov, V.A., Saakyan, R., Sanchez, M.C., Saoulidou, N., Schneps, J., Schreiner, P., Semenov, V.K., Seun, S.-M., Shanahan, P., Smart, W., Smirnitsky, V., Smith, C., Sousa, A., Speakman, B., Stamoulis, P., Symes, P.A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R.L., Tetteh-Lartey, E., Thomas, J., Thompson, J., Thomson, M.A., Thron, J.L., Tinti, G., Trostin, I., Tsarev, V.A., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Velissaris, C., Verebryusov, V., Viren, B., Ward, C.P., Ward, D.R., Watabe, M., Weber, A., Webb, R.C., Wehmann, A., West, N., White, C., Wojcicki, S.G., Wright, D.M., Wu, Q.K., Yang, T., Yumiceva, F.X., Zheng, H., Zois, M., Zwaska, R., APC - Neutrinos, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), MINOS, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking charge-separated cosmic ray muon data since the beginning of August, 2003 at a depth of 2070 meters-water-equivalent in the Soudan Underground Laboratory, Minnesota, USA. The data with both forward and reversed magnetic field running configurations were combined to minimize systematic errors in the determination of the underground muon charge ratio. When averaged, two independent analyses find the charge ratio underground to be 1.374 +/- 0.004 (stat.) +0.012 -0.010(sys.). Using the map of the Soudan rock overburden, the muon momenta as measured underground were projected to the corresponding values at the surface in the energy range 1-7 TeV. Within this range of energies at the surface, the MINOS data are consistent with the charge ratio being energy independent at the two standard deviation level. When the MINOS results are compared with measurements at lower energies, a clear rise in the charge ratio in the energy range 0.3 -- 1.0 TeV is apparent. A qualitative model shows that the rise is consistent with an increasing contribution of kaon decays to the muon charge ratio., Comment: 16 pages, 17 figures

Published
2007
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13. Measurement of neutrino velocity with the MINOS detectors and NuMI neutrino beam

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Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K.E. Armstrong, R. Auty, D.J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D.S. Baller, B. Barish, B. Barnes, P.D. Barr, G. Barrett, W.L. Beall, E. Becker, B.R. Belias, A. Bergfeld, T. Bernstein, R.H. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. Blake, A. Bock, B. Bock, G.J. Boehm, J. Boehnlein, D.J. Bogert, D. Border, P.M. Bower, C. Buckley-Geer, E. Cabrera, A. Chapman, J.D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B.C. Cobb, J.H. Coleman, S.J. Culling, A.J. De Jong, J.K. De Santo, A. Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M.V. Dorman, M. Drakoulakos, D. Durkin, T. Erwin, A.R. Escobar, C.O. Evans, J.J. Harris, E.F. Feldman, G.J. Fields, T.H. Fitzpatrick, T. Ford, R. Frohne, M.V. Gallagher, H.R. Giurgiu, G.A. Godley, A. Gogos, J. Goodman, M.C. Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E.W. Grossman, N. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P.G. Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E.P. Hatcher, R. Heller, K. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. Indurthy, D. Irwin, G.M. Ishitsuka, M. Jaffe, D.E. James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. Joffe-Minor, T. Kafka, T. Kang, H.J. Kasahara, S.M.S. Kim, M.S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D.J. Kotelnikov, S.K. Kreymer, A. Kumaratunga, S. Lang, K. Lebedev, A. Lee, R. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P.J. Litchfield, R.P. Lucas, P. Luebke, W. Mann, W.A. Marchionni, A. Marino, A.D. Marshak, M.L. Marshall, J.S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A.M. Meier, J.R. Merzon, G.I. Messier, M.D. Michael, D.G. Milburn, R.H. Miller, J.L. Miller, W.H. Mishra, S.R. Mislivec, A. Miyagawa, P.S. Moore, C.D. Morfín, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Murgia, S. Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J.K. Newman, H.B. Nichol, R.J. Nicholls, T.C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J.P. Oliver, W.P. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. Para, A. Patzak, T. Pavlović, Ž. Pearce, G.F. Peck, C.W. Perry, C. Peterson, E.A. Petyt, D.A. Ping, H. Piteira, R. Pittam, R. Plunkett, R.K. Rahman, D. Rameika, R.A. Raufer, T.M. Rebel, B. Reichenbacher, J. Reyna, D.E. Rosenfeld, C. Rubin, H.A. Ruddick, K. Ryabov, V.A. Saakyan, R. Sanchez, M.C. Saoulidou, N. Saranen, D. Schneps, J. Schreiner, P. Semenov, V.K. Seun, S.-M. Shanahan, P. Smart, W. Smirnitsky, V. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Speakman, B. Stamoulis, P. Symes, P.A. Tagg, N. Talaga, R.L. Tetteh-Lartey, E. Thomas, J. Thompson, J. Thomson, M.A. Thron, J.L. Tinti, G. Trostin, I. Tsarev, V.A. Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. Verebryusov, V. Viren, B. Ward, C.P. Ward, D.R. Watabe, M. Weber, A. Webb, R.C. Wehmann, A. West, N. White, C. Wojcicki, S.G. Wright, D.M. Wu, Q.K. Yang, T. Yumiceva, F.X. Zheng, H. Zois, M. Zwaska, R.

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

The velocity of a ∼3GeV 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±2.9×10-5 (at 68% C.L.). By correlating the measured energies of 258 charged-current neutrino events to their arrival times at the far detector, a limit is imposed on the neutrino mass of mν

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2007

14. Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio at TeV energies with the MINOS detector

Author

Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D. S. Baller, B. and Barish, B. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. and Beall, E. Becker, B. R. Belias, A. Bergfeld, T. and Bernstein, R. H. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. Blake, A. and Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehm, J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Border, P. M. Bower, C. Buckley-Geer, E. Bungau, C. and Cabrera, A. Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. and Choudhary, B. C. Cobb, J. H. Culling, A. J. de Jong, J. K. De Santo, A. Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. and Drakoulakos, D. Durkin, T. Erwin, A. R. Escobar, C. O. and Evans, J. J. Harris, E. Falk Feldman, G. J. Fields, T. H. Ford, R. Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Giurgiu, G. A. Godley, A. Gogos, J. Goodman, M. C. Gouffon, P. and Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grossman, N. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E. P. and Hatcher, R. Heller, K. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. Indurthy, D. Irwin, G. M. Ishitsuka, M. Jaffe, D. E. and James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. Joffe-Minor, T. and Kafka, T. Kang, H. J. Kasahara, S. M. S. Kim, M. S. and Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. and Kotelnikov, S. K. Kreymer, A. Kumaratunga, S. Lang, K. and Lebedev, A. Lee, R. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P. J. and Litchfield, R. P. Lucas, P. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. and Marino, A. D. Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. and McGowan, A. M. Meier, J. R. Merzon, G. I. Messier, M. D. and Michael, D. G. Milburn, R. H. Miller, J. L. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mislivec, A. Miyagawa, P. S. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Murgia, S. and Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. and Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. and Para, A. Patzak, T. Pavlovic, Z. Pearce, G. F. Peck, C. W. Peterson, E. A. Petyt, D. A. Ping, H. Piteira, R. and Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. Rahman, D. Rameika, R. A. and Raufer, T. M. Rebel, B. Reichenbacher, J. Reyna, D. E. and Rosenfeld, C. Rubin, H. A. Ruddick, K. Ryabov, V. A. and Saakyan, R. Sanchez, M. C. Saoulidou, N. Schneps, J. and Schreiner, P. Semenov, V. K. Seun, S. -M. Shanahan, P. and Smart, W. Smirnitsky, V. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Speakman, B. Stamoulis, P. Symes, P. A. Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. and Tetteh-Lartey, E. Thomas, J. Thompson, J. Thomson, M. A. and Thron, J. L. Tinti, G. Trostin, I. Tsarev, V. A. and Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. Velissaris, C. and Verebryusov, V. Viren, B. Ward, C. P. Ward, D. R. and Watabe, M. Weber, A. Webb, R. C. Wehmann, A. West, N. and White, C. Wojcicki, S. G. Wright, D. M. Wu, Q. K. and Yang, T. Yumiceva, F. X. Zheng, H. Zois, M. Zwaska, R. and MINOS Collaboration

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

The 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking charge-separated cosmic ray muon data since the beginning of August, 2003 at a depth of 2070 m.w.e. in the Soudan Underground Laboratory, Minnesota, USA. The data with both forward and reversed magnetic field running configurations were combined to minimize systematic errors in the determination of the underground muon charge ratio. When averaged, two independent analyses find the charge ratio underground to be N-mu(+)/N-mu(-)=1.374 +/- 0.004(stat)(-0.010)(+0.012)(sys). Using the map of the Soudan rock overburden, the muon momenta as measured underground were projected to the corresponding values at the surface in the energy range 1-7 TeV. Within this range of energies at the surface, the MINOS data are consistent with the charge ratio being energy independent at the 2 standard deviation level. When the MINOS results are compared with measurements at lower energies, a clear rise in the charge ratio in the energy range 0.3-1.0 TeV is apparent. A qualitative model shows that the rise is consistent with an increasing contribution of kaon decays to the muon charge ratio.

Published
2007

15. First observations of separated atmospheric nu(mu) and (nu)over-bar(mu) events in the MINOS detector

Author

Adamson, P, Alexopoulos, T, Allison, WWM, Alner, GJ, Anderson, K, Andreopoulos, C, Andrews, M, Andrews, R, Arroyo, C, Avvakumov, S, Ayres, DS, Baller, B, Barish, B, Barker, MA, Barnes, PD, Barr, G, Barrett, WL, Beall, E, Becker, BR, Belias, A, Bergfeld, T, Bernstein, RH, Bhattacharya, D, Bishai, M, Blake, A, Bocean, V, Bock, B, Bock, GJ, Boehm, J, Boehnlein, DJ, Bogert, D, Border, PM, Bower, C, Boyd, S, Buckley-Geer, E, Byon-Wagner, A, Cabrera, A, Chapman, JD, Chase, TR, Chernichenko, SK, Childress, S, Choudhary, BC, Cobb, JH, Cossairt, JD, Courant, H, Crane, DA, Culling, AJ, Dawson, JW, DeMuth, DM, De Santo, A, Dierckxsens, M, Diwan, MV, Dorman, M, Drake, G, Ducar, R, Durkin, T, Erwin, AR, Escobar, CO, Evans, J, Fackler, OD, Harris, EF, Feldman, GJ, Felt, N, Fields, TH, Ford, R, Frohne, MV, Gallagher, HR, Gebhard, M, Godley, A, Gogos, J, Goodman, MC, Gornushkin, Y, Gouffon, P, Grashorn, E, Grossman, N, Grudzinski, JJ, Grzelak, K, Guarino, V, Habig, A, Halsall, R, Hanson, J, Harris, D, Harris, PG, Hartnell, J, Hartouni, EP, Hatcher, R, Heller, K, Hill, N, Ho, Y, Howcroft, C, Hylen, J, Ignatenko, M, Indurthy, D, Irwin, GM, James, C, Jenner, L, Jensen, D, Joffe-Minor, T, Kafka, T, Kang, HJ, Kasahara, SMS, Kilmer, J, Kim, H, Koizumi, G, Kopp, S, Kordosky, M, Koskinen, DJ, Kostin, M, Krakauer, DA, Kumaratunga, S, Ladran, AS, Lang, K, Laughton, C, Lebedev, A, Lee, R, Lee, WY, Libkind, MA, Liu, J, Litchfield, PJ, Litchfield, RP, Longley, NP, Lucas, P, Luebke, W, Madani, S, Maher, E, Makeev, V, Mann, WA, Marchionni, A, Marino, AD, Marshak, ML, Marshall, JS, McDonald, J, McGowan, A, Meier, JR, Merzon, GI, Messier, MD, Michael, DG, Milburn, RH, Miller, JL, Miller, WH, Mishra, SR, Miyagawa, PS, Moore, C, Morfin, J, Morse, R, Mualem, L, Mufson, S, Murgia, S, Murtagh, MJ, Musser, J, Naples, D, Nelson, C, Nelson, JK, Newman, HB, Nezrick, F, Nichol, RJ, Nicholls, TC, Ochoa-Ricoux, JP, Oliver, J, Oliver, WP, Onuchin, VA, Osiecki, T, Ospanov, R, Paley, J, Paolone, V, Para, A, Patzak, T, Pavlovich, Z, Pearce, GF, Pearson, N, Peck, CW, Perry, C, Peterson, EA, Petyt, DA, Ping, H, Piteira, R, Pla-Dalmau, A, Plunkett, RK, Price, LE, Proga, M, Pushka, DR, Rahman, D, Rameika, RA, Raufer, TM, Read, AL, Rebel, B, Reyna, DE, Rosenfeld, C, Rubin, HA, Ruddick, K, Ryabov, VA, Saakyan, R, Sanchez, MC, Saoulidou, N, Schneps, J, Schoessow, PV, Schreiner, P, Schwienhorst, R, Semenov, VK, Seun, SM, Shanahan, P, Shield, PD, Smart, W, Smirnitsky, V, Smith, C, Smith, PN, Sousa, A, Speakman, B, Stamoulis, P, Stefanik, A, Sullivan, P, Swan, JM, Symes, PA, Tagg, N, Talaga, RL, Tetteh-Lartey, E, Thomas, J, Thompson, J, Thomson, MA, Thron, JL, Trendler, R, Trevor, J, Trostin, I, Tsarev, VA, Tzanakos, G, Urheim, J, Vahle, P, Vakili, M, Vaziri, K, Velissaris, C, Verebryusov, V, Viren, B, Wai, L, Ward, CP, Ward, DR, Watabe, M, Weber, A, Webb, RC, Wehmann, A, West, N, White, C, White, RF, Wojcicki, SG, Wright, DM, Wu, QK, Yan, WG, Yang, T, Yumiceva, FX, Yun, JC, Zheng, H, Zois, M, Zwaska, R, and Collaboration, MMINOS

Published
2006

16. First observations of separated atmospheric νμ and ν̄μ events in the MINOS detector

Author

Adamson, P, Alexopoulos, T, Allison, WWM, Alner, GJ, Anderson, K, Andreopoulos, C, Andrews, M, Andrews, R, Arroyo, C, Avvakumov, S, Ayres, DS, Baller, B, Barish, B, Barker, MA, Barnes Jr, PD, Barr, G, Barrett, WL, Beall, E, Becker, BR, Belias, A, Bergfeld, T, Bernstein, RH, Bhattacharya, D, Bishai, M, Blake, A, Bocean, V, Bock, B, Bock, GJ, Boehm, J, Boehnlein, DJ, Bogert, D, Border, PM, Bower, C, Boyd, S, Buckley-Geer, E, Byon-Wagner, A, Cabrera, A, Chapman, JD, Chase, TR, Chernichenko, SK, Childress, S, Choudhary, BC, Cobb, JH, Cossairt, JD, Courant, H, Crane, DA, Culling, AJ, Dawson, JW, DeMuth, DM, De Santo, A, Dierckxsens, M, Diwan, MV, Dorman, M, Drake, G, Ducar, R, Durkin, T, Erwin, AR, Escobar, CO, Evans, J, Fackler, OD, Harris, EF, Feldman, GJ, Felt, N, Fields, TH, Ford, R, Frohne, MV, Gallagher, HR, Gebhard, M, Godley, A, Gogos, J, Goodman, MC, Gornushkin, Y, Gouffon, P, Grashorn, E, Grossman, N, Grudzinski, JJ, Grzelak, K, Guarino, V, Habig, A, Halsall, R, Hanson, J, Harris, D, Harris, PG, Hartnell, J, Hartouni, EP, Hatcher, R, Heller, K, Hill, N, Ho, Y, Howcroft, C, Hylen, J, Ignatenko, M, Indurthy, D, Irwin, GM, James, C, Jenner, L, Jensen, D, Joffe-Minor, T, Kafka, T, Kang, HJ, Kasahara, SMS, Kilmer, J, Kim, H, Koizumi, G, Kopp, S, Kordosky, M, Koskinen, DJ, Kostin, M, Krakauer, DA, Kumaratunga, S, Ladran, AS, Lang, K, Laughton, C, Lebedev, A, Lee, R, Lee, WY, Libkind, MA, Liu, J, Litchfield, PJ, Litchfield, RP, Longley, NP, Lucas, P, Luebke, W, Madani, S, Maher, E, Makeev, V, Mann, WA, Marchionni, A, Marino, AD, Marshak, ML, Marshall, JS, McDonald, J, McGowan, A, Meier, JR, Merzon, GI, Messier, MD, Michael, DG, Milburn, RH, Miller, JL, Miller, WH, Mishra, SR, Miyagawa, PS, Moore, C, Morfín, J, Morse, R, Mualem, L, Mufson, S, Murgia, S, Murtagh, MJ, Musser, J, Naples, D, Nelson, C, Nelson, JK, Newman, HB, Nezrick, F, Nichol, RJ, Nicholls, TC, Ochoa-Ricoux, JP, Oliver, J, Oliver, WP, Onuchin, VA, Osiecki, T, Ospanov, R, Paley, J, Paolone, V, Para, A, Patzak, T, Pavlovich, Z, Pearce, GF, Pearson, N, Peck, CW, Perry, C, Peterson, EA, Petyt, DA, Ping, H, Piteira, R, Pla-Dalmau, A, Plunkett, RK, Price, LE, Proga, M, Pushka, DR, Rahman, D, Rameika, RA, Raufer, TM, Read, AL, Rebel, B, Reyna, DE, Rosenfeld, C, Rubin, HA, Ruddick, K, Ryabov, VA, Saakyan, R, Sanchez, MC, Saoulidou, N, Schneps, J, Schoessow, PV, Schreiner, P, Schwienhorst, R, Semenov, VK, Seun, S-M, Shanahan, P, Shield, PD, Smart, W, Smirnitsky, V, Smith, C, Smith, PN, Sousa, A, Speakman, B, Stamoulis, P, Stefanik, A, Sullivan, P, Swan, JM, Symes, PA, Tagg, N, Talaga, RL, Tetteh-Lartey, E, Thomas, J, Thompson, J, Thomson, MA, Thron, JL, Trendler, R, Trevor, J, Trostin, I, Tsarev, VA, Tzanakos, G, Urheim, J, Vahle, P, Vakili, M, Vaziri, K, Velissaris, C, Verebryusov, V, Viren, B, Wai, L, Ward, CP, Ward, DR, Watabe, M, Weber, A, Webb, RC, Wehmann, A, West, N, White, C, White, RF, Wojcicki, SG, Wright, DM, Wu, QK, Yan, WG, Yang, T, Yumiceva, FX, Yun, JC, Zheng, H, Zois, M, and Zwaska, R

Abstract

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 νμ and ν̄μ charged-current atmospheric neutrino interactions based on an exposure of 418 days. The ratio of upward- to downward-going events in the data is compared to the Monte Carlo expectation in the absence of neutrino oscillations, giving Rup/downdata/Rup/downMC=0.62-0.14+0.19(stat.) ±0.02(sys.). An extended maximum likelihood analysis of the observed L/E distributions excludes the null hypothesis of no neutrino oscillations at the 98% confidence level. Using the curvature of the observed muons in the 1.3 T MINOS magnetic field νμ and ν̄μ interactions are separated. The ratio of ν̄μ to νμ events in the data is compared to the Monte Carlo expectation assuming neutrinos and antineutrinos oscillate in the same manner, giving Rν̄μ/νμdata/Rν̄μ/νμMC=0.96-0. 27+0.38(stat.)±0.15(sys.), where the errors are the statistical and systematic uncertainties. Although the statistics are limited, this is the first direct observation of atmospheric neutrino interactions separately for νμ and ν̄μ. © 2006 The American Physical Society.

Published
2006

17. First observations of separated atmospheric nu(mu) and (nu)over-bar(mu) events in the MINOS detector

Author

Adamson, P Alexopoulos, T Allison, WWM Alner, GJ and Anderson, K Andreopoulos, C Andrews, M Andrews, R and Arroyo, C Avvakumov, S Ayres, DS Baller, B Barish, B and Barker, MA Barnes, PD Barr, G Barrett, WL Beall, E and Becker, BR Belias, A Bergfeld, T Bernstein, RH and Bhattacharya, D Bishai, M Blake, A Bocean, V Bock, B and Bock, GJ Boehm, J Boehnlein, DJ Bogert, D Border, PM and Bower, C Boyd, S Buckley-Geer, E Byon-Wagner, A Cabrera, A Chapman, JD Chase, TR Chernichenko, SK Childress, S and Choudhary, BC Cobb, JH Cossairt, JD Courant, H and Crane, DA Culling, AJ Dawson, JW DeMuth, DM De Santo, A and Dierckxsens, M Diwan, MV Dorman, M Drake, G Ducar, R and Durkin, T Erwin, AR Escobar, CO Evans, J Fackler, OD and Harris, EF Feldman, GJ Felt, N Fields, TH Ford, R and Frohne, MV Gallagher, HR Gebhard, M Godley, A Gogos, J Goodman, MC Gornushkin, Y Gouffon, P Grashorn, E and Grossman, N Grudzinski, JJ Grzelak, K Guarino, V Habig, A Halsall, R Hanson, J Harris, D Harris, PG and Hartnell, J Hartouni, EP Hatcher, R Heller, K Hill, N and Ho, Y Howcroft, C Hylen, J Ignatenko, M Indurthy, D and Irwin, GM James, C Jenner, L Jensen, D Joffe-Minor, T Kafka, T Kang, HJ Kasahara, SMS Kilmer, J Kim, H and Koizumi, G Kopp, S Kordosky, M Koskinen, DJ Kostin, M Krakauer, DA Kumaratunga, S Ladran, AS Lang, K and Laughton, C Lebedev, A Lee, R Lee, WY Libkind, MA and Liu, J Litchfield, PJ Litchfield, RP Longley, NP Lucas, P Luebke, W Madani, S Maher, E Makeev, V Mann, WA and Marchionni, A Marino, AD Marshak, ML Marshall, JS and McDonald, J McGowan, A Meier, JR Merzon, GI Messier, MD and Michael, DG Milburn, RH Miller, JL Miller, WH and Mishra, SR Miyagawa, PS Moore, C Morfin, J Morse, R and Mualem, L Mufson, S Murgia, S Murtagh, MJ Musser, J and Naples, D Nelson, C Nelson, JK Newman, HB Nezrick, F and Nichol, RJ Nicholls, TC Ochoa-Ricoux, JP Oliver, J and Oliver, WP Onuchin, VA Osiecki, T Ospanov, R Paley, J and Paolone, V Para, A Patzak, T Pavlovich, Z Pearce, GF and Pearson, N Peck, CW Perry, C Peterson, EA Petyt, DA and Ping, H Piteira, R Pla-Dalmau, A Plunkett, RK Price, LE Proga, M Pushka, DR Rahman, D Rameika, RA Raufer, TM Read, AL Rebel, B Reyna, DE Rosenfeld, C Rubin, HA Ruddick, K Ryabov, VA Saakyan, R Sanchez, MC and Saoulidou, N Schneps, J Schoessow, PV Schreiner, P and Schwienhorst, R Semenov, VK Seun, SM Shanahan, P Shield, PD Smart, W Smirnitsky, V Smith, C Smith, PN Sousa, A Speakman, B Stamoulis, P Stefanik, A Sullivan, P and Swan, JM Symes, PA Tagg, N Talaga, RL Tetteh-Lartey, E and Thomas, J Thompson, J Thomson, MA Thron, JL and Trendler, R Trevor, J Trostin, I Tsarev, VA Tzanakos, G and Urheim, J Vahle, P Vakili, M Vaziri, K Velissaris, C and Verebryusov, V Viren, B Wai, L Ward, CP Ward, DR and Watabe, M Weber, A Webb, RC Wehmann, A West, N and White, C White, RF Wojcicki, SG Wright, DM Wu, QK and Yan, WG Yang, T Yumiceva, FX Yun, JC Zheng, H Zois, M Zwaska, R MMINOS Collaboration

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

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 nu(mu) and (nu) over bar (mu) charged-current atmospheric neutrino interactions based on an exposure of 418 days. The ratio of upward- to downward-going events in the data is compared to the Monte Carlo expectation in the absence of neutrino oscillations, giving R-up/down(data)/R-up/down(MC)=0.62(-0.14)(+0.19)(stat.)+/- 0.02(sys.). An extended maximum likelihood analysis of the observed L/E distributions excludes the null hypothesis of no neutrino oscillations at the 98% confidence level. Using the curvature of the observed muons in the 1.3 T MINOS magnetic field nu(mu) and (nu) over bar (mu) interactions are separated. The ratio of (nu) over bar (mu) to nu(mu) events in the data is compared to the Monte Carlo expectation assuming neutrinos and antineutrinos oscillate in the same manner, giving R-(nu) over bar mu/nu(data)(mu)/R-(nu) over bar mu/nu(MC)(mu)=0.96(-0.27)(+0.38)(stat.)+/- 0.15(sys.), where the errors are the statistical and systematic uncertainties. Although the statistics are limited, this is the first direct observation of atmospheric neutrino interactions separately for nu(mu) and (nu) over bar (mu).

Published
2006

18. Observation of muon neutrino disappearance with the MINOS detectors in the NuMI neutrino beam

Author

Michael, D. G. Adamson, P. Alexopoulos, T. Allison, W. W. M. and Alner, G. J. Anderson, K. Andreopoulos, C. Andrews, M. and Andrews, R. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. Arroyo, C. and Auty, D. J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D. S. Baller, B. and Barish, B. Barker, M. A. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. and Barrett, W. L. Beall, E. Becker, B. R. Belias, A. and Bergfeld, T. Bernstein, R. H. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. and Blake, A. Bocean, V. Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehm, J. and Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Border, P. M. Bower, C. and Boyd, S. Buckley-Geer, E. Bungau, C. Byon-Wagner, A. and Cabrera, A. Chapman, J. D. Chase, T. R. Cherdack, D. and Chernichenko, S. K. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Cobb, J. H. Cossairt, J. D. Courant, H. Crane, D. A. Culling, A. J. Dawson, J. W. de Jong, J. K. DeMuth, D. M. De Santo, A. Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Drake, G. and Drakoulakos, D. Ducar, R. Durkin, T. Erwin, A. R. and Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. Fackler, O. D. Harris, E. Falk and Feldman, G. J. Felt, N. Fields, T. H. Ford, R. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Gebhard, M. Giurgiu, G. A. and Godley, A. Gogos, J. Goodman, M. C. Gornushkin, Yu. and Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. Grossman, N. and Grudzinski, J. J. Grzelak, K. Guarino, V. Habig, A. and Halsall, R. Hanson, J. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. and Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E. P. Hatcher, R. Heller, K. and Hill, N. Ho, Y. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. and Ignatenko, M. Indurthy, D. Irwin, G. M. Ishitsuka, M. and Jaffe, D. E. James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. and Joffe-Minor, T. Kafka, T. Kang, H. J. Kasahara, S. M. S. and Kilmer, J. Kim, H. Kim, M. S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Kostin, M. Kotelnikov, S. K. and Krakauer, D. A. Kreymer, A. Kumaratunga, S. Ladran, A. S. Lang, K. Laughton, C. Lebedev, A. Lee, R. Lee, W. Y. Libkind, M. A. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P. J. and Litchfield, R. P. Longley, N. P. Lucas, P. Luebke, W. and Madani, S. Maher, E. Makeev, V. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. Marino, A. D. Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McDonald, J. McGowan, A. M. Meier, J. R. Merzon, G. I. Messier, M. D. Milburn, R. H. Miller, J. L. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mislivec, A. Miyagawa, P. S. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. Morse, R. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. and Murgia, S. Murtagh, M. J. Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, C. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nezrick, F. Nichol, R. J. and Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, J. Oliver, W. P. Onuchin, V. A. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Paley, J. and Paolone, V. Para, A. Patzak, T. Pavlovic, Z. Pearce, G. F. Pearson, N. Peck, C. W. Perry, C. Peterson, E. A. and Petyt, D. A. Ping, H. Piteira, R. Pittam, R. and Pla-Dalmau, A. Plunkett, R. K. Price, L. E. Proga, M. and Pushka, D. R. Rahman, D. Rameika, R. A. Raufer, T. M. and Read, A. L. Rebel, B. Reichenbacher, J. Reyna, D. E. and Rosenfeld, C. Rubin, H. A. Ruddick, K. Ryabov, V. A. and Saakyan, R. Sanchez, M. C. Saoulidou, N. Schneps, J. and Schoessow, P. V. Schreiner, P. Schwienhorst, R. Semenov, V. K. Seun, S. -M. Shanahan, P. Shield, P. D. Smart, W. and Smirnitsky, V. Smith, C. Smith, P. N. Sousa, A. and Speakman, B. Stamoulis, P. Stefanik, A. Sullivan, P. and Swan, J. M. Symes, P. A. Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. and Terekhov, A. Tetteh-Lartey, E. Thomas, J. Thompson, J. and Thomson, M. A. Thron, J. L. Tinti, G. Trendler, R. and Trevor, J. Trostin, I. Tsarev, V. A. Tzanakos, G. and Urheim, J. Vahle, P. Vakili, M. Vaziri, K. Velissaris, C. Verebryusov, V. Viren, B. Wai, L. Ward, C. P. and Ward, D. R. Watabe, M. Weber, A. Webb, R. C. Wehmann, A. and West, N. White, C. White, R. F. Wojcicki, S. G. and Wright, D. M. Wu, Q. K. Yan, W. G. Yang, T. Yumiceva, F. X. Yun, J. C. Zheng, H. Zois, M. Zwaska, R. MINOS Collaboration

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

This Letter reports results from the MINOS experiment based on its initial exposure to neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam. The rates and energy spectra of charged current nu(mu) interactions are compared in two detectors located along the beam axis at distances of 1 and 735 km. With 1.27x10(20) 120 GeV protons incident on the NuMI target, 215 events with energies below 30 GeV are observed at the Far Detector, compared to an expectation of 336 +/- 14 events. The data are consistent with nu(mu) disappearance via oscillations with vertical bar Delta m(32)(2)vertical bar=2.74(-0.26)(+0.44)x10(-3) eV(2) and sin(2)(2 theta(23))> 0.87 (68% C.L.).

Published
2006

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

Author

Adamson, P., Alexopoulos, T., Allison, W.W. M., J. Alner, G., Anderson, K., Andreopoulos, C., Andrews, M., Andrews, R., Arroyo, C., Avvakumov, S., S. Ayres, D., Baller, B., Barish, B., A. Barker, M., D. Barnes Jr., P., Barr, G., L. Barrett, W., Beall, Edward, R. Becker, B., Belias, A., Bergfeld, T., H. Bernstein, R., Bhattacharya, D., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bocean, V., Bock, B., J. Bock, G., Boehm, J., J. Boehnlein, D., Bogert, D., M. Border, P., Bower, C., Boyd, S., Buckley-Geer, E., Byon-Wagner, A., Cabrera, A., D. Chapman, J., R. Chase, T., K. Chernichenko, S., Childress, S., C. Choudhary, B., H. Cobb, J., D. Cossairt, J., Courant, H., Crane, D.A., J. Culling, A., W. Dawson, J., M. Demuth, D., de Santo, A., Dierckxsens, M., V. Diwan, M., Dorman, M., Drake, G., Ducar, R., Durkin, T., R. Erwin, A., O. Escobar, C., Evans, J., D. Fackler, O., Falk Harris, E., J. Feldman, G., Felt, N., H. Fields, T., Ford, R., V. Frohne, M., R. Gallagher, H., Gebhard, M., Godley, A., Gogos, J., C. Goodman, M., Gornushkin, Yu., Gouffon, P., Grashorn, E., Grossman, N., J. Grudzinski, J., Grzelak, K., Guarino, V., Habig, A., Halsall, R., Hanson, J., Harris, D., G. Harris, P., Hartnell, J., P. Hartouni, E., Hatcher, R., Heller, K., Hill, N., Ho, Y., Howcroft, C., Hylen, J., Ignatenko, M., Indurthy, D., M. Irwin, G., James, C., Jenner, L., Jensen, D., Joffe-Minor, T., Kafka, T., J. Kang, H., M. S. Kasahara, S., Kilmer, J., Kim, H., Koizumi, G., Kopp, S., Kordosky, M., J. Koskinen, D., Kostin, M., Krakauer, D.A., Kumaratunga, S., S. Ladran, A., Lang, K., Laughton, C., Lebedev, A., Lee, R., Y. Lee, W., A. Libkind, M., Liu, J., J. Litchfield, P., P. Litchfield, R., P. Longley, N., Lucas, Philippe, Luebke, W., Madani, S., Maher, E., Makeev, V., Mann, W.A., Marchionni, A., D. Marino, A., L. Marshak, M., S. Marshall, J., Mcdonald, J., Mcgowan, A., R. Meier, J., I. Merzon, G., D. Messier, M., G. Michael, D., H. Milburn, R., L. Miller, J., H. Miller, W., R. Mishra, S., S. Miyagawa, P., Moore, C., Morfin, J., Morse, R., Mualem, L., Mufson, S., Murgia, S., J. Murtagh, M., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, C., K. Nelson, J., B. Newman, H., Nezrick, F., J. Nichol, R., C. Nicholls, T., P. Ochoa-Ricoux, J., Oliver, J., P. Oliver, W., A. Onuchin, V., Osiecki, T., Ospanov, R., Paley, J., Paolone, V., Para, A., Patzak, T., Pavlovich, Z., F. Pearce, G., Pearson, N., W. Peck, C., Perry, C., A. Peterson, E., Petyt, D.A., Ping, H., Piteira, R., Pla-Dalmau, A., K. Plunkett, R., E. Price, L., Proga, M., R. Pushka, D., Rahman, D., A. Rameika, R., M. Raufer, T., L. Read, A., Rebel, B., E. Reyna, D., Rosenfeld, C., A. Rubin, H., Ruddick, K., A. Ryabov, V., Saakyan, R., C. Sanchez, M., Saoulidou, N., Schneps, J., V. Schoessow, P., Schreiner, P., Schwienhorst, R., K. Semenov, V., Seun, S.-M., Shanahan, P., D. Shield, P., Smart, W., Smirnitsky, V., Smith, C., N. Smith, P., Sousa, A., Speakman, B., Stamoulis, P., Stefanik, A., Sullivan, P., M. Swan, J., Symes, P.A., Tagg, N., L. Talaga, R., Tetteh-Lartey, E., Thomas, J., Thompson, J., A. Thomson, M., L. Thron, J., Trendler, R., Trevor, J., Trostin, I., A. Tsarev, V., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vakili, M., Vaziri, K., Velissaris, C., Verebryusov, V., Viren, B., Wai, L., P. Ward, C., R. Ward, D., Watabe, M., Weber, A., C. Webb, R., Wehmann, A., West, N., White, C., F. White, R., G. Wojcicki, S., M. Wright, D., K. Wu, Q., AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), MINOS, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

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 muon anti-neutrino charged-current atmospheric neutrino interactions based on an exposure of 418 days. The ratio of upward to downward-going events in the data is compared to the Monte Carlo expectation in the absence of neutrino oscillations giving: R_data(up/down)/R_MC(up/down) = 0.62^{+0.19}_{-0.14} (stat.) +- 0.02 (sys.). An extended maximum likelihood analysis of the observed L/E distributions excludes the null hypothesis of no neutrino oscillations at the 98 % confidence level. Using the curvature of the observed muons in the 1.3 T MINOS magnetic field muon neutrino and muon anti-neutrino interactions are separated. The ratio of muon neutrino to muon anti-neutrino events in the data is compared to the Monte Carlo expectation assuming neutrinos and anti-neutrinos oscillate in same manner giving: R_data(numubar/numu)/R_MC(numubar/numu) = 0.96^{+0.38}_{-0.27} (stat.) +- 0.15 (sys.), where the errors are the statistical and systematic uncertainties. Although the statistics are limited, this is the first direct observation of atmospheric neutrino interactions separately for muon neutrinos and muon anti-neutrinos., 17 pages, 16 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D

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2005
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20. Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS far detector

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Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Ayres, D. S. Backhouse, C. Barnett, J. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. Becker, B. R. Bishai, M. Blake, A. and Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Bower, C. Cavanaugh, S. Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Cobb, J. H. Coleman, S. J. and Cronin-Hennessy, D. Culling, A. J. Danko, I. Z. de Jong, J. K. Devenish, N. E. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. Falk, E. Feldman, G. J. Fields, T. H. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Godley, A. Goodman, M. C. and Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grzelak, K. and Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hatcher, R. Heller, K. Himmel, A. Holin, A. Hylen, J. Irwin, G. M. Isvan, Z. Jaffe, D. E. James, C. Jensen, D. and Kafka, T. Kasahara, S. M. S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Korman, K. Koskinen, D. J. Krahn, Z. and Kreymer, A. Lang, K. Ling, J. Litchfield, P. J. and Loiacono, L. Lucas, P. Ma, J. Mann, W. A. Marshak, M. L. and Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. Mehdiyev, R. and Meier, J. R. Messier, M. D. Metelko, C. J. Michael, D. G. Miller, Kw. H. Mishra, S. R. Mitchell, J. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Musser, J. and Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nichol, R. J. and Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Osprey, S. Paley, J. Patterson, R. B. and Patzak, T. Pawloski, G. Pearce, G. F. Peterson, E. A. and Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. Rahaman, A. Rameika, R. A. and Raufer, T. M. Rebel, B. Reichenbacher, J. Rodrigues, P. A. and Rosenfeld, C. Rubin, H. A. Ryabov, V. A. Sanchez, M. C. and Saoulidou, N. Schneps, J. Schreiner, P. Shanahan, P. and Smart, W. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Speakman, B. Stamoulis, P. and Strait, M. Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. Thomas, J. and Thomson, M. A. Thron, J. L. Tinti, G. Toner, R. Tsarev, V. A. Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. Viren, B. and Watabe, M. Weber, A. Webb, R. C. West, N. White, C. and Whitehead, L. Wojcicki, S. G. and Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Ayres, D. S. Backhouse, C. Barnett, J. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. Becker, B. R. Bishai, M. Blake, A. and Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Bower, C. Cavanaugh, S. Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Cobb, J. H. Coleman, S. J. and Cronin-Hennessy, D. Culling, A. J. Danko, I. Z. de Jong, J. K. Devenish, N. E. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. Falk, E. Feldman, G. J. Fields, T. H. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Godley, A. Goodman, M. C. and Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grzelak, K. and Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hatcher, R. Heller, K. Himmel, A. Holin, A. Hylen, J. Irwin, G. M. Isvan, Z. Jaffe, D. E. James, C. Jensen, D. and Kafka, T. Kasahara, S. M. S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Korman, K. Koskinen, D. J. Krahn, Z. and Kreymer, A. Lang, K. Ling, J. Litchfield, P. J. and Loiacono, L. Lucas, P. Ma, J. Mann, W. A. Marshak, M. L. and Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. Mehdiyev, R. and Meier, J. R. Messier, M. D. Metelko, C. J. Michael, D. G. Miller, Kw. H. Mishra, S. R. Mitchell, J. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Musser, J. and Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nichol, R. J. and Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Osprey, S. Paley, J. Patterson, R. B. and Patzak, T. Pawloski, G. Pearce, G. F. Peterson, E. A. and Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. Rahaman, A. Rameika, R. A. and Raufer, T. M. Rebel, B. Reichenbacher, J. Rodrigues, P. A. and Rosenfeld, C. Rubin, H. A. Ryabov, V. A. Sanchez, M. C. and Saoulidou, N. Schneps, J. Schreiner, P. Shanahan, P. and Smart, W. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Speakman, B. Stamoulis, P. and Strait, M. Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. Thomas, J. and Thomson, M. A. Thron, J. L. Tinti, G. Toner, R. Tsarev, V. A. Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. Viren, B. and Watabe, M. Weber, A. Webb, R. C. West, N. White, C. and Whitehead, L. Wojcicki, S. G.

Abstract

The temperature of the upper atmosphere affects the height of primary cosmic ray interactions and the production of high-energy cosmic ray muons which can be detected deep underground. The MINOS far detector at Soudan, MN, has collected over 67 X 10(6) cosmic ray induced muons. The underground muon rate measured over a period of five years exhibits a 4% peak-to-peak seasonal variation which is highly correlated with the temperature in the upper atmosphere. The coefficient, alpha(T), relating changes in the muon rate to changes in atmospheric temperature was found to be alpha(T) 0: 873 +/- 0: 009(stat) +/- 0.010(syst). Pions and kaons in the primary hadronic interactions of cosmic rays in the atmosphere contribute differently to alpha(T) due to the different masses and lifetimes. This allows the measured value of alpha(T) to be interpreted as a measurement of the K/pi ratio for E-p greater than or similar to 7 TeV of 0.12(-0.05)(+0.07), consistent with the expectation from collider experiments.

Published
2010

21. Neutrino and antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross section measurements with the MINOS near detector

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Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Ayres, D. S. Backhouse, C. Barnes, Jr., P. D. and Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. and Blake, A. Bock, G. J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Bower, C. Cavanaugh, S. Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Coelho, J. A. B. Coleman, S. J. and Cronin-Hennessy, D. Culling, A. J. Danko, I. Z. de Jong, J. K. Devenish, N. E. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Erwin, A. R. and Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. Falk, E. Feldman, G. J. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Godley, A. Goodman, M. C. and Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hatcher, R. and Heller, K. Himmel, A. Holin, A. Hylen, J. Irwin, G. M. and Isvan, Z. Jaffe, D. E. James, C. Jensen, D. Kafka, T. Kasahara, S. M. S. Kim, J. J. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Krahn, Z. Kreymer, A. and Lang, K. Ling, J. Litchfield, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. and Loiacono, L. Lucas, P. Ma, J. Mann, W. A. Marshak, M. L. and Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. Mehdiyev, R. and Meier, J. R. Messier, M. D. Metelko, C. J. Michael, D. G. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mitchell, J. Moore, C. D. and Morfin, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. and Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. Patterson, R. B. and Pavlovic, Z. Pawloski, G. Pearce, G. F. Petyt, D. A. and Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. Rahaman, A. Rameika, R. A. and Raufer, T. M. Rebel, B. Rodrigues, P. A. Rosenfeld, C. and Rubin, H. A. Ryabov, V. A. Sanchez, M. C. Saoulidou, N. and Schneps, J. Schreiner, P. Semenov, V. K. Shanahan, P. and Smart, W. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Stamoulis, P. Strait, M. and Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. Thomas, J. Thomson, M. A. and Tinti, G. Toner, R. Tsarev, V. A. Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. Viren, B. Watabe, M. Weber, A. Webb, R. C. West, N. White, C. Whitehead, L. Wojcicki, S. G. and Wr and Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Ayres, D. S. Backhouse, C. Barnes, Jr., P. D. and Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. and Blake, A. Bock, G. J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Bower, C. Cavanaugh, S. Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Coelho, J. A. B. Coleman, S. J. and Cronin-Hennessy, D. Culling, A. J. Danko, I. Z. de Jong, J. K. Devenish, N. E. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Erwin, A. R. and Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. Falk, E. Feldman, G. J. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Godley, A. Goodman, M. C. and Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hatcher, R. and Heller, K. Himmel, A. Holin, A. Hylen, J. Irwin, G. M. and Isvan, Z. Jaffe, D. E. James, C. Jensen, D. Kafka, T. Kasahara, S. M. S. Kim, J. J. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Krahn, Z. Kreymer, A. and Lang, K. Ling, J. Litchfield, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. and Loiacono, L. Lucas, P. Ma, J. Mann, W. A. Marshak, M. L. and Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. Mehdiyev, R. and Meier, J. R. Messier, M. D. Metelko, C. J. Michael, D. G. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mitchell, J. Moore, C. D. and Morfin, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. and Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. Patterson, R. B. and Pavlovic, Z. Pawloski, G. Pearce, G. F. Petyt, D. A. and Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. Rahaman, A. Rameika, R. A. and Raufer, T. M. Rebel, B. Rodrigues, P. A. Rosenfeld, C. and Rubin, H. A. Ryabov, V. A. Sanchez, M. C. Saoulidou, N. and Schneps, J. Schreiner, P. Semenov, V. K. Shanahan, P. and Smart, W. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Stamoulis, P. Strait, M. and Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. Thomas, J. Thomson, M. A. and Tinti, G. Toner, R. Tsarev, V. A. Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. Viren, B. Watabe, M. Weber, A. Webb, R. C. West, N. White, C. Whitehead, L. Wojcicki, S. G. and Wr

Abstract

The energy dependence of the neutrino-iron and antineutrino-iron inclusive charged-current cross sections and their ratio have been measured using a high-statistics sample with the MINOS near detector exposed to the NuMI beam from the main injector at Fermilab. Neutrino and antineutrino fluxes were determined using a low hadronic energy subsample of charged-current events. We report measurements of nu-Fe ((nu) over bar - Fe) cross section in the energy range 3-50 GeV (5-50 GeV) with precision of 2%-8% (3%-9%) and their ratio which is measured with precision 2%-8%. The data set spans the region from low energy, where accurate measurements are sparse, up to the high-energy scaling region where the cross section is well understood.

Published
2010

22. Search for sterile neutrino mixing in the MINOS long-baseline experiment

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Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Auty, D. J. Ayres, D. S. and Backhouse, C. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. and Bishai, M. Blake, A. Bock, G. J. Boehnlein, D. J. and Bogert, D. Bower, C. Cavanaugh, S. Chapman, J. D. and Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Coelho, J. A. B. and Cobb, J. H. Coleman, S. J. Cravens, J. P. and Cronin-Hennessy, D. Culling, A. J. Danko, I. Z. de Jong, J. K. Devenish, N. E. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Erwin, A. R. and Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. Falk, E. Feldman, G. J. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Godley, A. Goodman, M. C. and Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hatcher, R. and Heller, K. Himmel, A. Holin, A. Huang, X. Hylen, J. and Irwin, G. M. Isvan, Z. Jaffe, D. E. James, C. Jensen, D. and Kafka, T. Kasahara, S. M. S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Krahn, Z. Kreymer, A. Lang, K. Ling, J. Litchfield, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. and Loiacono, L. Lucas, P. Ma, J. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. and Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. and Mehdiyev, R. Meier, J. R. Messier, M. D. Metelko, C. J. and Michael, D. G. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mitchell, J. and Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. and Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. and Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Orchanian, M. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Paley, J. and Paolone, V. Patterson, R. B. Pavlovic, Z. Pawloski, G. and Pearce, G. F. Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. Rahaman, A. and Rameika, R. A. Raufer, T. M. Rebel, B. Rodrigues, P. A. and Rosenfeld, C. Rubin, H. A. Ryabov, V. A. Sanchez, M. C. and Saoulidou, N. Schneps, J. Schreiner, P. Shanahan, P. and Smart, W. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Stamoulis, P. Strait, M. and Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. Thomas, J. Thomson, M. A. and Tinti, G. Toner, R. Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. and Viren, B. Watabe, M. Weber, A. Webb, R. C. West, N. and White, C. Whitehead, L. Wojcicki, S. G. Wright, D. M and Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Auty, D. J. Ayres, D. S. and Backhouse, C. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. and Bishai, M. Blake, A. Bock, G. J. Boehnlein, D. J. and Bogert, D. Bower, C. Cavanaugh, S. Chapman, J. D. and Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Coelho, J. A. B. and Cobb, J. H. Coleman, S. J. Cravens, J. P. and Cronin-Hennessy, D. Culling, A. J. Danko, I. Z. de Jong, J. K. Devenish, N. E. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Erwin, A. R. and Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. Falk, E. Feldman, G. J. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Godley, A. Goodman, M. C. and Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hatcher, R. and Heller, K. Himmel, A. Holin, A. Huang, X. Hylen, J. and Irwin, G. M. Isvan, Z. Jaffe, D. E. James, C. Jensen, D. and Kafka, T. Kasahara, S. M. S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Krahn, Z. Kreymer, A. Lang, K. Ling, J. Litchfield, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. and Loiacono, L. Lucas, P. Ma, J. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. and Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. and Mehdiyev, R. Meier, J. R. Messier, M. D. Metelko, C. J. and Michael, D. G. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mitchell, J. and Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. and Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. and Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Orchanian, M. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Paley, J. and Paolone, V. Patterson, R. B. Pavlovic, Z. Pawloski, G. and Pearce, G. F. Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. Rahaman, A. and Rameika, R. A. Raufer, T. M. Rebel, B. Rodrigues, P. A. and Rosenfeld, C. Rubin, H. A. Ryabov, V. A. Sanchez, M. C. and Saoulidou, N. Schneps, J. Schreiner, P. Shanahan, P. and Smart, W. Smith, C. Sousa, A. Stamoulis, P. Strait, M. and Tagg, N. Talaga, R. L. Thomas, J. Thomson, M. A. and Tinti, G. Toner, R. Tzanakos, G. Urheim, J. Vahle, P. and Viren, B. Watabe, M. Weber, A. Webb, R. C. West, N. and White, C. Whitehead, L. Wojcicki, S. G. Wright, D. M

Abstract

A search for depletion of the combined flux of active neutrino species over a 735 km baseline is reported using neutral-current interaction data recorded by the MINOS detectors in the NuMI neutrino beam. Such a depletion is not expected according to conventional interpretations of neutrino oscillation data involving the three known neutrino flavors. A depletion would be a signature of oscillations or decay to postulated noninteracting sterile neutrinos, scenarios not ruled out by existing data. From an exposure of 3.18 x 10(20) protons on target in which neutrinos of energies between similar to 500 MeV and 120 GeV are produced predominantly as nu(mu), the visible energy spectrum of candidate neutral-current reactions in the MINOS far detector is reconstructed. Comparison of this spectrum to that inferred from a similarly selected near-detector sample shows that of the portion of the nu(mu) flux observed to disappear in charged-current interaction data, the fraction that could be converting to a sterile state is less than 52% at 90% confidence level (C. L.). The hypothesis that active neutrinos mix with a single sterile neutrino via oscillations is tested by fitting the data to various models. In the particular four-neutrino models considered, the mixing angles theta(24) and theta(34) are constrained to be less than 11 degrees and 56 degrees at 90% C. L., respectively. The possibility that active neutrinos may decay to sterile neutrinos is also investigated. Pure neutrino decay without oscillations is ruled out at 5.4 standard deviations. For the scenario in which active neutrinos decay into sterile states concurrently with neutrino oscillations, a lower limit is established for the neutrino decay lifetime tau(3)/m(3) > 2.1 x 10(-12) s/eV at 90% C.L.

Published
2010

23. Study of muon neutrino disappearance using the Fermilab Main Injector neutrino beam

Author

Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D. S. Baller, B. and Barish, B. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. and Beall, E. Becker, B. R. Belias, A. Bernstein, R. H. and Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. Blake, A. Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehm, J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Border, P. M. and Bower, C. Buckley-Geer, E. Cabrera, A. Cavanaugh, S. and Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. and Cobb, J. H. Coleman, S. J. Culling, A. J. De Jong, J. K. and Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Drakoulakos, D. and Durkin, T. Dytman, S. A. Erwin, A. R. Escobar, C. O. and Evans, J. J. Harris, E. Falk Feldman, G. J. Fields, T. H. and Ford, R. Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Godley, A. and Gogos, J. Goodman, M. C. Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grossman, N. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. and Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E. P. Hatcher, R. and Heller, K. Himmel, A. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. and Indurthy, D. Irwin, G. M. Ishitsuka, M. Jaffe, D. E. and James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. Kafka, T. Kang, H. J. and Kasahara, S. M. S. Kim, M. S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Kotelnikov, S. K. Kreymer, A. and Kumaratunga, S. Lang, K. Lebedev, A. Lee, R. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. Loiacono, L. Lucas, P. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. Marino, A. D. and Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. and Meier, J. R. Merzon, G. I. Messier, M. D. Metelko, C. J. and Michael, D. G. Milburn, R. H. Miller, J. L. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mislivec, A. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. and Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Murgia, S. Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. and Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. Para, A. Patzak, T. and Pavlovic, Z. Pearce, G. F. Peck, C. W. Peterson, E. A. and Petyt, D. A. Ping, H. Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. and Rahman, D. Rameika, R. A. Raufer, T. M. Rebel and Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D. S. Baller, B. and Barish, B. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. and Beall, E. Becker, B. R. Belias, A. Bernstein, R. H. and Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. Blake, A. Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehm, J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Border, P. M. and Bower, C. Buckley-Geer, E. Cabrera, A. Cavanaugh, S. and Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. and Cobb, J. H. Coleman, S. J. Culling, A. J. De Jong, J. K. and Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Drakoulakos, D. and Durkin, T. Dytman, S. A. Erwin, A. R. Escobar, C. O. and Evans, J. J. Harris, E. Falk Feldman, G. J. Fields, T. H. and Ford, R. Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Godley, A. and Gogos, J. Goodman, M. C. Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grossman, N. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. and Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E. P. Hatcher, R. and Heller, K. Himmel, A. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. and Indurthy, D. Irwin, G. M. Ishitsuka, M. Jaffe, D. E. and James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. Kafka, T. Kang, H. J. and Kasahara, S. M. S. Kim, M. S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. and Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Kotelnikov, S. K. Kreymer, A. and Kumaratunga, S. Lang, K. Lebedev, A. Lee, R. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. Loiacono, L. Lucas, P. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. Marino, A. D. and Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. and Meier, J. R. Merzon, G. I. Messier, M. D. Metelko, C. J. and Michael, D. G. Milburn, R. H. Miller, J. L. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mislivec, A. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. and Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Murgia, S. Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. and Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. Para, A. Patzak, T. and Pavlovic, Z. Pearce, G. F. Peck, C. W. Peterson, E. A. and Petyt, D. A. Ping, H. Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. and Rahman, D. Rameika, R. A. Raufer, T. M. Rebel

Abstract

We report the results of a search for nu(mu) disappearance by the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search [D. G. Michael (MINOS), Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 191801 (2006).]. The experiment uses two detectors separated by 734 km to observe a beam of neutrinos created by the Neutrinos at the Main Injector facility at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The data were collected in the first 282 days of beam operations and correspond to an exposure of 1.27x10(20) protons on target. Based on measurements in the Near Detector, in the absence of neutrino oscillations we expected 336 +/- 14 nu(mu) charged-current interactions at the Far Detector but observed 215. This deficit of events corresponds to a significance of 5.2 standard deviations. The deficit is energy dependent and is consistent with two-flavor neutrino oscillations according to |Delta m(2)|=2.74(-0.26)(+0.44) x 10(-3) eV(2)/c(4) and sin(2)2 theta > 0.87 at 68% confidence level.

Published
2008

24. Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio at TeV energies with the MINOS detector

Author

Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D. S. Baller, B. and Barish, B. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. and Beall, E. Becker, B. R. Belias, A. Bergfeld, T. and Bernstein, R. H. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. Blake, A. and Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehm, J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Border, P. M. Bower, C. Buckley-Geer, E. Bungau, C. and Cabrera, A. Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. and Choudhary, B. C. Cobb, J. H. Culling, A. J. de Jong, J. K. De Santo, A. Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. and Drakoulakos, D. Durkin, T. Erwin, A. R. Escobar, C. O. and Evans, J. J. Harris, E. Falk Feldman, G. J. Fields, T. H. Ford, R. Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Giurgiu, G. A. Godley, A. Gogos, J. Goodman, M. C. Gouffon, P. and Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grossman, N. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E. P. and Hatcher, R. Heller, K. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. Indurthy, D. Irwin, G. M. Ishitsuka, M. Jaffe, D. E. and James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. Joffe-Minor, T. and Kafka, T. Kang, H. J. Kasahara, S. M. S. Kim, M. S. and Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. and Kotelnikov, S. K. Kreymer, A. Kumaratunga, S. Lang, K. and Lebedev, A. Lee, R. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P. J. and Litchfield, R. P. Lucas, P. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. and Marino, A. D. Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. and McGowan, A. M. Meier, J. R. Merzon, G. I. Messier, M. D. and Michael, D. G. Milburn, R. H. Miller, J. L. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mislivec, A. Miyagawa, P. S. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Murgia, S. and Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. and Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. and Para, A. Patzak, T. Pavlovic, Z. Pearce, G. F. Peck, C. W. Peterson, E. A. Petyt, D. A. Ping, H. Piteira, R. and Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. Rahman, D. Rameika, R. A. and Raufer, T. M. R and Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D. S. Baller, B. and Barish, B. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. and Beall, E. Becker, B. R. Belias, A. Bergfeld, T. and Bernstein, R. H. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. Blake, A. and Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehm, J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Border, P. M. Bower, C. Buckley-Geer, E. Bungau, C. and Cabrera, A. Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. and Choudhary, B. C. Cobb, J. H. Culling, A. J. de Jong, J. K. De Santo, A. Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. and Drakoulakos, D. Durkin, T. Erwin, A. R. Escobar, C. O. and Evans, J. J. Harris, E. Falk Feldman, G. J. Fields, T. H. Ford, R. Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Giurgiu, G. A. Godley, A. Gogos, J. Goodman, M. C. Gouffon, P. and Gran, R. Grashorn, E. W. Grossman, N. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E. P. and Hatcher, R. Heller, K. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. Indurthy, D. Irwin, G. M. Ishitsuka, M. Jaffe, D. E. and James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. Joffe-Minor, T. and Kafka, T. Kang, H. J. Kasahara, S. M. S. Kim, M. S. and Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. and Kotelnikov, S. K. Kreymer, A. Kumaratunga, S. Lang, K. and Lebedev, A. Lee, R. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P. J. and Litchfield, R. P. Lucas, P. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. and Marino, A. D. Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. and McGowan, A. M. Meier, J. R. Merzon, G. I. Messier, M. D. and Michael, D. G. Milburn, R. H. Miller, J. L. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. Mislivec, A. Miyagawa, P. S. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Murgia, S. and Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. and Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. and Para, A. Patzak, T. Pavlovic, Z. Pearce, G. F. Peck, C. W. Peterson, E. A. Petyt, D. A. Ping, H. Piteira, R. and Pittam, R. Plunkett, R. K. Rahman, D. Rameika, R. A. and Raufer, T. M. R

Abstract

The 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking charge-separated cosmic ray muon data since the beginning of August, 2003 at a depth of 2070 m.w.e. in the Soudan Underground Laboratory, Minnesota, USA. The data with both forward and reversed magnetic field running configurations were combined to minimize systematic errors in the determination of the underground muon charge ratio. When averaged, two independent analyses find the charge ratio underground to be N-mu(+)/N-mu(-)=1.374 +/- 0.004(stat)(-0.010)(+0.012)(sys). Using the map of the Soudan rock overburden, the muon momenta as measured underground were projected to the corresponding values at the surface in the energy range 1-7 TeV. Within this range of energies at the surface, the MINOS data are consistent with the charge ratio being energy independent at the 2 standard deviation level. When the MINOS results are compared with measurements at lower energies, a clear rise in the charge ratio in the energy range 0.3-1.0 TeV is apparent. A qualitative model shows that the rise is consistent with an increasing contribution of kaon decays to the muon charge ratio.

Published
2007

25. Measurement of neutrino velocity with the MINOS detectors and NuMI neutrino beam

Author

Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K.E. Armstrong, R. Auty, D.J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D.S. Baller, B. Barish, B. Barnes, P.D. Barr, G. Barrett, W.L. Beall, E. Becker, B.R. Belias, A. Bergfeld, T. Bernstein, R.H. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. Blake, A. Bock, B. Bock, G.J. Boehm, J. Boehnlein, D.J. Bogert, D. Border, P.M. Bower, C. Buckley-Geer, E. Cabrera, A. Chapman, J.D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B.C. Cobb, J.H. Coleman, S.J. Culling, A.J. De Jong, J.K. De Santo, A. Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M.V. Dorman, M. Drakoulakos, D. Durkin, T. Erwin, A.R. Escobar, C.O. Evans, J.J. Harris, E.F. Feldman, G.J. Fields, T.H. Fitzpatrick, T. Ford, R. Frohne, M.V. Gallagher, H.R. Giurgiu, G.A. Godley, A. Gogos, J. Goodman, M.C. Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E.W. Grossman, N. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P.G. Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E.P. Hatcher, R. Heller, K. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. Indurthy, D. Irwin, G.M. Ishitsuka, M. Jaffe, D.E. James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. Joffe-Minor, T. Kafka, T. Kang, H.J. Kasahara, S.M.S. Kim, M.S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D.J. Kotelnikov, S.K. Kreymer, A. Kumaratunga, S. Lang, K. Lebedev, A. Lee, R. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P.J. Litchfield, R.P. Lucas, P. Luebke, W. Mann, W.A. Marchionni, A. Marino, A.D. Marshak, M.L. Marshall, J.S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A.M. Meier, J.R. Merzon, G.I. Messier, M.D. Michael, D.G. Milburn, R.H. Miller, J.L. Miller, W.H. Mishra, S.R. Mislivec, A. Miyagawa, P.S. Moore, C.D. Morfín, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Murgia, S. Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J.K. Newman, H.B. Nichol, R.J. Nicholls, T.C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J.P. Oliver, W.P. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. Para, A. Patzak, T. Pavlović, Ž. Pearce, G.F. Peck, C.W. Perry, C. Peterson, E.A. Petyt, D.A. Ping, H. Piteira, R. Pittam, R. Plunkett, R.K. Rahman, D. Rameika, R.A. Raufer, T.M. Rebel, B. Reichenbacher, J. Reyna, D.E. Rosenfeld, C. Rubin, H.A. Ruddick, K. Ryabov, V.A. Saakyan, R. Sanchez, M.C. Saoulidou, N. Sara and Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K.E. Armstrong, R. Auty, D.J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D.S. Baller, B. Barish, B. Barnes, P.D. Barr, G. Barrett, W.L. Beall, E. Becker, B.R. Belias, A. Bergfeld, T. Bernstein, R.H. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. Blake, A. Bock, B. Bock, G.J. Boehm, J. Boehnlein, D.J. Bogert, D. Border, P.M. Bower, C. Buckley-Geer, E. Cabrera, A. Chapman, J.D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B.C. Cobb, J.H. Coleman, S.J. Culling, A.J. De Jong, J.K. De Santo, A. Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M.V. Dorman, M. Drakoulakos, D. Durkin, T. Erwin, A.R. Escobar, C.O. Evans, J.J. Harris, E.F. Feldman, G.J. Fields, T.H. Fitzpatrick, T. Ford, R. Frohne, M.V. Gallagher, H.R. Giurgiu, G.A. Godley, A. Gogos, J. Goodman, M.C. Gouffon, P. Gran, R. Grashorn, E.W. Grossman, N. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. Harris, D. Harris, P.G. Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E.P. Hatcher, R. Heller, K. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. Indurthy, D. Irwin, G.M. Ishitsuka, M. Jaffe, D.E. James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. Joffe-Minor, T. Kafka, T. Kang, H.J. Kasahara, S.M.S. Kim, M.S. Koizumi, G. Kopp, S. Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D.J. Kotelnikov, S.K. Kreymer, A. Kumaratunga, S. Lang, K. Lebedev, A. Lee, R. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P.J. Litchfield, R.P. Lucas, P. Luebke, W. Mann, W.A. Marchionni, A. Marino, A.D. Marshak, M.L. Marshall, J.S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A.M. Meier, J.R. Merzon, G.I. Messier, M.D. Michael, D.G. Milburn, R.H. Miller, J.L. Miller, W.H. Mishra, S.R. Mislivec, A. Miyagawa, P.S. Moore, C.D. Morfín, J. Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Murgia, S. Musser, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J.K. Newman, H.B. Nichol, R.J. Nicholls, T.C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J.P. Oliver, W.P. Osiecki, T. Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. Para, A. Patzak, T. Pavlović, Ž. Pearce, G.F. Peck, C.W. Perry, C. Peterson, E.A. Petyt, D.A. Ping, H. Piteira, R. Pittam, R. Plunkett, R.K. Rahman, D. Rameika, R.A. Raufer, T.M. Rebel, B. Reichenbacher, J. Reyna, D.E. Rosenfeld, C. Rubin, H.A. Ruddick, K. Ryabov, V.A. Saakyan, R. Sanchez, M.C. Saoulidou, N. Sara

Published
2007

26. Charge-separated atmospheric neutrino-induced muons in the MINOS far detector

Author

Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D. S. Baller, B. and Barish, B. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. and Beall, E. Becker, B. R. Belias, A. Bergfeld, T. and Bernstein, R. H. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. Blake, A. and Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehm, J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Border, P. M. Bower, C. Buckley-Geer, E. Cabrera, A. and Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Cobb, J. H. Culling, A. J. de Jong, J. K. De Santo, A. Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Drakoulakos, D. Durkin, T. Erwin, A. R. Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. and Harris, E. Falk Feldman, G. J. Fields, T. H. Ford, R. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Giurgiu, G. A. Godley, A. and Gogos, J. Goodman, M. C. Gouffon, P. Gran, R. and Grashorn, E. W. Grossman, N. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. and Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E. P. and Hatcher, R. Heller, K. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. and Indurthy, D. Irwin, G. M. Ishitsuka, M. Jaffe, D. E. and James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. Joffe-Minor, T. Kafka, T. Kang, H. J. Kasahara, S. M. S. Kim, M. S. Koizumi, G. and Kopp, S. Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Kotelnikov, S. K. and Kreymer, A. Kumaratunga, S. Lang, K. Lebedev, A. and Lee, R. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. Lucas, P. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. Marino, A. D. and Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. and Meier, J. R. Merzon, G. I. Messier, M. D. Michael, D. G. and Milburn, R. H. Miller, J. L. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. and Mislivec, A. Miyagawa, P. S. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. and Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Murgia, S. Musser, J. Naples, D. and Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. and Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. Para, A. Patzak, T. and Pavlovic, Z. Pearce, G. F. Peck, C. W. Peterson, E. A. and Petyt, D. A. Ping, H. Piteira, R. Pittam, R. and Plunkett, R. K. Rahman, D. Rameika, R. A. Raufer, T. M. and and Adamson, P. Andreopoulos, C. Arms, K. E. Armstrong, R. and Auty, D. J. Avvakumov, S. Ayres, D. S. Baller, B. and Barish, B. Barnes, Jr., P. D. Barr, G. Barrett, W. L. and Beall, E. Becker, B. R. Belias, A. Bergfeld, T. and Bernstein, R. H. Bhattacharya, D. Bishai, M. Blake, A. and Bock, B. Bock, G. J. Boehm, J. Boehnlein, D. J. Bogert, D. Border, P. M. Bower, C. Buckley-Geer, E. Cabrera, A. and Chapman, J. D. Cherdack, D. Childress, S. Choudhary, B. C. Cobb, J. H. Culling, A. J. de Jong, J. K. De Santo, A. Dierckxsens, M. Diwan, M. V. Dorman, M. Drakoulakos, D. Durkin, T. Erwin, A. R. Escobar, C. O. Evans, J. J. and Harris, E. Falk Feldman, G. J. Fields, T. H. Ford, R. and Frohne, M. V. Gallagher, H. R. Giurgiu, G. A. Godley, A. and Gogos, J. Goodman, M. C. Gouffon, P. Gran, R. and Grashorn, E. W. Grossman, N. Grzelak, K. Habig, A. and Harris, D. Harris, P. G. Hartnell, J. Hartouni, E. P. and Hatcher, R. Heller, K. Holin, A. Howcroft, C. Hylen, J. and Indurthy, D. Irwin, G. M. Ishitsuka, M. Jaffe, D. E. and James, C. Jenner, L. Jensen, D. Joffe-Minor, T. Kafka, T. Kang, H. J. Kasahara, S. M. S. Kim, M. S. Koizumi, G. and Kopp, S. Kordosky, M. Koskinen, D. J. Kotelnikov, S. K. and Kreymer, A. Kumaratunga, S. Lang, K. Lebedev, A. and Lee, R. Ling, J. Liu, J. Litchfield, P. J. Litchfield, R. P. Lucas, P. Mann, W. A. Marchionni, A. Marino, A. D. and Marshak, M. L. Marshall, J. S. Mayer, N. McGowan, A. M. and Meier, J. R. Merzon, G. I. Messier, M. D. Michael, D. G. and Milburn, R. H. Miller, J. L. Miller, W. H. Mishra, S. R. and Mislivec, A. Miyagawa, P. S. Moore, C. D. Morfin, J. and Mualem, L. Mufson, S. Murgia, S. Musser, J. Naples, D. and Nelson, J. K. Newman, H. B. Nichol, R. J. Nicholls, T. C. Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P. Oliver, W. P. Osiecki, T. and Ospanov, R. Paley, J. Paolone, V. Para, A. Patzak, T. and Pavlovic, Z. Pearce, G. F. Peck, C. W. Peterson, E. A. and Petyt, D. A. Ping, H. Piteira, R. Pittam, R. and Plunkett, R. K. Rahman, D. Rameika, R. A. Raufer, T. M. and

Abstract

We found 140 neutrino-induced muons in 854.24 live days in the MINOS far detector, which has an acceptance for neutrino-induced muons of 6.91x10(6) cm(2) sr. 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 momentum and unknown momentum muons for both data and Monte Carlo expectation in the absence of neutrino oscillations. The ratio of data and Monte Carlo ratios, R, is R=0.65(-0.12)(+0.15)(stat)+/- 0.09(syst), a result that is consistent with an oscillation signal. A fit to the data for the oscillation parameters sin(2)2 theta(23) and Delta m(23)(2) excludes the null oscillation hypothesis at the 94% confidence level. We separated the muons into mu(-) and mu(+) in both the data and Monte Carlo events and found the ratio of the total number of mu(-) to mu(+) in both samples. The ratio of those ratios, R boolean AND(CPT), is a test of CPT conservation. The result R boolean AND(CPT)=0.72(-0.18)(+0.24)(stat)(-0.04)(+0.08)(syst) is consistent with CPT conservation.

Published
2007

27. First observations of separated atmospheric nu(mu) and (nu)over-bar(mu) events in the MINOS detector

Author

Adamson, P Alexopoulos, T Allison, WWM Alner, GJ and Anderson, K Andreopoulos, C Andrews, M Andrews, R and Arroyo, C Avvakumov, S Ayres, DS Baller, B Barish, B and Barker, MA Barnes, PD Barr, G Barrett, WL Beall, E and Becker, BR Belias, A Bergfeld, T Bernstein, RH and Bhattacharya, D Bishai, M Blake, A Bocean, V Bock, B and Bock, GJ Boehm, J Boehnlein, DJ Bogert, D Border, PM and Bower, C Boyd, S Buckley-Geer, E Byon-Wagner, A Cabrera, A Chapman, JD Chase, TR Chernichenko, SK Childress, S and Choudhary, BC Cobb, JH Cossairt, JD Courant, H and Crane, DA Culling, AJ Dawson, JW DeMuth, DM De Santo, A and Dierckxsens, M Diwan, MV Dorman, M Drake, G Ducar, R and Durkin, T Erwin, AR Escobar, CO Evans, J Fackler, OD and Harris, EF Feldman, GJ Felt, N Fields, TH Ford, R and Frohne, MV Gallagher, HR Gebhard, M Godley, A Gogos, J Goodman, MC Gornushkin, Y Gouffon, P Grashorn, E and Grossman, N Grudzinski, JJ Grzelak, K Guarino, V Habig, A Halsall, R Hanson, J Harris, D Harris, PG and Hartnell, J Hartouni, EP Hatcher, R Heller, K Hill, N and Ho, Y Howcroft, C Hylen, J Ignatenko, M Indurthy, D and Irwin, GM James, C Jenner, L Jensen, D Joffe-Minor, T Kafka, T Kang, HJ Kasahara, SMS Kilmer, J Kim, H and Koizumi, G Kopp, S Kordosky, M Koskinen, DJ Kostin, M Krakauer, DA Kumaratunga, S Ladran, AS Lang, K and Laughton, C Lebedev, A Lee, R Lee, WY Libkind, MA and Liu, J Litchfield, PJ Litchfield, RP Longley, NP Lucas, P Luebke, W Madani, S Maher, E Makeev, V Mann, WA and Marchionni, A Marino, AD Marshak, ML Marshall, JS and McDonald, J McGowan, A Meier, JR Merzon, GI Messier, MD and Michael, DG Milburn, RH Miller, JL Miller, WH and Mishra, SR Miyagawa, PS Moore, C Morfin, J Morse, R and Mualem, L Mufson, S Murgia, S Murtagh, MJ Musser, J and Naples, D Nelson, C Nelson, JK Newman, HB Nezrick, F and Nichol, RJ Nicholls, TC Ochoa-Ricoux, JP Oliver, J and Oliver, WP Onuchin, VA Osiecki, T Ospanov, R Paley, J and Paolone, V Para, A Patzak, T Pavlovich, Z Pearce, GF and Pearson, N Peck and Adamson, P Alexopoulos, T Allison, WWM Alner, GJ and Anderson, K Andreopoulos, C Andrews, M Andrews, R and Arroyo, C Avvakumov, S Ayres, DS Baller, B Barish, B and Barker, MA Barnes, PD Barr, G Barrett, WL Beall, E and Becker, BR Belias, A Bergfeld, T Bernstein, RH and Bhattacharya, D Bishai, M Blake, A Bocean, V Bock, B and Bock, GJ Boehm, J Boehnlein, DJ Bogert, D Border, PM and Bower, C Boyd, S Buckley-Geer, E Byon-Wagner, A Cabrera, A Chapman, JD Chase, TR Chernichenko, SK Childress, S and Choudhary, BC Cobb, JH Cossairt, JD Courant, H and Crane, DA Culling, AJ Dawson, JW DeMuth, DM De Santo, A and Dierckxsens, M Diwan, MV Dorman, M Drake, G Ducar, R and Durkin, T Erwin, AR Escobar, CO Evans, J Fackler, OD and Harris, EF Feldman, GJ Felt, N Fields, TH Ford, R and Frohne, MV Gallagher, HR Gebhard, M Godley, A Gogos, J Goodman, MC Gornushkin, Y Gouffon, P Grashorn, E and Grossman, N Grudzinski, JJ Grzelak, K Guarino, V Habig, A Halsall, R Hanson, J Harris, D Harris, PG and Hartnell, J Hartouni, EP Hatcher, R Heller, K Hill, N and Ho, Y Howcroft, C Hylen, J Ignatenko, M Indurthy, D and Irwin, GM James, C Jenner, L Jensen, D Joffe-Minor, T Kafka, T Kang, HJ Kasahara, SMS Kilmer, J Kim, H and Koizumi, G Kopp, S Kordosky, M Koskinen, DJ Kostin, M Krakauer, DA Kumaratunga, S Ladran, AS Lang, K and Laughton, C Lebedev, A Lee, R Lee, WY Libkind, MA and Liu, J Litchfield, PJ Litchfield, RP Longley, NP Lucas, P Luebke, W Madani, S Maher, E Makeev, V Mann, WA and Marchionni, A Marino, AD Marshak, ML Marshall, JS and McDonald, J McGowan, A Meier, JR Merzon, GI Messier, MD and Michael, DG Milburn, RH Miller, JL Miller, WH and Mishra, SR Miyagawa, PS Moore, C Morfin, J Morse, R and Mualem, L Mufson, S Murgia, S Murtagh, MJ Musser, J and Naples, D Nelson, C Nelson, JK Newman, HB Nezrick, F and Nichol, RJ Nicholls, TC Ochoa-Ricoux, JP Oliver, J and Oliver, WP Onuchin, VA Osiecki, T Ospanov, R Paley, J and Paolone, V Para, A Patzak, T Pavlovich, Z Pearce, GF and Pearson, N Peck

Abstract

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 nu(mu) and (nu) over bar (mu) charged-current atmospheric neutrino interactions based on an exposure of 418 days. The ratio of upward- to downward-going events in the data is compared to the Monte Carlo expectation in the absence of neutrino oscillations, giving R-up/down(data)/R-up/down(MC)=0.62(-0.14)(+0.19)(stat.)+/- 0.02(sys.). An extended maximum likelihood analysis of the observed L/E distributions excludes the null hypothesis of no neutrino oscillations at the 98% confidence level. Using the curvature of the observed muons in the 1.3 T MINOS magnetic field nu(mu) and (nu) over bar (mu) interactions are separated. The ratio of (nu) over bar (mu) to nu(mu) events in the data is compared to the Monte Carlo expectation assuming neutrinos and antineutrinos oscillate in the same manner, giving R-(nu) over bar mu/nu(data)(mu)/R-(nu) over bar mu/nu(MC)(mu)=0.96(-0.27)(+0.38)(stat.)+/- 0.15(sys.), where the errors are the statistical and systematic uncertainties. Although the statistics are limited, this is the first direct observation of atmospheric neutrino interactions separately for nu(mu) and (nu) over bar (mu).

Published
2006

28. Neutrino and antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross section measurements with the MINOS near detector

Author

Adamson, P., primary, Andreopoulos, C., additional, Arms, K. E., additional, Armstrong, R., additional, Auty, D. J., additional, Ayres, D. S., additional, Backhouse, C., additional, Barnes, P. D., additional, Barr, G., additional, Barrett, W. L., additional, Bhattacharya, D., additional, Bishai, M., additional, Blake, A., additional, Bock, G. J., additional, Boehnlein, D. J., additional, Bogert, D., additional, Bower, C., additional, Cavanaugh, S., additional, Chapman, J. D., additional, Cherdack, D., additional, Childress, S., additional, Choudhary, B. C., additional, Coelho, J. A. B., additional, Coleman, S. J., additional, Cronin-Hennessy, D., additional, Culling, A. J., additional, Danko, I. Z., additional, de Jong, J. K., additional, Devenish, N. E., additional, Diwan, M. V., additional, Dorman, M., additional, Erwin, A. R., additional, Escobar, C. O., additional, Evans, J. J., additional, Falk, E., additional, Feldman, G. J., additional, Frohne, M. V., additional, Gallagher, H. R., additional, Godley, A., additional, Goodman, M. C., additional, Gouffon, P., additional, Gran, R., additional, Grashorn, E. W., additional, Grzelak, K., additional, Habig, A., additional, Harris, D., additional, Harris, P. G., additional, Hartnell, J., additional, Hatcher, R., additional, Heller, K., additional, Himmel, A., additional, Holin, A., additional, Hylen, J., additional, Irwin, G. M., additional, Isvan, Z., additional, Jaffe, D. E., additional, James, C., additional, Jensen, D., additional, Kafka, T., additional, Kasahara, S. M. S., additional, Kim, J. J., additional, Koizumi, G., additional, Kopp, S., additional, Kordosky, M., additional, Koskinen, D. J., additional, Krahn, Z., additional, Kreymer, A., additional, Lang, K., additional, Ling, J., additional, Litchfield, P. J., additional, Litchfield, R. P., additional, Loiacono, L., additional, Lucas, P., additional, Ma, J., additional, Mann, W. A., additional, Marshak, M. L., additional, Marshall, J. S., additional, Mayer, N., additional, McGowan, A. M., additional, Mehdiyev, R., additional, Meier, J. R., additional, Messier, M. D., additional, Metelko, C. J., additional, Michael, D. G., additional, Miller, W. H., additional, Mishra, S. R., additional, Mitchell, J., additional, Moore, C. D., additional, Morfín, J., additional, Mualem, L., additional, Mufson, S., additional, Musser, J., additional, Naples, D., additional, Nelson, J. K., additional, Newman, H. B., additional, Nichol, R. J., additional, Nicholls, T. C., additional, Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., additional, Oliver, W. P., additional, Osiecki, T., additional, Ospanov, R., additional, Paley, J., additional, Paolone, V., additional, Patterson, R. B., additional, Pavlović, Ž., additional, Pawloski, G., additional, Pearce, G. F., additional, Petyt, D. A., additional, Pittam, R., additional, Plunkett, R. K., additional, Rahaman, A., additional, Rameika, R. A., additional, Raufer, T. M., additional, Rebel, B., additional, Rodrigues, P. A., additional, Rosenfeld, C., additional, Rubin, H. A., additional, Ryabov, V. A., additional, Sanchez, M. C., additional, Saoulidou, N., additional, Schneps, J., additional, Schreiner, P., additional, Semenov, V. K., additional, Shanahan, P., additional, Smart, W., additional, Smith, C., additional, Sousa, A., additional, Stamoulis, P., additional, Strait, M., additional, Tagg, N., additional, Talaga, R. L., additional, Thomas, J., additional, Thomson, M. A., additional, Tinti, G., additional, Toner, R., additional, Tsarev, V. A., additional, Tzanakos, G., additional, Urheim, J., additional, Vahle, P., additional, Viren, B., additional, Watabe, M., additional, Weber, A., additional, Webb, R. C., additional, West, N., additional, White, C., additional, Whitehead, L., additional, Wojcicki, S. G., additional, Wright, D. M., additional, Yang, T., additional, Zois, M., additional, Zhang, K., additional, and Zwaska, R., additional

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2010
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29. Search for sterile neutrino mixing in the MINOS long-baseline experiment

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Adamson, P., primary, Andreopoulos, C., additional, Auty, D. J., additional, Ayres, D. S., additional, Backhouse, C., additional, Barnes, P. D., additional, Barr, G., additional, Barrett, W. L., additional, Bishai, M., additional, Blake, A., additional, Bock, G. J., additional, Boehnlein, D. J., additional, Bogert, D., additional, Bower, C., additional, Cavanaugh, S., additional, Chapman, J. D., additional, Cherdack, D., additional, Childress, S., additional, Choudhary, B. C., additional, Coelho, J. A. B., additional, Cobb, J. H., additional, Coleman, S. J., additional, Cravens, J. P., additional, Cronin-Hennessy, D., additional, Culling, A. J., additional, Danko, I. Z., additional, de Jong, J. K., additional, Devenish, N. E., additional, Diwan, M. V., additional, Dorman, M., additional, Erwin, A. R., additional, Escobar, C. O., additional, Evans, J. J., additional, Falk, E., additional, Feldman, G. J., additional, Frohne, M. V., additional, Gallagher, H. R., additional, Godley, A., additional, Goodman, M. C., additional, Gouffon, P., additional, Gran, R., additional, Grashorn, E. W., additional, Grzelak, K., additional, Habig, A., additional, Harris, D., additional, Harris, P. G., additional, Hartnell, J., additional, Hatcher, R., additional, Heller, K., additional, Himmel, A., additional, Holin, A., additional, Huang, X., additional, Hylen, J., additional, Irwin, G. M., additional, Isvan, Z., additional, Jaffe, D. E., additional, James, C., additional, Jensen, D., additional, Kafka, T., additional, Kasahara, S. M. S., additional, Koizumi, G., additional, Kopp, S., additional, Kordosky, M., additional, Koskinen, D. J., additional, Krahn, Z., additional, Kreymer, A., additional, Lang, K., additional, Ling, J., additional, Litchfield, P. J., additional, Litchfield, R. P., additional, Loiacono, L., additional, Lucas, P., additional, Ma, J., additional, Mann, W. A., additional, Marchionni, A., additional, Marshak, M. L., additional, Marshall, J. S., additional, Mayer, N., additional, McGowan, A. M., additional, Mehdiyev, R., additional, Meier, J. R., additional, Messier, M. D., additional, Metelko, C. J., additional, Michael, D. G., additional, Miller, W. H., additional, Mishra, S. R., additional, Mitchell, J., additional, Moore, C. D., additional, Morfín, J., additional, Mualem, L., additional, Mufson, S., additional, Musser, J., additional, Naples, D., additional, Nelson, J. K., additional, Newman, H. B., additional, Nichol, R. J., additional, Nicholls, T. C., additional, Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., additional, Oliver, W. P., additional, Orchanian, M., additional, Osiecki, T., additional, Ospanov, R., additional, Paley, J., additional, Paolone, V., additional, Patterson, R. B., additional, Pavlović, Ž., additional, Pawloski, G., additional, Pearce, G. F., additional, Pittam, R., additional, Plunkett, R. K., additional, Rahaman, A., additional, Rameika, R. A., additional, Raufer, T. M., additional, Rebel, B., additional, Rodrigues, P. A., additional, Rosenfeld, C., additional, Rubin, H. A., additional, Ryabov, V. A., additional, Sanchez, M. C., additional, Saoulidou, N., additional, Schneps, J., additional, Schreiner, P., additional, Shanahan, P., additional, Smart, W., additional, Smith, C., additional, Sousa, A., additional, Stamoulis, P., additional, Strait, M., additional, Tagg, N., additional, Talaga, R. L., additional, Thomas, J., additional, Thomson, M. A., additional, Tinti, G., additional, Toner, R., additional, Tzanakos, G., additional, Urheim, J., additional, Vahle, P., additional, Viren, B., additional, Watabe, M., additional, Weber, A., additional, Webb, R. C., additional, West, N., additional, White, C., additional, Whitehead, L., additional, Wojcicki, S. G., additional, Wright, D. M., additional, Yang, T., additional, Zhang, K., additional, and Zwaska, R., additional

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2010
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30. Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS far detector

Author

Adamson, P., primary, Andreopoulos, C., additional, Arms, K. E., additional, Armstrong, R., additional, Auty, D. J., additional, Ayres, D. S., additional, Backhouse, C., additional, Barnett, J., additional, Barr, G., additional, Barrett, W. L., additional, Becker, B. R., additional, Bishai, M., additional, Blake, A., additional, Bock, B., additional, Bock, G. J., additional, Boehnlein, D. J., additional, Bogert, D., additional, Bower, C., additional, Cavanaugh, S., additional, Chapman, J. D., additional, Cherdack, D., additional, Childress, S., additional, Choudhary, B. C., additional, Cobb, J. H., additional, Coleman, S. J., additional, Cronin-Hennessy, D., additional, Culling, A. J., additional, Danko, I. Z., additional, de Jong, J. K., additional, Devenish, N. E., additional, Diwan, M. V., additional, Dorman, M., additional, Escobar, C. O., additional, Evans, J. J., additional, Falk, E., additional, Feldman, G. J., additional, Fields, T. H., additional, Frohne, M. V., additional, Gallagher, H. R., additional, Godley, A., additional, Goodman, M. C., additional, Gouffon, P., additional, Gran, R., additional, Grashorn, E. W., additional, Grzelak, K., additional, Habig, A., additional, Harris, D., additional, Harris, P. G., additional, Hartnell, J., additional, Hatcher, R., additional, Heller, K., additional, Himmel, A., additional, Holin, A., additional, Hylen, J., additional, Irwin, G. M., additional, Isvan, Z., additional, Jaffe, D. E., additional, James, C., additional, Jensen, D., additional, Kafka, T., additional, Kasahara, S. M. S., additional, Koizumi, G., additional, Kopp, S., additional, Kordosky, M., additional, Korman, K., additional, Koskinen, D. J., additional, Krahn, Z., additional, Kreymer, A., additional, Lang, K., additional, Ling, J., additional, Litchfield, P. J., additional, Loiacono, L., additional, Lucas, P., additional, Ma, J., additional, Mann, W. A., additional, Marshak, M. L., additional, Marshall, J. S., additional, Mayer, N., additional, McGowan, A. M., additional, Mehdiyev, R., additional, Meier, J. R., additional, Messier, M. D., additional, Metelko, C. J., additional, Michael, D. G., additional, Miller, W. H., additional, Mishra, S. R., additional, Mitchell, J., additional, Moore, C. D., additional, Morfín, J., additional, Mualem, L., additional, Mufson, S., additional, Musser, J., additional, Naples, D., additional, Nelson, J. K., additional, Newman, H. B., additional, Nichol, R. J., additional, Nicholls, T. C., additional, Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., additional, Oliver, W. P., additional, Osiecki, T., additional, Ospanov, R., additional, Osprey, S., additional, Paley, J., additional, Patterson, R. B., additional, Patzak, T., additional, Pawloski, G., additional, Pearce, G. F., additional, Peterson, E. A., additional, Pittam, R., additional, Plunkett, R. K., additional, Rahaman, A., additional, Rameika, R. A., additional, Raufer, T. M., additional, Rebel, B., additional, Reichenbacher, J., additional, Rodrigues, P. A., additional, Rosenfeld, C., additional, Rubin, H. A., additional, Ryabov, V. A., additional, Sanchez, M. C., additional, Saoulidou, N., additional, Schneps, J., additional, Schreiner, P., additional, Shanahan, P., additional, Smart, W., additional, Smith, C., additional, Sousa, A., additional, Speakman, B., additional, Stamoulis, P., additional, Strait, M., additional, Tagg, N., additional, Talaga, R. L., additional, Thomas, J., additional, Thomson, M. A., additional, Thron, J. L., additional, Tinti, G., additional, Toner, R., additional, Tsarev, V. A., additional, Tzanakos, G., additional, Urheim, J., additional, Vahle, P., additional, Viren, B., additional, Watabe, M., additional, Weber, A., additional, Webb, R. C., additional, West, N., additional, White, C., additional, Whitehead, L., additional, Wojcicki, S. G., additional, Wright, D. M., additional, Yang, T., additional, Zois, M., additional, Zhang, K., additional, and Zwaska, R., additional

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2010
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31. Study of muon neutrino disappearance using the Fermilab Main Injector neutrino beam

Author

Adamson, P., primary, Andreopoulos, C., additional, Arms, K. E., additional, Armstrong, R., additional, Auty, D. J., additional, Avvakumov, S., additional, Ayres, D. S., additional, Baller, B., additional, Barish, B., additional, Barnes, P. D., additional, Barr, G., additional, Barrett, W. L., additional, Beall, E., additional, Becker, B. R., additional, Belias, A., additional, Bernstein, R. H., additional, Bhattacharya, D., additional, Bishai, M., additional, Blake, A., additional, Bock, B., additional, Bock, G. J., additional, Boehm, J., additional, Boehnlein, D. J., additional, Bogert, D., additional, Border, P. M., additional, Bower, C., additional, Buckley-Geer, E., additional, Cabrera, A., additional, Cavanaugh, S., additional, Chapman, J. D., additional, Cherdack, D., additional, Childress, S., additional, Choudhary, B. C., additional, Cobb, J. H., additional, Coleman, S. J., additional, Culling, A. J., additional, de Jong, J. K., additional, Dierckxsens, M., additional, Diwan, M. V., additional, Dorman, M., additional, Drakoulakos, D., additional, Durkin, T., additional, Dytman, S. A., additional, Erwin, A. R., additional, Escobar, C. O., additional, Evans, J. J., additional, Harris, E. Falk, additional, Feldman, G. J., additional, Fields, T. H., additional, Ford, R., additional, Frohne, M. V., additional, Gallagher, H. R., additional, Godley, A., additional, Gogos, J., additional, Goodman, M. C., additional, Gouffon, P., additional, Gran, R., additional, Grashorn, E. W., additional, Grossman, N., additional, Grzelak, K., additional, Habig, A., additional, Harris, D., additional, Harris, P. G., additional, Hartnell, J., additional, Hartouni, E. P., additional, Hatcher, R., additional, Heller, K., additional, Himmel, A., additional, Holin, A., additional, Howcroft, C., additional, Hylen, J., additional, Indurthy, D., additional, Irwin, G. M., additional, Ishitsuka, M., additional, Jaffe, D. E., additional, James, C., additional, Jenner, L., additional, Jensen, D., additional, Kafka, T., additional, Kang, H. J., additional, Kasahara, S. M. S., additional, Kim, M. S., additional, Koizumi, G., additional, Kopp, S., additional, Kordosky, M., additional, Koskinen, D. J., additional, Kotelnikov, S. K., additional, Kreymer, A., additional, Kumaratunga, S., additional, Lang, K., additional, Lebedev, A., additional, Lee, R., additional, Ling, J., additional, Liu, J., additional, Litchfield, P. J., additional, Litchfield, R. P., additional, Loiacono, L., additional, Lucas, P., additional, Mann, W. A., additional, Marchionni, A., additional, Marino, A. D., additional, Marshak, M. L., additional, Marshall, J. S., additional, Mayer, N., additional, McGowan, A. M., additional, Meier, J. R., additional, Merzon, G. I., additional, Messier, M. D., additional, Metelko, C. J., additional, Michael, D. G., additional, Milburn, R. H., additional, Miller, J. L., additional, Miller, W. H., additional, Mishra, S. R., additional, Mislivec, A., additional, Moore, C. D., additional, Morfín, J., additional, Mualem, L., additional, Mufson, S., additional, Murgia, S., additional, Musser, J., additional, Naples, D., additional, Nelson, J. K., additional, Newman, H. B., additional, Nichol, R. J., additional, Nicholls, T. C., additional, Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., additional, Oliver, W. P., additional, Osiecki, T., additional, Ospanov, R., additional, Paley, J., additional, Paolone, V., additional, Para, A., additional, Patzak, T., additional, Pavlović, Ž., additional, Pearce, G. F., additional, Peck, C. W., additional, Peterson, E. A., additional, Petyt, D. A., additional, Ping, H., additional, Pittam, R., additional, Plunkett, R. K., additional, Rahman, D., additional, Rameika, R. A., additional, Raufer, T. M., additional, Rebel, B., additional, Reichenbacher, J., additional, Reyna, D. E., additional, Rodrigues, P. A., additional, Rosenfeld, C., additional, Rubin, H. A., additional, Ruddick, K., additional, Ryabov, V. A., additional, Saakyan, R., additional, Sanchez, M. C., additional, Saoulidou, N., additional, Schneps, J., additional, Schreiner, P., additional, Semenov, V. K., additional, Seun, S.-M., additional, Shanahan, P., additional, Smart, W., additional, Smirnitsky, V., additional, Smith, C., additional, Sousa, A., additional, Speakman, B., additional, Stamoulis, P., additional, Strait, M., additional, Symes, P. A., additional, Tagg, N., additional, Talaga, R. L., additional, Tetteh-Lartey, E., additional, Thomas, J., additional, Thompson, J., additional, Thomson, M. A., additional, Thron, J. L., additional, Tinti, G., additional, Trostin, I., additional, Tsarev, V. A., additional, Tzanakos, G., additional, Urheim, J., additional, Vahle, P., additional, Verebryusov, V., additional, Viren, B., additional, Ward, C. P., additional, Ward, D. R., additional, Watabe, M., additional, Weber, A., additional, Webb, R. C., additional, Wehmann, A., additional, West, N., additional, White, C., additional, Wojcicki, S. G., additional, Wright, D. M., additional, Yang, T., additional, Zheng, H., additional, Zois, M., additional, and Zwaska, R., additional

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2008
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32. Measurement of neutrino velocity with the MINOS detectors and NuMI neutrino beam

Author

Adamson, P., primary, Andreopoulos, C., additional, Arms, K. E., additional, Armstrong, R., additional, Auty, D. J., additional, Avvakumov, S., additional, Ayres, D. S., additional, Baller, B., additional, Barish, B., additional, Barnes, P. D., additional, Barr, G., additional, Barrett, W. L., additional, Beall, E., additional, Becker, B. R., additional, Belias, A., additional, Bergfeld, T., additional, Bernstein, R. H., additional, Bhattacharya, D., additional, Bishai, M., additional, Blake, A., additional, Bock, B., additional, Bock, G. J., additional, Boehm, J., additional, Boehnlein, D. J., additional, Bogert, D., additional, Border, P. M., additional, Bower, C., additional, Buckley-Geer, E., additional, Cabrera, A., additional, Chapman, J. D., additional, Cherdack, D., additional, Childress, S., additional, Choudhary, B. C., additional, Cobb, J. H., additional, Coleman, S. J., additional, Culling, A. J., additional, de Jong, J. K., additional, De Santo, A., additional, Dierckxsens, M., additional, Diwan, M. V., additional, Dorman, M., additional, Drakoulakos, D., additional, Durkin, T., additional, Erwin, A. R., additional, Escobar, C. O., additional, Evans, J. J., additional, Harris, E. Falk, additional, Feldman, G. J., additional, Fields, T. H., additional, Fitzpatrick, T., additional, Ford, R., additional, Frohne, M. V., additional, Gallagher, H. R., additional, Giurgiu, G. A., additional, Godley, A., additional, Gogos, J., additional, Goodman, M. C., additional, Gouffon, P., additional, Gran, R., additional, Grashorn, E. W., additional, Grossman, N., additional, Grzelak, K., additional, Habig, A., additional, Harris, D., additional, Harris, P. G., additional, Hartnell, J., additional, Hartouni, E. P., additional, Hatcher, R., additional, Heller, K., additional, Holin, A., additional, Howcroft, C., additional, Hylen, J., additional, Indurthy, D., additional, Irwin, G. M., additional, Ishitsuka, M., additional, Jaffe, D. E., additional, James, C., additional, Jenner, L., additional, Jensen, D., additional, Joffe-Minor, T., additional, Kafka, T., additional, Kang, H. J., additional, Kasahara, S. M. S., additional, Kim, M. S., additional, Koizumi, G., additional, Kopp, S., additional, Kordosky, M., additional, Koskinen, D. J., additional, Kotelnikov, S. K., additional, Kreymer, A., additional, Kumaratunga, S., additional, Lang, K., additional, Lebedev, A., additional, Lee, R., additional, Ling, J., additional, Liu, J., additional, Litchfield, P. J., additional, Litchfield, R. P., additional, Lucas, P., additional, Luebke, W., additional, Mann, W. A., additional, Marchionni, A., additional, Marino, A. D., additional, Marshak, M. L., additional, Marshall, J. S., additional, Mayer, N., additional, McGowan, A. M., additional, Meier, J. R., additional, Merzon, G. I., additional, Messier, M. D., additional, Michael, D. G., additional, Milburn, R. H., additional, Miller, J. L., additional, Miller, W. H., additional, Mishra, S. R., additional, Mislivec, A., additional, Miyagawa, P. S., additional, Moore, C. D., additional, Morfín, J., additional, Mualem, L., additional, Mufson, S., additional, Murgia, S., additional, Musser, J., additional, Naples, D., additional, Nelson, J. K., additional, Newman, H. B., additional, Nichol, R. J., additional, Nicholls, T. C., additional, Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., additional, Oliver, W. P., additional, Osiecki, T., additional, Ospanov, R., additional, Paley, J., additional, Paolone, V., additional, Para, A., additional, Patzak, T., additional, Pavlović, Ž., additional, Pearce, G. F., additional, Peck, C. W., additional, Perry, C., additional, Peterson, E. A., additional, Petyt, D. A., additional, Ping, H., additional, Piteira, R., additional, Pittam, R., additional, Plunkett, R. K., additional, Rahman, D., additional, Rameika, R. A., additional, Raufer, T. M., additional, Rebel, B., additional, Reichenbacher, J., additional, Reyna, D. E., additional, Rosenfeld, C., additional, Rubin, H. A., additional, Ruddick, K., additional, Ryabov, V. A., additional, Saakyan, R., additional, Sanchez, M. C., additional, Saoulidou, N., additional, Saranen, D., additional, Schneps, J., additional, Schreiner, P., additional, Semenov, V. K., additional, Seun, S.-M., additional, Shanahan, P., additional, Smart, W., additional, Smirnitsky, V., additional, Smith, C., additional, Sousa, A., additional, Speakman, B., additional, Stamoulis, P., additional, Symes, P. A., additional, Tagg, N., additional, Talaga, R. L., additional, Tetteh-Lartey, E., additional, Thomas, J., additional, Thompson, J., additional, Thomson, M. A., additional, Thron, J. L., additional, Tinti, G., additional, Trostin, I., additional, Tsarev, V. A., additional, Tzanakos, G., additional, Urheim, J., additional, Vahle, P., additional, Verebryusov, V., additional, Viren, B., additional, Ward, C. P., additional, Ward, D. R., additional, Watabe, M., additional, Weber, A., additional, Webb, R. C., additional, Wehmann, A., additional, West, N., additional, White, C., additional, Wojcicki, S. G., additional, Wright, D. M., additional, Wu, Q. K., additional, Yang, T., additional, Yumiceva, F. X., additional, Zheng, H., additional, Zois, M., additional, and Zwaska, R., additional

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2007
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33. Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio at TeV energies with the MINOS detector

Author

Adamson, P., primary, Andreopoulos, C., additional, Arms, K. E., additional, Armstrong, R., additional, Auty, D. J., additional, Avvakumov, S., additional, Ayres, D. S., additional, Baller, B., additional, Barish, B., additional, Barnes, P. D., additional, Barr, G., additional, Barrett, W. L., additional, Beall, E., additional, Becker, B. R., additional, Belias, A., additional, Bergfeld, T., additional, Bernstein, R. H., additional, Bhattacharya, D., additional, Bishai, M., additional, Blake, A., additional, Bock, B., additional, Bock, G. J., additional, Boehm, J., additional, Boehnlein, D. J., additional, Bogert, D., additional, Border, P. M., additional, Bower, C., additional, Buckley-Geer, E., additional, Bungau, C., additional, Cabrera, A., additional, Chapman, J. D., additional, Cherdack, D., additional, Childress, S., additional, Choudhary, B. C., additional, Cobb, J. H., additional, Culling, A. J., additional, de Jong, J. K., additional, De Santo, A., additional, Dierckxsens, M., additional, Diwan, M. V., additional, Dorman, M., additional, Drakoulakos, D., additional, Durkin, T., additional, Erwin, A. R., additional, Escobar, C. O., additional, Evans, J. J., additional, Harris, E. Falk, additional, Feldman, G. J., additional, Fields, T. H., additional, Ford, R., additional, Frohne, M. V., additional, Gallagher, H. R., additional, Giurgiu, G. A., additional, Godley, A., additional, Gogos, J., additional, Goodman, M. C., additional, Gouffon, P., additional, Gran, R., additional, Grashorn, E. W., additional, Grossman, N., additional, Grzelak, K., additional, Habig, A., additional, Harris, D., additional, Harris, P. G., additional, Hartnell, J., additional, Hartouni, E. P., additional, Hatcher, R., additional, Heller, K., additional, Holin, A., additional, Howcroft, C., additional, Hylen, J., additional, Indurthy, D., additional, Irwin, G. M., additional, Ishitsuka, M., additional, Jaffe, D. E., additional, James, C., additional, Jenner, L., additional, Jensen, D., additional, Joffe-Minor, T., additional, Kafka, T., additional, Kang, H. J., additional, Kasahara, S. M. S., additional, Kim, M. S., additional, Koizumi, G., additional, Kopp, S., additional, Kordosky, M., additional, Koskinen, D. J., additional, Kotelnikov, S. K., additional, Kreymer, A., additional, Kumaratunga, S., additional, Lang, K., additional, Lebedev, A., additional, Lee, R., additional, Ling, J., additional, Liu, J., additional, Litchfield, P. J., additional, Litchfield, R. P., additional, Lucas, P., additional, Mann, W. A., additional, Marchionni, A., additional, Marino, A. D., additional, Marshak, M. L., additional, Marshall, J. S., additional, Mayer, N., additional, McGowan, A. M., additional, Meier, J. R., additional, Merzon, G. I., additional, Messier, M. D., additional, Michael, D. G., additional, Milburn, R. H., additional, Miller, J. L., additional, Miller, W. H., additional, Mishra, S. R., additional, Mislivec, A., additional, Miyagawa, P. S., additional, Moore, C. D., additional, Morfín, J., additional, Mualem, L., additional, Mufson, S., additional, Murgia, S., additional, Musser, J., additional, Naples, D., additional, Nelson, J. K., additional, Newman, H. B., additional, Nichol, R. J., additional, Nicholls, T. C., additional, Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., additional, Oliver, W. P., additional, Osiecki, T., additional, Ospanov, R., additional, Paley, J., additional, Paolone, V., additional, Para, A., additional, Patzak, T., additional, Pavlović, Ž., additional, Pearce, G. F., additional, Peck, C. W., additional, Peterson, E. A., additional, Petyt, D. A., additional, Ping, H., additional, Piteira, R., additional, Pittam, R., additional, Plunkett, R. K., additional, Rahman, D., additional, Rameika, R. A., additional, Raufer, T. M., additional, Rebel, B., additional, Reichenbacher, J., additional, Reyna, D. E., additional, Rosenfeld, C., additional, Rubin, H. A., additional, Ruddick, K., additional, Ryabov, V. A., additional, Saakyan, R., additional, Sanchez, M. C., additional, Saoulidou, N., additional, Schneps, J., additional, Schreiner, P., additional, Semenov, V. K., additional, Seun, S.-M., additional, Shanahan, P., additional, Smart, W., additional, Smirnitsky, V., additional, Smith, C., additional, Sousa, A., additional, Speakman, B., additional, Stamoulis, P., additional, Symes, P. A., additional, Tagg, N., additional, Talaga, R. L., additional, Tetteh-Lartey, E., additional, Thomas, J., additional, Thompson, J., additional, Thomson, M. A., additional, Thron, J. L., additional, Tinti, G., additional, Trostin, I., additional, Tsarev, V. A., additional, Tzanakos, G., additional, Urheim, J., additional, Vahle, P., additional, Velissaris, C., additional, Verebryusov, V., additional, Viren, B., additional, Ward, C. P., additional, Ward, D. R., additional, Watabe, M., additional, Weber, A., additional, Webb, R. C., additional, Wehmann, A., additional, West, N., additional, White, C., additional, Wojcicki, S. G., additional, Wright, D. M., additional, Wu, Q. K., additional, Yang, T., additional, Yumiceva, F. X., additional, Zheng, H., additional, Zois, M., additional, and Zwaska, R., additional

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2007
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34. Charge-separated atmospheric neutrino-induced muons in the MINOS far detector

Author

Adamson, P., primary, Andreopoulos, C., additional, Arms, K. E., additional, Armstrong, R., additional, Auty, D. J., additional, Avvakumov, S., additional, Ayres, D. S., additional, Baller, B., additional, Barish, B., additional, Barnes, P. D., additional, Barr, G., additional, Barrett, W. L., additional, Beall, E., additional, Becker, B. R., additional, Belias, A., additional, Bergfeld, T., additional, Bernstein, R. H., additional, Bhattacharya, D., additional, Bishai, M., additional, Blake, A., additional, Bock, B., additional, Bock, G. J., additional, Boehm, J., additional, Boehnlein, D. J., additional, Bogert, D., additional, Border, P. M., additional, Bower, C., additional, Buckley-Geer, E., additional, Cabrera, A., additional, Chapman, J. D., additional, Cherdack, D., additional, Childress, S., additional, Choudhary, B. C., additional, Cobb, J. H., additional, Culling, A. J., additional, de Jong, J. K., additional, De Santo, A., additional, Dierckxsens, M., additional, Diwan, M. V., additional, Dorman, M., additional, Drakoulakos, D., additional, Durkin, T., additional, Erwin, A. R., additional, Escobar, C. O., additional, Evans, J. J., additional, Harris, E. Falk, additional, Feldman, G. J., additional, Fields, T. H., additional, Ford, R., additional, Frohne, M. V., additional, Gallagher, H. R., additional, Giurgiu, G. A., additional, Godley, A., additional, Gogos, J., additional, Goodman, M. C., additional, Gouffon, P., additional, Gran, R., additional, Grashorn, E. W., additional, Grossman, N., additional, Grzelak, K., additional, Habig, A., additional, Harris, D., additional, Harris, P. G., additional, Hartnell, J., additional, Hartouni, E. P., additional, Hatcher, R., additional, Heller, K., additional, Holin, A., additional, Howcroft, C., additional, Hylen, J., additional, Indurthy, D., additional, Irwin, G. M., additional, Ishitsuka, M., additional, Jaffe, D. E., additional, James, C., additional, Jenner, L., additional, Jensen, D., additional, Joffe-Minor, T., additional, Kafka, T., additional, Kang, H. J., additional, Kasahara, S. M. S., additional, Kim, M. S., additional, Koizumi, G., additional, Kopp, S., additional, Kordosky, M., additional, Koskinen, D. J., additional, Kotelnikov, S. K., additional, Kreymer, A., additional, Kumaratunga, S., additional, Lang, K., additional, Lebedev, A., additional, Lee, R., additional, Ling, J., additional, Liu, J., additional, Litchfield, P. J., additional, Litchfield, R. P., additional, Lucas, P., additional, Mann, W. A., additional, Marchionni, A., additional, Marino, A. D., additional, Marshak, M. L., additional, Marshall, J. S., additional, Mayer, N., additional, McGowan, A. M., additional, Meier, J. R., additional, Merzon, G. I., additional, Messier, M. D., additional, Michael, D. G., additional, Milburn, R. H., additional, Miller, J. L., additional, Miller, W. H., additional, Mishra, S. R., additional, Mislivec, A., additional, Miyagawa, P. S., additional, Moore, C. D., additional, Morfín, J., additional, Mualem, L., additional, Mufson, S., additional, Murgia, S., additional, Musser, J., additional, Naples, D., additional, Nelson, J. K., additional, Newman, H. B., additional, Nichol, R. J., additional, Nicholls, T. C., additional, Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., additional, Oliver, W. P., additional, Osiecki, T., additional, Ospanov, R., additional, Paley, J., additional, Paolone, V., additional, Para, A., additional, Patzak, T., additional, Pavlović, Ž., additional, Pearce, G. F., additional, Peck, C. W., additional, Peterson, E. A., additional, Petyt, D. A., additional, Ping, H., additional, Piteira, R., additional, Pittam, R., additional, Plunkett, R. K., additional, Rahman, D., additional, Rameika, R. A., additional, Raufer, T. M., additional, Rebel, B., additional, Reichenbacher, J., additional, Reyna, D. E., additional, Rosenfeld, C., additional, Rubin, H. A., additional, Ruddick, K., additional, Ryabov, V. A., additional, Saakyan, R., additional, Sanchez, M. C., additional, Saoulidou, N., additional, Schneps, J., additional, Schreiner, P., additional, Semenov, V. K., additional, Seun, S.-M., additional, Shanahan, P., additional, Smart, W., additional, Smirnitsky, V., additional, Smith, C., additional, Sousa, A., additional, Speakman, B., additional, Stamoulis, P., additional, Symes, P. A., additional, Tagg, N., additional, Talaga, R. L., additional, Tetteh-Lartey, E., additional, Thomas, J., additional, Thompson, J., additional, Thomson, M. A., additional, Thron, J. L., additional, Tinti, G., additional, Trostin, I., additional, Tsarev, V. A., additional, Tzanakos, G., additional, Urheim, J., additional, Vahle, P., additional, Verebryusov, V., additional, Viren, B., additional, Ward, C. P., additional, Ward, D. R., additional, Watabe, M., additional, Weber, A., additional, Webb, R. C., additional, Wehmann, A., additional, West, N., additional, White, C., additional, Wojcicki, S. G., additional, Wright, D. M., additional, Wu, Q. K., additional, Yang, T., additional, Yumiceva, F. X., additional, Zheng, H., additional, Zois, M., additional, and Zwaska, R., additional

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2007
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35. Observation of Muon Neutrino Disappearance with the MINOS Detectors in the NuMI Neutrino Beam

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Michael, D. G., primary, Adamson, P., additional, Alexopoulos, T., additional, Allison, W. W. M., additional, Alner, G. J., additional, Anderson, K., additional, Andreopoulos, C., additional, Andrews, M., additional, Andrews, R., additional, Arms, K. E., additional, Armstrong, R., additional, Arroyo, C., additional, Auty, D. J., additional, Avvakumov, S., additional, Ayres, D. S., additional, Baller, B., additional, Barish, B., additional, Barker, M. A., additional, Barnes, P. D., additional, Barr, G., additional, Barrett, W. L., additional, Beall, E., additional, Becker, B. R., additional, Belias, A., additional, Bergfeld, T., additional, Bernstein, R. H., additional, Bhattacharya, D., additional, Bishai, M., additional, Blake, A., additional, Bocean, V., additional, Bock, B., additional, Bock, G. J., additional, Boehm, J., additional, Boehnlein, D. J., additional, Bogert, D., additional, Border, P. M., additional, Bower, C., additional, Boyd, S., additional, Buckley-Geer, E., additional, Bungau, C., additional, Byon-Wagner, A., additional, Cabrera, A., additional, Chapman, J. D., additional, Chase, T. R., additional, Cherdack, D., additional, Chernichenko, S. K., additional, Childress, S., additional, Choudhary, B. C., additional, Cobb, J. H., additional, Cossairt, J. D., additional, Courant, H., additional, Crane, D. A., additional, Culling, A. J., additional, Dawson, J. W., additional, de Jong, J. K., additional, DeMuth, D. M., additional, De Santo, A., additional, Dierckxsens, M., additional, Diwan, M. V., additional, Dorman, M., additional, Drake, G., additional, Drakoulakos, D., additional, Ducar, R., additional, Durkin, T., additional, Erwin, A. R., additional, Escobar, C. O., additional, Evans, J. J., additional, Fackler, O. D., additional, Falk Harris, E., additional, Feldman, G. J., additional, Felt, N., additional, Fields, T. H., additional, Ford, R., additional, Frohne, M. V., additional, Gallagher, H. R., additional, Gebhard, M., additional, Giurgiu, G. A., additional, Godley, A., additional, Gogos, J., additional, Goodman, M. C., additional, Gornushkin, Yu., additional, Gouffon, P., additional, Gran, R., additional, Grashorn, E., additional, Grossman, N., additional, Grudzinski, J. J., additional, Grzelak, K., additional, Guarino, V., additional, Habig, A., additional, Halsall, R., additional, Hanson, J., additional, Harris, D., additional, Harris, P. G., additional, Hartnell, J., additional, Hartouni, E. P., additional, Hatcher, R., additional, Heller, K., additional, Hill, N., additional, Ho, Y., additional, Holin, A., additional, Howcroft, C., additional, Hylen, J., additional, Ignatenko, M., additional, Indurthy, D., additional, Irwin, G. M., additional, Ishitsuka, M., additional, Jaffe, D. E., additional, James, C., additional, Jenner, L., additional, Jensen, D., additional, Joffe-Minor, T., additional, Kafka, T., additional, Kang, H. J., additional, Kasahara, S. M. S., additional, Kilmer, J., additional, Kim, H., additional, Kim, M. S., additional, Koizumi, G., additional, Kopp, S., additional, Kordosky, M., additional, Koskinen, D. J., additional, Kostin, M., additional, Kotelnikov, S. K., additional, Krakauer, D. A., additional, Kreymer, A., additional, Kumaratunga, S., additional, Ladran, A. S., additional, Lang, K., additional, Laughton, C., additional, Lebedev, A., additional, Lee, R., additional, Lee, W. Y., additional, Libkind, M. A., additional, Ling, J., additional, Liu, J., additional, Litchfield, P. J., additional, Litchfield, R. P., additional, Longley, N. P., additional, Lucas, P., additional, Luebke, W., additional, Madani, S., additional, Maher, E., additional, Makeev, V., additional, Mann, W. A., additional, Marchionni, A., additional, Marino, A. D., additional, Marshak, M. L., additional, Marshall, J. S., additional, Mayer, N., additional, McDonald, J., additional, McGowan, A. M., additional, Meier, J. R., additional, Merzon, G. I., additional, Messier, M. D., additional, Milburn, R. H., additional, Miller, J. L., additional, Miller, W. H., additional, Mishra, S. R., additional, Mislivec, A., additional, Miyagawa, P. S., additional, Moore, C. D., additional, Morfín, J., additional, Morse, R., additional, Mualem, L., additional, Mufson, S., additional, Murgia, S., additional, Murtagh, M. J., additional, Musser, J., additional, Naples, D., additional, Nelson, C., additional, Nelson, J. K., additional, Newman, H. B., additional, Nezrick, F., additional, Nichol, R. J., additional, Nicholls, T. C., additional, Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., additional, Oliver, J., additional, Oliver, W. P., additional, Onuchin, V. A., additional, Osiecki, T., additional, Ospanov, R., additional, Paley, J., additional, Paolone, V., additional, Para, A., additional, Patzak, T., additional, Pavlović, Ž., additional, Pearce, G. F., additional, Pearson, N., additional, Peck, C. W., additional, Perry, C., additional, Peterson, E. A., additional, Petyt, D. A., additional, Ping, H., additional, Piteira, R., additional, Pittam, R., additional, Pla-Dalmau, A., additional, Plunkett, R. K., additional, Price, L. E., additional, Proga, M., additional, Pushka, D. R., additional, Rahman, D., additional, Rameika, R. A., additional, Raufer, T. M., additional, Read, A. L., additional, Rebel, B., additional, Reichenbacher, J., additional, Reyna, D. E., additional, Rosenfeld, C., additional, Rubin, H. A., additional, Ruddick, K., additional, Ryabov, V. A., additional, Saakyan, R., additional, Sanchez, M. C., additional, Saoulidou, N., additional, Schneps, J., additional, Schoessow, P. V., additional, Schreiner, P., additional, Schwienhorst, R., additional, Semenov, V. K., additional, Seun, S.-M., additional, Shanahan, P., additional, Shield, P. D., additional, Smart, W., additional, Smirnitsky, V., additional, Smith, C., additional, Smith, P. N., additional, Sousa, A., additional, Speakman, B., additional, Stamoulis, P., additional, Stefanik, A., additional, Sullivan, P., additional, Swan, J. M., additional, Symes, P. A., additional, Tagg, N., additional, Talaga, R. L., additional, Terekhov, A., additional, Tetteh-Lartey, E., additional, Thomas, J., additional, Thompson, J., additional, Thomson, M. A., additional, Thron, J. L., additional, Tinti, G., additional, Trendler, R., additional, Trevor, J., additional, Trostin, I., additional, Tsarev, V. A., additional, Tzanakos, G., additional, Urheim, J., additional, Vahle, P., additional, Vakili, M., additional, Vaziri, K., additional, Velissaris, C., additional, Verebryusov, V., additional, Viren, B., additional, Wai, L., additional, Ward, C. P., additional, Ward, D. R., additional, Watabe, M., additional, Weber, A., additional, Webb, R. C., additional, Wehmann, A., additional, West, N., additional, White, C., additional, White, R. F., additional, Wojcicki, S. G., additional, Wright, D. M., additional, Wu, Q. K., additional, Yan, W. G., additional, Yang, T., additional, Yumiceva, F. X., additional, Yun, J. C., additional, Zheng, H., additional, Zois, M., additional, and Zwaska, R., additional

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2006
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36. First observations of separated atmosphericνμandν¯μevents in the MINOS detector

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Adamson, P., primary, Alexopoulos, T., additional, Allison, W. W. M., additional, Alner, G. J., additional, Anderson, K., additional, Andreopoulos, C., additional, Andrews, M., additional, Andrews, R., additional, Arroyo, C., additional, Avvakumov, S., additional, Ayres, D. S., additional, Baller, B., additional, Barish, B., additional, Barker, M. A., additional, Barnes, P. D., additional, Barr, G., additional, Barrett, W. L., additional, Beall, E., additional, Becker, B. R., additional, Belias, A., additional, Bergfeld, T., additional, Bernstein, R. H., additional, Bhattacharya, D., additional, Bishai, M., additional, Blake, A., additional, Bocean, V., additional, Bock, B., additional, Bock, G. J., additional, Boehm, J., additional, Boehnlein, D. J., additional, Bogert, D., additional, Border, P. M., additional, Bower, C., additional, Boyd, S., additional, Buckley-Geer, E., additional, Byon-Wagner, A., additional, Cabrera, A., additional, Chapman, J. D., additional, Chase, T. R., additional, Chernichenko, S. K., additional, Childress, S., additional, Choudhary, B. C., additional, Cobb, J. H., additional, Cossairt, J. D., additional, Courant, H., additional, Crane, D. A., additional, Culling, A. J., additional, Dawson, J. W., additional, DeMuth, D. M., additional, De Santo, A., additional, Dierckxsens, M., additional, Diwan, M. V., additional, Dorman, M., additional, Drake, G., additional, Ducar, R., additional, Durkin, T., additional, Erwin, A. R., additional, Escobar, C. O., additional, Evans, J., additional, Fackler, O. D., additional, Harris, E. Falk, additional, Feldman, G. J., additional, Felt, N., additional, Fields, T. H., additional, Ford, R., additional, Frohne, M. V., additional, Gallagher, H. R., additional, Gebhard, M., additional, Godley, A., additional, Gogos, J., additional, Goodman, M. C., additional, Gornushkin, Yu., additional, Gouffon, P., additional, Grashorn, E., additional, Grossman, N., additional, Grudzinski, J. J., additional, Grzelak, K., additional, Guarino, V., additional, Habig, A., additional, Halsall, R., additional, Hanson, J., additional, Harris, D., additional, Harris, P. G., additional, Hartnell, J., additional, Hartouni, E. P., additional, Hatcher, R., additional, Heller, K., additional, Hill, N., additional, Ho, Y., additional, Howcroft, C., additional, Hylen, J., additional, Ignatenko, M., additional, Indurthy, D., additional, Irwin, G. M., additional, James, C., additional, Jenner, L., additional, Jensen, D., additional, Joffe-Minor, T., additional, Kafka, T., additional, Kang, H. J., additional, Kasahara, S. M. S., additional, Kilmer, J., additional, Kim, H., additional, Koizumi, G., additional, Kopp, S., additional, Kordosky, M., additional, Koskinen, D. J., additional, Kostin, M., additional, Krakauer, D. A., additional, Kumaratunga, S., additional, Ladran, A. S., additional, Lang, K., additional, Laughton, C., additional, Lebedev, A., additional, Lee, R., additional, Lee, W. Y., additional, Libkind, M. A., additional, Liu, J., additional, Litchfield, P. J., additional, Litchfield, R. P., additional, Longley, N. P., additional, Lucas, P., additional, Luebke, W., additional, Madani, S., additional, Maher, E., additional, Makeev, V., additional, Mann, W. A., additional, Marchionni, A., additional, Marino, A. D., additional, Marshak, M. L., additional, Marshall, J. S., additional, McDonald, J., additional, McGowan, A., additional, Meier, J. R., additional, Merzon, G. I., additional, Messier, M. D., additional, Michael, D. G., additional, Milburn, R. H., additional, Miller, J. L., additional, Miller, W. H., additional, Mishra, S. R., additional, Miyagawa, P. S., additional, Moore, C., additional, Morfín, J., additional, Morse, R., additional, Mualem, L., additional, Mufson, S., additional, Murgia, S., additional, Murtagh, M. J., additional, Musser, J., additional, Naples, D., additional, Nelson, C., additional, Nelson, J. K., additional, Newman, H. B., additional, Nezrick, F., additional, Nichol, R. J., additional, Nicholls, T. C., additional, Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., additional, Oliver, J., additional, Oliver, W. P., additional, Onuchin, V. A., additional, Osiecki, T., additional, Ospanov, R., additional, Paley, J., additional, Paolone, V., additional, Para, A., additional, Patzak, T., additional, Pavlovich, Z., additional, Pearce, G. F., additional, Pearson, N., additional, Peck, C. W., additional, Perry, C., additional, Peterson, E. A., additional, Petyt, D. A., additional, Ping, H., additional, Piteira, R., additional, Pla-Dalmau, A., additional, Plunkett, R. K., additional, Price, L. E., additional, Proga, M., additional, Pushka, D. R., additional, Rahman, D., additional, Rameika, R. A., additional, Raufer, T. M., additional, Read, A. L., additional, Rebel, B., additional, Reyna, D. E., additional, Rosenfeld, C., additional, Rubin, H. A., additional, Ruddick, K., additional, Ryabov, V. A., additional, Saakyan, R., additional, Sanchez, M. C., additional, Saoulidou, N., additional, Schneps, J., additional, Schoessow, P. V., additional, Schreiner, P., additional, Schwienhorst, R., additional, Semenov, V. K., additional, Seun, S.-M., additional, Shanahan, P., additional, Shield, P. D., additional, Smart, W., additional, Smirnitsky, V., additional, Smith, C., additional, Smith, P. N., additional, Sousa, A., additional, Speakman, B., additional, Stamoulis, P., additional, Stefanik, A., additional, Sullivan, P., additional, Swan, J. M., additional, Symes, P. A., additional, Tagg, N., additional, Talaga, R. L., additional, Tetteh-Lartey, E., additional, Thomas, J., additional, Thompson, J., additional, Thomson, M. A., additional, Thron, J. L., additional, Trendler, R., additional, Trevor, J., additional, Trostin, I., additional, Tsarev, V. A., additional, Tzanakos, G., additional, Urheim, J., additional, Vahle, P., additional, Vakili, M., additional, Vaziri, K., additional, Velissaris, C., additional, Verebryusov, V., additional, Viren, B., additional, Wai, L., additional, Ward, C. P., additional, Ward, D. R., additional, Watabe, M., additional, Weber, A., additional, Webb, R. C., additional, Wehmann, A., additional, West, N., additional, White, C., additional, White, R. F., additional, Wojcicki, S. G., additional, Wright, D. M., additional, Wu, Q. K., additional, Yan, W. G., additional, Yang, T., additional, Yumiceva, F. X., additional, Yun, J. C., additional, Zheng, H., additional, Zois, M., additional, and Zwaska, R., additional

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2006
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37. Validation of the FEA of a Sheet Metal Forming Process of Composite Material and Steel Foil in Sandwich Design

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Grbic, Nenad, Bouguecha, Anas, Vucetic, Milan, Neumann, A., Osiecki, T., and Behrens, Bernd Arno

Abstract

A multi-material concept in sandwich design using two steel foils and continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastics represents a promising structural approach to the production of hybrid parts. This contribution deals with the experimental and numerical analysis of a conventional sheet metal forming process using a composite material based on Polyamide 6 (PA6) with unidirectional endless glass fiber reinforcement and HC220Y+ZE steel foil. A unidirectional composite plate is positioned between two steel foils in sandwich design and formed into the hybrid part under appropriate temperature conditions. Afterwards, the forming process is analysed numerically with the software LS-DYNA and for verification of the FEA the geometry of the hybrid part is measured optically with ATOS system of the company GOM.

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2015
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38. Experimental Test and FEA of a Sheet Metal Forming Process of Composite Material and Steel Foil in Sandwich Design Using LS-DYNA

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Behrens, Bernd Arno, Vucetic, Milan, Neumann, A., Osiecki, T., and Grbic, Nenad

Abstract

A structural concept in multi-material design is used in the automotive industry with the aim of achieving significant weight reductions of conventional car bodies. In this respect, the specific use of steel foils and continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastics represents an interesting material combination for the production of hybrid parts in sandwich design. This contribution deals with the experimental and numerical analysis of a conventional sheet metal forming process using a composite material based on Polyamide 6 (PA6) with unidirectional endless glass fiber reinforcement and HC220Y+ZE steel foil. A unidirectional composite plate is positioned between two steel foils in sandwich design and formed under appropriate temperature conditions. For the numerical analysis of the forming process the software LS-DYNA is used.

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2015
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39. Neutrino and antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross section measurements with the MINOS near detector

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Adamson, P., Andreopoulos, C., Arms, K. E., Armstrong, R., Auty, D. J., Ayres, D. S., Backhouse, C., Barnes, P. D., Barr, G., Barrett, W. L., Bhattacharya, D., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Boehnlein, D. J., Bogert, D., Bower, C., Cavanaugh, S., Chapman, J. D., Cherdack, D., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Coelho, J. A. B., Coleman, S. J., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Culling, A. J., Danko, I. Z., de Jong, J. K., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Dorman, M., Erwin, A. R., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, Gary, Frohne, M. V., Gallagher, H. R., Godley, A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Gran, R., Grashorn, E. W., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Harris, D., Harris, P. G., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., Jaffe, D. E., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kim, J. J., Koizumi, G., Kopp, S., Kordosky, M., Koskinen, D. J., Krahn, Z., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Litchfield, R. P., Loiacono, L., Lucas, P., Ma, J., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Marshall, J. S., Mayer, N., McGowan, A. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Metelko, C. J., Michael, D. G., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mitchell, J., Moore, C. D., Morfín, J., Mualem, L., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nicholls, T. C., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Oliver, W. P., Osiecki, T., Ospanov, R., Paley, J., Paolone, V., Patterson, R. B., Pavlović, Ž., Pawloski, G., Pearce, G. F., Petyt, D. A., Pittam, R., Plunkett, R. K., Rahaman, A., Rameika, R. A., Raufer, T. M., Rebel, B., Rodrigues, P. A., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Ryabov, V. A., Sanchez, M. C., Saoulidou, N., Schneps, J., Schreiner, P., Semenov, V. K., Shanahan, P., Smart, W., Smith, C., Sousa, A., Stamoulis, P., Strait, M., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tinti, G., Toner, Ruth, Tsarev, V. A., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Watabe, M., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., West, N., White, C., Whitehead, L., Wojcicki, S. G., Wright, D. M., Yang, T., Zois, M., Zhang, K., and Zwaska, R.

Subjects
neutrino nucleus: inclusive reaction, antineutrino nucleus: inclusive reaction, iron, charged current, neutrino/mu: secondary beam, neutrino/mu: flux, cross section: energy dependence, cross section: ratio, MINOS, near detector, Fermilab, 3-50 GeV, OSG : MINOS
Abstract

The energy dependence of the neutrino-iron and antineutrino-iron inclusive charged-current cross sections and their ratio have been measured using a high-statistics sample with the MINOS near detector exposed to the NuMI beam from the main injector at Fermilab. Neutrino and antineutrino fluxes were determined using a low hadronic energy subsample of charged-current events. We report measurements of ν−Fe (ν⎯⎯−Fe) cross section in the energy range 3–50 GeV (5–50 GeV) with precision of 2%–8% (3%–9%) and their ratio which is measured with precision 2%–8%. The data set spans the region from low energy, where accurate measurements are sparse, up to the high-energy scaling region where the cross section is well understood., Physics, Accepted Manuscript

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2010
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40. Search for sterile neutrino mixing in the MINOS long-baseline experiment

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Adamson, P., Andreopoulos, C., Auty, D. J., Ayres, D. S., Backhouse, C., Barnes, P. D., Barr, G., Barrett, W. L., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Boehnlein, D. J., Bogert, D., Bower, C., Cavanaugh, S., Chapman, J. D., Cherdack, D., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Coelho, J. A. B., Cobb, J. H., Coleman, S. J., Cravens, J. P., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Culling, A. J., Danko, I. Z., de Jong, J. K., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Dorman, M., Erwin, A. R., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, Gary, Frohne, M. V., Gallagher, H. R., Godley, A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Gran, R., Grashorn, E. W., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Harris, D., Harris, P. G., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Huang, X., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., Jaffe, D. E., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kopp, S., Kordosky, M., Koskinen, D. J., Krahn, Z., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Litchfield, R. P., Loiacono, L., Lucas, P., Ma, J., Mann, W. A., Marchionni, A., Marshak, M. L., Marshall, J. S., Mayer, N., McGowan, A. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Metelko, C. J., Michael, D. G., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mitchell, J., Moore, C. D., Morfín, J., Mualem, L., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nicholls, T. C., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Oliver, W. P., Orchanian, M., Osiecki, T., Ospanov, R., Paley, J., Paolone, V., Patterson, R. B., Pavlović, Ž., Pawloski, G., Pearce, G. F., Pittam, R., Plunkett, R. K., Rahaman, A., Rameika, R. A., Raufer, T. M., Rebel, B., Rodrigues, P. A., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Ryabov, V. A., Sanchez, M. C., Saoulidou, N., Schneps, J., Schreiner, P., Shanahan, P., Smart, W., Smith, C., Sousa, A., Stamoulis, P., Strait, M., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tinti, G., Toner, Ruth, Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Watabe, M., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., West, N., White, C., Whitehead, L., Wojcicki, S. G., Wright, D. M., Yang, T., Zhang, K., and Zwaska, R.

Subjects
neutrino: sterile, neutrino: decay, neutrino: oscillation, neutrino: mixing, neutrino: flavor, neutrino/mu: secondary beam, neutrino nucleon: interaction, neutral current, neutrino: flux, neutrino: energy spectrum, far detector, MINOS, neutrino: lifetime, lifetime: lower limit, Fermilab, OSG : MINOS
Abstract

A search for depletion of the combined flux of active neutrino species over a 735 km baseline is reported using neutral-current interaction data recorded by the MINOS detectors in the NuMI neutrino beam. Such a depletion is not expected according to conventional interpretations of neutrino oscillation data involving the three known neutrino flavors. A depletion would be a signature of oscillations or decay to postulated non-interacting "sterile" neutrinos, scenarios not ruled out by existing data. From an exposure of 3.18x10^{20} protons on target in which neutrinos of energies between ~500 MeV and 120 GeV are produced predominantly as nu_mu, the visible energy spectrum of candidate neutral-current reactions in the MINOS far detector is reconstructed. Comparison of this spectrum to that inferred from a similarly selected near detector sample shows that of the portion of the nu_mu flux observed to disappear in charged-current interaction data, the fraction that could be converting to a sterile state is less than 52% at 90% confidence level (C.L.). The hypothesis that active neutrinos mix with a single sterile neutrino via oscillations is tested by fitting the data to various models. In the particular four-neutrino models considered, the mixing angles theta_{24} and theta_{34} are constrained to be less than 11 degrees and 56 degrees at 90% C.L., respectively. The possibility that active neutrinos may decay to sterile neutrinos is also investigated. Pure neutrino decay without oscillations is ruled out at 5.4 standard deviations. For the scenario in which active neutrinos decay into sterile states concurrently with neutrino oscillations, a lower limit is established for the neutrino decay lifetime tau_3/m_3 > 2.1x10^{-12} s/eV at 90% C.L.., Physics, Accepted Manuscript

Published
2010
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41. Silsesquioxane-Doped Electrospun Nanofibrillar Membranes for Separation Systems.

Author

Frydrych M, Sztorch B, Brząkalski D, Kozera R, Konieczna R, Osiecki T, and Przekop RE

Abstract

In this study, a series of cage siloxanes (CS), e.g., three polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (SSQs) and one spherosilicate (SS) derivative, were applied as functional additives for the preparation of poly(lactic acid)-based (PLA) nanofibrillar membranes with an electrospinning technique utilizing an efficient spinning wire electrode setup. The impact of the additives' structure, chemistry, and electrospinning parameters on the obtained materials' morphology (scanning electron microscopy) and physicochemical (thermogravimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, contact angle analysis, air flow analysis) properties is discussed. It is presented that applying organosilicon additives may extend the already tuneable properties of the membranes produced by electrospinning performed under different conditions and that they enable to obtain nanofibres of smaller diameter, which in turn increases the membrane porosity. Furthermore, the solvent-assisted electrospinning method allowed for unparalleled mixing of the PLA matrix with the CS additives, as no traces of free additives were visible on the membranes by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging. The resulting membranes can be utilized as filter materials.

Published
2022
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42. Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Polylactide (PLA) Composites Modified with Mg, Fe, and Polyethylene (PE) Additives.

Author

Oksiuta Z, Jalbrzykowski M, Mystkowska J, Romanczuk E, and Osiecki T

Abstract

In this article, polylactic acid-based composites reinforced with 5% of polyethylene, iron, and magnesium powders were prepared by extrusion and compressed under the pressure of about 10 MPa and characterized. These composites were mechanically, thermally, and morphologically evaluated. It was found, compared to the pure polylactic acid (PLA), an improvement in tensile strength (both σ and YS 0.2 ) was obtained for the composite with the iron powder addition, while the magnesium powder slightly improved the ductility of the composite material (from 2.0 to 2.5%). Degradation studies of these composites in the 0.9% saline solution over a period of 180 days revealed changes in the pH of the solution from acidic to alkaline, in all samples. The most varied mass loss was observed in the case of the PLA-5%Mg sample, where initially the sample mass increased (first 30 days) then decreased, and after 120 days, the mass increased again. In the context of degradation phenomenon of the tested materials, it turns out that the most stable is the PLA composite with the Fe addition (PLA-5%Fe), with highest tensile strength and hardness.

Published
2020
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45. [Indications for splenectomy].

Author

Fijuth B and Osiecki T

Subjects
Humans, Hematologic Diseases surgery, Splenectomy, Splenic Diseases surgery
Published
1967

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