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hep-ex2010★ 18 cited

Measurement of the underground atmospheric muon charge ratio using the MINOS Near Detector

MINOS Collaboration

The magnetized MINOS Near Detector, at a depth of 225 meters of water equivalent (mwe), is used to measure the atmospheric muon charge ratio. The ratio of observed positive to nega…

hep-ex2010★ 15 cited

Observation in the MINOS far detector of the shadowing of cosmic rays by the sun and moon

The MINOS Collaboration

The shadowing of cosmic ray primaries by the the moon and sun was observed by the MINOS far detector at a depth of \unit[2070]{mwe} using 83.54 million cosmic ray muons accumulated…

hep-ex2010★ 92 cited

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…

hep-ex2010★ 95 cited

Search for sterile neutrino mixing in the MINOS long-baseline experiment

The MINOS Collaboration

A search for depletion of the combined flux of active neutrino species over a 735 km baseline is reported using neutral-current interaction data recorded by the MINOS detectors in…

hep-ex2009★ 131 cited

Neutrino and Antineutrino Inclusive Charged-current Cross Section Measurements with the MINOS Near Detector

The MINOS Collaboration

The energy dependence of the neutrino-iron and antineutrino-iron inclusive charged-current cross sections and their ratio have been measured using a high-statistics sample with the…

hep-ex2009★ 61 cited

Search for muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino transitions in MINOS

MINOS Collaboration

This letter reports on a search for transitions by the MINOS experiment based on a \unit[]{protons-on-target} exposure in the Fermilab NuMI beam. We…

hep-ex2009★ 83 cited

Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS far detector

The MINOS Collaboration

The temperature of the upper atmosphere affects the height of primary cosmic ray interactions and the production of high-energy cosmic ray muons which can be detected deep undergro…

hep-ex2008★ 65 cited

Search for active neutrino disappearance using neutral-current interactions in the MINOS long-baseline experiment

P. Adamson

We report the first detailed comparisons of the rates and spectra of neutral-current neutrino interactions at two widely separated locations. A depletion in the rate at the far sit…

hep-ex2008★ 339 cited

Measurement of Neutrino Oscillations with the MINOS Detectors in the NuMI Beam

MINOS Collaboration

This letter reports new results from the MINOS experiment based on a two-year exposure to muon neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam. Our data are consistent with quantum mechanica…

hep-ex2007★ 184 cited

A Study of Muon Neutrino Disappearance Using the Fermilab Main Injector Neutrino Beam

Michael Kordosky, David Petyt

We report the results of a search for muon-neutrino disappearance by the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search. The experiment uses two detectors separated by 734 km to observe…

hep-ex2007★ 159 cited

Measurement of neutrino velocity with the MINOS detectors and NuMI neutrino beam

MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson

The velocity of a ~3 GeV neutrino beam is measured by comparing detection times at the Near and Far detectors of the MINOS experiment, separated by 734 km. A total of 473 Far Detec…

hep-ex2007★ 67 cited

Measurement of the Atmospheric Muon Charge Ratio at TeV Energies with MINOS

MINOS Collaboration

The 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking charge-separated cosmic ray muon data since the beginning of August, 2003 at a depth of 2070 meters-water-equivalent in the Soudan U…

hep-ex2007★ 29 cited

Charge-Separated Atmospheric Neutrino-Induced Muons in the MINOS Far Detector

MINOS Collaboration

We found 140 neutrino-induced muons in 854.24 live days in the MINOS far detector. We looked for evidence of neutrino disappearance in this data set by computing the ratio of the n…

hep-ex2006★ 533 cited

Observation of muon neutrino disappearance with the MINOS detectors and the NuMI neutrino beam

MINOS Collaboration

This letter reports results from the MINOS experiment based on its initial exposure to neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam. The rate and energy spectra of charged current muon ne…

hep-ex2005★ 69 cited

First Observations of Separated Atmospheric Muon Neutrino and Muon Anti-Neutrino Events in the MINOS Detector

MINOS Collaboration

The complete 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking data since the beginning of August 2003 at a depth of 2070 meters water-equivalent in the Soudan mine, Minnesota. This pape…

hep-ex2005★ 79 cited

Neutrino Oscillation Effects in Soudan-2 Upward-stopping muons

2 Collaboration, W. W. M. Allison

Upward-going stopping muons initiated by atmospheric \numu and \anumu interactions in the rock below the Soudan 2 detector have been isolated, together with a companion sample of n…

hep-ex2003★ 169 cited

Observation of Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations in Soudan 2

The Soudan 2 Collaboration

The effects of oscillations of atmospheric muon neutrinos are observed in the 5.90 fiducial kiloton-year exposure of the Soudan 2 detector. An unbinned maximum likelihood analysis…

hep-ex2002★ 66 cited

Search for Neutron-Antineutron Oscillations Using Multiprong Events in Soudan 2

J. Chung

We have searched for neutron-antineutron oscillations using the 5.56 fiducial kiloton-year exposure of the Soudan 2 iron tracking calorimeter. We require candidate n-nbar occurrenc…

hep-ex2000★ 11 cited

Search for Nucleon Decay with Final States l+ eta, nubar eta, and nubar pi+,0 Using Soudan 2

D. Wall

We have searched for nucleon decay into five two-body final states using a 4.4 kiloton-year fiducial exposure of the Soudan 2 iron tracking calorimeter. For proton decay into the f…

hep-ex1999★ 14 cited

The Observation of a Shadow of the Moon in the Underground muon flux in the Soudan 2 detector

The Soudan 2 Collaboration, J. H. Cobb et al

A shadow of the moon, with a statistical significance of 5 sigma, has been observed in the underground muon flux at a depth of 2090 mwe using the Soudan 2 detector. The angular res…

hep-ex1999★ 330 cited

The Atmospheric Neutrino Flavor Ratio from a 3.9 Fiducial Kiloton-Year Exposure of Soudan 2

The Soudan 2 Collaboration, W. W. M. Allison

We report a measurement of the atmospheric neutrino flavor ratio, R, using a sample of quasi-elastic neutrino interactions occurring in an iron medium. The flavor ratio (tracks/sho…

hep-ex1998★ 14 cited

Search for the Proton Decay Mode proton to neutrino K+ in Soudan 2

The Soudan 2 collaboration

We have searched for the proton decay mode proton to neutrino K+ using the one-kiloton Soudan 2 high resolution calorimeter. Contained events obtained from a 3.56 kiloton-year fidu…

hep-ex1996★ 41 cited

A Study of Cosmic Ray Composition in the Knee Region using Multiple Muon Events in the Soudan 2 Detector

S. M. Kasahara, the Soudan 2 collaboration

Deep underground muon events recorded by the Soudan 2 detector, located at a depth of 2100 meters of water equivalent, have been used to infer the nuclear composition of cosmic ray…

hep-ex1996★ 337 cited

Measurement of the atmospheric neutrino flavour composition in Soudan 2

W. W. M. Allison, G. J. Alner, D. S. Ayres +52

The atmospheric neutrino flavour ratio measured using a 1.52 kton-year exposure of Soudan 2 is found to be 0.72 +- 0.19 +0.05 -0.07 relative to the expected value from a Monte Carl…