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Publications (140)

hep-ex2024

meson production in inelastic p+p interactions at 31, 40 and 80 GeV/c beam momentum measured by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS

N. Abgrall, H. Adhikary, P. Adrich +155

Measurements of meson production via its decay mode in inelastic interactions at incident projectile momenta of 31, 40 and 80 GeV/ ($\sqrt…

physics.ins-det2011

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…

hep-ex2023

Measurements of , and production in 120 GeV/ p + C interactions

SHINE Collaboration, H. Adhikary, K. K. Allison +155

This paper presents multiplicity measurements of , , and produced in 120 GeV/ proton-carbon interactions. The measurements were made using data co…

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…

nucl-ex2022

Measurements of and production in proton-proton interactions at = 17.3 GeV in the NA61/SHINE experiment

SHINE Collaboration, A. Aduszkiewicz, E. V. Andronov +135

The production of and hyperons in inelastic p+p interactions is studied in a fixed target experiment at a beam momentum of 158 GeV/textit{c}.…

hep-ex2023

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…

physics.ins-det2011

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…

hep-ex2011

Measurements of Cross Sections and Charged Pion Spectra in Proton-Carbon Interactions at 31 GeV/c

N. Abgrall, A. Aduszkiewicz, B. Andrieu +133

Interaction cross sections and charged pion spectra in p+C interactions at 31 GeV/c were measured with the large acceptance NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS. These data are…

nucl-ex2025

Multiplicity and net-electric charge fluctuations in central Ar+Sc interactions at 13A, 19A, 30A, 40A, 75A, and 150A GeV/c beam momenta measured by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS

H. Adhikary, P. Adrich, K. K. Allison +128

This paper presents results on multiplicity fluctuations of positively and negatively charged hadrons as well as net-electric charge fluctuations measured in central Ar+Sc interact…

hep-ex2020

Search for an exotic S=-2, Q=-2 baryon resonance in proton-proton interactions at = 17.3 GeV

SHINE Collaboration, A. Aduszkiewicz, E. V. Andronov +133

Pentaquark states have been extensively investigated theoretically in the context of the constituent quark model. In this paper results of an experimental search for pentaquarks in…

hep-ex2023

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…

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-ex2020

Measurements of hadron production in + C and + Be interactions at 60 GeV/

SHINE Collaboration, A. Aduszkiewicz, E. V. Andronov +143

Precise knowledge of hadron production rates in the generation of neutrino beams is necessary for accelerator-based neutrino experiments to achieve their physics goals. NA61/SHINE,…

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-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…

physics.ins-det2025

Performance of the High-Angle Time Projection Chambers in the Upgraded T2K Off-Axis Near Detector

K. Aivazelis, D. Attié, P. Billoir +94

The off-axis magnetic near detector of the T2K experiment has undergone a significant upgrade, including the construction and installation of two new Time Projection Chambers featu…

nucl-ex2021

Two-particle correlations in azimuthal angle and pseudorapidity in central Be+Be collisions at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron

SHINE Collaboration, A. Aduszkiewicz, E. V. Andronov +135

A measurement of charged hadron pair correlations in two-dimensional space is presented. The analysis is based on total 30 million central Be+Be collisions observed in t…

hep-ph2007

Large underground, liquid based detectors for astro-particle physics in Europe: scientific case and prospects

D. Autiero, J. Aysto, A. Badertscher +68

This document reports on a series of experimental and theoretical studies conducted to assess the astro-particle physics potential of three future large-scale particle detectors pr…

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-ex2021

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…

nucl-ex2022

Measurement of Hadron Production in -C Interactions at 158 and 350 GeV/c with NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS

SHINE Collaboration, H. Adhikary, K. K. Allison +155

We present a measurement of the momentum spectra of , K, p, , and K produced in interactions of negatively charged pions with carbon nucl…

hep-ex2026

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…

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…

nucl-ex2017

Measurement of Meson Resonance Production in C Interactions at SPS energies

A. Aduszkiewicz, Y. Ali, E. V. Andronov +142

We present measurements of , and K spectra in C production interactions at 158 GeV/c and spectra at 350 GeV/c using the NA61/SHINE spectrometer…

hep-ex2015

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…

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…

hep-ex2025

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…

hep-ex2015

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…

nucl-ex2024

Search for a critical point of strongly-interacting matter in central Ar +Sc collisions at 13-75 GeV/ beam momentum

SHINE Collaboration, H. Adhikary, P. Adrich +154

The critical point of strongly interacting matter is searched for at the CERN SPS by the NA61/SHINE experiment in central Ar +Sc collisions at 13, 19, 30, 40…

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…

physics.ins-det2014

NA61/SHINE facility at the CERN SPS: beams and detector system

N. Abgrall, O. Andreeva, A. Aduszkiewicz +145

NA61/SHINE (SPS Heavy Ion and Neutrino Experiment) is a multi-purpose experimental facility to study hadron production in hadron-proton, hadron-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisio…

hep-ex2014

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…

physics.ins-det2023

Analysis of test beam data taken with a prototype of TPC with resistive Micromegas for the T2K Near Detector upgrade

D. Attié, O. Ballester, M. Batkiewicz-Kwasniak +81

In this paper we describe the performance of a prototype of the High Angle Time Projection Chambers (HA-TPCs) that are being produced for the Near Detector (ND280) upgrade of the T…

hep-ex2021

Measurement of the production cross section of 31 GeV/ protons on carbon via beam attenuation in a 90-cm-long target

SHINE Collaboration, A. Acharya, H. Adhikary +140

The production cross section of 30.92 GeV/ protons on carbon is measured by the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS by means of beam attenuation in a copy (replica) of the 9…

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-ex2025

Measurements of hadron production in 90 GeV/c proton-carbon interactions

H. Adhikary, P. Adrich, K. K. Allison +136

This paper presents the multiplicity of neutral and charged hadrons produced in 90 GeV proton-carbon interactions from a dataset taken by the NA61/SHINE experiment in 2017. Par…

hep-ph2014

The LBNO long-baseline oscillation sensitivities with two conventional neutrino beams at different baselines

LBNO Collaboration, S. K. Agarwalla, L. Agostino +157

The proposed Long Baseline Neutrino Observatory (LBNO) initially consists of kton liquid double phase TPC complemented by a magnetised iron calorimeter, to be installed a…

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-ex2025

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…

nucl-ex2024

Measurements of , , and spectra in Ar+Sc collisions at 13 to 150 GeV/

SHINE Collaboration, H. Adhikary, P. Adrich +152

The NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron studies the onset of deconfinement in strongly interacting matter through a beam energy scan of particle production i…

physics.ins-det2009

The LAGUNA design study- towards giant liquid based underground detectors for neutrino physics and astrophysics and proton decay searches

LAGUNA Collaboration, D. Angus, A. Ariga +121

The feasibility of a next generation neutrino observatory in Europe is being considered within the LAGUNA design study. To accommodate giant neutrino detectors and shield them from…

hep-ex2025

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…

nucl-ex2024

Two-pion femtoscopic correlations in Be+Be collisions at GeV measured by the NA61/SHINE at CERN

SHINE Collaboration, H. Adhikary, P. Adrich +154

This paper reports measurements of two-pion Bose-Einstein (HBT) correlations in Be+Be collisions at a beam momentum of 150$A\,\mbox{GeV}/\textit{c}$ by the $\mbox{NA61/SHINE}$ expe…

hep-ex2025

Measurements of higher-order cumulants of multiplicity and net-electric charge distributions in inelastic proton-proton interactions by NA61/SHINE

NA61/SHINE, :, H. Adhikary +148

This paper presents the energy dependence of multiplicity and net-electric charge fluctuations in p+p interactions at beam momenta 20, 31, 40, 80, and 158 GeV/c. Results are correc…

hep-ex2025

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…

hep-ex2015

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…

hep-ex2006

MEMPHYS:A large scale water Cerenkov detector at Fréjus

A. de Bellefon, J. Bouchez, J. Busto +12

A water Čerenkov detector project, of megaton scale, to be installed in the Fréjus underground site and dedicated to nucleon decay, neutrinos from supernovae, solar and atmospher…

hep-ex2025

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…

hep-ex2014

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…

hep-ex2022

meson production in inelastic interactions at 158 GeV/c beam momentum measured by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS

A. Acharya, H. Adhikary, K. K. Allison +139

The production of mesons in inelastic collisions at beam momentum 158 GeV/c ( GeV) was measured with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at t…

hep-ex2018

Physics Potentials with the Second Hyper-Kamiokande Detector in Korea

Hyper-Kamiokande proto-collaboration, :, K. Abe +353

Hyper-Kamiokande consists of two identical water-Cherenkov detectors of total 520~kt with the first one in Japan at 295~km from the J-PARC neutrino beam with 2.5 Off…

nucl-ex2025

Proposal from the NA61/SHINE Collaboration for update of European Strategy for Particle Physics

SHINE Collaboration, H. Adhikary, P. Adrich +128

Building on the current program's success and driven by new physics challenges, the NA61/SHINE Collaboration proposes to continue measuring hadron production properties in reaction…

astro-ph.IM2021

Supernova Model Discrimination with Hyper-Kamiokande

Kamiokande Collaboration, K. Abe, P. Adrich +499

Core-collapse supernovae are among the most magnificent events in the observable universe. They produce many of the chemical elements necessary for life to exist and their remnants…

physics.ins-det2023

Characterization of Charge Spreading and Gain of Encapsulated Resistive Micromegas Detectors for the Upgrade of the T2K Near Detector Time Projection Chambers

D. Attie, O. Ballester, M. Batkiewicz-Kwasnia +92

An upgrade of the near detector of the T2K long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment is currently being conducted. This upgrade will include two new Time Projection Chambers, e…

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…

hep-ex2001

The Drift Chambers Of The Nomad Experiment

M. Anfreville, P. Astier, M. Authier +30

We present a detailed description of the drift chambers used as an active target and a tracking device in the NOMAD experiment at CERN. The main characteristics of these chambers a…

hep-ex2019

Measurements of production and inelastic cross sections for $\mbox{p}+\mbox{C}$, $\mbox{p}+\mbox{Be}$, and $\mbox{p}+\mbox{Al}$ at 60 GeV/ and $\mbox{p}+\mbox{C}$ and $\mbox{p}+\mbox{Be}$ at 120 GeV/

SHINE Collaboration, A. Aduszkiewicz, E. V. Andronov +143

This paper presents measurements of production cross sections and inelastic cross sections for the following reactions: 60 GeV/ protons with C, Be, Al targets and 120 GeV/ pr…

hep-ex2016

Measurements of differential yields from the surface of the T2K replica target for incoming 31 GeV/c protons with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS

SHINE Collaboration, N. Abgrall, A. Aduszkiewicz +156

Measurements of particle emission from a replica of the T2K 90 cm-long carbon target were performed in the NA61/SHINE experiment at CERN SPS, using data collected during a high-sta…

hep-ex2013

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…

hep-ex2026

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…

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-ex2014

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…

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-ph2014

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…

hep-ex2012

Pion emission from the T2K replica target: method, results and application

N. Abgrall, A. Aduszkiewicz, T. Anticic +150

The T2K long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment in Japan needs precise predictions of the initial neutrino flux. The highest precision can be reached based on detailed measur…

nucl-ex2022

meson production in inelastic interactions at 40 and 80 GeV/ beam momenta measured by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS

SHINE Collaboration, A. Acharya, H. Adhikary +145

Measurements of resonance production via its decay mode in inelastic collisions at beam momenta 40 and 80 GeV/ ( and 12.3 G…

hep-ex2013

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, |Δm_{32}^2|=2.4x10^{-3} eV^2. An excess of electron neutrino interactio…

physics.ins-det2020

The Hyper-Kamiokande Experiment -- Snowmass LOI

Kamiokande Collaboration, K. Abe, P. Adrich +387

Hyper-Kamiokande is the next generation underground water Cherenkov detector that builds on the highly successful Super-Kamiokande experiment. The detector which has an 8.4~times l…

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-ex2015

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…

hep-ex2013

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…

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…

nucl-ex2021

Measurements of production in Be+Be collisions at beam momenta from 19 to 150GeV/ in the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS

SHINE Collaboration, A. Acharya, H. Adhikary +139

The NA61/SHINE collaboration studies at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) the onset of deconfinement in hadronic matter by the measurement of particle production in collision…

hep-ex2014

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…

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…

nucl-ex2017

Measurements of , K, p and spectra in proton-proton interactions at 20, 31, 40, 80 and 158 GeV/c with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS

SHINE Collaboration, A. Aduszkiewicz, Y. Ali +141

Measurements of inclusive spectra and mean multiplicities of , K, p and produced in inelastic p+p interactions at incident projectile momenta of 20…

hep-ex2011

Measurement of Production Properties of Positively Charged Kaons in Proton-Carbon Interactions at 31 GeV/c

SHINE Collaboration, N. Abgrall, A. Aduszkiewicz +135

Spectra of positively charged kaons in p+C interactions at 31 GeV/c were measured with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS. The analysis is based on the full set of data co…

hep-ex2014

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…

hep-ex2012

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…

hep-ex2014

Measurement of negatively charged pion spectra in inelastic p+p interactions at = 20, 31, 40, 80 and 158 GeV/c

SHINE Collaboration, N. Abgrall, A. Aduszkiewicz +136

We present experimental results on inclusive spectra and mean multiplicities of negatively charged pions produced in inelastic p+p interactions at incident projectile momenta of 20…

hep-ex2024

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…

hep-ex2020

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…

hep-ex2023

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…

hep-ex2016

Production of hyperons in inelastic p+p interactions at 158 GeV/

A. Aduszkiewicz, Y. Ali, E. Andronov +137

Inclusive production of -hyperons was measured with the large acceptance NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS in inelastic p+p interactions at beam momentum of 158~\GeVc. Sp…

physics.ins-det2014

LBNO-DEMO: Large-scale neutrino detector demonstrators for phased performance assessment in view of a long-baseline oscillation experiment

L. Agostino, B. Andrieu, R. Asfandiyarov +111

In June 2012, an Expression of Interest for a long-baseline experiment (LBNO) has been submitted to the CERN SPSC. LBNO considers three types of neutrino detector technologies: a d…

hep-ex2023

Measurements of , , , , and production in 120 GeV/ p + C interactions

H. Adhikary, P. Adrich, K. K. Allison +152

This paper presents multiplicity measurements of charged hadrons produced in 120 GeV/ proton-carbon interactions. The measurements were made using data collected at the NA61/SHI…

physics.ins-det2025

Characterization of the Electronic Noise in the Readout of Resistive Micromegas in the High-Angle Time Projection Chambers of the T2K Experiment

D. Attié, P. Billoir, G. Bortolato +44

The two high-angle Time Projection Chambers of the T2K experiment are equipped with a new readout system based on resistive Micromegas detector technology, and utilize custom-made…

hep-ex2020

Proton-proton interactions and onset of deconfinement

SHINE Collaboration, A. Aduszkiewicz, E. V. Andronov +133

The NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS is performing a uniqe study of the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter by varying collision energy and nuclear mass number of col…

hep-ex2014

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…

hep-ph2014

Optimised sensitivity to leptonic CP violation from spectral information: the LBNO case at 2300 km baseline

LBNO Collaboration, S. K. Agarwalla, L. Agostino +157

One of the main goals of the Long Baseline Neutrino Observatory (LBNO) is to study the behaviour (spectral information) of the electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance p…

nucl-ex2026

production and the time between freeze-outs in Ar+Sc collisions by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS

SHINE Collaboration, P. Adrich, K. K. Allison +109

The analysis of the production of strange resonances allows us to better understand the temporal evolution of high-energy nucleus--nucleus collisions. In particular,…

physics.ins-det2021

Characterization of resistive Micromegas detectors for the upgrade of the T2K Near Detector Time Projection Chambers

D. Attié, M. Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, P. Billoir +58

The second phase of the T2K experiment is expected to start data taking in autumn 2022. An upgrade of the Near Detector (ND280) is under development and includes the construction o…

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-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-ex2023

Measurements of , , and spectra in Be+Be collisions at beam momenta from 19 to 150 GeV/ with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS

SHINE Collaboration, A. Acharya, H. Adhikary +140

The NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) studies the onset of deconfinement in hadron matter by a scan of particle production in collisions of nuclei wi…

nucl-ex2025

Evidence of isospin-symmetry violation in high-energy collisions of atomic nuclei

SHINE Collaboration, H. Adhikary, P. Adrich +154

Strong interactions preserve an approximate isospin symmetry between up () and down () quarks, part of the more general flavor symmetry. In the case of meson production,…

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…

physics.ins-det2018

A 4 tonne demonstrator for large-scale dual-phase liquid argon time projection chambers

B. Aimard, Ch. Alt, J. Asaadi +169

A 10 kilo-tonne dual-phase liquid argon TPC is one of the detector options considered for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). The detector technology relies on amplifi…