The MINER$\nu$A Data Acquisition System and Infrastructure

Abstract

MINER$\nu$A (Main INjector ExpeRiment $\nu$-A) is a new few-GeV neutrino cross section experiment that began taking data in the FNAL NuMI (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Neutrinos at the Main Injector) beam-line in March of 2010. MINER$\nu$A employs a fine-grained scintillator detector capable of complete kinematic characterization of neutrino interactions. This paper describes the MINER$\nu$A data acquisition system (DAQ) including the read-out electronics, software, and computing architecture.

34 pages, 16 figures

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• Measurement of electron neutrino quasielastic and quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon at $⟨E_{\nu }⟩$ = 3.6 GeV
• Measurements of the Inclusive Neutrino and Antineutrino Charged Current Cross Sections in MINERvA Using the Low-$\nu$ Flux Method
• Measurement of Total and Differential Cross Sections of Neutrino and Antineutrino Coherent ${\pi }^{\pm }$ Production on Carbon
• Improved constraint on the MINERvA medium energy neutrino flux using $\bar{\nu }{e}^{-}\to \bar{\nu }{e}^{-}$ data
• Measurement of $K^{+}$ production in charged-current ${\nu }_{\mu }$ interactions
• Evidence for neutral-current diffractive neutral pion production from hydrogen in neutrino interactions on hydrocarbon
• Operation of a Modular 3D-Pixelated Liquid Argon Time-Projection Chamber in a Neutrino Beam
• MINERvA neutrino detector response measured with test beam data
• Neutral pion reconstruction using machine learning in the MINERvA experiment at $⟨E_{\nu }⟩\sim 6$ GeV