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physics.ins-det2024

The Design and Construction of the Chips Water Cherenkov Neutrino Detector

B. Alonso Rancurel, N. Angelides, G. Augustoni +64

CHIPS (CHerenkov detectors In mine PitS) was a prototype large-scale water Cherenkov detector located in northern Minnesota. The main aim of the R&D project was to demonstrate that…

physics.acc-ph2015

The NuMI Neutrino Beam

P. Adamson, K. Anderson, M. Andrews +187

This paper describes the hardware and operations of the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beam at Fermilab. It elaborates on the design considerations for the beam as a whole a…

hep-ex2015

Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors

P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +107

We report the first observation of seasonal modulations in the rates of cosmic ray multiple-muon events at two underground sites, the MINOS Near Detector with an overburden of 225…

hep-ex2016

Limits on Active to Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments

Daya Bay, MINOS Collaborations, : +329

Searches for a light sterile neutrino have been performed independently by the MINOS and the Daya Bay experiments using the muon (anti)neutrino and electron antineutrino disappeara…

hep-ex2017

Constraints on Large Extra Dimensions from the MINOS Experiment

P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +117

We report new constraints on the size of large extra dimensions from data collected by the MINOS experiment between 2005 and 2012. Our analysis employs a model in which sterile neu…

hep-ex2016

Search for Sterile Neutrinos Mixing with Muon Neutrinos in MINOS

P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +117

We report results of a search for oscillations involving a light sterile neutrino over distances of 1.04 and in a -dominated beam with a peak energy of $3…

hep-ex2015

Precision measurement of the speed of propagation of neutrinos using the MINOS detectors

P. Adamson, I. Anghel, N. Ashby +120

We report a two-detector measurement of the propagation speed of neutrinos over a baseline of 734 km. The measurement was made with the NuMI beam at Fermilab between the near and f…

physics.ins-det2016

Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report, Volume 4 The DUNE Detectors at LBNF

R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero, M. Adamowski +795

A description of the proposed detector(s) for DUNE at LBNF

hep-ex2014

Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS Near Detector

P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +109

A sample of 1.5310 cosmic-ray-induced single muon events has been recorded at 225 meters-water-equivalent using the MINOS Near Detector. The underground muon rate is…

astro-ph.SR2026

Modeling the Effect of the Heliospheric Magnetic Field on Cosmic Ray Muon Shadows

MINOS+ Collaboration, :, P. Adamson +75

Shadows cast in the cosmic ray (CR) muon sky by the Sun were located using muon data from the MINOS far detector in Northern Minnesota. The shadows were observed independently acro…

hep-ex2020

Search for sterile neutrinos in MINOS and MINOS+ using a two-detector fit

P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +117

A search for mixing between active neutrinos and light sterile neutrinos has been performed by looking for muon neutrino disappearance in two detectors at baselines of 1.04 km and…

physics.ins-det2016

Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 1: The LBNF and DUNE Projects

R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero, M. Adamowski +795

This document presents the Conceptual Design Report (CDR) put forward by an international neutrino community to pursue the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at the Long-Baseline…

hep-ex2016

Search for time-independent Lorentz violation using muon neutrino to muon antineutrino transitions in MINOS

P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +117

Data from the MINOS experiment has been used to search for mixing between muon neutrinos and muon antineutrinos using a time-independent Lorentz-violating formalism derived from th…

physics.ins-det2016

Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 2: The Physics Program for DUNE at LBNF

DUNE Collaboration, R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero +796

The Physics Program for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Fermilab Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) is described.

hep-ex2016

Measurement of single production by coherent neutral-current Fe interactions in the MINOS Near Detector

P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +119

Forward single production by coherent neutral-current interactions, , is investigated using a 2.8 protons-on-target exp…

hep-ex2014

Study of quasielastic scattering using charged-current nu_mu-iron interactions in the MINOS Near Detector

P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +108

Kinematic distributions from an inclusive sample of 1.41 x 10^6 charged-current nu_mu interactions on iron, obtained using the MINOS Near Detector exposed to a wide-band beam with…

hep-ex2016

A search for flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions using appearance in MINOS

P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +117

We report new constraints on flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions from the MINOS long-baseline experiment using and appearance candidate events…

physics.ins-det2013

CHerenkov detectors In mine PitS (CHIPS) Letter of Intent to FNAL

P. Adamson, S. V. Cao, J. A. B. Coelho +32

This Letter of Intent outlines a proposal to build a large, yet cost-effective, 100 kton fiducial mass water Cherenkov detector that will initially run in the NuMI beam line. The C…

hep-ex2014

Combined analysis of disappearance and appearance in MINOS using accelerator and atmospheric neutrinos

MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, I. Anghel +111

We report on a new analysis of neutrino oscillations in MINOS using the complete set of accelerator and atmospheric data. The analysis combines the disappearance and $ν_{e…

hep-ex2020

Precision constraints for three-flavor neutrino oscillations from the full MINOS+ and MINOS data set

MINOS+ Collaboration, :, P. Adamson +70

We report the final measurement of the neutrino oscillation parameters and using all data from the MINOS and MINOS+ experiments. These data were collec…

hep-ex2016

Measurement of the Multiple-Muon Charge Ratio in the MINOS Far Detector

Minos Collaboration, P. Adamson, I. Anghel +118

The charge ratio, , for cosmogenic multiple-muon events observed at an under- ground depth of 2070 mwe has been measured using the magnetized MINOS Far Det…

hep-ex2020

Improved Constraints on Sterile Neutrino Mixing from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, MINOS+, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments

Daya Bay, MINOS+ Collaborations, : +263

Searches for electron antineutrino, muon neutrino, and muon antineutrino disappearance driven by sterile neutrino mixing have been carried out by the Daya Bay and MINOS+ collaborat…