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physics.ins-det2020

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…

hep-ex2019

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…

hep-ex2019

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…

hep-ex2018

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…

physics.ins-det2019

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…

hep-ex2016

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…

hep-ex2019

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…

hep-ex2017

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 PØD, one…

hep-ex2016

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…

hep-ex2016

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…

hep-ex2016

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…

physics.ins-det2022

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…

hep-ex2021

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…

hep-ex2019

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…

hep-ex2017

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.…

hep-ex2018

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…

hep-ex2017

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 $σ(\barν_μ+{\rm nucleus}\rightarrowμ^{+}+X…

hep-ex2016

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…

hep-ex2020

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…

hep-ex2020

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…

hep-ex2019

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…

hep-ex2018

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…

physics.ins-det2021

Technical design of the phase I Mu3e experiment

K. Arndt, H. Augustin, P. Baesso +102

The Mu3e experiment aims to find or exclude the lepton flavour violating decay at branching fractions above . A first phase of the experiment using an…

hep-ex2020

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…

hep-ex2019

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…

hep-ex2020

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…

hep-ex2020

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…

hep-ex2017

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…

hep-ex2017

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…

hep-ex2016

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…

hep-ex2019

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…

hep-ex2018

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…

hep-ex2017

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…