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most citedObservation of muon neutrino disappearance with the MINOS detectors and the NuMI neutrino beam

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hep-ph2024★ 11 cited

Up-scattering production of a sterile fermion at DUNE: complementarity with spallation source and direct detection experiments

Pablo M. Candela, Valentina De Romeri, Pantelis Melas +2

We investigate the possible production of a MeV-scale sterile fermion through the up-scattering of neutrinos on nuclei and atomic electrons at different facilities. We consider a p…

hep-ph2023★ 14 cited

Probing generalized neutrino interactions with the DUNE Near Detector

Pantelis Melas, Dimitrios K. Papoulias, Niki Saoulidou

We explore the prospects of constraining general non standard interactions involving light mediators through elastic neutrino-electron scattering events at the DUNE Near Detector (…

hep-ex2016★ 127 cited

First measurement of muon-neutrino disappearance in NOvA

P. Adamson, C. Ader, M. Andrews +257

This paper reports the first measurement using the NOvA detectors of disappearance in a beam. The analysis uses a 14 kton-equivalent exposure of p…

hep-ex2016★ 254 cited

First measurement of electron neutrino appearance in NOvA

P. Adamson, C. Ader, M. Andrews +257

We report results from the first search for transitions by the NOvA experiment. In an exposure equivalent to protons-on-target in the upgraded NuMI…

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…

hep-ex2014★ 34 cited

Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS Near Detector

P. Adamson, I. Anghel, A. Aurisano +109

A sample of 1.5310 cosmic-ray-induced single muon events has been recorded at 225 meters-water-equivalent using the MINOS Near Detector. The underground muon rate is…

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★ 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★ 103 cited

Testing Lorentz Invariance and CPT Conservation with NuMI Neutrinos in the MINOS Near Detector

P. Adamson

A search for a sidereal modulation in the MINOS near detector neutrino data was performed. If present, this signature could be a consequence of Lorentz and CPT violation as predict…

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…

physics.ins-det2008★ 314 cited

The magnetized steel and scintillator calorimeters of the MINOS experiment

MINOS Collaboration, D. G. Michael

The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment uses an accelerator-produced neutrino beam to perform precision measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters…

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★ 138 cited

A first measurement of the interaction cross section of the tau neutrino

The DONuT Collaboration

The DONuT experiment collected data in 1997 and published first results in 2000 based on four observed charged-current (CC) interactions. The final analysis of the data colle…

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-ex2001★ 78 cited

A New Upper Limit for the Tau-Neutrino Magnetic Moment

DONUT Collaboration

Using a prompt neutrino beam in which a nu_tau component was identified for the first time, the nu_tau magnetic moment was measured based on a search for an anomalous increase in t…

hep-ex2000★ 531 cited

Observation of Tau Neutrino Interactions

DONUT Collaboration

The DONUT experiment has analyzed 203 neutrino interactions recorded in nuclear emulsion targets. A decay search has found evidence of four tau neutrino interactions with an estima…