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1. Significant Excess of ElectronLike Events in the MiniBooNE Short-Baseline Neutrino Experiment

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MiniBooNE Collaboration, Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cheng, G., Conrad, J. M., Cooper, R. L., Dharmapalan, R., Diaz, A., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Huang, E. -C., Huelsnitz, W., Ignarra, C., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Louis, W. C., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Monroe, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Tayloe, R., Thornton, R. T., Tzanov, M., Van de Water, R. G., White, D. H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

The MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab reports results from an analysis of $\nu_e$ appearance data from $12.84 \times 10^{20}$ protons on target in neutrino mode, an increase of approximately a factor of two over previously reported results. A $\nu_e$ charged-current quasielastic event excess of $381.2 \pm 85.2$ events ($4.5 \sigma$) is observed in the energy range $200

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2018
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2. First Measurement of Monoenergetic Muon Neutrino Charged Current Interactions

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Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cheng, G., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Cooper, R. L., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Fitzpatrick, R. S., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Huelsnitz, W., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Jordan, J. R., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Louis, W. C., Mahn, K., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Tayloe, R., Thornton, R. T., Van de Water, R. G., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We report the first measurement of monoenergetic muon neutrino charged current interactions. MiniBooNE has isolated 236 MeV muon neutrino events originating from charged kaon decay at rest ($K^+ \rightarrow \mu^+ \nu_\mu$) at the NuMI beamline absorber. These signal $\nu_\mu$-carbon events are distinguished from primarily pion decay in flight $\nu_\mu$ and $\overline{\nu}_\mu$ backgrounds produced at the target station and decay pipe using their arrival time and reconstructed muon energy. The significance of the signal observation is at the 3.9$\sigma$ level. The muon kinetic energy, neutrino-nucleus energy transfer ($\omega=E_\nu-E_\mu$), and total cross section for these events is extracted. This result is the first known-energy, weak-interaction-only probe of the nucleus to yield a measurement of $\omega$ using neutrinos, a quantity thus far only accessible through electron scattering., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures

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2018
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3. MINERvA neutrino detector response measured with test beam data

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MINERvA Collaboration, Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Del Castillo, C. Araujo, Bagby, L., Bellantoni, L., Bergan, W. F., Bodek, A., Bradford, R., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Butkevich, A., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Carneiro, M. F., Christy, M. E., Chvojka, J., da Motta, H., Devan, J., Diaz, G. A., Dytman, S. A., Eberly, B., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fine, R., Flight, R., Gago, A. M., Gingu, C., Golan, T., Gomez, A., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Higuera, A., Howley, I. J., Hurtado, K., Kleykamp, J., Kordosky, M., Lanari, M., Le, T., Leister, A. J., Lovlein, A., Maher, E., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., McGivern, C. L., McGowan, A. M., Messerly, B., Miller, J., Miller, W., Mislivec, A., Morfin, J. G., Mousseau, J., Muhlbeier, T., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Norrick, A., Ochoa, N., OConnor, C. D., Osmanov, B., Osta, J., Paolone, V., Patrick, C. E., Patrick, L., Perdue, G. N., Lara, C. E. Perez, Rakotondravohitra, L., Ramirez, M. A., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rodrigues, P. A., Rubinov, P., Rude, C. R., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Salinas, C. J. Solano, Tagg, N., Tice, B. G., Urrutia, Z., Valencia, E., Walton, T., Westerberg, A., Wolcott, J., Woodward, N., Wospakrik, M., Zavala, G., Zhang, D., and Ziemer, B. P.

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

The MINERvA collaboration operated a scaled-down replica of the solid scintillator tracking and sampling calorimeter regions of the MINERvA detector in a hadron test beam at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. This article reports measurements with samples of protons, pions, and electrons from 0.35 to 2.0 GeV/c momentum. The calorimetric response to protons, pions, and electrons are obtained from these data. A measurement of the parameter in Birks' law and an estimate of the tracking efficiency are extracted from the proton sample. Overall the data are well described by a Geant4-based Monte Carlo simulation of the detector and particle interactions with agreements better than 4%, though some features of the data are not precisely modeled. These measurements are used to tune the MINERvA detector simulation and evaluate systematic uncertainties in support of the MINERvA neutrino cross section measurement program., Comment: as accepted by NIM A

Published
2015

4. Using L/E Oscillation Probability Distributions

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Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cheng, G., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Huelsnitz, W., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Louis, W. C., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Tayloe, R., Van de Water, R. G., White, D. H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

This paper explores the use of $L/E$ oscillation probability distributions to compare experimental measurements and to evaluate oscillation models. In this case, $L$ is the distance of neutrino travel and $E$ is a measure of the interacting neutrino's energy. While comparisons using allowed and excluded regions for oscillation model parameters are likely the only rigorous method for these comparisons, the $L/E$ distributions are shown to give qualitative information on the agreement of an experiment's data with a simple two-neutrino oscillation model. In more detail, this paper also outlines how the $L/E$ distributions can be best calculated and used for model comparisons. Specifically, the paper presents the $L/E$ data points for the final MiniBooNE data samples and, in the Appendix, explains and corrects the mistaken analysis published by the ICARUS collaboration.

Published
2014

5. A new investigation of electron neutrino appearance oscillations with improved sensitivity in the MiniBooNE+ experiment

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Dharmapalan, R., Habib, S., Jiang, C., Stancu, I., Djurcic, Z., Johnson, R. A., Wickremasinghe, A., Karagiorgi, G., Shaevitz, M. H., Brown, B. C., Garcia, F. G., Ford, R., Marsh, W., Moore, C. D., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Grange, J., Mousseau, J., Osmanov, B., Ray, H., Cooper, R., Tayloe, R., Thornton, R., Garvey, G. T., Huelsnitz, W., Louis, W. C., Mauger, C., Mills, G. B., Pavlovic, Z., Van de Water, R., White, D. H., Imlay, R., Tzanov, M., Roe, B. P., Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Katori, T., and Nienaber, P.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We propose the addition of scintillator to the existing MiniBooNE detector to allow a test of the neutral-current/charged-current (NC/CC) nature of the MiniBooNE low-energy excess. Scintillator will enable the reconstruction of 2.2 MeV $\gamma$s from neutron-capture on protons following neutrino interactions. Low-energy CC interactions where the oscillation excess is observed should have associated neutrons with less than a 10% probability. This is in contrast to the NC backgrounds that should have associated neutrons in approximately 50% of events. We will measure these neutron fractions with $\nu_\mu$ CC and NC events to eliminate that systematic uncertainty. This neutron-fraction measurement requires $6.5\times10^{20}$ protons on target delivered to MiniBooNE with scintillator added in order to increase the significance of an oscillation excess to over $5\sigma$. This new phase of MiniBooNE will also enable additional important studies such as the spin structure of nucleon ($\Delta s$) via NC elastic scattering, a low-energy measurement of the neutrino flux via $\numu ^{12}C \rightarrow \mu^{-} ^{12}N_\textrm{g.s.}$ scattering, and a test of the quasielastic assumption in neutrino energy reconstruction. These topics will yield important, highly-cited results over the next 5 years for a modest cost, and will help to train Ph.D. students and postdocs. This enterprise offers complementary information to that from the upcoming liquid Argon based MicroBooNE experiment. In addition, MicroBooNE is scheduled to receive neutrinos in early 2014, and there is minimal additional cost to also deliver beam to MiniBooNE., Comment: Submitted as whitepaper for Snowmass'13 proceedings - 8 pages, 3 figures; version 2: Minor change to title and author list

Published
2013

6. Measurement of the Antineutrino Neutral-Current Elastic Differential Cross Section

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Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cheng, G., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Huelsnitz, W., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Louis, W. C., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Tayloe, R., Van de Water, R. G., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We report the measurement of the flux-averaged antineutrino neutral current elastic scattering cross section ($d\sigma_{\bar \nu N \rightarrow \bar \nu N}/dQ^{2}$) on CH$_{2}$ by the MiniBooNE experiment using the largest sample of antineutrino neutral current elastic candidate events ever collected. The ratio of the antineutrino to neutrino neutral current elastic scattering cross sections and a ratio of antineutrino neutral current elastic to antineutrino charged current quasi elastic cross section is also presented.

Published
2013
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7. The OscSNS White Paper

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OscSNS Collaboration, Allen, R., Avignone, F. T., Boissevain, J., Efremenko, Y., Elnimr, M., Gabriel, T., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Handler, T., Huelsnitz, W., Imlay, R., Kamyshkov, Y., Link, J. M., Louis, W. C., Mills, G. B., Mishra, S. R., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Rosenfeld, C., Stancu, I., Svoboda, R., Tayloe, R., Van de Water, R., Wetstein, M. J., White, D. H., and Yeh, M.

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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

There exists a need to address and resolve the growing evidence for short-baseline neutrino oscillations and the possible existence of sterile neutrinos. Such non-standard particles require a mass of $\sim 1$ eV/c$^2$, far above the mass scale associated with active neutrinos, and were first invoked to explain the LSND $\bar \nu_\mu \rightarrow \bar \nu_e$ appearance signal. More recently, the MiniBooNE experiment has reported a $2.8 \sigma$ excess of events in antineutrino mode consistent with neutrino oscillations and with the LSND antineutrino appearance signal. MiniBooNE also observed a $3.4 \sigma$ excess of events in their neutrino mode data. Lower than expected neutrino-induced event rates using calibrated radioactive sources and nuclear reactors can also be explained by the existence of sterile neutrinos. Fits to the world's neutrino and antineutrino data are consistent with sterile neutrinos at this $\sim 1$ eV/c$^2$ mass scale, although there is some tension between measurements from disappearance and appearance experiments. In addition to resolving this potential major extension of the Standard Model, the existence of sterile neutrinos will impact design and planning for all future neutrino experiments. It should be an extremely high priority to conclusively establish if such unexpected light sterile neutrinos exist. The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, built to usher in a new era in neutron research, provides a unique opportunity for US science to perform a definitive world-class search for sterile neutrinos., Comment: This white paper is submitted as part of the SNOWMASS planning process

Published
2013

8. Design, Calibration, and Performance of the MINERvA Detector

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

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

The MINERvA experiment is designed to perform precision studies of neutrino-nucleus scattering using $\nu_\mu$ and ${\bar\nu}_\mu$ neutrinos incident at 1-20 GeV in the NuMI beam at Fermilab. This article presents a detailed description of the \minerva detector and describes the {\em ex situ} and {\em in situ} techniques employed to characterize the detector and monitor its performance. The detector is comprised of a finely-segmented scintillator-based inner tracking region surrounded by electromagnetic and hadronic sampling calorimetry. The upstream portion of the detector includes planes of graphite, iron and lead interleaved between tracking planes to facilitate the study of nuclear effects in neutrino interactions. Observations concerning the detector response over sustained periods of running are reported. The detector design and methods of operation have relevance to future neutrino experiments in which segmented scintillator tracking is utilized.

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2013
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9. Measurement of Muon Neutrino Quasi-Elastic Scattering on a Hydrocarbon Target at E_{\nu} ~ 3.5 GeV

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The MINERvA collaboration, Fiorentini, G. A., Schmitz, D. W., Rodrigues, P. A., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Baldin, B., Baumbaugh, A., Bodek, A., Boehnlein, D., Boyd, S., Bradford, R., Brooks, W. K., Budd, H., Butkevich, A., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Castromonte, C. M., Christy, M. E., Chung, H., Chvojka, J., Clark, M., da Motta, H., Damiani, D. S., Danko, I., Datta, M., Day, M., DeMaat, R., Devan, J., Draeger, E., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Eberly, B., Edmondson, D. A., Felix, J., Fitzpatrick, T., Fields, L., Gago, A. M., Gallagher, H., George, C. A., Gielata, J. A., Gingu, C., Gobbi, B., Gran, R., Grossman, N., Hanson, J., Harris, D. A., Heaton, J., Higuera, A., Howley, I. J., Hurtado, K., Jerkins, M., Kafka, T., Kaisen, J., Kanter, M. O., Keppel, C. E., Kilmer, J., Kordosky, M., Krajeski, A. H., Kulagin, S. A., Le, T., Lee, H., Leister, A. G., Locke, G., Maggi, G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., McGivern, C. L., McGowan, A. M., Mislivec, A., Morfń, J. G., Mousseau, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Ochoa, N., O'Connor, C. D., Olsen, J., Osmanov, B., Osta, J., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Park, J., Patrick, C. E., Perdue, G. N., Peña, C., Rakotondravohitra, L., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rude, C., Sassin, K. E., Schellman, H., Schneider, R. M., Schulte, E. C., Simon, C., Snider, F. D., Snyder, M. C., Sobczyk, J. T., Salinas, C. J. Solano, Tagg, N., Tan, W., Tice, B. G., Tzanakos, G., Velásquez, J. P., Walding, J., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Wolthuis, B. A., Woodward, N., Zavala, G., Zeng, H. B., Zhang, D., Zhu, L. Y., and Ziemer, B. P.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We report a study of muon neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic events in the segmented scintillator inner tracker of the MINERvA experiment running in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. The events were selected by requiring a {\mu}^- and low calorimetric recoil energy separated from the interaction vertex. We measure the flux-averaged differential cross-section, d{\sigma}/dQ^2, and study the low energy particle content of the final state. Deviations are found between the measured d{\sigma}/dQ^2 and the expectations of a model of independent nucleons in a relativistic Fermi gas. We also observe an excess of energy near the vertex consistent with multiple protons in the final state., Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures. Added correlation between neutrino and anti-neutrino result in ancillary files (CSV)

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2013
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10. Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Quasi-Elastic Scattering on a Hydrocarbon Target at E_{\nu} ~ 3.5 GeV

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The MINERvA collaboration, Fields, L., Chvojka, J., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Baldin, B., Baumbaugh, A., Bodek, A., Boehnlein, D., Boyd, S., Bradford, R., Brooks, W. K., Budd, H., Butkevich, A., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Castromonte, C. M., Christy, M. E., Chung, H., Clark, M., da Motta, H., Damiani, D. S., Danko, I., Datta, M., Day, M., DeMaat, R., Devan, J., Draeger, E., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Eberly, B., Edmondson, D. A., Felix, J., Fitzpatrick, T., Fiorentini, G. A., Gago, A. M., Gallagher, H., George, C. A., Gielata, J. A., Gingu, C., Gobbi, B., Gran, R., Grossman, N., Hanson, J., Harris, D. A., Heaton, J., Higuera, A., Howley, I. J., Hurtado, K., Jerkins, M., Kafka, T., Kaisen, J., Kanter, M. O., Keppel, C. E., Kilmer, J., Kordosky, M., Krajeski, A. H., Kulagin, S. A., Le, T., Lee, H., Leister, A. G., Locke, G., Maggi, G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., McGivern, C. L., McGowan, A. M., Mislivec, A., Morfín, J. G., Mousseau, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Ochoa, N., O'Connor, C. D., Olsen, J., Osmanov, B., Osta, J., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Park, J., Patrick, C. E., Perdue, G. N., Peña, C., Rakotondravohitra, L., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rodrigues, P. A., Rude, C., Sassin, K. E., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Schneider, R. M., Schulte, E. C., Simon, C., Snider, F. D., Snyder, M. C., Sobczyk, J. T., Salinas, C. J. Solano, Tagg, N., Tan, W., Tice, B. G., Tzanakos, G., Velásquez, J. P., Walding, J., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Wolthuis, B. A., Woodward, N., Zavala, G., Zeng, H. B., Zhang, D., Zhu, L. Y., and Ziemer, B. P.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We have isolated muon anti-neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic interactions occurring in the segmented scintillator tracking region of the MINERvA detector running in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. We measure the flux-averaged differential cross-section, d{\sigma}/dQ^2, and compare to several theoretical models of quasi-elastic scattering. Good agreement is obtained with a model where the nucleon axial mass, M_A, is set to 0.99 GeV/c^2 but the nucleon vector form factors are modified to account for the observed enhancement, relative to the free nucleon case, of the cross-section for the exchange of transversely polarized photons in electron-nucleus scattering. Our data at higher Q^2 favor this interpretation over an alternative in which the axial mass is increased., Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures. Added correlation between neutrino and anti-neutrino results in ancillary text files (CSV)

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2013
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11. Improved Search for $\bar \nu_\mu \rightarrow \bar \nu_e$ Oscillations in the MiniBooNE Experiment

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The MiniBooNE Collaboration, Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cheng, G., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Huelsnitz, W., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Louis, W. C., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Tayloe, R., Van de Water, R. G., White, D. H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract

The MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab reports results from an analysis of $\bar \nu_e$ appearance data from $11.27 \times 10^{20}$ protons on target in antineutrino mode, an increase of approximately a factor of two over the previously reported results. An event excess of $78.4 \pm 28.5$ events ($2.8 \sigma$) is observed in the energy range $200

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2013
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12. First Measurement of the Muon Anti-Neutrino Double-Differential Charged Current Quasi-Elastic Cross Section

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Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cheng, G., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Huelsnitz, W., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Louis, W. C., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Tayloe, R., Wascko, M. O., Van de Water, R. G., White, D. H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The largest sample ever recorded of $\numub$ charged-current quasi-elastic (CCQE, $\numub + p \to \mup + n$) candidate events is used to produce the minimally model-dependent, flux-integrated double-differential cross section $\frac{d^{2}\sigma}{dT_\mu d\uz}$ for $\numub$ incident on mineral oil. This measurement exploits the unprecedented statistics of the MiniBooNE anti-neutrino mode sample and provides the most complete information of this process to date. Also given to facilitate historical comparisons are the flux-unfolded total cross section $\sigma(E_\nu)$ and single-differential cross section $\frac{d\sigma}{d\qsq}$ on both mineral oil and on carbon by subtracting the $\numub$ CCQE events on hydrogen. The observed cross section is somewhat higher than the predicted cross section from a model assuming independently-acting nucleons in carbon with canonical form factor values. The shape of the data are also discrepant with this model. These results have implications for intra-nuclear processes and can help constrain signal and background processes for future neutrino oscillation measurements., Comment: 28 pages, 13 figures. Data release at http://www-boone.fnal.gov/for_physicists/data_release/ccqe_nubar/

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2013
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13. Letter of Intent: A new investigation of numu to nue oscillations with improved sensitivity in an enhanced MiniBooNE experiment

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Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cooper, R., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Ford, R., Djurcic, Z., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Habib, S., Huelsnitz, W., Imlay, R., Jiang, C., Karagiorgi, G., Louis, W. C., Johnson, R. A., Marsh, W., Mauger, C., Mills, G. B., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Shaevitz, M. H., Tayloe, I. Stancu R., Tzanov, M., Van de Water, R., White, D. H., and Wickremasinghe, A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We propose adding 300 mg/l PPO to the existing MiniBooNE detector mineral oil to increase the scintillation response. This will allow the detection of associated neutrons and increase sensitivity to final-state nucleons in neutrino interactions. This increased capability will enable an independent test of whether the current excess seen in the MiniBooNE oscillation search is signal or background. In addition it will enable other neutrino interaction measurements to be made including a search for the strange-quark contribution to the nucleon spin Delta s and a low-energy measurement of charged-current quasielastic scattering., Comment: 27 pages, 12 figures, Letter of intent submitted to Fermilab for consideration, 10/12

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2012

14. The MINER$\nu$A Data Acquisition System and Infrastructure

Author

Perdue, G. N., Bagby, L., Baldin, B., Gingu, C., Olsen, J., Rubinov, P., Schulte, E. C., Bradford, R., Brooks, W. K., Caicedo, D. A. M., Castromonte, C. M., Chvojka, J., da Motta, H., Danko, I., Devan, J., Eberly, B., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fiorentini, G. A., Gago, A. M., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Hurtado, K., Lee, H., Maher, E., Manly, S., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., Mislivec, A., Mousseau, J., Osmanov, B., Osta, J., Paolone, V., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Schmitz, D. W., Simon, C., Salinas, C. J. Solano, Tice, B. G., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Zhang, D., and Ziemer, B. P.

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

MINER$\nu$A (Main INjector ExpeRiment $\nu$-A) is a new few-GeV neutrino cross section experiment that began taking data in the FNAL NuMI (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Neutrinos at the Main Injector) beam-line in March of 2010. MINER$\nu$A employs a fine-grained scintillator detector capable of complete kinematic characterization of neutrino interactions. This paper describes the MINER$\nu$A data acquisition system (DAQ) including the read-out electronics, software, and computing architecture., Comment: 34 pages, 16 figures

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2012
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15. Dual baseline search for muon antineutrino disappearance at 0.1 eV^2 < {\Delta}m^2 < 100 eV^2

Author

MiniBooNE Collaboration, SciBooNE Collaboration, Cheng, G., Huelsnitz, W., Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Alcaraz-Aunion, J. L., Brice, S. J., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Catala-Perez, J., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Dore, U., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Franke, A. J., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Giganti, C., Gomez-Cadenas, J. J., Grange, J., Guzowski, P., Hanson, A., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Jones, B. J. P., Jover-Manas, G., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobayashi, Y. K., Kobilarcik, T., Kubo, H., Kurimoto, Y., Louis, W. C., Loverre, P. F., Ludovici, L., Mahn, K. B. M., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Masuike, S., Matsuoka, K., McGary, V. T., Metcalf, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Mitsuka, G., Miyachi, Y., Mizugashira, S., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nakajima, Y., Nakaya, T., Napora, R., Nienaber, P., Orme, D., Osmanov, B., Otani, M., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Sanchez, F., Shaevitz, M. H., Shibata, T. -A., Sorel, M., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. J., Takei, H., Tanaka, H. -K., Tanaka, M., Tayloe, R., Taylor, I. J., Tesarek, R. J., Uchida, Y., Van de Water, R. G., Walding, J. J., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., White, H. B., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Yokoyama, M., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The MiniBooNE and SciBooNE collaborations report the results of a joint search for short baseline disappearance of \bar{{\nu}_{\mu}} at Fermilab's Booster Neutrino Beamline. The MiniBooNE Cherenkov detector and the SciBooNE tracking detector observe antineutrinos from the same beam, therefore the combined analysis of their datasets serves to partially constrain some of the flux and cross section uncertainties. Uncertainties in the {\nu}_{\mu} background were constrained by neutrino flux and cross section measurements performed in both detectors. A likelihood ratio method was used to set a 90% confidence level upper limit on \bar{{\nu}_{\mu}} disappearance that dramatically improves upon prior limits in the {\Delta}m^2=0.1-100 eV^2 region., Comment: 15 pages, 27 figures

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2012
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16. A Combined $\nu_\mu \to \nu_e$ and $\bar\nu_\mu \to \bar\nu_e$ Oscillation Analysis of the MiniBooNE Excesses

Author

MiniBooNE Collaboration, Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cheng, G., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Huelsnitz, W., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Louis, W. C., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Tayloe, R., Van de Water, R. G., White, D. H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract

The MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab reports results from an analysis of the combined $\nu_e$ and $\bar \nu_e$ appearance data from $6.46 \times 10^{20}$ protons on target in neutrino mode and $11.27 \times 10^{20}$ protons on target in antineutrino mode. A total excess of $240.3 \pm 34.5 \pm 52.6$ events ($3.8 \sigma$) is observed from combining the two data sets in the energy range $200

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2012

17. Demonstration of Communication using Neutrinos

Author

Stancil, D. D., Adamson, P., Alania, M., Aliaga, L., Andrews, M., Del Castillo, C. Araujo, Bagby, L., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Bodek, A., Boehnlein, D., Bradford, R., Brooks, W. K., Budd, H., Butkevich, A., Caicedo, D. A. M., Capista, D. P., Castromonte, C. M., Chamorro, A., Charlton, E., Christy, M. E., Chvojka, J., Conrow, P. D., Danko, I., Day, M., Devan, J., Downey, J. M., Dytman, S. A., Eberly, B., Fein, J. R., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fiorentini, G. A., Gago, A. M., Gallagher, H., Gran, R., Grange, J., Griffin, J., Griffin, T., Hahn, E., Harris, D. A., Higuera, A., Hobbs, J. A., Hoffman, C. M., Hughes, B. L., Hurtado, K., Judd, A., Kafka, T., Kephart, K., Kilmer, J., Kordosky, M., Kulagin, S. A., Kuznetsov, V. A., Lanari, M., Le, T., Lee, H., Loiacono, L., Maggi, G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., Mislivec, A., McGowan, A. M., Morfin, J. G., da Motta, H., Mousseau, J., Nelson, J. K., Niemiec-Gielata, J. A., Ochoa, N., Osmanov, B., Osta, J., Palomino, J. L., Paradis, J. S., Paolone, V., Park, J., Pena, C., Perdue, G., Lara, C. E. Perez, Peterman, A. M., Pla-Dalmau, A., Pollock, B., Prokoshin, F., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Reyhan, M., Rubinov, P., Ruggiero, D., Sands, O. S., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Schulte, E. C., Simon, C., Salinas, C. J. Solano, Stefanski, R., Stevens, R. G., Tagg, N., Takhistov, V., Tice, B. G., Tilden, R. N., Velasquez, J. P., Vergalosova, I., Voirin, J., Walding, J., Walker, B. J., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Wytock, T. P., Zavala, G., Zhang, D., Zhu, L. Y., and Ziemer, B. P.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Beams of neutrinos have been proposed as a vehicle for communications under unusual circumstances, such as direct point-to-point global communication, communication with submarines, secure communications and interstellar communication. We report on the performance of a low-rate communications link established using the NuMI beam line and the MINERvA detector at Fermilab. The link achieved a decoded data rate of 0.1 bits/sec with a bit error rate of 1% over a distance of 1.035 km, including 240 m of earth., Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures, updated with final figures used in Modern Physics Letters A publication

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2012
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18. Arachne - A web-based event viewer for MINERvA

Author

Tagg, N., Brangham, J., Chvojka, J., Clairemont, M., Day, M., Eberly, B., Felix, J., Fields, L., Gago, A. M., Gran, R., Harris, D. A., Kordosky, M., Lee, H., Maggi, G., Maher, E., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., McGowan, A. M., Mislivec, A., Mousseau, J., Osmanov, B., Osta, J., Paolone, V., Perdue, G., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Simon, C., Salinas, C. J. Solano, Tice, B. G., Walding, J., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Zhang, D., Ziemer, B. P., and Collaboration, The MINERvA

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Neutrino interaction events in the MINERvA detector are visually represented with a web-based tool called Arachne. Data are retrieved from a central server via AJAX, and client-side JavaScript draws images into the user's browser window using the draft HTML 5 standard. These technologies allow neutrino interactions to be viewed by anyone with a web browser, allowing for easy hand-scanning of particle interactions. Arachne has been used in MINERvA to evaluate neutrino data in a prototype detector, to tune reconstruction algorithms, and for public outreach and education., Comment: 8 pages; 3 figures

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2011
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19. Test of Lorentz and CPT violation with Short Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Excesses

Author

The MiniBooNE Collaboration, Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Anderson, C. E., Bazarko, A. O., Brice, S. J., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cao, J., Coney, L., Conrad, J. M., Cox, D. C., Curioni, A., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Fleming, B. T., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Green, C., Green, J. A., Hart, T. L., Hawker, E., Huelsnitz, W., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Kasper, P., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Kourbanis, I., Koutsoliotas, S., Laird, E. M., Linden, S. K., Link, J. M., Liu, Y., Louis, W. C., Mahn, K. B. M., Marsh, W., Mauger, C., McGary, V. T., McGregor, G., Metcalf, W., Meyers, P. D., Mills, F., Mills, G. B., Monroe, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nelson, R. H., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J. A., Osmanov, B., Ouedraogo, S., Patterson, R. B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Prebys, E., Raaf, J. L., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Sandberg, V., Schirato, R., Schmitz, D., Shaevitz, M. H., Shoemaker, F. C., Smith, D., Soderberg, M., Sorel, M., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. J., Sung, M., Tanaka, H. A., Tayloe, R., Tzanov, M., Van de Water, R. G., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., Wilking, M. J., Yang, H. J., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

The sidereal time dependence of MiniBooNE electron neutrino and anti-electron neutrino appearance data are analyzed to search for evidence of Lorentz and CPT violation. An unbinned Kolmogorov-Smirnov test shows both the electron neutrino and anti-electron neutrino appearance data are compatible with the null sidereal variation hypothesis to more than 5%. Using an unbinned likelihood fit with a Lorentz-violating oscillation model derived from the Standard Model Extension (SME) to describe any excess events over background, we find that the electron neutrino appearance data prefer a sidereal time-independent solution, and the anti-electron neutrino appearance data slightly prefer a sidereal time-dependent solution. Limits of order 10E-20 GeV are placed on combinations of SME coefficients. These limits give the best limits on certain SME coefficients for muon neutrino to electron neutrino and anti-muon neutrino to anti-electron neutrino oscillations. The fit values and limits of combinations of SME coefficients are provided., Comment: 14 pages, 3 figures, and 2 tables, submitted to Physics Letters B

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2011
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20. Dual baseline search for muon neutrino disappearance at 0.5 eV^2 < \Delta m^2 < 40 eV^2

Author

MiniBooNE, Collaborations, SciBooNE, Mahn, K. B. M., Nakajima, Y., Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Alcaraz-Aunion, J. L., Anderson, C. E., Bazarko, A. O., Brice, S. J., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cao, J., Catala-Perez, J., Cheng, G., Coney, L., Conrad, J. M., Cox, D. C., Curioni, A., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Dore, U., Finley, D. A., Fleming, B. T., Ford, R., Franke, A. J., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Giganti, C., Gomez-Cadenas, J. J., Grange, J., Green, C., Green, J. A., Guzowski, P., Hanson, A., Hart, T. L., Hawker, E., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Huelsnitz, W., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Jones, B. J. P., Jover-Manas, G., Karagiorgi, G., Kasper, P., Katori, T., Kobayashi, Y. K., Kobilarcik, T., Kourbanis, I., Koutsoliotas, S., Kubo, H., Kurimoto, Y., Laird, E. M., Linden, S. K., Link, J. M., Liu, Y., Louis, W. C., Loverre, P. F., Ludovici, L., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Masuike, S., Matsuoka, K., Mauger, C., McGary, V. T., McGregor, G., Metcalf, W., Meyers, P. D., Mills, F., Mills, G. B., Mitsuka, G., Miyachi, Y., Mizugashira, S., Monroe, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nakaya, T., Napora, R., Nelson, R. H., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J. A., Orme, D., Osmanov, B., Otani, M., Ouedraogo, S., Patterson, R. B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Prebys, E., Raaf, J. L., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Sanchez, F., Sandberg, V., Schirato, R., Schmitz, D., Shaevitz, M. H., Shibata, T. -A., Shoemaker, F. C., Smith, D., Soderberg, M., Sorel, M., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. J., Sung, M., Takei, H., Tanaka, H. A., Tanaka, H. -K., Tanaka, M., Tayloe, R., Taylor, I. J., Tesarek, R. J., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Van de Water, R., Walding, J. J., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., White, H. B., Wilking, M. J., Yokoyama, M., Yang, H. J., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The SciBooNE and MiniBooNE collaborations report the results of a \nu_\mu disappearance search in the \Delta m^2 region of 0.5-40 eV^2. The neutrino rate as measured by the SciBooNE tracking detectors is used to constrain the rate at the MiniBooNE Cherenkov detector in the first joint analysis of data from both collaborations. Two separate analyses of the combined data samples set 90% confidence level (CL) limits on \nu_\mu disappearance in the 0.5-40 eV^2 \Delta m^2 region, with an improvement over previous experimental constraints between 10 and 30 eV^2., Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures. Re-submitted to Phys. Rev. D

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2011
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21. Measurement of the neutrino component of an anti-neutrino beam observed by a non-magnetized detector

Author

Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Anderson, C. E., Brice, S. J., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Fleming, B. T., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Green, J. A., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Linden, S. K., Louis, W. C., Mahn, K. B. M., Marsh, W., Mauger, C., Metcalf, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nelson, R. H., Nguyen, V., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J. A., Osmanov, B., Patch, A., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Sorel, M., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. J., Tayloe, R., Tzanov, M., Van de Water, R. G., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., Wilking, M. J., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Two independent methods are employed to measure the neutrino flux of the anti-neutrino-mode beam observed by the MiniBooNE detector. The first method compares data to simulated event rates in a high purity $\numu$ induced charged-current single $\pip$ (CC1$\pip$) sample while the second exploits the difference between the angular distributions of muons created in $\numu$ and $\numub$ charged-current quasi-elastic (CCQE) interactions. The results from both analyses indicate the prediction of the neutrino flux component of the pre-dominately anti-neutrino beam is over-estimated - the CC1$\pip$ analysis indicates the predicted $\numu$ flux should be scaled by $0.76 \pm 0.11$, while the CCQE angular fit yields $0.65 \pm 0.23$. The energy spectrum of the flux prediction is checked by repeating the analyses in bins of reconstructed neutrino energy, and the results show that the spectral shape is well modeled. These analyses are a demonstration of techniques for measuring the neutrino contamination of anti-neutrino beams observed by future non-magnetized detectors., Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures, published in Physical Review D, latest version reflects changes from referee comments

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2011
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22. Measurement of Neutrino-Induced Charged-Current Charged Pion Production Cross Sections on Mineral Oil at E$_{\nu}\sim 1~\textrm{GeV}$

Author

Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Anderson, C. E., Bazarko, A. O., Brice, S. J., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cao, J., Coney, L., Conrad, J. M., Cox, D. C., Curioni, A., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Fleming, B. T., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Green, C., Green, J. A., Hart, T. L., Hawker, E., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Kasper, P., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Kourbanis, I., Koutsoliotas, S., Laird, E. M., Linden, S. K., Link, J. M., Liu, Y., Louis, W. C., Mahn, K. B. M., Marsh, W., Mauger, C., McGary, V. T., McGregor, G., Metcalf, W., Meyers, P. D., Mills, F., Mills, G. B., Monroe, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nelson, R. H., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J. A., Osmanov, B., Ouedraogo, S., Patterson, R. B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Prebys, E., Raaf, J. L., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Sandberg, V., Schirato, R., Schmitz, D., Shaevitz, M. H., Shoemaker, F. C., Smith, D., Soderberg, M., Sorel, M., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. J., Sung, M., Tanaka, H. A., Tayloe, R., Tzanov, M., Van de Water, R. G., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., Wilking, M. J., Yang, H. J., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Using a high-statistics, high-purity sample of $\nu_\mu$-induced charged current, charged pion events in mineral oil (CH$_2$), MiniBooNE reports a collection of interaction cross sections for this process. This includes measurements of the CC$\pi^+$ cross section as a function of neutrino energy, as well as flux-averaged single- and double-differential cross sections of the energy and direction of both the final-state muon and pion. In addition, each of the single-differential cross sections are extracted as a function of neutrino energy to decouple the shape of the MiniBooNE energy spectrum from the results. In many cases, these cross sections are the first time such quantities have been measured on a nuclear target and in the 1 GeV energy range., Comment: 29 pages and 28 figures

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2010
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23. Measurement of $\nu_\mu$-induced charged-current neutral pion production cross sections on mineral oil at $E_\nu\in0.5-2.0$ GeV

Author

Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Anderson, C. E., Bazarko, A. O., Brice, S. J., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cao, J., Coney, L., Conrad, J. M., Cox, D. C., Curioni, A., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Fleming, B. T., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Green, C., Green, J. A., Hart, T. L., Hawker, E., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Kasper, P., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Kourbanis, I., Koutsoliotas, S., Laird, E. M., Linden, S. K., Link, J. M., Liu, Y., Louis, W. C., Mahn, K. B. M., Marsh, W., Mauger, C., McGary, V. T., McGregor, G., Metcalf, W., Meyers, P. D., Mills, F., Mills, G. B., Monroe, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nelson, R. H., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J. A., Osmanov, B., Ouedraogo, S., Patterson, R. B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Prebys, E., Raaf, J. L., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Sandberg, V., Schirato, R., Schmitz, D., Shaevitz, M. H., Shoemaker, F. C., Smith, D., Soderberg, M., Sorel, M., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. J., Sung, M., Tanaka, H. A., Tayloe, R., Tzanov, M., VandeWater, R. G., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., Wilking, M. J., Yang, H. J., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Using a custom 3 \v{C}erenkov-ring fitter, we report cross sections for $\nu_\mu$-induced charged-current single $\pi^0$ production on mineral oil (\chtwo) from a sample of 5810 candidate events with 57% signal purity over an energy range of $0.5-2.0$GeV. This includes measurements of the absolute total cross section as a function of neutrino energy, and flux-averaged differential cross sections measured in terms of $Q^2$, $\mu^-$ kinematics, and $\pi^0$ kinematics. The sample yields a flux-averaged total cross section of $(9.2\pm0.3_{stat.}\pm1.5_{syst.})\times10^{-39}$cm$^2$/CH$_2$ at mean neutrino energy of 0.965GeV., Comment: 21 pages, 14 figures, and 11 tables

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2010
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24. First Measurement of the Muon Neutrino Charged Current Quasielastic Double Differential Cross Section

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MiniBooNE Collaboration, Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Anderson, C. E., Bazarko, A. O., Brice, S. J., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cao, J., Coney, L., Conrad, J. M., Cox, D. C., Curioni, A., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Fleming, B. T., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Green, C., Green, J. A., Hart, T. L., Hawker, E., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Kasper, P., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Kourbanis, I., Koutsoliotas, S., Laird, E. M., Linden, S. K., Link, J. M., Liu, Y., Louis, W. C., Mahn, K. B. M., Marsh, W., Mauger, C., McGary, V. T., McGregor, G., Metcalf, W., Meyers, P. D., Mills, F., Mills, G. B., Monroe, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nelson, R. H., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J. A., Osmanov, B., Ouedraogo, S., Patterson, R. B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Prebys, E., Raaf, J. L., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Sandberg, V., Schirato, R., Schmitz, D., Shaevitz, M. H., Shoemaker, F. C., Smith, D., Soderberg, M., Sorel, M., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. J., Sung, M., Tanaka, H. A., Tayloe, R., Tzanov, M., Van de Water, R. G., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., Wilking, M. J., Yang, H. J., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

A high-statistics sample of charged-current muon neutrino scattering events collected with the MiniBooNE experiment is analyzed to extract the first measurement of the double differential cross section ($\frac{d^2\sigma}{dT_\mu d\cos\theta_\mu}$) for charged-current quasielastic (CCQE) scattering on carbon. This result features minimal model dependence and provides the most complete information on this process to date. With the assumption of CCQE scattering, the absolute cross section as a function of neutrino energy ($\sigma[E_\nu]$) and the single differential cross section ($\frac{d\sigma}{dQ^2}$) are extracted to facilitate comparison with previous measurements. These quantities may be used to characterize an effective axial-vector form factor of the nucleon and to improve the modeling of low-energy neutrino interactions on nuclear targets. The results are relevant for experiments searching for neutrino oscillations., Comment: 22 pages, 16 figures, published in Physical Review D, latest version to reflect changes in PRD editing

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2010
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25. Measurement of \nu_\mu and \bar\nu_\mu induced neutral current single $\pi^0$ production cross sections on mineral oil at E_\nu O(1 GeV)

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The MiniBooNE Collaboration, Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Anderson, C. E., Bazarko, A. O., Brice, S. J., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cao, J., Coney, L., Conrad, J. M., Cox, D. C., Curioni, A., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Fleming, B. T., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Gonzales, J., Grange, J., Green, C., Green, J. A., Hart, T. L., Hawker, E., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Kasper, P., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Kourbanis, I., Koutsoliotas, S., Laird, E. M., Linden, S. K., Link, J. M., Liu, Y., Louis, W. C., Mahn, K. B. M., Marsh, W., Mauger, C., McGary, V. T., McGregor, G., Metcalf, W., Meyers, P. D., Mills, F., Mills, G. B., Monroe, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nelson, R. H., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J. A., Osmanov, B., Ouedraogo, S., Patterson, R. B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Prebys, E., Raaf, J. L., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Sandberg, V., Schirato, R., Schmitz, D., Shaevitz, M. H., Shoemaker, F. C., Smith, D., Soderberg, M., Sorel, M., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. J., Sung, M., Tanaka, H. A., Tayloe, R., Tzanov, M., Van de Water, R. G., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., Wilking, M. J., Yang, H. J., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

MiniBooNE reports the first absolute cross sections for neutral current single \pi^0 production on CH_2 induced by neutrino and antineutrino interactions measured from the largest sets of NC \pi^0 events collected to date. The principal result consists of differential cross sections measured as functions of \pi^0 momentum and \pi^0 angle averaged over the neutrino flux at MiniBooNE. We find total cross sections of (4.76+/-0.05_{stat}+/-0.76_{sys})*10^{-40} cm^2/nucleon at a mean energy of =808 MeV and (1.48+/-0.05_{stat}+/-0.23_{sys})*10^{-40} cm^2/nucleon at a mean energy of =664 MeV for \nu_\mu and \bar\nu_\mu induced production, respectively. In addition, we have included measurements of the neutrino and antineutrino total cross sections for incoherent exclusive NC 1\pi^0 production corrected for the effects of final state interactions to compare to prior results., Comment: 13 pages, 12 figures, 4 tables

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2009
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26. A Letter of Intent to Build a MiniBooNE Near Detector: BooNE

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Stancu, I., Djurcic, Z., Smith, D., Ford, R., Kobilarcik, T., Marsh, W., Moore, C. D., Grange, J., Osmanov, B., Ray, H., Garvey, G. T., Green, J. A., Louis, W. C., Mauger, C., Mills, G. B., Pavlovic, Z., Van de Water, R., White, D. H., Zeller, G. P., Metcalf, W., Roe, B. P., and Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

There is accumulating evidence for a difference between neutrino and antineutrino oscillations at the $\sim 1$ eV$^2$ scale. The MiniBooNE experiment observes an unexplained excess of electron-like events at low energies in neutrino mode, which may be due, for example, to either a neutral current radiative interaction, sterile neutrino decay, or to neutrino oscillations involving sterile neutrinos and which may be related to the LSND signal. No excess of electron-like events ($-0.5 \pm 7.8 \pm 8.7$), however, is observed so far at low energies in antineutrino mode. Furthermore, global 3+1 and 3+2 sterile neutrino fits to the world neutrino and antineutrino data suggest a difference between neutrinos and antineutrinos with significant ($\sin^22\theta_{\mu \mu} \sim 35%$) $\bar \nu_\mu$ disappearance. In order to test whether the low-energy excess is due to neutrino oscillations and whether there is a difference between $\nu_\mu$ and $\bar \nu_\mu$ disappearance, we propose building a second MiniBooNE detector at (or moving the existing MiniBooNE detector to) a distance of $\sim 200$ m from the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) production target. With identical detectors at different distances, most of the systematic errors will cancel when taking a ratio of events in the two detectors, as the neutrino flux varies as $1/r^2$ to a calculable approximation. This will allow sensitive tests of oscillations for both $\nu_e$ and $\bar \nu_e$ appearance and $\nu_\mu$ and $\bar \nu_\mu$ disappearance. Furthermore, a comparison between oscillations in neutrino mode and antineutrino mode will allow a sensitive search for CP and CPT violation in the lepton sector at short baseline ($\Delta m^2 > 0.1$ eV$^2$)., Comment: 43 pages, 40 figures

Published
2009

27. Measurement of the \nu_\mu charged current \pi^+ to quasi-elastic cross section ratio on mineral oil in a 0.8 GeV neutrino beam

Author

Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Anderson, C. E., Bazarko, A. O., Brice, S. J., Brown, B. C., Buge, L., Cao, J., Coney, L., Conrad, J. M., Cox, D. C., Curioni, A., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Fleming, B. T., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Green, C., Green, J. A., Hart, T. L., Hawker, E., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Kasper, P., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Kourbanis, I., Koutsoliotas, S., Laird, E. M., Linden, S. K., Link, J. M., Liu, Y., Louis, W. C., Mahn, K. B. M., Marsh, W., McGary, V. T., McGregor, G., Metcalf, W., Meyers, P. D., Mills, F., Mills, G. B., Monroe, J., Moore, C. D., Nelson, R. H., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J. A., Osmanov, B., Ouedraogo, S., Patterson, R. B., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Prebys, E., Raaf, J. L., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Sandberg, V., Schirato, R., Schmitz, D., Shaevitz, M. H., Shoemaker, F. C., Smith, D., Soderberg, M., Sorel, M., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. J., Sung, M., Tanaka, H. A., Tayloe, R., Tzanov, M., Van de Water, R., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., Wilking, M. J., Yang, H. J., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Using high statistics samples of charged current $\nu_\mu$ interactions, MiniBooNE reports a measurement of the single charged pion production to quasi-elastic cross section ratio on mineral oil (CH$_2$), both with and without corrections for hadron re-interactions in the target nucleus. The result is provided as a function of neutrino energy in the range 0.4 GeV $< E_\nu <$ 2.4 GeV with 11% precision in the region of highest statistics. The results are consistent with previous measurements and the prediction from historical neutrino calculations., Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures

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2009
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28. MINERvA neutrino detector response measured with test beam data

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Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Araujo Del Castillo, C., Bagby, L., Bellantoni, L., Bergan, W.F., Bodek, A., Bradford, R., Bravar, A., Budd, H., Butkevich, A., Martinez Caicedo, D.A., Carneiro, M.F., Christy, M.E., Chvojka, J., da Motta, H., Devan, J., Díaz, G.A., Dytman, S.A., Eberly, B., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fine, R., Flight, R., Gago, A.M., Gingu, C., Golan, T., Gomez, A., Gran, R., Harris, D.A., Higuera, A., Howley, I.J., Hurtado, K., Kleykamp, J., Kordosky, M., Lanari, M., Le, T., Leister, A.J., Lovlein, A., Maher, E., Mann, W.A., Marshall, C.M., McFarland, K.S., McGivern, C.L., McGowan, A.M., Messerly, B., Miller, J., Miller, W., Mislivec, A., Morfín, J.G., Mousseau, J., Muhlbeier, T., Naples, D., Nelson, J.K., Norrick, A., Ochoa, N., O׳Connor, C.D., Osmanov, B., Osta, J., Paolone, V., Patrick, C.E., Patrick, L., Perdue, G.N., Pérez Lara, C.E., Rakotondravohitra, L., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rodrigues, P.A., Rubinov, P., Rude, C.R., Ruterbories, D., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D.W., Solano Salinas, C.J., Tagg, N., Tice, B.G., Urrutia, Z., Valencia, E., Walton, T., Westerberg, A., Wolcott, J., Woodward, N., Wospakrik, M., Zavala, G., Zhang, D., and Ziemer, B.P.

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2015
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29. Design, calibration, and performance of the MINERvA detector

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Aliaga, L., Bagby, L., Baldin, B., Baumbaugh, A., Bodek, A., Bradford, R., Brooks, W.K., Boehnlein, D., Boyd, S., Budd, H., Butkevich, A., Martinez Caicedo, D.A., Castromonte, C.M., Christy, M.E., Chvojka, J., da Motta, H., Damiani, D.S., Danko, I., Datta, M., DeMaat, R., Devan, J., Draeger, E., Dytman, S.A., Díaz, G.A., Eberly, B., Edmondson, D.A., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fiorentini, G.A., Flight, R.S., Gago, A.M., Gallagher, H., George, C.A., Gielata, J.A., Gingu, C., Gobbi, B., Gran, R., Grange, J., Grossman, N., Harris, D.A., Heaton, J., Higuera, A., Hobbs, J.A., Howley, I.J., Hurtado, K., Jerkins, M., Kafka, T., Kantner, M.O., Keppel, C., Kilmer, J., Kordosky, M., Krajeski, A.H., Kumbartzki, G.J., Lee, H., Leister, A.G., Locke, G., Maggi, G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W.A., Marshall, C.M., McFarland, K.S., McGivern, C.L., McGowan, A.M., Mislivec, A., Morfín, J.G., Mousseau, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J.K., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., O'Connor, C.D., Ochoa, N., Olsen, J., Osmanov, B., Osta, J., Palomino, J.L., Paolone, V., Park, J., Perdue, G.N., Peña, C., Pla-Dalmau, A., Rakotondravohitra, L., Ransome, R.D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rubinov, P., Rude, C., Sassin, K.E., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D.W., Schneider, R.M., Schulte, E.C., Simon, C., Snider, F.D., Snyder, M.C., Solano Salinas, C.J., Tagg, N., Tice, B.G., Tilden, R.N., Tzanakos, G., Velásquez, J.P., Walton, T., Westerberg, A., Wolcott, J., Wolthuis, B.A., Woodward, N., Wytock, T., Zavala, G., Zeng, H.B., Zhang, D., Zhu, L.Y., and Ziemer, B.P.

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2014
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30. Arachne—A web-based event viewer for [formula omitted]

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Tagg, N., Brangham, J., Chvojka, J., Clairemont, M., Day, M., Eberly, B., Felix, J., Fields, L., Gago, A.M., Gran, R., Harris, D.A., Kordosky, M., Lee, H., Maggi, G., Maher, E., Mann, W.A., Marshall, C.M., McFarland, K.S., McGowan, A.M., Mislivec, A., Mousseau, J., Osmanov, B., Osta, J., Paolone, V., Perdue, G., Ransome, R.D., Ray, H., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D.W., Simon, C., Solano Salinas, C.J., Tice, B.G., Walding, J., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Zhang, D., and Ziemer, B.P.

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2012
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38. Letter of Intent to Build a MiniBooNE Near Detector: BooNE

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Stancu, I., primary, Djurcic, Z., additional, Smith, D., additional, Ford, R., additional, Kobilarcik, T., additional, Marsh, W., additional, Moore, C. D., additional, Grange, J., additional, Osmanov, B., additional, Ray, H., additional, and Garvey, G. T., additional

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2009
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40. Closed (hydrodynamic) versus open (lateral sinus floor) subantral augmentation for single tooth replacement: criteria of decision-making and clinical efficacy

Author

Artemchuk Artem, Yahodka Bohdan, Osmanov Bekir, Kopchak Andrii, and Chepurnyi Yurii

Subjects
hydrodynamic subantral augmentation, lateral sinus floor augmentation, closed sinus lift, maxillary sinus floor, single tooth replacement, Dentistry, RK1-715, Surgery, RD1-811
Abstract

Introduction: This research aimed to study the impact of initial anatomical conditions on decision-making for subantral augmentation in a single tooth gap and to compare the clinical efficiency of closed hydrodynamic sinus lift and lateral sinus floor augmentation (LSFA) for single tooth restoration. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 96 patients who underwent subantral augmentation with simultaneous implantation in a single tooth gap. Patients were divided: 50 in the “Open” LSFA group and 46 in the “Closed” hydrodynamic lift group. A two-stage protocol was applied, with data on age, intervention site, implant dimensions, and bone height analyzed. Results: Mean residual bone height differed: 3.341 ± 1.433 mm in “Open” and 4.437 ± 1.741 mm in “Closed” (p = 0.001). Median bone height post-surgery was 9.5 mm in “Open” and 8.5 mm in “Closed” (p = 0.0031), with significant bone height increase (p < 0.00001). No implant or graft removals were needed. Conclusion: Residual alveolar ridge height, cortical bone thickness, and sinus wall thickness are key criteria in selecting a protocol. Both techniques achieved effective results, even with initial bone heights below 5 mm. LSFA led to greater bone height increase, while both approaches provide reliable options for stable implant integration.

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2024
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41. Design, calibration, and performance of the MINERvA detector

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

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

The MINERvA(6) experiment is designed to perform precision studies of neutrino-nucleus scattering using nu(mu) and (nu) over bar (mu) neutrinos incident at 1-20 GeV in the NuMI beam at Fermilab. This article presents a detailed description of the MINERvA detector and describes the ex situ and in situ techniques employed to characterize the detector and monitor its performance. The detector is composed of a finely segmented scintillator-based inner tracking region surrounded by electromagnetic and hadronic sampling calorimetry. The upstream portion of the detector includes planes of graphite, iron and lead interleaved between tracking planes to facilitate the study of nuclear effects in neutrino interactions. Observations concerning the detector response over sustained periods of running are reported. The detector design and methods of operation have relevance to future neutrino experiments in which segmented scintillator tracking is utilized. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Published
2014

42. Measurement of Muon antineutrino quasielastic scattering on a hydrocarbon target at Eν∼3.5 GeV

Author

Fields, L. Chvojka, J. Aliaga, L. Altinok, O. Baldin, B. Baumbaugh, A. Bodek, A. Boehnlein, D. Boyd, S. Bradford, R. Brooks, W.K. Budd, H. Butkevich, A. Martinez Caicedo, D.A. Castromonte, C.M. Christy, M.E. Chung, H. Clark, M. Da Motta, H. Damiani, D.S. Danko, I. Datta, M. Day, M. Demaat, R. Devan, J. Draeger, E. Dytman, S.A. Díaz, G.A. Eberly, B. Edmondson, D.A. Felix, J. Fitzpatrick, T. Fiorentini, G.A. Gago, A.M. Gallagher, H. George, C.A. Gielata, J.A. Gingu, C. Gobbi, B. Gran, R. Grossman, N. Hanson, J. Harris, D.A. Heaton, J. Higuera, A. Howley, I.J. Hurtado, K. Jerkins, M. Kafka, T. Kaisen, J. Kanter, M.O. Keppel, C.E. Kilmer, J. Kordosky, M. Krajeski, A.H. Kulagin, S.A. Le, T. Lee, H. Leister, A.G. Locke, G. Maggi, G. Maher, E. Manly, S. Mann, W.A. Marshall, C.M. McFarland, K.S. McGivern, C.L. McGowan, A.M. Mislivec, A. Morfín, J.G. Mousseau, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J.K. Niculescu, G. Niculescu, I. Ochoa, N. O'Connor, C.D. Olsen, J. Osmanov, B. Osta, J. Palomino, J.L. Paolone, V. Park, J. Patrick, C.E. Perdue, G.N. Peña, C. Rakotondravohitra, L. Ransome, R.D. Ray, H. Ren, L. Rodrigues, P.A. Rude, C. Sassin, K.E. Schellman, H. Schmitz, D.W. Schneider, R.M. Schulte, E.C. Simon, C. Snider, F.D. Snyder, M.C. Sobczyk, J.T. Solano Salinas, C.J. Tagg, N. Tan, W. Tice, B.G. Tzanakos, G. Velásquez, J.P. Walding, J. Walton, T. Wolcott, J. Wolthuis, B.A. Woodward, N. Zavala, G. Zeng, H.B. Zhang, D. Zhu, L.Y. Ziemer, B.P.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We have isolated ν̄μ charged-current quasielastic (QE) interactions occurring in the segmented scintillator tracking region of the MINERvA detector running in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. We measure the flux-averaged differential cross section, dσ/dQ2, and compare to several theoretical models of QE scattering. Good agreement is obtained with a model where the nucleon axial mass, MA, is set to 0.99 GeV/c2 but the nucleon vector form factors are modified to account for the observed enhancement, relative to the free nucleon case, of the cross section for the exchange of transversely polarized photons in electron-nucleus scattering. Our data at higher Q2 favor this interpretation over an alternative in which the axial mass is increased. © 2013 American Physical Society.

Published
2013

43. Improved Search for $\bar ��_��\rightarrow \bar ��_e$ Oscillations in the MiniBooNE Experiment

Author

The MiniBooNE Collaboration, Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cheng, G., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Huelsnitz, W., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Louis, W. C., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Tayloe, R., Van de Water, R. G., White, D. H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
Abstract

The MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab reports results from an analysis of $\bar ��_e$ appearance data from $11.27 \times 10^{20}$ protons on target in antineutrino mode, an increase of approximately a factor of two over the previously reported results. An event excess of $78.4 \pm 28.5$ events ($2.8 ��$) is observed in the energy range $200, Submitted to PRL. Further information provided in arXiv:1207.4809

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2013
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44. Measurement of muon neutrino quasielastic scattering on a hydrocarbon target at Eν∼3.5 GeV

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Fiorentini, G.A. Schmitz, D.W. Rodrigues, P.A. Aliaga, L. Altinok, O. Baldin, B. Baumbaugh, A. Bodek, A. Boehnlein, D. Boyd, S. Bradford, R. Brooks, W.K. Budd, H. Butkevich, A. Martinez Caicedo, D.A. Castromonte, C.M. Christy, M.E. Chung, H. Chvojka, J. Clark, M. Da Motta, H. Damiani, D.S. Danko, I. Datta, M. Day, M. Demaat, R. Devan, J. Draeger, E. Dytman, S.A. Díaz, G.A. Eberly, B. Edmondson, D.A. Felix, J. Fields, L. Fitzpatrick, T. Gago, A.M. Gallagher, H. George, C.A. Gielata, J.A. Gingu, C. Gobbi, B. Gran, R. Grossman, N. Hanson, J. Harris, D.A. Heaton, J. Higuera, A. Howley, I.J. Hurtado, K. Jerkins, M. Kafka, T. Kaisen, J. Kanter, M.O. Keppel, C.E. Kilmer, J. Kordosky, M. Krajeski, A.H. Kulagin, S.A. Le, T. Lee, H. Leister, A.G. Locke, G. Maggi, G. Maher, E. Manly, S. Mann, W.A. Marshall, C.M. McFarland, K.S. McGivern, C.L. McGowan, A.M. Mislivec, A. Morfín, J.G. Mousseau, J. Naples, D. Nelson, J.K. Niculescu, G. Niculescu, I. Ochoa, N. O'Connor, C.D. Olsen, J. Osmanov, B. Osta, J. Palomino, J.L. Paolone, V. Park, J. Patrick, C.E. Perdue, G.N. Peña, C. Rakotondravohitra, L. Ransome, R.D. Ray, H. Ren, L. Rude, C. Sassin, K.E. Schellman, H. Schneider, R.M. Schulte, E.C. Simon, C. Snider, F.D. Snyder, M.C. Sobczyk, J.T. Solano Salinas, C.J. Tagg, N. Tan, W. Tice, B.G. Tzanakos, G. Velásquez, J.P. Walding, J. Walton, T. Wolcott, J. Wolthuis, B.A. Woodward, N. Zavala, G. Zeng, H.B. Zhang, D. Zhu, L.Y. Ziemer, B.P.

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

We report a study of νμ charged-current quasielastic events in the segmented scintillator inner tracker of the MINERvA experiment running in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. The events were selected by requiring a μ- and low calorimetric recoil energy separated from the interaction vertex. We measure the flux-averaged differential cross section, dσ/dQ2, and study the low energy particle content of the final state. Deviations are found between the measured dσ/dQ2 and the expectations of a model of independent nucleons in a relativistic Fermi gas. We also observe an excess of energy near the vertex consistent with multiple protons in the final state. © 2013 American Physical Society.

Published
2013

45. Dual baseline search for muon antineutrino disappearance at 0.1 eV^2 < ��m^2 < 100 eV^2

Author

MiniBooNE Collaboration, SciBooNE Collaboration, Cheng, G., Huelsnitz, W., Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Alcaraz-Aunion, J. L., Brice, S. J., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Catala-Perez, J., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Dore, U., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Franke, A. J., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Giganti, C., Gomez-Cadenas, J. J., Grange, J., Guzowski, P., Hanson, A., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Jones, B. J. P., Jover-Manas, G., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobayashi, Y. K., Kobilarcik, T., Kubo, H., Kurimoto, Y., Louis, W. C., Loverre, P. F., Ludovici, L., Mahn, K. B. M., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Masuike, S., Matsuoka, K., McGary, V. T., Metcalf, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Mitsuka, G., Miyachi, Y., Mizugashira, S., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nakajima, Y., Nakaya, T., Napora, R., Nienaber, P., Orme, D., Osmanov, B., Otani, M., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Sanchez, F., Shaevitz, M. H., Shibata, T. -A., Sorel, M., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. J., Takei, H., Tanaka, H. -K., Tanaka, M., Tayloe, R., Taylor, I. J., Tesarek, R. J., Uchida, Y., Van de Water, R. G., Walding, J. J., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., White, H. B., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Yokoyama, M., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

The MiniBooNE and SciBooNE collaborations report the results of a joint search for short baseline disappearance of \bar{��_��} at Fermilab's Booster Neutrino Beamline. The MiniBooNE Cherenkov detector and the SciBooNE tracking detector observe antineutrinos from the same beam, therefore the combined analysis of their datasets serves to partially constrain some of the flux and cross section uncertainties. Uncertainties in the ��_�� background were constrained by neutrino flux and cross section measurements performed in both detectors. A likelihood ratio method was used to set a 90% confidence level upper limit on \bar{��_��} disappearance that dramatically improves upon prior limits in the ��m^2=0.1-100 eV^2 region., 15 pages, 27 figures

Published
2012
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46. A Combined $��_��\to ��_e$ and $\bar��_��\to \bar��_e$ Oscillation Analysis of the MiniBooNE Excesses

Author

MiniBooNE Collaboration, Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cheng, G., Church, E. D., Conrad, J. M., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D. A., Ford, R., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Grange, J., Huelsnitz, W., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobilarcik, T., Louis, W. C., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Mills, G. B., Mirabal, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nienaber, P., Osmanov, B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Shaevitz, M. H., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Tayloe, R., Van de Water, R. G., White, D. H., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
Abstract

The MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab reports results from an analysis of the combined $��_e$ and $\bar ��_e$ appearance data from $6.46 \times 10^{20}$ protons on target in neutrino mode and $11.27 \times 10^{20}$ protons on target in antineutrino mode. A total excess of $240.3 \pm 34.5 \pm 52.6$ events ($3.8 ��$) is observed from combining the two data sets in the energy range $200, Minor wording and figure changes and added references

Published
2012
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47. Dual baseline search for muon antineutrino disappearance at 0.1 eV(2) < Delta m(2) < 100 eV(2)

Author

Cheng, G., Huelsnitz, W., Aguilar Arevalo, A. a., Alcaraz Aunion, J. l., Brice, S. j., Brown, B. c., Bugel, L., Catala Perez, J., Church, E. d., Conrad, J. m., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Dore, Ubaldo, Finley, D. a., Ford, R., Franke, A. j., Garcia, F. g., Garvey, G. t., Giganti, C., Gomez Cadenas, J. j., Grange, J., Guzowski, P., Hanson, A., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Ignarra, C., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. a., Jover Manas, G., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kobayashi, Y. k., Kobilarcik, T., Kubo, H., Kurimoto, Y., Louis, W. c., Loverre, Pier Ferruccio, Ludovici, L., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Masuike, S., Matsuoka, K., Mcgary, V. t., Metcalf, W., Mills, G. b., Mirabal, J., Mitsuka, G., Miyachi, Y., Mizugashira, S., Moore, C. d., Mousseau, J., Nakajima, Y., Nakaya, T., Napora, R., Nienaber, P., Orme, D., Osmanov, B., Otani, M., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. c., Ray, H., Roe, B. p., Russell, A. d., Sanchez, F., Shaevitz, M. h., Shibata, T. a., Sorel, M., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. j., Takei, H., Tanaka, H. k., Tanaka, M., Tayloe, R., Taylor, I. j., Tesarek, R. j., Uchida, Y., Van, R. g., Walding, J. j., Wascko, M. o., White, D. h., White, H. b., Wickremasinghe, D. a., Yokoyama, M., Zeller, G. p., and Zimmerman, E. d.

Published
2012

48. Dual baseline search for muon neutrino disappearance at 0.5 eV(2) < Delta m(2) < 40 eV(2)

Author

Nakajima, Y., Aguilar Arevalo, A. a., Alcaraz Aunion, J. l., Anderson, C. e., Bazarko, A. o., Brice, S. j., Brown, B. c., Bugel, L., Cao, J., Catala Perez, J., Cheng, G., Coney, L., Conrad, J. m., Cox, D. c., Curioni, A., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Dore, U., Finley, D. a., Fleming, B. t., Ford, R., Franke, A. j., Garcia, F. g., Garvey, G. t., Giganti, C., Gomez Cadenas, J. j., Grange, J., Green, C., Green, J. a., Guzowski, P., Hanson, A., Hart, T. l., Hawker, E., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Huelsnitz, W., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. a., Jover Manas, G., Karagiorgi, G., Kasper, P., Katori, T., Kobayashi, Y. k., Kobilarcik, T., Kourbanis, I., Koutsoliotas, S., Kubo, H., Kurimoto, Y., Laird, E. m., Linden, S. k., Link, J. m., Liu, Y., Louis, W. c., Loverre, Pier Ferruccio, Ludovici, L., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Masuike, S., Matsuoka, K., Mauger, C., Mcgary, V. t., Mcgregor, G., Metcalf, W., Meyers, P. d., Mills, F., Mills, G. b., Mitsuka, G., Miyachi, Y., Mizugashira, S., Monroe, J., Moore, C. d., Mousseau, J., Nakaya, T., Napora, R., Nelson, R. h., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J. a., Orme, D., Osmanov, B., Otani, M., Ouedraogo, S., Patterson, R. b., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. c., Prebys, E., Raaf, J. l., Ray, H., Roe, B. p., Russell, A. d., Sanchez, F., Sandberg, V., Schirato, R., Schmitz, D., Shaevitz, M. h., Shibata, T. a., Shoemaker, F. c., Smith, D., Soderberg, M., Sorel, M., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. j., Sung, M., Takei, H., Tanaka, H. a., Tanaka, H. k., Tanaka, M., Tayloe, R., Taylor, I. j., Tesarek, R. j., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., R. v., De, Walding, J. j., Wascko, M. o., White, D. h., White, H. b., Wilking, M. j., Yokoyama, M., Yang, H. j., Zeller, G. p., and Zimmerman, E. d.

Published
2012

49. Dual baseline search for muon neutrino disappearance at 0.5 eV^2 < ��m^2 < 40 eV^2

Author

MiniBooNE, Collaborations, SciBooNE, Mahn, K. B. M., Nakajima, Y., Aguilar-Arevalo, A. A., Alcaraz-Aunion, J. L., Anderson, C. E., Bazarko, A. O., Brice, S. J., Brown, B. C., Bugel, L., Cao, J., Catala-Perez, J., Cheng, G., Coney, L., Conrad, J. M., Cox, D. C., Curioni, A., Dharmapalan, R., Djurcic, Z., Dore, U., Finley, D. A., Fleming, B. T., Ford, R., Franke, A. J., Garcia, F. G., Garvey, G. T., Giganti, C., Gomez-Cadenas, J. J., Grange, J., Green, C., Green, J. A., Guzowski, P., Hanson, A., Hart, T. L., Hawker, E., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Huelsnitz, W., Imlay, R., Johnson, R. A., Jones, B. J. P., Jover-Manas, G., Karagiorgi, G., Kasper, P., Katori, T., Kobayashi, Y. K., Kobilarcik, T., Kourbanis, I., Koutsoliotas, S., Kubo, H., Kurimoto, Y., Laird, E. M., Linden, S. K., Link, J. M., Liu, Y., Louis, W. C., Loverre, P. F., Ludovici, L., Mariani, C., Marsh, W., Masuike, S., Matsuoka, K., Mauger, C., McGary, V. T., McGregor, G., Metcalf, W., Meyers, P. D., Mills, F., Mills, G. B., Mitsuka, G., Miyachi, Y., Mizugashira, S., Monroe, J., Moore, C. D., Mousseau, J., Nakaya, T., Napora, R., Nelson, R. H., Nienaber, P., Nowak, J. A., Orme, D., Osmanov, B., Otani, M., Ouedraogo, S., Patterson, R. B., Pavlovic, Z., Perevalov, D., Polly, C. C., Prebys, E., Raaf, J. L., Ray, H., Roe, B. P., Russell, A. D., Sanchez, F., Sandberg, V., Schirato, R., Schmitz, D., Shaevitz, M. H., Shibata, T. -A., Shoemaker, F. C., Smith, D., Soderberg, M., Sorel, M., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., Stancu, I., Stefanski, R. J., Sung, M., Takei, H., Tanaka, H. A., Tanaka, H. -K., Tanaka, M., Tayloe, R., Taylor, I. J., Tesarek, R. J., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Van de Water, R., Walding, J. J., Wascko, M. O., White, D. H., White, H. B., Wilking, M. J., Yokoyama, M., Yang, H. J., Zeller, G. P., and Zimmerman, E. D.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), FOS: Physical sciences
Abstract

The SciBooNE and MiniBooNE collaborations report the results of a ��_��disappearance search in the ��m^2 region of 0.5-40 eV^2. The neutrino rate as measured by the SciBooNE tracking detectors is used to constrain the rate at the MiniBooNE Cherenkov detector in the first joint analysis of data from both collaborations. Two separate analyses of the combined data samples set 90% confidence level (CL) limits on ��_��disappearance in the 0.5-40 eV^2 ��m^2 region, with an improvement over previous experimental constraints between 10 and 30 eV^2., 10 pages, 9 figures. Re-submitted to Phys. Rev. D

Published
2011
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50. Event Excess in the MiniBooNE Search for (nu)over-bar(mu) -> (nu)over-bar(e) Oscillations

Author

Aguilar-Arevalo, AA, Anderson, CE, Brice, SJ, Brown, BC, Bugel, L, Conrad, JM, Dharmapalan, R, Djurcic, Z, Fleming, BT, Ford, R, Garcia, FG, Garvey, GT, Mirabal, J, Grange, J, Green, JA, Imlay, R, Johnson, RA, Karagiorgi, G, Katori, T, Kobilarcik, T, Linden, SK, Louis, WC, Mahn, KBM, Marsh, W, Mauger, C, Metcalf, W, Mills, GB, Moore, CD, Mousseau, J, Nelson, RH, Nguyen, V, Nienaber, P, Nowak, JA, Osmanov, B, Pavlovic, Z, Perevalov, D, Polly, CC, Ray, H, Roe, BP, Russell, AD, Schirato, R, Shaevitz, MH, Sorel, M, Spitz, J, Stancu, I, Stefanski, RJ, Tayloe, R, Tzanov, M, Van de Water, RG, Wascko, MO, White, DH, Wilking, MJ, Zeller, GP, and Zimmerman, ED

Published
2010

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