Publications (100)
Neutrino Oscillation Physics Potential of the T2K Experiment
K. Abe, J. Adam, H. Aihara +342
The observation of the recent electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam and the high-precision measurement of the mixing angle have led to a re-evaluation of t…
Measurements of neutrino oscillation in appearance and disappearance channels by the T2K experiment with 6.6E20 protons on target
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, J. Adam +346
We report on measurements of neutrino oscillation using data from the T2K long-baseline neutrino experiment collected between 2010 and 2013. In an analysis of muon neutrino disappe…
Light sterile neutrino sensitivity at the nuSTORM facility
D. Adey, S. K. Agarwalla, C. M. Ankenbrandt +109
A facility that can deliver beams of electron and muon neutrinos from the decay of a stored muon beam has the potential to unambiguously resolve the issue of the evidence for light…
Cryogenic characterization of FBK NUV-HD-Cryo 3T SiPM sensors for the DUNE photon detection system
F. Acerbi, M. Andreotti, A. Balboni +93
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a long-baseline neutrino experiment based in the USA and composed of a Near Detector (ND) complex at Fermi National Laboratory (F…
Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino neutral-current quasielastic-like interactions on oxygen by detecting nuclear de-excitation -rays
K. Abe, R. Akutsu, A. Ali +330
Neutrino- and antineutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic-like interactions are measured at Super-Kamiokande using nuclear de-excitation -rays to identify signal-like inte…
Evidence of Electron Neutrino Appearance in a Muon Neutrino Beam
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +356
The T2K collaboration: reports evidence for electron neutrino appearance at the atmospheric mass splitting, |Îm_{32}^2|=2.4x10^{-3} eV^2. An excess of electron neutrino interactio…
First measurement of the charged-current cross section without pions in the final state on a water target
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, J. Amey +303
This paper reports the first differential measurement of the charged-current interaction cross section of on water with no pions in the final state. This flux-averaged meas…
Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Oscillations with an Accelerator-Produced Off-Axis Beam
T2K collaboration, K. Abe, C. Andreopoulos +326
T2K reports its first measurements of the parameters governing the disappearance of in an off-axis beam due to flavor change induced by neutrino oscillations. The quasi…
Measurement of the muon neutrino inclusive charged-current cross section in the energy range of 1-3 GeV with the T2K INGRID detector
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, C. Andreopoulos +318
We report a measurement of the -nucleus inclusive charged current cross section (=) on iron using data from exposed to the J-PARC neutrino beam. The detector consis…
The T2K Neutrino Flux Prediction
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +349
The Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) experiment studies neutrino oscillations using an off-axis muon neutrino beam with a peak energy of about 0.6 GeV that originates at the J-PARC accelerat…
The T2K Experiment
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +520
The T2K experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. Its main goal is to measure the last unknown lepton sector mixing angle θ_{13} by observing ν_e appearance…
Present status and future perspectives of the NEXT experiment
The NEXT Collaboration, J. J. Gómez-Cadenas, V. Ãlvarez +74
NEXT is an experiment dedicated to neutrinoless double beta decay searches in xenon. The detector is a TPC, holding 100 kg of high-pressure xenon enriched in the Xe isotope…
Proposal for an Extended Run of T2K to POT
K. Abe, H. Aihara, A. Amji +313
Recent measurements by the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment indicate that CP violation in neutrino mixing may be observed in the future by long-baseline neutrino oscillation exp…
Near-Intrinsic Energy Resolution for 30 to 662 keV Gamma Rays in a High Pressure Xenon Electroluminescent TPC
NEXT Collaboration, V. Ãlvarez, F. I. G. M. Borges +75
We present the design, data and results from the NEXT prototype for Double Beta and Dark Matter (NEXT-DBDM) detector, a high-pressure gaseous natural xenon electroluminescent time…
Measurement of coherent production in low energy neutrino-Carbon scattering
K. Abe, C. Andreopoulos, M. Antonova +336
We report the first measurement of the flux-averaged cross section for charged current coherent production on carbon for neutrino energies less than 1.5 GeV to a restricte…
Performance of the MIND detector at a Neutrino Factory using realistic muon reconstruction
A. Cervera, A. Laing, J. Martin-Albo +1
A Neutrino Factory producing an intense beam composed of nu_e(nubar_e) and nubar_mu(nu_mu) from muon decays has been shown to have the greatest sensitivity to the two currently unm…
Baby MIND: A magnetized segmented neutrino detector for the WAGASCI experiment
M. Antonova, R. Asfandiyarov, R. Bayes +43
T2K (Tokai-to-Kamioka) is a long-baseline neutrino experiment in Japan designed to study various parameters of neutrino oscillations. A near detector complex (ND280) is located 280…
First measurement of muon neutrino charged-current interactions on hydrocarbon without pions in the final state using multiple detectors with correlated energy spectra at T2K
K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu +401
This paper reports the first measurement of muon neutrino charged-current interactions without pions in the final state using multiple detectors with correlated energy spectra at T…
Search for short baseline disappearance with the T2K near detector
K. Abe, J. Adam, H. Aihara +334
The T2K experiment has performed a search for disappearance due to sterile neutrinos using protons on target for a baseline of in a neutrino bea…
Measurements of the T2K neutrino beam properties using the INGRID on-axis near detector
K. Abe, N. Abgrall, Y. Ajima +428
Precise measurement of neutrino beam direction and intensity was achieved based on a new concept with modularized neutrino detectors. INGRID (Interactive Neutrino GRID) is an on-ax…
Scintillator ageing of the T2K near detectors from 2010 to 2021
The T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Akhlaq +355
The T2K experiment widely uses plastic scintillator as a target for neutrino interactions and an active medium for the measurement of charged particles produced in neutrino interac…
Measurement of the intrinsic electron neutrino component in the T2K neutrino beam with the ND280 detector
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, J. Adam +338
The T2K experiment has reported the first observation of the appearance of electron neutrinos in a muon neutrino beam. The main and irreducible background to the appearance signal…
First Muon-Neutrino Disappearance Study with an Off-Axis Beam
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +443
We report a measurement of muon-neutrino disappearance in the T2K experiment. The 295-km muon-neutrino beam from Tokai to Kamioka is the first implementation of the off-axis techni…
Characterisation of NEXT-DEMO using xenon K X-rays
NEXT Collaboration, D. Lorca, J. MartÃn-Albo +63
The NEXT experiment aims to observe the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe in a high pressure gas TPC using electroluminescence (EL) to amplify the signal from ionization…
NEXT, a HPGXe TPC for neutrinoless double beta decay searches
The NEXT Collaboration, F. Granena, T. Lux +61
We propose a novel detection concept for neutrinoless double-beta decay searches. This concept is based on a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) filled with high-pressure gaseous xenon,…
First joint oscillation analysis of Super-Kamiokande atmospheric and T2K accelerator neutrino data
Super-Kamiokande, T2K collaborations, : +545
The Super-Kamiokande and T2K collaborations present a joint measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters from their atmospheric and beam neutrino data. It uses a common interacti…
Measurements of the and -induced Coherent Charged Pion Production Cross Sections on by the T2K experiment
K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu +380
We report an updated measurement of the -induced, and the first measurement of the -induced coherent charged pion production cross section on nuclei in t…
T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using protons on target
K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu +311
We report measurements by the T2K experiment of the parameters and which govern the disappearance of muon neutrinos and antineutrinos in the three-flavor PMN…
Search for neutral-current induced single photon production at the ND280 near detector in T2K
K. Abe, R. Akutsu, A. Ali +314
Neutrino neutral-current induced single photon production is a sub-leading order process for accelerator-based neutrino beam experiments including T2K. It is, however, an important…
Search for Lorentz and CPT violation using sidereal time dependence of neutrino flavor transitions over a short baseline
K. Abe, J. Amey, C. Andreopoulos +354
A class of extensions of the Standard Model allows Lorentz and CPT violations, which can be identified by the observation of sidereal modulations in the neutrino interaction rate.…
First proof of topological signature in the high pressure xenon gas TPC with electroluminescence amplification for the NEXT experiment
NEXT Collaboration, P. Ferrario, A. Laing +67
The NEXT experiment aims to observe the neutrinoless double beta decay of xenon in a high-pressure Xe136 gas TPC using electroluminescence (EL) to amplify the signal from ionizatio…
Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 3.6 10 protons on target
K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu +406
Muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance probabilities are identical in the standard three-flavor neutrino oscillation framework, but CPT violation and non-standard interaction…
Search for CP violation in Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations by the T2K experiment with protons on target
K. Abe, R. Akutsu, A. Ali +319
The T2K experiment measures muon neutrino disappearance and electron neutrino appearance in accelerator-produced neutrino and antineutrino beams. With an exposure of $14.7(7.6)\tim…
Radiopurity assessment of the tracking readout for the NEXT double beta decay experiment
S. Cebrián, J. Pérez, I. Bandac +68
The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon Time-Projection Chamber (NEXT) is intended to investigate the neutrinoless double beta decay of 136Xe, which requires a severe suppression of p…
Simultaneous measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross section on oxygen and carbon without pions in the final state at T2K
K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu +330
This paper reports the first simultaneous measurement of the double differential muon neutrino charged-current cross section on oxygen and carbon without pions in the final state a…
Measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current single production on hydrocarbon using the T2K off-axis near detector ND280
K. Abe, R. Akutsu, A. Ali +378
We report the measurements of single and double differential cross section of muon neutrino charged-current interactions on carbon with a single positively charged pion in the fina…
Towards the European strategy for particle physics: the Briefing Book
T. Akesson, R. Aleksan, B. Allanach +29
This document was prepared as part of the briefing material for the Workshop of the CERN Council Strategy Group, held in DESY Zeuthen from 2nd to 6th May 2006. It gives an overview…
nuSTORM - Neutrinos from STORed Muons: Proposal to the Fermilab PAC
D. Adey, S. K. Agarwalla, C. M. Ankenbrandt +110
The nuSTORM facility has been designed to deliver beams of electron neutrinos and muon neutrinos (and their anti-particles) from the decay of a stored muon beam with a central mome…
In-situ calibration of a PMT inside a scintillation detector by means of primary scintillation detection
NEXT Collaboration, V. Ãlvarez, F. I. G. M. Borges +75
We have investigated the possibility of calibrating the PMTs of scintillation detectors, using the primary scintillation produced by X-rays to induce single photoelectron response…
Search for Electron Antineutrino Appearance in a Long-baseline Muon Antineutrino Beam
K. Abe, R. Akutsu, A. Ali +341
Electron antineutrino appearance is measured by the T2K experiment in an accelerator-produced antineutrino beam, using additional neutrino beam operation to constrain parameters of…
Improved constraints on neutrino mixing from the T2K experiment with protons on target
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Akhlaq +307
The T2K experiment reports updated measurements of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations using both appearance and disappearance channels. This result comes from an exposure of $1…
Baby MIND Experiment Construction Status
M. Antonova, R. Asfandiyarov, R Bayes +43
Baby MIND is a magnetized iron neutrino detector, with novel design features, and is planned to serve as a downstream magnetized muon spectrometer for the WAGASCI experiment on the…
Summary of Golden Measurements at a -Factory
A. Cervera, A. Donini, M. B. Gavela +4
The precision and discovery potential of a neutrino factory based on muon storage rings is summarized. For three-family neutrino oscillations, we analyze how to measure or severely…
Measurement of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current interaction cross section by observing nuclear deexcitation rays
K. Abe, J. Adam, H. Aihara +357
We report the first measurement of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic (NCQE) cross section. It is obtained by observing nuclear deexcitation -rays which follow ne…
Accurate gamma and MeV-electron track reconstruction with an ultra-low diffusion Xenon/TMA TPC at 10 atmospheres
Diego Gonzalez-Diaz, V. Alvarez, F. I. G. Borges +80
We report the performance of a 10 atm Xenon/trimethylamine time projection chamber (TPC) for the detection of X-rays (30 keV) and gamma-rays (0.511-1.275 MeV) in conjunction with t…
Baby MIND: A magnetised spectrometer for the WAGASCI experiment
M. Antonova, R. Asfandiyarov, R Bayes +43
The WAGASCI experiment being built at the J-PARC neutrino beam line will measure the difference in cross sections from neutrinos interacting with a water and scintillator targets,…
Sensitivity of NEXT-100 to neutrinoless double beta decay
NEXT Collaboration, J. MartÃn-Albo, J. Muñoz Vidal +60
NEXT-100 is an electroluminescent high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber that will search for the neutrinoless double beta () decay of Xe-136. The detector posse…
Description and commissioning of NEXT-MM prototype: first results from operation in a Xenon-Trimethylamine gas mixture
NEXT Collaboration, V. Ãlvarez, F. Aznar +82
A technical description of NEXT-MM and its commissioning and first performance is reported. Having an active volume of ~35 cm drift 28 cm diameter, it constitutes the larg…
Radiopurity control in the NEXT-100 double beta decay experiment: procedures and initial measurements
V. Alvarez, I. Bandac, A. Bettini +77
The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) is intended to investigate the neutrinoless double beta decay of 136Xe, which requires a severe suppression of potential backgrounds…
Measurement of the charged-current electron (anti-)neutrino inclusive cross-sections at the T2K off-axis near detector ND280
K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu +366
The electron (anti-)neutrino component of the T2K neutrino beam constitutes the largest background in the measurement of electron (anti-)neutrino appearance at the far detector. Th…
First combined analysis of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations at T2K
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, J. Amey +316
T2K reports its first results in the search for CP violation in neutrino oscillations using appearance and disappearance channels for neutrino- and antineutrino-mode beam. The data…
Ionization and scintillation response of high-pressure xenon gas to alpha particles
NEXT Collaboration, V. Ãlvarez, F. I. G. M. Borges +70
High-pressure xenon gas is an attractive detection medium for a variety of applications in fundamental and applied physics. In this paper we study the ionization and scintillation…
First Measurement of the Charged Current Double Differential Cross Section on a Water Target without Pions in the final state
K. Abe, R. Akutsu, A. Ali +322
This paper reports the first differential measurement of the charged-current interaction cross section on water with no pions in the final state. The unfolded flux…
Improved background rejection in neutrinoless double beta decay experiments using a magnetic field in a high pressure xenon TPC
J. Renner, A. Cervera, J. A. Hernando +5
We demonstrate that the application of an external magnetic field could lead to an improved background rejection in neutrinoless double-beta (0nbb) decay experiments using a high p…
Measurement of the CCQE cross section on carbon with the ND280 detector at T2K
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, J. Adam +342
The Charged-Current Quasi-Elastic (CCQE) interaction, , is the dominant CC process at GeV and contributes to the signal in accelerato…
Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations by the T2K experiment including a new additional sample of interactions at the far detector
K. Abe, J. Amey, C. Andreopoulos +292
The T2K experiment reports an updated analysis of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations in appearance and disappearance channels. A sample of electron neutrino candidates at Super…
Measurement of the charged current quasi-elastic cross-section on carbon with the T2K on-axis neutrino beam
K. Abe, J. Adam, H. Aihara +346
We report a measurement of the charged current quasi-elastic cross-sections on carbon in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam. The measured charged current quasi-elastic cross-sec…
T2K ND280 Upgrade -- Technical Design Report
K. Abe, H. Aihara, A. Ajmi +380
In this document, we present the Technical Design Report of the Upgrade of the T2K Near Detector ND280. The goal of this upgrade is to improve the Near Detector performance to meas…
VUV Reflectance Measurements for Materials Relevant to Argon and Xenon Experiments
J. Soto-Oton, H. Amar, A. Cervera +1
Accurate knowledge of material reflectance in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) range is crucial for optimizing photon detection in noble gas detectors such as DUNE. Despite its importa…
Search for light sterile neutrinos with the T2K far detector Super-Kamiokande at a baseline of 295 km
K. Abe, R. Akutsu, A. Ali +318
We perform a search for light sterile neutrinos using the data from the T2K far detector at a baseline of 295 km, with an exposure of 14.7 (7.6) protons on target i…
Measurement of the Inclusive Electron Neutrino Charged Current Cross Section on Carbon with the T2K Near Detector
K. Abe, J. Adam, H. Aihara +318
The T2K off-axis near detector, ND280, is used to make the first differential cross-section measurements of electron neutrino charged current interactions at energies ~1 GeV as a f…
J-PARC Neutrino Beamline Upgrade Technical Design Report
K. Abe, H. Aihara, A. Ajmi +381
In this document, technical details of the upgrade plan of the J-PARC neutrino beamline for the extension of the T2K experiment are described. T2K has proposed to accumulate data c…
Measurement of the charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, iron, and their ratios with the T2K on-axis detectors
K. Abe, R. Akutsu, A. Ali +314
We report a measurement of the flux-integrated charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, and iron in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam with a mean neutrino energy o…
An improved measurement of electron-ion recombination in high-pressure xenon gas
NEXT Collaboration, L. Serra, M. Sorel +64
We report on results obtained with the NEXT-DEMO prototype of the NEXT-100 high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber (TPC), exposed to an alpha decay calibration source. Comp…
Measurement of the single production rate in neutral current neutrino interactions on water
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, J. Amey +359
The single production rate in neutral current neutrino interactions on water in a neutrino beam with a peak neutrino energy of 0.6 GeV has been measured using the PÃD, one…
SiPMs coated with TPB : coating protocol and characterization for NEXT
V. Ãlvarez, J. Agramunt, M. Ball +91
Silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) are the photon detectors chosen for the tracking readout in NEXT, a neutrinoless ββ decay experiment which uses a high pressure gaseous xenon time…
Sensitivity of the T2K accelerator-based neutrino experiment with an Extended run to POT
K. Abe, C. Andreopoulos, M. Antonova +316
Recent measurements at the T2K experiment indicate that CP violation in neutrino mixing may be observed in the future by long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. We explore…
Measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters from the T2K experiment using protons on target
The T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Akhlaq +397
The T2K experiment presents new measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters using protons on target (POT) in (anti-)neutrino mode at the far detector…
Observation of Electron Neutrino Appearance in a Muon Neutrino Beam
K. Abe, J. Adam, H. Aihara +336
The T2K experiment has observed electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam produced 295 km from the Super-Kamiokande detector with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV. A total of 28…
Results of the material screening program of the NEXT experiment
T. Dafni, V. Alvarez, I. Bandac +67
The 'Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT)', intended to investigate neutrinoless double beta decay, requires extremely low background levels. An extensive material screening…
First T2K measurement of transverse kinematic imbalance in the muon-neutrino charged-current single- production channel containing at least one proton
K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu +308
This paper reports the first T2K measurement of the transverse kinematic imbalance in the single- production channel of neutrino interactions. We measure the differential cro…
Background rejection in NEXT using deep neural networks
NEXT Collaboration, J. Renner, A. Farbin +64
We investigate the potential of using deep learning techniques to reject background events in searches for neutrinoless double beta decay with high pressure xenon time projection c…
Physics at a Neutrino Factory
C. Albright, G. Anderson, V. Barger +63
In response to the growing interest in building a Neutrino Factory to produce high intensity beams of electron- and muon-neutrinos and antineutrinos, in October 1999 the Fermilab D…
Ionization and scintillation of nuclear recoils in gaseous xenon
J. Renner, V. M. Gehman, A. Goldschmidt +75
Ionization and scintillation produced by nuclear recoils in gaseous xenon at approximately 14 bar have been simultaneously observed in an electroluminescent time projection chamber…
Measurement of the Electron Neutrino Charged-current Interaction Rate on Water with the T2K ND280 pi-zero Detector
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, J. Adam +344
This paper presents a measurement of the charged current interaction rate of the electron neutrino beam component of the beam above ~GeV using the large fiducial mass of the T…
Design and characterization of the SiPM tracking system of NEXT-DEMO, a demonstrator prototype of the NEXT-100 experiment
NEXT Collaboration, V. Ãlvarez, M. Ball +86
NEXT-100 experiment aims at searching the neutrinoless double-beta decay of the Xe-136 isotope using a TPC filled with a 100 kg of high-pressure gaseous xenon, with 90% isotopic en…
Measurement of the inclusive charged current cross section on iron and hydrocarbon in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam
The T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, J. Adam +325
We report a measurement of the inclusive charged current cross sections on iron and hydrocarbon in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam. The measured inclusive charged current cro…
Neutrinos from Stored Muons nuSTORM: Expression of Interest
D. Adey, S. K. Agarwalla, C. M. Ankenbrandt +106
The nuSTORM facility has been designed to deliver beams of electron and muon neutrinos from the decay of a stored muon beam with a central momentum of 3.8 GeV/c and a momentum spre…
Constraint on the Matter-Antimatter Symmetry-Violating Phase in Neutrino Oscillations
K. Abe, R. Akutsu, A. Ali +332
The current laws of physics do not explain the observed imbalance of matter and antimatter in the universe. Sakharov proposed that an explanation would require the violation of CP…
Indication of Electron Neutrino Appearance from an Accelerator-produced Off-axis Muon Neutrino Beam
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +408
The T2K experiment observes indications of appearance in data accumulated with protons on target. Six events pass all selection criteria…
Measurement of and charged current inclusive cross sections and their ratio with the T2K off-axis near detector
K. Abe, J. Amey, C. Andreopoulos +291
We report a measurement of cross section and the first measurements of the cross section $Ï(\barν_μ+{\rm nucleus}\rightarrowμ^{+}+X…
Radon and material radiopurity assessment for the NEXT double beta decay experiment
S. Cebrián, J. Pérez, I. Bandac +67
The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT), intended to investigate the neutrinoless double beta decay using a high-pressure xenon gas TPC filled with Xe enriched in 136Xe at…
First Measurement of the Muon Neutrino Charged Current Single Pion Production Cross Section on Water with the T2K Near Detector
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, C. Andreopoulos +340
The T2K off-axis near detector, ND280, is used to make the first differential cross section measurements of muon neutrino charged current single positive pion production on a water…
NEXT-100 Technical Design Report (TDR). Executive Summary
NEXT Collaboration, V. Ãlvarez, F. I. G. M. Borges +84
In this Technical Design Report (TDR) we describe the NEXT-100 detector that will search for neutrinoless double beta decay (bbonu) in Xe-136 at the Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canf…
Measurements of and charged-current cross-sections without detected pions nor protons on water and hydrocarbon at mean antineutrino energy of 0.86 GeV
K. Abe, N. Akhlaq, R. Akutsu +366
We report measurements of the flux-integrated and charged-current cross-sections on water and hydrocarbon targets using the T2K anti-neutrino beam, wi…
Characterization of a medium size Xe/TMA TPC instrumented with microbulk Micromegas, using low-energy -rays
The NEXT collaboration, V. Alvarez, F. I. G. M. Borges +87
NEXT-MM is a general-purpose high pressure (10 bar, l active volume) Xenon-based TPC, read out in charge mode with an 8 cm 8 cm-segmented 700 cm plane (1152 ch…
Operation and first results of the NEXT-DEMO prototype using a silicon photomultiplier tracking array
The NEXT Collaboration, V. Ãlvarez, F. I. G. Borges +75
NEXT-DEMO is a high-pressure xenon gas TPC which acts as a technological test-bed and demonstrator for the NEXT-100 neutrinoless double beta decay experiment. In its current config…
Golden measurements at a neutrino factory
A. Cervera, A. Donini, M. B. Gavela +4
The precision and discovery potential of a neutrino factory based on muon storage rings is studied. For three-family neutrino oscillations, we analyse how to measure or severely co…
Characterisation of nuclear effects in muon-neutrino scattering on hydrocarbon with a measurement of final-state kinematics and correlations in charged-current pionless interactions at T2K
K. Abe, J. Amey, C. Andreopoulos +302
This paper reports measurements of final-state proton multiplicity, muon and proton kinematics, and their correlations in charged-current pionless neutrino interactions, measured b…
Initial results of NEXT-DEMO, a large-scale prototype of the NEXT-100 experiment
NEXT Collaboration, V. Ãlvarez, F. I. G. M. Borges +75
NEXT-DEMO is a large-scale prototype of the NEXT-100 detector, an electroluminescent time projection chamber that will search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe-136 using…
First combined measurement of the muon neutrino and antineutrino charged-current cross section without pions in the final state at T2K
K. Abe, R. Akutsu, A. Ali +349
This paper presents the first combined measurement of the double-differential muon neutrino and antineutrino charged-current cross sections with no pions in the final state on hydr…
Proposal for SPS beam time for the baby MIND and TASD neutrino detector prototypes
R. Asfandiyarov, R. Bayes, A. Blondel +22
The design, construction and testing of neutrino detector prototypes at CERN are ongoing activities. This document reports on the design of solid state baby MIND and TASD detector…
Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters from Muon Neutrino Disappearance with an Off-axis Beam
T2K collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +335
The T2K collaboration reports a precision measurement of muon neutrino disappearance with an off-axis neutrino beam with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV. Near detector measurements are us…
Measurement of the Inclusive NuMu Charged Current Cross Section on Carbon in the Near Detector of the T2K Experiment
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, N. Abgrall +354
T2K has performed the first measurement of νμ inclusive charged current interactions on carbon at neutrino energies of ~1 GeV where the measurement is reported as a flux-averaged…
Search for heavy neutrinos with the T2K near detector ND280
K. Abe, R. Akutsu, A. Ali +325
This paper reports on the search for heavy neutrinos with masses in the range MeV/c using the off-axis near detector ND280 of the T2K experiment. These partic…
Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 1.5e21 protons on target
K. Abe, J. Amey, C. Andreopoulos +322
We report measurements by the T2K experiment of the parameters and governing the disappearance of muon neutrinos and antineutrinos in the three flavor neut…
Precise Measurement of the Neutrino Mixing Parameter θ_{23} from Muon Neutrino Disappearance in an Off-axis Beam
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, J. Adam +338
New data from the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment produce the most precise measurement of the neutrino mixing parameter theta_{23}. Using an off-axis neutrino beam with a peak…
Measurement of double-differential muon neutrino charged-current interactions on CH without pions in the final state using the T2K off-axis beam
T2K collaboration, K. Abe, C. Andreopoulos +325
We report the measurement of muon neutrino charged-current interactions on carbon without pions in the final state at the T2K beam energy using 5.734 protons on targ…
The mass-hierarchy and CP-violation discovery reach of the LBNO long-baseline neutrino experiment
LBNO Collaboration, S. K. Agarwalla, L. Agostino +214
The next generation neutrino observatory proposed by the LBNO collaboration will address fundamental questions in particle and astroparticle physics. The experiment consists of a f…
Measurement of inclusive double-differential charged-current cross section with improved acceptance in the T2K off-axis near detector
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, J. Amey +302
We report a measurement of the flux-integrated cross section for inclusive muon neutrino charged-current interactions on carbon. The double differential measurements are given as f…