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physics.ins-det2017★ 429 cited

Design and Construction of the MicroBooNE Detector

MicroBooNE Collaboration, R. Acciarri, C. Adams +237

This paper describes the design and construction of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber and associated systems. MicroBooNE is the first phase of the Short Baseline…

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.acc-ph2014★ 1 cited

Radionuclides in the Cooling Water Systems for the NuMi Beamline and the Antiproton Production Target Station at Fermilab

Hiroshi Matsumura, Akihiro Toyoda, Kotaro Bessho +12

At the 120-GeV proton accelerator facilities of Fermilab, USA, water samples were collected from the cooling water systems for the target, magnetic horn1, magnetic horn2, decay pip…

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…

physics.ins-det2013★ 212 cited

Design, Calibration, and Performance of the MINERvA Detector

L. Aliaga, L. Bagby, B. Baldin +102

The MINERvA experiment is designed to perform precision studies of neutrino-nucleus scattering using and neutrinos incident at 1-20 GeV in the NuMI beam at Fermil…

hep-ex2013★ 9 cited

Measurement of Muon Neutrino Quasi-Elastic Scattering on a Hydrocarbon Target at E_ν ~ 3.5 GeV

The MINERvA collaboration, G. A. Fiorentini, D. W. Schmitz +115

We report a study of muon neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic events in the segmented scintillator inner tracker of the MINERvA experiment running in the NuMI neutrino beam at F…

hep-ex2013★ 161 cited

Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Quasi-Elastic Scattering on a Hydrocarbon Target at E_ν ~ 3.5 GeV

The MINERvA collaboration, L. Fields, J. Chvojka +115

We have isolated muon anti-neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic interactions occurring in the segmented scintillator tracking region of the MINERvA detector running in the NuMI n…

hep-ex2012★ 48 cited

Measurements of atmospheric neutrinos and antineutrinos in the MINOS Far Detector

MINOS Collaboration, P. Adamson, C. Backhouse +110

This paper reports measurements of atmospheric neutrino and antineutrino interactions in the MINOS Far Detector, based on 2553 live-days (37.9 kton-years) of data. A total of 2072…

physics.acc-ph2012★ 3 cited

Studies of muon-induced radioactivity at NuMI

David J. Boehnlein

The JASMIN Collaboration has studied the production of radionuclides by muons in the muon alcoves of the NuMI beamline at Fermilab. Samples of aluminum and copper are exposed to th…

hep-ex2012★ 47 cited

Demonstration of Communication using Neutrinos

D. D. Stancil, P. Adamson, M. Alania +109

Beams of neutrinos have been proposed as a vehicle for communications under unusual circumstances, such as direct point-to-point global communication, communication with submarines…

physics.acc-ph2012

Shielding experiments by the JASMIN collaboration at Fermilab (II) - Radioactivity measurement induced by secondary particles from the anti-proton production target

Hiroshi Yashima, Norihiro Matsuda, Yoshimi Kasugai +11

The JASMIN Collaboration has performed an experiment to conduct measurements of nuclear reaction rates around the anti-proton production (Pbar) target at the Fermi National Acceler…

hep-ex2012★ 88 cited

An improved measurement of muon antineutrino disappearance in MINOS

P. Adamson, D. S. Ayres, C. Backhouse +109

We report an improved measurement of muon anti-neutrino disappearance over a distance of 735km using the MINOS detectors and the Fermilab Main Injector neutrino beam in a muon anti…

physics.acc-ph2012★ 1 cited

JASMIN: Japanese-American study of muon interactions and neutron detection

Hiroshi Nakashima, N. V. Mokhov, Yoshimi Kasugai +22

Experimental studies of shielding and radiation effects at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) have been carried out under collaboration between FNAL and Japan, aiming at…

physics.acc-ph2012

Neutron energy spectrum from 120 GeV protons on a thick copper target

Nobuhiro Shigyo, Toshiya Sanami, Tsuyoshi Kajimoto +14

Neutron energy spectrum from 120 GeV protons on a thick copper target was measured at the Meson Test Beam Facility (MTBF) at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The data allows…

hep-ex2012★ 88 cited

Search for Lorentz invariance and CPT violation with muon antineutrinos in the MINOS Near Detector

P. Adamson, D. S. Ayres, G. Barr +106

We have searched for sidereal variations in the rate of antineutrino interactions in the MINOS Near Detector. Using antineutrinos produced by the NuMI beam, we find no statisticall…

hep-ex2011★ 76 cited

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…

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-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★ 62 cited

New constraints on muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino transitions in MINOS

The MINOS Collaboration

This letter reports results from a search for muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino transitions by the MINOS experiment based on a 7x10^20 protons-on-target exposure. Our observation…

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…