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Publications (141)

hep-ex2014

Search for -channel Single Top Quark Production in the Missing Energy Plus Jets Sample using the Full CDF II Data Set

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +405

The first search for single top quark production from the exchange of an -channel virtual boson using events with an imbalance in the total transverse momentum, -tagged j…

hep-ex2013

Search for the production of ZW and ZZ boson pairs decaying into charged leptons and jets in proton-antiproton collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +405

We present a measurement of the production cross section for ZW and ZZ boson pairs in final states with a pair of charged leptons, from the decay of a Z boson, and at least two jet…

hep-ex2015

A Study of the Energy Dependence of the Underlying Event in Proton-Antiproton Collisions

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +401

We study charged particle production in proton-antiproton collisions at 300 GeV, 900 GeV, and 1.96 TeV. We use the direction of the charged particle with the largest transverse mom…

hep-ph2023

Prospects for detecting axionlike particles at the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills experiment

A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, D. S. M. Alves, S. Biedron +45

We show results from the Coherent CAPTAIN Mills (CCM) 2019 engineering run which begin to constrain regions of parameter space for axion-like particles (ALPs) produced in electroma…

physics.ins-det2022

Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1220

DUNE is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies, neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. ProtoDUNE Dual Phase (DP) is a 6x6x6m3 liquid argon…

hep-ex2012

Precision Top-Quark Mass Measurements at CDF

T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez, S. Amerio +512

We present a precision measurement of the top-quark mass using the full sample of Tevatron TeV proton-antiproton collisions collected by the CDF II detector, corres…

astro-ph2008

First measurement of the Head-Tail directional nuclear recoil signature at energies relevant to WIMP dark matter searches

S. Burgos, E. Daw, J. Forbes +19

We present first evidence for the so-called Head-Tail asymmetry signature of neutron-induced nuclear recoil tracks at energies down to 1.5 keV/amu using the 1m^3 DRIFT-IIc dark mat…

physics.ins-det2021

Large-Scale, Precision Xenon Doping of Liquid Argon

N. McFadden, S. R. Elliott, M. Gold +4

The detection of scintillation light from liquid argon is an experimental technique key to a number of current and future nuclear/particle physics experiments, such as neutrino phy…

hep-ex2015

Measurement of the Single Top Quark Production Cross Section and |Vtb| in Events with One Charged Lepton, Large Missing Transverse Energy, and Jets at CDF

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +400

We report a measurement of single top quark production in proton-antiproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of \sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV using a data set corresponding to 7.5 fb-1…

hep-ex2022

Snowmass Neutrino Frontier: DUNE Physics Summary

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1240

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment with a primary physics goal of observing neutrino and antineutrin…

hep-ex2013

Measurement of the Differential Cross Section dσ/d(cos θt) for Top-Quark Pair Production in p-pbar Collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +405

We report a measurement of the differential cross section, dσ/d(cos θt), for top-quark-pair production as a function of the top-quark production angle in proton-antiproton collis…

hep-ex2013

A signature-based search for delayed photons in exclusive photon plus missing transverse energy events from collisions with TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +411

We present the first signature-based search for delayed photons using an exclusive photon plus missing transverse energy final state. Events are reconstructed in a data sample from…

physics.ins-det2025

First Event-by-Event Identification of Cherenkov Radiation from Sub-MeV Particles in Liquid Argon

A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, S. Biedron, J. Boissevain +42

This Letter reports the event-by-event observation of Cherenkov light from sub-MeV electrons in a high scintillation light-yield liquid argon (LAr) detector by the Coherent CAPTAIN…

astro-ph.IM2016

Measurement of the scintillation time spectra and pulse-shape discrimination of low-energy beta and nuclear recoils in liquid argon with DEAP-1

P. -A. Amaudruz, M. Batygov, B. Beltran +69

The DEAP-1 low-background liquid argon detector was used to measure scintillation pulse shapes of electron and nuclear recoil events and to demonstrate the feasibility of pulse-sha…

hep-ex2012

Search for a low mass Standard Model Higgs boson in the tau-tau decay channel in collisions at = 1.96 TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez +513

We report on a search for the standard model Higgs boson decaying into pairs of tau leptons in collisions produced by the Tevatron at = 1.96 TeV. The analyzed…

hep-ex2013

Search for new physics in trilepton events and limits on the associated chargino-neutralino production at CDF

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +405

We perform a search for new physics using final states consisting of three leptons and a large imbalance in transverse momentum resulting from proton-antiproton collisions at 1.96…

hep-ex2016

Measurement of the production cross section in collisions at TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +396

We describe a measurement of the ratio of the cross sections times branching fractions of the meson in the decay mode to the meson in the…

hep-ex2021

Measurement of the charge asymmetry of electrons from the decays of bosons produced in collisions at TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +398

At the Fermilab Tevatron proton-antiproton () collider, high-mass electron-neutrino () pairs are produced predominantly in the process $p \bar{p} \rightarrow W(\righ…

hep-ex2017

A search for the exotic meson with the Collider Detector at Fermilab

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +395

A search for the exotic meson decaying into the final state is performed using data corresponding to from collisions a…

astro-ph.CO2011

Spin-Dependent Limits from the DRIFT-IId Directional Dark Matter Detector

E. Daw, J. R. Fox, J. -L. Gauvreau +15

Data are presented from the DRIFT-IId detector housed in the Boulby mine in northeast England. A 0.8 m^3 fiducial volume, containing partial pressures of 30 Torr CS2 and 10 Torr CF…

hep-ex2018

Search for standard-model Z and Higgs bosons decaying into a bottom-antibottom quark pair in proton-antiproton collisions at 1.96 TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +396

The Collider Detector at Fermilab collected a unique sample of jets originating from bottom-quark fragmentation (-jets) by selecting online proton-antiproton () collis…

astro-ph.CO2009

The case for a directional dark matter detector and the status of current experimental efforts

S. Ahlen, N. Afshordi, J. B. R. Battat +109

We present the case for a dark matter detector with directional sensitivity. This document was developed at the 2009 CYGNUS workshop on directional dark matter detection, and conta…

hep-ex2013

Measurement of the top quark forward-backward production asymmetry and its dependence on event kinematic properties

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +406

We present new measurements of the inclusive forward-backward ttbar production asymmetry, AFB, and its dependence on several properties of the ttbar system. The measurements are pe…

physics.ins-det2018

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…

hep-ex2015

Measurement of the production and differential cross sections of bosons in association with jets in collisions at TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +400

We present a measurement of the -boson-pair production cross section in collisions at 1.96 TeV center-of-mass energy and the first measurement of the differential cro…

hep-ex2013

Updated search for the standard model Higgs boson in events with jets and missing transverse energy using the full CDF data set

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +407

We present an updated search for the Higgs boson produced in association with a vector boson in the final state with missing transverse energy and two jets. We use the full CDF dat…

physics.ins-det2021

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

hep-ex2020

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…

physics.ins-det2017

The Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (LEGEND)

LEGEND Collaboration, N. Abgrall, A. Abramov +230

The observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay (0) would show that lepton number is violated, reveal that neutrinos are Majorana particles, and provide information on ne…

hep-ex2014

Measurement of differential production cross section for $Z/γ^*$ bosons in association with jets in collisions at TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +399

Differential cross sections for the production of bosons or off-shell photons $γ^*$ in association with jets are measured in proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass ene…

hep-ex2013

Measurement of the Mass Difference Between Top and Anti-top Quarks at CDF

T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez, S. Amerio +512

We present a measurement of the mass difference between top () and anti-top () quarks using candidate events reconstructed in the final state with one lepton…

hep-ex2012

Measurement of Bs0 --> Ds(*)+ Ds(*)- Branching Ratios

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, B. Á +470

The decays Bs0 --> Ds(*)+ Ds(*)- are reconstructed in a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6.8 fb-1 collected by the CDF II detector at the Tevatron p\bar{p}…

hep-ex2016

Measurement of the -meson production cross section at low transverse momentum in collisions at TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +394

We report on a measurement of the -meson production cross section as a function of transverse momentum () in proton-antiproton () collisions at 1.96 TeV cente…

hep-ex2022

First Dark Matter Search Results From Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills

A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, S. Biedron, J. Boissevain +47

This paper describes the operation of the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) detector located at the Lujan Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). CCM i…

hep-ex2016

Measurement of the and production cross section using final states with a charged lepton and heavy-flavor jets in the full CDF Run II data set

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +396

We present a measurement of the total {\it WW} and {\it WZ} production cross sections in collision at TeV, in a final state consistent with leptonic

hep-ex2012

Search for the Higgs boson in the all-hadronic final state using the full CDF data set

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez +513

This paper reports the result of a search for the standard model Higgs boson in events containing four reconstructed jets associated with quarks. For masses below 135GeV/c2, Higgs…

hep-ex2011

Search for a Heavy Top-Like Quark in p\bar{p} Collisions at {\surd}s = 1.96 TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, B. Álvarez Gonzálezv +512

We present the results of a search for pair production of a heavy top-like (t') quark decaying to Wq final states using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.6 fb-1 c…

hep-ex2022

A Gaseous Argon-Based Near Detector to Enhance the Physics Capabilities of DUNE

A. Abed Abud, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1239

This document presents the concept and physics case for a magnetized gaseous argon-based detector system (ND-GAr) for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector.…

hep-ex2012

Combination of CDF and D0 measurements of the W boson helicity in top quark decays

The CDF, D0 Collaborations, : +864

We report the combination of recent measurements of the helicity of the W boson from top quark decay by the CDF and D0 collaborations, based on data samples corresponding to integr…

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

Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in low-mass bottom-quark pairs produced in proton-antiproton collisions

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +395

We report a measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry, , in pairs produced in proton-antiproton collisions and identified by muons from semileptonic -hadr…

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-ex2014

Evidence for -channel Single-Top-Quark Production in Events with one Charged Lepton and two Jets at CDF

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +405

We report evidence for -channel single-top-quark production in proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy using a data set that correspo…

hep-ex2012

Measurement of the Cross Section and Triple Gauge Couplings in Collisions at TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez González +475

This Letter describes the current most precise measurement of the production cross section as well as limits on anomalous couplings at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 Te…

hep-ex2016

Measurement of using pairs from $γ^*/Z$ bosons produced in collisions at a center-of-momentum energy of 1.96 TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +394

At the Fermilab Tevatron proton-antiproton () collider, Drell-Yan lepton pairs are produced in the process through an intermediate $γ^…

hep-ex2012

Combination of the top-quark mass measurements from the Tevatron collider

The CDF, D0 collaborations, T. Aaltonen +858

The top quark is the heaviest known elementary particle, with a mass about 40 times larger than the mass of its isospin partner, the bottom quark. It decays almost 100% of the time…

physics.ins-det2018

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…

hep-ex2016

Search for a Low-Mass Neutral Higgs Boson with Suppressed Couplings to Fermions Using Events with Multiphoton Final States

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +395

A search for a Higgs boson with suppressed couplings to fermions, , assumed to be the neutral, lower-mass partner of the Higgs boson discovered at the Large Hadron Collider, i…

hep-ex2011

Search for high-mass resonances decaying into ZZ in p collisions at \,TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez +472

We search for high-mass resonances decaying into Z boson pairs using data corresponding to 6 fb^-1 collected by the CDF experiment in p\bar{p} collisions at sqrt{s}=1.96 TeV. The s…

hep-ex2016

Measurement of vector boson plus meson production in collisions at

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +400

A measurement of vector boson () production in conjunction with a meson is presented. Using a data sample corresponding to of ^Mproton-anti…

hep-ex2021

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…

hep-ex2021

Low exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experiment

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1151

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will produce world-leading neutrino oscillation measurements over the lifetime of the experiment. In this work, we explore DUNE's se…

hep-ex2012

Search for WZ+ZZ production with MET + jets with b enhancement at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, B. Álvarez Gonzálezv +513

Diboson production () has been observed at the Tevatron in hadronic decay modes dominated by the process. This paper describes the measurement of the cross section o…

physics.ins-det2018

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…

hep-ex2012

A search for dark matter in events with one jet and missing transverse energy in pp-bar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV

The CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, B. Álvarez González +474

We present the results of a search for dark matter production in the monojet signature. We analyze a sample of Tevatron pp-bar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV corresponding to an in…

hep-ex2013

Observation of D0-D0bar Mixing using the CDF II Detector

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +406

We measure the time dependence of the ratio of decay rates for D0 -> K+ pi- to the Cabibbo-favored decay D0 -> K- pi+. The charge conjugate decays are included. A signal of 3.3 x 1…

hep-ex2013

Searches for the Higgs boson decaying to W^{+} W^{-} -> l^{+}nu l^{-}nubar with the CDF II detector

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +419

We present a search for a standard model Higgs boson decaying to two bosons that decay to leptons using the full data set collected with the CDF II detector in

hep-ex2011

Search for Standard Model Higgs Boson Production in Association with a W Boson at CDF

T. Aaltonen, B. Álvarez González, S. Amerio +498

We present a search for the standard model Higgs boson production in association with a boson in proton-antiproton collisions ($p\bar{p}\rightarrow W^\pm H \rightarrow \ellνb\…

hep-ex2011

Measurement of the Top Pair Production Cross Section in the Lepton + Jets Channel Using a Jet Flavor Discriminant

T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez, S. Amerio +513

We present a new method to measure the top quark pair production cross section and the background rates with 2.7 fb of data from collisions at Te…

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

Indirect measurement of (or ) using pairs from $γ^*/Z$ bosons produced in collisions at a center-of-momentum energy of 1.96 TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +405

Drell-Yan lepton pairs are produced in the process through an intermediate $γ^*/Z$ boson. The forward-backward asymmetry in the polar-angle dis…

hep-ex2013

Measurement of the leptonic asymmetry in ttbar events produced in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +405

We measure the asymmetry in the charge-weighted rapidity of the lepton in semileptonic ttbar decays recorded with the CDF II detector using the full Tevatron Run II sample, corresp…

hep-ex2018

Measurement of the differential cross sections for -boson production in association with jets in collisions at TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +396

This paper presents a study of the production of a single boson in association with one or more jets in proton-antiproton collisions at TeV, using the entire da…

hep-ex2017

Measurement of the inclusive-isolated prompt-photon cross section in collisions using the full CDF data set

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, M. G. Albrow +396

A measurement of the inclusive production cross section of isolated prompt photons in proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy =1.96TeV is presented. The res…

hep-ex2013

A Direct Measurement of the Total Decay Width of the Top Quark

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +405

We present a measurement of the total decay width of the top quark using events with top-antitop-quark pair candidates reconstructed in the final state with one charged lepton and…

hep-ex2008

Measurement of the Range Component Directional Signature in a DRIFT-II Detector using 252Cf Neutrons

S. Burgos, E. Daw, J. Forbes +19

The DRIFT collaboration utilizes low pressure gaseous detectors to search for WIMP dark matter with directional signatures. A 252Cf neutron source was placed on each of the princip…

hep-ex2014

Studies of high-transverse momentum jet substructure and top quarks produced in 1.96 TeV proton-antiproton collisions

T. Aaltonen, R. Alon, S. Amerio +403

Results of a study of the substructure of the highest transverse momentum (pT) jets observed by the CDF collaboration are presented. Events containing at least one jet with pT > 40…

hep-ex2015

Measurement of indirect CP-violating asymmetries in and decays at CDF

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +399

We report a measurement of the indirect CP-violating asymmetries () between effective lifetimes of anticharm and charm mesons reconstructed in and $D^0\to π…

physics.ins-det2025

Measurement of the Liquid Argon Scintillation Pulse Shape Using Differentiable Simulation in the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills Experiment

A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, S. Biedron, J. Boissevain +42

The Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) experiment is a liquid argon (LAr) light collection detector searching for MeV-scale neutrino and Beyond Standard Model physics signatures. Two hun…

hep-ex2012

Observation of Exclusive Gamma Gamma Production in p pbar Collisions at sqrt{s}=1.96 TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, M. G. Albrow +473

We have observed exclusive γγproduction in proton-antiproton collisions at \sqrt{s}=1.96 TeV, using data from 1.11 \pm 0.07 fb^{-1} integrated luminosity taken by the Run II Coll…

hep-ex2012

An inclusive search for the Higgs boson in the four-lepton final state at CDF

T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez, S. Amerio +512

An inclusive search for the standard model Higgs boson using the four-lepton final state in proton-antiproton collisions produced by the Tevatron at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV is conducted…

hep-ex2011

Measurement of the top-quark mass in the lepton+jets channel using a matrix element technique with the CDF II detector

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, B. Álvarez Gonzálezv +512

A measurement of the top-quark mass is presented using Tevatron data from proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy TeV collected with the CDF II detect…

hep-ex2011

Measurement of ZZ production in leptonic final states at {\surd}s of 1.96 TeV at CDF

T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez, S. Amerio +512

In this paper we present a precise measurement of the total ZZ production cross section in pp collisions at {\surd}s= 1.96 TeV, using data collected with the CDF II detector corres…

hep-ex2011

Measurement of branching ratio and Bs0 lifetime in the decay Bs0 -> J/psi f0(980) at CDF

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez +512

We present a study of Bs0 decays to the CP-odd final state J/psi f0(980) with J/psi -> mu+ mu- and f0(980) -> pi+ pi-. Using ppbar collision data with an integrated luminosity of 3…

hep-ex2016

Measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry of top-quark and antiquark pairs using the full CDF Run II data set

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +394

We measure the forward--backward asymmetry of the production of top quark and antiquark pairs in proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s} = 1.96~\mathrm{TeV}…

physics.ins-det2014

Improving Photoelectron Counting and Particle Identification in Scintillation Detectors with Bayesian Techniques

M. Akashi-Ronquest, P. -A. Amaudruz, M. Batygov +79

Many current and future dark matter and neutrino detectors are designed to measure scintillation light with a large array of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). The energy resolution and…

hep-ex2014

First Search for Exotic Z Boson Decays into Photons and Neutral Pions in Hadron Collisions

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +405

A search for forbidden and exotic Z boson decays in the diphoton mass spectrum is presented for the first time in hadron collisions, based on data corresponding to 10.0 fb^-1 of in…

hep-ex2023

Identification and reconstruction of low-energy electrons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1253

Measurements of electrons from interactions are crucial for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) neutrino oscillation program, as well as searches for physics bey…

physics.ins-det2020

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…

hep-ex2007

First Results from the DRIFT-IIa Dark Matter Detector

S. Burgos, J. Forbes, C. Ghag +19

Data from the DRIFT-IIa directional dark matter experiment are presented, collected during a near continuous 6 month running period. A detailed calibration analysis comparing data…

physics.ins-det2017

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…

hep-ex2013

Evidence for a bottom baryon resonance Lambda_b* in CDF data

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +405

Using data from proton-antiproton collisions at Ecms=1.96 TeV recorded by the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron, evidence for the excited resonance state Lambda_b* is presen…

hep-ex2012

Search for Standard Model Higgs Boson Production in Association with a W Boson Using a Matrix Element Technique at CDF in p-bar{p} Collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez +512

This paper presents a search for standard model Higgs boson production in association with a boson using events recorded by the CDF experiment in a dataset corresponding to an…

physics.ins-det2020

The Mini-CAPTAIN Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

CAPTAIN Collaboration, C. E. Taylor, B. Bhandari +73

This manuscript describes the commissioning of the Mini-CAPTAIN liquid argon detector in a neutron beam at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), which led to a first meas…

physics.ins-det2014

Update on the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment

K. Rielage, M. Akashi-Ronquest, M. Bodmer +43

The direct search for dark matter is entering a period of increased sensitivity to the hypothetical Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP). One such technology that is being ex…

hep-ex2021

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…

hep-ex2015

First background-free limit from a directional dark matter experiment: results from a fully fiducialised DRIFT detector

J. B. R. Battat, J. Brack, E. Daw +28

The addition of O2 to gas mixtures in time projection chambers containing CS2 has recently been shown to produce multiple negative ions that travel at slightly different velocities…

hep-ex2010

Studying the Underlying Event in Drell-Yan and High Transverse Momentum Jet Production at the Tevatron

The CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman +576

We study the underlying event in proton-antiproton collisions by examining the behavior of charged particles (transverse momentum pT > 0.5 GeV/c, pseudorapidity |η| < 1) produced…

hep-ex2022

First Leptophobic Dark Matter Search from Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills

A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, D. S. M. Alves, S. Biedron +48

We report the first results of a search for leptophobic dark matter (DM) from the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) liquid argon (LAr) detector. An engineering run with 120 photomultipl…

hep-ex2021

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…

physics.ins-det2021

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…

physics.ins-det2021

LEGEND-1000 Preconceptual Design Report

LEGEND Collaboration, N. Abgrall, I. Abt +261

We propose the construction of LEGEND-1000, the ton-scale Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Decay. This international experiment is designed to answer one…

physics.ins-det2011

The DRIFT Dark Matter Experiments

E. Daw, A. Dorofeev, J. R. Fox +20

The current status of the DRIFT (Directional Recoil Identification From Tracks) experiment at Boulby Mine is presented, including the latest limits on the WIMP spin-dependent cross…

hep-ex2014

Mass and lifetime measurements of bottom and charm baryons in collisions at $\sqrt{s}= 1.96 TeV

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +405

We report on mass and lifetime measurements of several ground state charmed and bottom baryons, using a data sample corresponding to 9.6 from collision…

hep-ex2014

Exclusion of exotic top-like quarks with -4/3 electric charge using jet-charge tagging in single-lepton ttbar events at CDF

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +411

We report on a measurement of the top-quark electric charge in ttbar events in which one W boson originating from the top-quark pair decays into leptons and the other into hadrons.…

hep-ex2015

Search for Resonances Decaying to Top and Bottom Quarks with the CDF Experiment

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +402

We report on a search for charged massive resonances decaying to top () and bottom () quarks in the full data set of proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy of…

hep-ex2015

First measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in bottom-quark pair production at high mass

CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen, S. Amerio +400

We measure the particle-level forward-backward production asymmetry in pairs with masses larger than 150 GeV/, using events with hadronic jets and emp…

hep-ex2021

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…

physics.ins-det2014

Measurement of Optical Attenuation in Acrylic Light Guides for a Dark Matter Detector

M. Bodmer, N. Phan, M. Gold +3

Acrylic is a common material used in dark matter and neutrino detectors for light guides, transparent vessels, and neutron shielding, creating an intermediate medium between the ta…

hep-ex2011

Search for New Dielectron Resonances and Randall-Sundrum Gravitons at the Collider Detector at Fermilab

T. Aaltonen, B. Alvarez Gonzalez, S. Amerio +511

A search for new dielectron mass resonances using data recorded by the CDF II detector and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.7/fb is presented. No significant excess o…