Publications (81)
Snowmass Neutrino Frontier: DUNE Physics Summary
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1240
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment with a primary physics goal of observing neutrino and antineutrin…
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…
Design, construction and operation of the ProtoDUNE-SP Liquid Argon TPC
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1175
The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) that was constructed and operated in the CERN North Area at the end of the H4 beamline. Th…
Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1313
A primary goal of the upcoming Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is to measure the MeV neutrinos produced by a Galactic core-collapse supernova if one s…
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…
The DUNE Phase II Detectors
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1340
The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase s…
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…
Towards mono-energetic virtual beam cross-section measurements: A feasibility study of -Ar interaction analysis with DUNE-PRISM
DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1321
Neutrino-nucleus cross-section measurements are critical for future neutrino oscillation analyses. However, our models to describe them require further refinement, and a deeper und…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design Report
A. Abed Abud, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1059
This report describes the conceptual design of the DUNE near detector
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.…
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…
The DUNE Science Program
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1340
The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase s…
The DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift Technology, Technical Design Report
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1324
DUNE is an international experiment dedicated to addressing some of the questions at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics, including the mystifying preponderance of m…
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…
Neutrino Interaction Vertex Reconstruction in DUNE with Pandora Deep Learning
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1331
The Pandora Software Development Kit and algorithm libraries perform reconstruction of neutrino interactions in liquid argon time projection chamber detectors. Pandora is the prima…
European Contributions to Fermilab Accelerator Upgrades and Facilities for the DUNE Experiment
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1340
The Proton Improvement Plan (PIP-II) to the FNAL accelerator chain and the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) will provide the world's most intense neutrino beam to the Deep Un…
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…
Identification of low-energy kaons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector
DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1343
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation neutrino experiment with a rich physics program that includes searches for the hypothetical phenomenon of proto…
Performance of a modular ton-scale pixel-readout liquid argon time projection chamber
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1360
The Module-0 Demonstrator is a single-phase 600 kg liquid argon time projection chamber operated as a prototype for the DUNE liquid argon near detector. Based on the ArgonCube desi…
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…
Comparisons and challenges of modern neutrino scattering experiments (TENSIONS2016 report)
M. Betancourt, S. Bolognesi, J. Calcutt +25
Over the last decade, there has been enormous effort to measure neutrino interaction cross sections important to oscillation experiments. However, a number of results from modern e…
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…
Highly-parallelized simulation of a pixelated LArTPC on a GPU
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1300
The rapid development of general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) is allowing the implementation of highly-parallelized Monte Carlo simulation chains for part…
A Gaseous Argon-Based Near Detector to Enhance the Physics Capabilities of DUNE
A. Abed Abud, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1239
This document presents the concept and physics case for a magnetized gaseous argon-based detector system (ND-GAr) for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector.…
Measurement of muon neutrino induced charged current interactions without charged pions in the final state using a new T2K off-axis near detector WAGASCI-BabyMIND
K. Abe, S. Abe, R. Akutsu +398
We report a flux-integrated cross section measurement of muon neutrino interactions on water and hydrocarbon via charged current reactions without charged pions in the final state…
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…
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…
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…
Results from the T2K experiment on neutrino mixing including a new far detector -like sample
The T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, S. Abe +404
We have made improved measurements of three-flavor neutrino mixing with 19.7(16.3) protons on target in (anti-)neutrino-enhanced beam modes. A new sample of muon-ne…
DUNE Software and Computing Research and Development
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1340
The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase s…
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…
Charge readout electronics for the DUNE horizontal drift far detector: design and performance in ProtoDUNE-HD
DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1398
DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment) is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment currently under construction, whose far detectors will be the largest liquid argon ti…
DUNE Phase II: Scientific Opportunities, Detector Concepts, Technological Solutions
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1366
The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase s…
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…
Separation of track- and shower-like energy deposits in ProtoDUNE-SP using a convolutional neural network
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1221
Liquid argon time projection chamber detector technology provides high spatial and calorimetric resolutions on the charged particles traversing liquid argon. As a result, the techn…
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…
Operation of a Modular 3D-Pixelated Liquid Argon Time-Projection Chamber in a Neutrino Beam
DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1318
The 2x2 Demonstrator, a prototype for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) liquid argon (LAr) Near Detector, was exposed to the Neutrinos from the Main Injector (NuMI) n…
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…
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…
Spatial and Temporal Evaluations of the Liquid Argon Purity in ProtoDUNE-SP
DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1320
Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) rely on highly pure argon to ensure that ionization electrons produced by charged particles reach readout arrays. ProtoDUNE Single-P…
Supernova Pointing Capabilities of DUNE
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1360
The determination of the direction of a stellar core collapse via its neutrino emission is crucial for the identification of the progenitor for a multimessenger follow-up. A highly…
First measurement of neutron capture multiplicity in neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasi-elastic-like interactions using an accelerator neutrino beam
T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, S. Abe +334
We report the first measurement of neutron capture multiplicity in neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasi-elastic-like interactions at the gadolinium-loaded Super-Kamiokande detecto…
Low exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experiment
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1151
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will produce world-leading neutrino oscillation measurements over the lifetime of the experiment. In this work, we explore DUNE's se…
Signal selection and model-independent extraction of the neutrino neutral-current single cross section with the T2K experiment
K. Abe, S. Abe, R. Akutsu +378
This article presents a study of single production in neutrino neutral-current interactions (NC1) using the FGD1 hydrocarbon target of the ND280 detector of the T2K ex…
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…
Joint neutrino oscillation analysis from the T2K and NOvA experiments
NOvA, T2K Collaborations, : +597
The landmark discovery that neutrinos have mass and can change type (or "flavor") as they propagate -- a process called neutrino oscillation -- has opened up a rich array of theore…
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…
Operation and performance of ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon time projection chamber
DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1360
ProtoDUNE-DP was the largest ever built Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) operating in Dual-Phase (DP) mode, with a liquid target and charge read-out placed in the gas.…
Signal selection and model-independent extraction of pionless charged-current muon neutrino cross section using double-differential kinematic imbalance observables on carbon and oxygen with the T2K experiment
K. Abe, S. Abe, H. Adhikary +402
We present the first joint measurement of muon neutrino CC interactions on carbon and oxygen targets, in two double-differential kinematic imbalance (KI) observable spaces,…
First differential measurement of the single production cross section in neutrino neutral-current scattering
K. Abe, S. Abe, R. Akutsu +378
Since its first observation in the 1970s, neutrino-induced neutral-current single positive pion production (NC1) has remained an elusive and poorly understood interaction cha…
First Measurement of the Electron Neutrino Charged-Current Pion Production Cross Section on Carbon with the T2K Near Detector
K. Abe, S. Abe, R. Akutsu +392
The T2K Collaboration presents the first measurement of electron neutrino-induced charged-current pion production on carbon in a restricted kinematical phase space. This is perform…
Reconstruction of interactions in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector with Pandora
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1220
The Pandora Software Development Kit and algorithm libraries provide pattern-recognition logic essential to the reconstruction of particle interactions in liquid argon time project…
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…
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…
Measurement of Exclusive --argon Interactions Using ProtoDUNE-SP
DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1323
We present the measurement of --argon inelastic cross sections using the ProtoDUNE Single-Phase liquid argon time projection chamber in the incident kinetic energy r…
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…
First Measurement of the Total Inelastic Cross-Section of Positively-Charged Kaons on Argon at Energies Between 5.0 and 7.5 GeV
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1360
ProtoDUNE Single-Phase (ProtoDUNE-SP) is a 770-ton liquid argon time projection chamber that operated in a hadron test beam at the CERN Neutrino Platform in 2018. We present a meas…
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…
A Bayesian approach to the long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of DUNE
DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1278
The sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to neutrino oscillation is evaluated using a Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) approach. This analysis use…
Doping Liquid Argon with Xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: Effects on Scintillation Light
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1317
Doping of liquid argon TPCs (LArTPCs) with a small concentration of xenon is a technique for light-shifting and facilitates the detection of the liquid argon scintillation light. I…
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…
Testing T2K's Bayesian constraints with priors in alternate parameterisations
The T2K Collaboration, K. Abe, S. Abe +400
Bayesian analysis results require a choice of prior distribution. In long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics, the usual parameterisation of the mixing matrix induces a prior tha…
Constraining Neutrino Interaction Uncertainties for Neutrino Oscillation Measurements at the T2K Experiment
K. Abe, S. Abe, H. Adhikary +438
In the context of neutrino oscillation measurements from the T2K experiment, the off-axis near detector ND280 plays a crucial role in constraining the incoming neutrino flux and ne…
First double-differential measurement of pionless charged-current muon neutrino interactions using kinematic imbalance observables on carbon and oxygen with the T2K experiment
K. Abe, S. Abe, H. Adhikary +402
The T2K experiment measured the muon-neutrino charged‑current cross section without pions on carbon and oxygen using kinematic imbalance observables, providing double‑differential…
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…
First Measurement of -Ar and -Ar Total Inelastic Cross Sections in the Sub-GeV Energy Regime with ProtoDUNE-SP Data
DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1346
The ProtoDUNE-SP detector, a kiloton-scale prototype for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) far detector, is the largest liquid argon time projection chamber built to…
Identification and reconstruction of low-energy electrons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1253
Measurements of electrons from interactions are crucial for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) neutrino oscillation program, as well as searches for physics bey…
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…
The track-length extension fitting algorithm for energy measurement of interacting particles in liquid argon TPCs and its performance with ProtoDUNE-SP data
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1366
This paper introduces a novel track-length extension fitting algorithm for measuring the kinetic energies of inelastically interacting particles in liquid argon time projection cha…
Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1220
DUNE is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies, neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. ProtoDUNE Dual Phase (DP) is a 6x6x6m3 liquid argon…
Reconstruction of atmospheric neutrinos in DUNE's horizontal-drift far-detector module
DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1377
This paper reports on the capabilities in reconstructing and identifying atmospheric neutrino interactions in one of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment's (DUNE) far detector…
Searching for solar KDAR with DUNE
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1174
The observation of 236 MeV muon neutrinos from kaon-decay-at-rest (KDAR) originating in the core of the Sun would provide a unique signature of dark matter annihilation. Since exce…
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…
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…