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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…

physics.ins-det2026

The Super Fine-Grained Detector for the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment

S. Abe, H. Alarakia-Charles, I. Alekseev +169

The magnetised near detector ND280 of the long-baseline neutrino experiment T2K has been upgraded to improve its detection performance and, consequently, enhance our understanding…

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-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…

hep-ex2019

Measurement of neutron production in atmospheric neutrino interactions at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration, B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed +129

Neutron production in GeV-scale neutrino interactions is a poorly studied process. We have measured the neutron multiplicities in atmospheric neutrino interactions in the Sudbury N…

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…

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…

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-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…

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…

hep-ex2019

Cosmogenic Neutron Production at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed, A. E. Anthony +128

Neutrons produced in nuclear interactions initiated by cosmic-ray muons present an irreducible background to many rare-event searches, even in detectors located deep underground. M…

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…

physics.ins-det2020

Design and performance of a 35-ton liquid argon time projection chamber as a prototype for future very large detectors

D. L. Adams, M. Baird, G. Barr +71

Liquid argon time projection chamber technology is an attractive choice for large neutrino detectors, as it provides a high-resolution active target and it is expected to be scalab…

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-ex2023

The DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift Technology, Technical Design Report

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1324

DUNE is an international experiment dedicated to addressing some of the questions at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics, including the mystifying preponderance of m…

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-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…

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…

hep-ex2004

Proposal for U.S. participation in Double-CHOOZ: A New theta-13 Experiment at the Chooz Reactor

S. Berridge, W. Bugg, J. Busenitz +17

It has recently been widely recognized that a reactor anti-neutrino disappearance experiment with two or more detectors is one of the most cost-effective ways to extend our reach i…

physics.ins-det2012

The T2K Side Muon Range Detector

S. Aoki, G. Barr, M. Batkiewicz +64

The T2K experiment is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment aiming to observe the appearance of ν e in a νμ beam. The νμ beam is produced at the Japan Proton Acceler…

physics.ins-det2024

Performance of a modular ton-scale pixel-readout liquid argon time projection chamber

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1360

The Module-0 Demonstrator is a single-phase 600 kg liquid argon time projection chamber operated as a prototype for the DUNE liquid argon near detector. Based on the ArgonCube desi…

physics.ins-det2009

Scintillator counters with WLS fiber/MPPC readout for the side muon range detector (SMRD)of the T2K experiment

A. Izmaylov, S. Aoki, J. Blocki +52

The T2K neutrino experiment at J-PARC uses a set of near detectors to measure the properties of an unoscillated neutrino beam and neutrino interaction cross-sections. One of the su…

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…

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.…

nucl-ex2011

Measurement of the and Total B Solar Neutrino Fluxes with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Phase-III Data Set

B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed, J. F. Amsbaugh +147

This paper details the solar neutrino analysis of the 385.17-day Phase-III data set acquired by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). An array of He proportional counters was…

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…

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-ex2011

The 2010 Interim Report of the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment Collaboration Physics Working Groups

The LBNE Collaboration, T. Akiri, D. Allspach +329

In early 2010, the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) science collaboration initiated a study to investigate the physics potential of the experiment with a broad set of diffe…

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-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…

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…

physics.ins-det2023

SuperFGD prototype time resolution studies

I. Alekseev, T. Arihara, V. Baranov +87

The SuperFGD will be a part of the ND280 near detector of the T2K and Hyper Kamiokande projects, that will help to reduce systematic uncertainties related with neutrino flux and cr…

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…

astro-ph1995

Triggering of Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes: PMT trigger rates due to night-sky photons

G. Hermann, C. Köhler, T. Kutter +1

Imaging air Cherenkov telescopes are usually triggered on a coincidence of two or sometimes more pixels, with discriminator thresholds in excess of 20 photoelectrons applied for ea…

physics.ins-det2024

DUNE Phase II: Scientific Opportunities, Detector Concepts, Technological Solutions

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1366

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

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…

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-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-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-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-ex2015

Physics Potential of a Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment Using J-PARC Neutrino Beam and Hyper-Kamiokande

Hyper-Kamiokande Proto-Collaboraion, :, K. Abe +247

Hyper-Kamiokande will be a next generation underground water Cherenkov detector with a total (fiducial) mass of 0.99 (0.56) million metric tons, approximately 20 (25) times larger…

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-ex2025

Supernova Pointing Capabilities of DUNE

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1360

The determination of the direction of a stellar core collapse via its neutrino emission is crucial for the identification of the progenitor for a multimessenger follow-up. A highly…

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-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…

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-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-ex2012

Fundamental Physics at the Intensity Frontier

J. L. Hewett, H. Weerts, R. Brock +465

The Proceedings of the 2011 workshop on Fundamental Physics at the Intensity Frontier. Science opportunities at the intensity frontier are identified and described in the areas of…

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-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-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…

physics.ins-det2020

The SuperFGD Prototype Charged Particle Beam Tests

A. Blondel, M. Bogomilov, S. Bordoni +47

A novel scintillator detector, the SuperFGD, has been selected as the main neutrino target for an upgrade of the T2K experiment ND280 near detector. The detector design will allow…

nucl-ex2011

Combined Analysis of all Three Phases of Solar Neutrino Data from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration, B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed +121

We report results from a combined analysis of solar neutrino data from all phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. By exploiting particle identification information obtained fr…

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…

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…

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…

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-ex2026

A Bayesian approach to the long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of DUNE

DUNE Collaboration, S. Abbaslu, F. Abd Alrahman +1278

The sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to neutrino oscillation is evaluated using a Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) approach. This analysis use…

physics.ins-det2024

Doping Liquid Argon with Xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: Effects on Scintillation Light

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1317

Doping of liquid argon TPCs (LArTPCs) with a small concentration of xenon is a technique for light-shifting and facilitates the detection of the liquid argon scintillation light. I…

physics.ins-det2013

The CAPTAIN Detector and Physics Program

The CAPTAIN Collaboration, H. Berns, H. Chen +44

The Cryogenic Apparatus for Precision Tests of Argon Interactions with Neutrino (CAP- TAIN) program is designed to make measurements of scientific importance to long-baseline neutr…

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-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…

hep-ex2020

Search for solar neutrinos and the diffuse supernova neutrino background using all three phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed, A. E. Anthony +129

A search has been performed for neutrinos from two sources, the reaction in the solar fusion chain and the component of the diffuse supernova neutrino background…

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…

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…

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…

physics.ins-det2024

The track-length extension fitting algorithm for energy measurement of interacting particles in liquid argon TPCs and its performance with ProtoDUNE-SP data

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1366

This paper introduces a novel track-length extension fitting algorithm for measuring the kinetic energies of inelastically interacting particles in liquid argon time projection cha…

hep-ex2019

Tests of Lorentz invariance at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

SNO Collaboration, B. Aharmim, S. N. Ahmed +131

Experimental tests of Lorentz symmetry in systems of all types are critical for ensuring that the basic assumptions of physics are well-founded. Data from all phases of the Sudbury…

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-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…

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…

hep-ex2023

Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment

DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1313

A primary goal of the upcoming Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is to measure the MeV neutrinos produced by a Galactic core-collapse supernova if one s…

physics.ins-det2022

Low-Energy Physics in Neutrino LArTPCs

D. Caratelli, W. Foreman, A. Friedland +285

In this white paper, we outline some of the scientific opportunities and challenges related to detection and reconstruction of low-energy (less than 100 MeV) signatures in liquid a…

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-det2021

Theia: An advanced optical neutrino detector

M. Askins, Z. Bagdasarian, N. Barros +75

New developments in liquid scintillators, high-efficiency, fast photon detectors, and chromatic photon sorting have opened up the possibility for building a large-scale detector th…

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…

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-ex2024

Characterization of the optical model of the T2K 3D segmented plastic scintillator detector

S. Abe, I. Alekseev, T. Arai +128

The magnetised near detector (ND280) of the T2K long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment has been recently upgraded aiming to satisfy the requirement of reducing the systemati…

physics.ins-det2011

Characterization and Simulation of the Response of Multi Pixel Photon Counters to Low Light Levels

A. Vacheret, G. J. Barker, M. Dziewiecki +25

The calorimeter, range detector and active target elements of the T2K near detectors rely on the Hamamatsu Photonics Multi-Pixel Photon Counters (MPPCs) to detect scintillation lig…

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…