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Publications (40)

hep-ex2022

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…

physics.ins-det2026

Operation of a Modular 3D-Pixelated Liquid Argon Time-Projection Chamber in a Neutrino Beam

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1318

The 2x2 Demonstrator, a prototype for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) liquid argon (LAr) Near Detector, was exposed to the Neutrinos from the Main Injector (NuMI) n…

hep-ex2021

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…

physics.ins-det2024

A new hybrid gadolinium nanoparticles-loaded polymeric material for neutron detection in rare event searches

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +311

Experiments aimed at direct searches for WIMP dark matter require highly effective reduction of backgrounds and control of any residual radioactive contamination. In particular, ne…

physics.ins-det2025

Spatial and Temporal Evaluations of the Liquid Argon Purity in ProtoDUNE-SP

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1320

Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) rely on highly pure argon to ensure that ionization electrons produced by charged particles reach readout arrays. ProtoDUNE Single-P…

hep-ex2021

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…

hep-ex2017

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…

physics.ins-det2025

The DUNE Phase II Detectors

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1340

The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase s…

hep-ex2024

Search for Very-Short-Baseline Oscillations of Reactor Antineutrinos with the SoLid Detector

Y. Abreu, Y. Amhis, L. Arnold +57

In this letter we report the first scientific result based on antineutrinos emitted from the BR2 reactor at SCK CEN. The SoLid experiment uses a novel type of highly granular detec…

physics.ins-det2019

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…

hep-ex2017

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…

hep-ex2017

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…

physics.ins-det2026

Operation and performance of ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon time projection chamber

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1360

ProtoDUNE-DP was the largest ever built Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) operating in Dual-Phase (DP) mode, with a liquid target and charge read-out placed in the gas.…

physics.ins-det2025

Benchmarking the design of the cryogenics system for the underground argon in DarkSide-20k

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +315

DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) is a dark matter detection experiment under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy. It utilises ~100 t of low radioactivity a…

hep-ex2021

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…

hep-ex2026

Sensitivity to low-mass WIMPs with an improved liquid argon ionization response model within the DarkSide programme

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +294

Dark matter detection experiments using liquid argon rely on a precise characterization of the ionization response to nuclear recoils, especially in the keV energy range relevant f…

physics.ins-det2025

Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM production for the DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +289

DarkSide-20k is a novel liquid argon dark matter detector currently under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nuclear…

hep-ex2025

Towards mono-energetic virtual beam cross-section measurements: A feasibility study of -Ar interaction analysis with DUNE-PRISM

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1321

Neutrino-nucleus cross-section measurements are critical for future neutrino oscillation analyses. However, our models to describe them require further refinement, and a deeper und…

hep-ex2022

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…

hep-ex2025

The DUNE Science Program

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1340

The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase s…

hep-ex2019

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…

physics.ins-det2025

Flow and thermal modelling of the argon volume in the DarkSide-20k TPC

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +300

The DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment, currently under construction at LNGS, features a dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC) with a ~50 t argon target from an underground wel…

hep-ex2021

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…

hep-ex2025

Measurement of Exclusive --argon Interactions Using ProtoDUNE-SP

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, A. Abed Abud +1323

We present the measurement of --argon inelastic cross sections using the ProtoDUNE Single-Phase liquid argon time projection chamber in the incident kinetic energy r…

hep-ex2025

Neutrino Interaction Vertex Reconstruction in DUNE with Pandora Deep Learning

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1331

The Pandora Software Development Kit and algorithm libraries perform reconstruction of neutrino interactions in liquid argon time projection chamber detectors. Pandora is the prima…

physics.acc-ph2025

European Contributions to Fermilab Accelerator Upgrades and Facilities for the DUNE Experiment

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1340

The Proton Improvement Plan (PIP-II) to the FNAL accelerator chain and the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) will provide the world's most intense neutrino beam to the Deep Un…

physics.ins-det2020

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…

physics.ins-det2025

Production, Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM Tiles for the DarkSide-20k Time Projection Chamber

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +301

The DarkSide-20k dark matter direct detection experiment will employ a 21 m^2 silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array, instrumenting a dual-phase 50 tonnes liquid argon Time Projectio…

hep-ph2024

Prospects for Heavy Neutral Lepton Searches at Short and Medium Baseline Reactor Experiments

N. van Remortel, M. Colomer Molla, B. Clerbaux +6

Heavy neutrinos with masses in the MeV range can in principle simultaneously explain the light neutrino masses and the origin of baryonic matter in the universe. The strongest cons…

hep-ex2025

Identification of low-energy kaons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1343

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation neutrino experiment with a rich physics program that includes searches for the hypothetical phenomenon of proto…

hep-ex2020

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…

hep-ex2023

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…

hep-ex2025

DarkSide-20k sensitivity to light dark matter particles

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +310

The dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber is presently one of the leading technologies to search for dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV/c. This was demons…

hep-ex2021

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…

hep-ex2020

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-…

nucl-ex2026

First Measurement of -Ar and -Ar Total Inelastic Cross Sections in the Sub-GeV Energy Regime with ProtoDUNE-SP Data

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1346

The ProtoDUNE-SP detector, a kiloton-scale prototype for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) far detector, is the largest liquid argon time projection chamber built to…

physics.data-an2025

DUNE Software and Computing Research and Development

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, R. Acciarri +1340

The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase s…

physics.ins-det2026

Design of the DUNE horizontal drift far detector charge readout electronics and performance in ProtoDUNE-HD

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1364

DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment) is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment currently under construction, whose far detectors will be the largest liquid argon ti…

hep-ex2018

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…

hep-ex2026

Reconstruction of atmospheric neutrinos in DUNE's horizontal-drift far-detector module

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1343

This paper reports on the capabilities in reconstructing and identifying atmospheric neutrino interactions in one of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment's (DUNE) far detector…