Publications (61)
Supernova Neutrino Burst Detection with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
DUNE collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +967
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a 40-kton underground liquid argon time projection chamber experiment, will be sensitive to the electron-neutrino flavor component…
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…
Electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance in the full MINOS data sample
P. Adamson, I. Anghel, C. Backhouse +106
We report on and appearance in and beams using the full MINOS data sample. The comparison of these and appearance data at a…
A Search for Lorentz Invariance and CPT Violation with the MINOS Far Detector
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, D. J. Auty +130
We searched for a sidereal modulation in the MINOS far detector neutrino rate. Such a signal would be a consequence of Lorentz and CPT violation as described by the Standard-Model…
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…
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…
Measurement of the neutrino mass splitting and flavor mixing by MINOS
The MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, C. Andreopoulos +126
Measurements of neutrino oscillations using the disappearance of muon neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beam as observed by the two MINOS detectors are reported. New analys…
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…
Constraints on Oscillation Parameters from Appearance and Disappearance in NOvA
The NOvA Collaboration, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga +177
Results are reported from an improved measurement of transitions by the NOvA experiment. Using an exposure equivalent to protons-on-targ…
The DUNE Far Detector Interim Design Report, Volume 2: Single-Phase Module
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1092
The DUNE IDR describes the proposed physics program and technical designs of the DUNE far detector modules in preparation for the full TDR to be published in 2019. It is intended a…
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…
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
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume II: DUNE Physics
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
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…
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…
Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +966
The sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to neutrino oscillation is determined, based on a full simulation, reconstruction, and event selection of the far…
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…
An improved measurement of muon antineutrino disappearance in MINOS
P. Adamson, D. S. Ayres, C. Backhouse +109
We report an improved measurement of muon anti-neutrino disappearance over a distance of 735km using the MINOS detectors and the Fermilab Main Injector neutrino beam in a muon anti…
Measurement of Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations Using Beam and Atmospheric Data in MINOS
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, I. Anghel +108
We report measurements of oscillation parameters from and disappearance using beam and atmospheric data from MINOS. The data comprise exposures of \unit[$10.7…
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…
Search for Lorentz invariance and CPT violation with muon antineutrinos in the MINOS Near Detector
P. Adamson, D. S. Ayres, G. Barr +106
We have searched for sidereal variations in the rate of antineutrino interactions in the MINOS Near Detector. Using antineutrinos produced by the NuMI beam, we find no statisticall…
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…
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…
Search for the disappearance of muon antineutrinos in the NuMI neutrino beam
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, D. J. Auty +122
We report constraints on antineutrino oscillation parameters that were obtained by using the two MINOS detectors to measure the 7% muon antineutrino component of the NuMI neutrino…
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…
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.
First direct observation of muon antineutrino disappearance
MINOS collaboration, P. Adamson, C. Andreopoulos +126
This letter reports the first direct observation of muon antineutrino disappearance. The MINOS experiment has taken data with an accelerator beam optimized for muon antineutrino pr…
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…
The DUNE Far Detector Interim Design Report Volume 1: Physics, Technology and Strategies
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1092
The DUNE IDR describes the proposed physics program and technical designs of the DUNE Far Detector modules in preparation for the full TDR to be published in 2019. It is intended a…
Improved search for muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino oscillations in MINOS
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, D. J. Auty +117
We report the results of a search for appearance in a beam in the MINOS long-baseline neutrino experiment. With an improved analysis and an increased exposure of $…
Liquid scintillator production for the NOvA experiment
S. Mufson, B. Baugh, C. Bower +8
The NOvA collaboration blended and delivered 8.8 kt (2.72M gal) of liquid scintillator as the active detector medium to its near and far detectors. The composition of this scintill…
First measurement of muon-neutrino disappearance in NOvA
P. Adamson, C. Ader, M. Andrews +257
This paper reports the first measurement using the NOvA detectors of disappearance in a beam. The analysis uses a 14 kton-equivalent exposure of $2.74 \times 10^{20…
Experiment Simulation Configurations Approximating DUNE TDR
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +966
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment consisting of a high-power, broadband neutrino beam, a highly cap…
Neutrino interaction classification with a convolutional neural network in the DUNE far detector
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +968
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment is a next-generation neutrino oscillation experiment that aims to measure -violation in the neutrino sector as part of a wider physics…
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…
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…
The DUNE Far Detector Interim Design Report, Volume 3: Dual-Phase Module
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1092
The DUNE IDR describes the proposed physics program and technical designs of the DUNE far detector modules in preparation for the full TDR to be published in 2019. It is intended a…
Measurement of the neutrino mixing angle in NOvA
The NOvA Collaboration, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga +177
This Letter reports new results on muon neutrino disappearance from NOvA, using a 14 kton detector equivalent exposure of protons-on-target from the NuMI beam a…
Prospects for Beyond the Standard Model Physics Searches at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +970
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will be a powerful tool for a variety of physics topics. The high-intensity proton beams provide a large neutrino flux, sampled by a…
Search for active-sterile neutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions in NOvA
NOvA Collaboration, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga +177
We report results from the first search for sterile neutrinos mixing with active neutrinos through a reduction in the rate of neutral-current interactions over a baseline of 810\,k…
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…
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
First measurement of electron neutrino appearance in NOvA
P. Adamson, C. Ader, M. Andrews +257
We report results from the first search for transitions by the NOvA experiment. In an exposure equivalent to protons-on-target in the upgraded Nu…
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…
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…
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…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume III: DUNE Far Detector Technical Coordination
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume IV: Far Detector Single-phase Technology
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, A. Abed Abud +987
The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber with an active volume of m. It is installed at the CERN Neutrino Plat…
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-…
Measurements of atmospheric neutrinos and antineutrinos in the MINOS Far Detector
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, C. Backhouse +110
This paper reports measurements of atmospheric neutrino and antineutrino interactions in the MINOS Far Detector, based on 2553 live-days (37.9 kton-years) of data. A total of 2072…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume I: Introduction to DUNE
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
The Single-Phase ProtoDUNE Technical Design Report
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, M. A. Acero +824
ProtoDUNE-SP is the single-phase DUNE Far Detector prototype that is under construction and will be operated at the CERN Neutrino Platform (NP) starting in 2018. ProtoDUNE-SP, a cr…
Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, D. J. Auty +123
Results are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interacti…
New constraints on oscillation parameters from appearance and disappearance in the NOvA experiment
M. A. Acero, P. Adamson, L. Aliaga T. Alion +126
We present updated results from the NOvA experiment for and oscillations from an exposure of protons on target, w…
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…
A search for flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions by MINOS
MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, G. Barr +100
We report new constraints on flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions (NSI) using data from the MINOS experiment. We analyzed a combined set of beam neutrino and antineut…