Publications (23)
An Improved Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters by the NOvA Experiment
M. A. Acero, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga +202
We present new , , , and oscillation measurements by…
Gaia: focus, straylight and basic angle
A. Mora, M. Biermann, A. Bombrun +17
The Gaia all-sky astrometric survey is challenged by several issues affecting the spacecraft stability. Amongst them, we find the focus evolution, straylight and basic angle variat…
GD358: three decades of observations for the in-depth asteroseismology of a DBV star
Agnes Bischoff-Kim, J. L. Provencal, P. A. Bradley +38
We report on the analysis of 34 years of photometric observations of the pulsating helium atmosphere white dwarf GD358. The complete data set includes archival data from 1982-2006,…
Measurement of d2sigma/d|q|dEavail in charged current neutrino-nucleus interactions at <Ev> = 1.86 GeV using the NOvA Near Detector
M. A. Acero, B. Acharya, P. Adamson +205
Double- and single-differential cross sections for inclusive charged-current neutrino-nucleus scattering are reported for the kinematic domain 0 to 2 GeV/c in three-momentum transf…
First measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters using neutrinos and antineutrinos by NOvA
M. A. Acero, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga +196
The NOvA experiment has made a -significant observation of appearance in a 2 GeV beam at a distance of 810 km. Using protons on…
Measurement of the double-differential cross section of muon-neutrino charged-current interactions with low hadronic energy in the NOvA Near Detector
M. A. Acero, B. Acharya, P. Adamson +208
The NOvA collaboration reports cross-section measurements for charged-current interactions with low hadronic energy (maximum kinetic energy of 250 MeV for protons and 175 M…
Search for active-sterile antineutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions with the NOvA experiment
M. A. Acero, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga +196
This Letter reports results from the first long-baseline search for sterile antineutrinos mixing in an accelerator-based antineutrino-dominated beam. The rate of neutral-current in…
Herschel Space Observatory - An ESA facility for far-infrared and submillimetre astronomy
G. L. Pilbratt, J. R. Riedinger, T. Passvogel +8
Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009, and is now an operational ESA space observatory offering unprecedented observational capabilities in the far-infrared and submillimetre spectr…
Expanding neutrino oscillation parameter measurements in NOvA using a Bayesian approach
NOvA Collaboration, M. A. Acero, B. Acharya +196
NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment that measures oscillations in charged-current (disappearance) and (appe…
Visualization of Real-time Displacement Time History superimposed with Dynamic Experiments using Wireless Smart Sensors (WSS) and Augmented Reality (AR)
M. Aguero, D. Doyle, D. Mascarenas +1
Wireless Smart Sensors (WSS) process field data and inform structural engineers and owners about the infrastructure health and safety. In bridge engineering, inspectors make decisi…
A dearth of small particles in the transiting material around the white dwarf WD 1145+017
S. Xu, S. Rappaport, R. van Lieshout +35
White dwarf WD 1145+017 is orbited by several clouds of dust, possibly emanating from actively disintegrating bodies. These dust clouds reveal themselves through deep, broad, and e…
Measurement of the Nucleus Charged-Current Double-Differential Cross Section at 2.4 GeV using NOvA
M. A. Acero, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga +212
The inclusive electron neutrino charged-current cross section is measured in the NOvA near detector using protons-on-target (POT) in the NuMI beam. The sample o…
Supernova neutrino detection in NOvA
NOvA Collaboration, M. A. Acero, P. Adamson +199
The NOvA long-baseline neutrino experiment uses a pair of large, segmented, liquid-scintillator calorimeters to study neutrino oscillations, using GeV-scale neutrinos from the Ferm…
Seasonal Variation of Multiple-Muon Cosmic Ray Air Showers Observed in the NOvA Detector on the Surface
M. A. Acero, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga +194
We report the rate of cosmic ray air showers with multiplicities exceeding 15 muon tracks recorded in the NOvA Far Detector between May 2016 and May 2018. The detector is located o…
Adjusting Neutrino Interaction Models and Evaluating Uncertainties using NOvA Near Detector Data
NOvA Collaboration, M. A. Acero, P. Adamson +192
The two-detector design of the NOvA neutrino oscillation experiment, in which two functionally identical detectors are exposed to an intense neutrino beam, aids in canceling leadin…
Measurement of the Double-Differential Muon-neutrino Charged-Current Inclusive Cross Section in the NOvA Near Detector
M. A. Acero, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga +203
We report cross-section measurements of the final-state muon kinematics for \numu charged-current interactions in the NOvA near detector using an accumulated 8.09 pr…
Search for multi-messenger signals in NOvA coincident with LIGO/Virgo detections
NOvA Collaboration, M. A. Acero, P. Adamson +177
Using the NOvA neutrino detectors, a broad search has been performed for any signal coincident with 28 gravitational wave events detected by the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration between Se…
Monte Carlo method for constructing confidence intervals with unconstrained and constrained nuisance parameters in the NOvA experiment
M. A. Acero, B. Acharya, P. Adamson +218
Measuring observables to constrain models using maximum-likelihood estimation is fundamental to many physics experiments. Wilks' theorem provides a simple way to construct confiden…
Search for -Violating Neutrino Nonstandard Interactions with the NOvA Experiment
NOvA Collaboration, M. A. Acero, B. Acharya +204
This Letter reports a search for charge-parity () symmetry violating nonstandard interactions (NSI) of neutrinos with matter using the NOvA Experiment, and examines their effec…
Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the NOvA Near Detector
M. A. Acero, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga +188
Using two years of data from the NOvA Near Detector at Fermilab, we report a seasonal variation of cosmic ray induced multiple-muon event rates which has an opposite phase to the s…
Search for Slow Magnetic Monopoles with the NOvA Detector on the Surface
NOvA Collaboration, M. A. Acero, P. Adamson +196
We report a search for a magnetic monopole component of the cosmic-ray flux in a 95-day exposure of the NOvA experiment's Far Detector, a 14 kt segmented liquid scintillator detect…
Extended search for supernova-like neutrinos in NOvA coincident with LIGO/Virgo detections
M. A. Acero, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga +200
A search is performed for supernova-like neutrino interactions coincident with 76 gravitational wave events detected by the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration. For 40 of these events, full r…
Measurement of Neutrino-Induced Neutral-Current Coherent Production in the NOvA Near Detector
M. A. Acero, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga +188
The cross section of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent production on a carbon-dominated target is measured in the NOvA near detector. This measurement uses a narrow-…