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most citedImproved search for muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino oscillations in MINOS

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hep-ex2025★ 4 cited

Measurement of reactor antineutrino oscillation at SNO+

SNO+ Collaboration, :, M. Abreu +298

The SNO+ collaboration reports its second spectral analysis of reactor antineutrino oscillation using 286 tonne-years of new data. The measured energies of reactor antineutrino can…

physics.ins-det2021★ 129 cited

The SNO+ Experiment

SNO+ Collaboration, :, V. Albanese +251

The SNO+ experiment is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada. A low background search for neutrinoless double beta () decay will be conducted using 780 tonnes…

physics.ins-det2020★ 41 cited

Development, characterisation, and deployment of the SNO+ liquid scintillator

SNO+ Collaboration, :, M. R. Anderson +223

A liquid scintillator consisting of linear alkylbenzene as the solvent and 2,5-diphenyloxazole as the fluor was developed for the SNO+ experiment. This mixture was chosen as it is…

hep-ex2018★ 51 cited

Search for invisible modes of nucleon decay in water with the SNO+ detector

SNO+ Collaboration, :, M. Anderson +195

This paper reports results from a search for nucleon decay through 'invisible' modes, where no visible energy is directly deposited during the decay itself, during the initial wate…

physics.ins-det2015★ 277 cited

Current Status and Future Prospects of the SNO+ Experiment

SNO+ Collaboration, :, S. Andringa +155

SNO+ is a large liquid scintillator-based experiment located 2km underground at SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada. It reuses the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory detector, consisting of a 12m di…

physics.acc-ph2015★ 287 cited

The NuMI Neutrino Beam

P. Adamson, K. Anderson, M. Andrews +187

This paper describes the hardware and operations of the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beam at Fermilab. It elaborates on the design considerations for the beam as a whole a…

physics.ins-det2014★ 8 cited

The calibration system for the photomultiplier array of the SNO+ experiment

R. Alves, S. Andringa, S. Bradbury +20

A light injection system using LEDs and optical fibres was designed for the calibration and monitoring of the photomultiplier array of the SNO+ experiment at SNOLAB. Large volume,…

physics.ins-det2014★ 377 cited

Performance of the LHCb Vertex Locator

LHCb VELO Group, R. Aaij, A. Affolder +101

The Vertex Locator (VELO) is a silicon microstrip detector that surrounds the proton-proton interaction region in the LHCb experiment. The performance of the detector during the fi…

physics.ins-det2012★ 3 cited

The Magnetic Distortion Calibration System of the LHCb RICH1 Detector

A. Borgia, W. Cameron, A. Contu +9

The LHCb RICH1 detector uses hybrid photon detectors (HPDs) as its optical sensors. A calibration system has been constructed to provide corrections for distortions that are primar…

hep-ex2011★ 27 cited

Search for the disappearance of muon antineutrinos in the NuMI neutrino beam

MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, D. J. Auty +122

We report constraints on antineutrino oscillation parameters that were obtained by using the two MINOS detectors to measure the 7% muon antineutrino component of the NuMI neutrino…

hep-ex2011★ 696 cited

Improved search for muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino oscillations in MINOS

MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, D. J. Auty +117

We report the results of a search for appearance in a beam in the MINOS long-baseline neutrino experiment. With an improved analysis and an increased exposure of $8.2…

hep-ex2011★ 149 cited

Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS

MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, D. J. Auty +123

Results are reported from a search for active to sterile neutrino oscillations in the MINOS long-baseline experiment, based on the observation of neutral-current neutrino interacti…

hep-ex2011★ 81 cited

First direct observation of muon antineutrino disappearance

MINOS collaboration, P. Adamson, C. Andreopoulos +126

This letter reports the first direct observation of muon antineutrino disappearance. The MINOS experiment has taken data with an accelerator beam optimized for muon antineutrino pr…

hep-ex2011★ 265 cited

Measurement of the neutrino mass splitting and flavor mixing by MINOS

The MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, C. Andreopoulos +126

Measurements of neutrino oscillations using the disappearance of muon neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beam as observed by the two MINOS detectors are reported. New analys…

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…

astro-ph2007★ 32 cited

Absolute measurement of the nitrogen fluorescence yield in air between 300 and 430 nm

G. Lefeuvre, P. Gorodetzky, J. Dolbeau +2

The nitrogen fluorescence induced in air is used to detect ultra-high energy cosmic rays and to measure their energy. The precise knowledge of the absolute fluorescence yield is th…