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1. The Design and Construction of the Chips Water Cherenkov Neutrino Detector

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Rancurel, B. Alonso, Angelides, N., Augustoni, G., Bash, S., Bergmann, B., Bertschinger, N., Bizouard, P., Campbell, M., Cao, S., Carroll, T. J., Castellan, R., Catano-Mur, E., Cesar, J. P., Coelho, J. A. B., Dills, P., Dodwell, T., Edmondson, J., van Eijk, D., Fetterly, Q., Garbal, Z., Germani, S., Gilpin, T., Giraudo, A., Habig, A., Hanuska, D., Hausner, H., Hernandez, W. Y., Holin, A., Huang, J., Jones, S. B., Karle, A., Kileff, G., Jenkins, K. R., Kooijman, P., Kreymer, A., Loving, D. A., LaFond, G. M., Lang, K., Lazar, J. P., Li, R., Liu, K., Mánek, P., Marshak, M. L., Meier, J. R., Miller, W., Nelson, J. K., Ng, C., Nichol, R. J., Paolone, V., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Radovic, A., Rawlins, K., Roedl, P., Rogers, L., Safa, I., Sousa, A., Tingey, J., Thomas, J., Trokan-Tenorio, J., Vahle, P., Wade, R., Wendt, C., Wendt, D., Whitehead, L. H., Wolcott, S., Yuan, T., Rancurel, B. Alonso, Angelides, N., Augustoni, G., Bash, S., Bergmann, B., Bertschinger, N., Bizouard, P., Campbell, M., Cao, S., Carroll, T. J., Castellan, R., Catano-Mur, E., Cesar, J. P., Coelho, J. A. B., Dills, P., Dodwell, T., Edmondson, J., van Eijk, D., Fetterly, Q., Garbal, Z., Germani, S., Gilpin, T., Giraudo, A., Habig, A., Hanuska, D., Hausner, H., Hernandez, W. Y., Holin, A., Huang, J., Jones, S. B., Karle, A., Kileff, G., Jenkins, K. R., Kooijman, P., Kreymer, A., Loving, D. A., LaFond, G. M., Lang, K., Lazar, J. P., Li, R., Liu, K., Mánek, P., Marshak, M. L., Meier, J. R., Miller, W., Nelson, J. K., Ng, C., Nichol, R. J., Paolone, V., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Radovic, A., Rawlins, K., Roedl, P., Rogers, L., Safa, I., Sousa, A., Tingey, J., Thomas, J., Trokan-Tenorio, J., Vahle, P., Wade, R., Wendt, C., Wendt, D., Whitehead, L. H., Wolcott, S., and Yuan, T.

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CHIPS (CHerenkov detectors In mine PitS) was a prototype large-scale water Cherenkov detector located in northern Minnesota. The main aim of the R&D project was to demonstrate that construction costs of neutrino oscillation detectors could be reduced by at least an order of magnitude compared to other equivalent experiments. This article presents design features of the CHIPS detector along with details of the implementation and deployment of the prototype. While issues during and after the deployment of the detector prevented data taking, a number of key concepts and designs were successfully demonstrated.

Published
2024

5. Signal recovery from a few linear measurements of its high-order spectra

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Bendory, Tamir, Edidin, Dan, Kreymer, Shay, Bendory, Tamir, Edidin, Dan, and Kreymer, Shay

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The $q$-th order spectrum is a polynomial of degree $q$ in the entries of a signal $x\in\mathbb{C}^N$, which is invariant under circular shifts of the signal. For $q\geq 3$, this polynomial determines the signal uniquely, up to a circular shift, and is called a high-order spectrum. The high-order spectra, and in particular the bispectrum ($q=3$) and the trispectrum ($q=4$), play a prominent role in various statistical signal processing and imaging applications, such as phase retrieval and single-particle reconstruction. However, the dimension of the $q$-th order spectrum is $N^{q-1}$, far exceeding the dimension of $x$, leading to increased computational load and storage requirements. In this work, we show that it is unnecessary to store and process the full high-order spectra: a signal can be characterized uniquely, up to symmetries, from only $N+1$ linear measurements of its high-order spectra. The proof relies on tools from algebraic geometry and is corroborated by numerical experiments.

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2021

7. Precision constraints for three-flavor neutrino oscillations from the full MINOS+ and MINOS data set

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Collaboration, MINOS+, Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Blake, A., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., De Rijck, S., Evans, J. J., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Gabrielyan, M., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Koerner, L. W., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Miller, W. H., Mills, G., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R. J., O'Connor, J., Pahlka, R. B., Pavlovic, Z., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfutzner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Vahle, P., Weber, A., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Collaboration, MINOS+, Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Blake, A., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., De Rijck, S., Evans, J. J., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Gabrielyan, M., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Koerner, L. W., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Miller, W. H., Mills, G., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R. J., O'Connor, J., Pahlka, R. B., Pavlovic, Z., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfutzner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Vahle, P., Weber, A., Whitehead, L. H., and Wojcicki, S. G.

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We report the final measurement of the neutrino oscillation parameters $\Delta m^2_{32}$ and $\sin^2\theta_{23}$ using all data from the MINOS and MINOS+ experiments. These data were collected using a total exposure of $23.76 \times 10^{20}$ protons on target producing $\nu_{mu}$ and $\overline{\nu_\mu}$ beams and 60.75 kt$\cdot$yr exposure to atmospheric neutrinos. The measurement of the disappearance of $\nu_{\mu}$ and the appearance of $\nu_e$ events between the Near and Far detectors yields $|\Delta m^2_{32}|=2.40^{+0.08}_{-0.09}~(2.45^{+0.07}_{-0.08}) \times 10^{-3}$ eV$^2$ and $\sin^2\theta_{23} = 0.43^{+0.20}_{-0.04} ~(0.42^{+0.07}_{-0.03})$ at 68% C.L. for Normal (Inverted) Hierarchy., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables

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2020
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10. Improved Constraints on Sterile Neutrino Mixing from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, MINOS+, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments

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Bay, Daya, Collaborations, MINOS+, Adamson, P., An, F. P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Blyth, S., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chang, J. F., Chang, Y., Chen, H. S., Chen, R., Chen, S. M., Chen, Y., Chen, Y. X., Cheng, J., Cheng, Z. K., Cherwinka, J. J., Childress, S., Chu, M. C., Chukanov, A., Coelho, J. A. B., Cummings, J. P., Dash, N., De Rijck, S., Deng, F. S., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dohnal, T., Dolzhikov, D., Dove, J., Dvořák, M., Dwyer, D. A., Evans, J. J., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Gabrielyan, M., Gallo, J. P., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Grzelak, K., Gu, W. Q., Guo, J. Y., Guo, L., Guo, X. H., Guo, Y. H., Guo, Z., Habig, A., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, S. R., Hans, S., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., He, M., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Higuera, A., Holin, A., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, J. R., Hu, T., Hu, Z. J., Huang, H. X., Huang, J., Huang, X. T., Huang, Y. B., Huber, P., Jaffe, D. E., Jen, K. L., Ji, X. L., Ji, X. P., Johnson, R. A., Jones, D., Kang, L., Kettell, S. H., Koerner, L. W., Kohn, S., Kordosky, M., Kramer, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Langford, T. J., Lee, J., Lee, J. H. C., Lei, R. T., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Li, F., Li, H. L., Li, J. J., Li, Q. J., Li, S., Li, S. C., Li, S. J., Li, W. D., Li, X. N., Li, X. Q., Li, Y. F., Li, Z. B., Liang, H., Lin, C. J., Lin, G. L., Lin, S., Ling, J. J., Link, J. M., Littenberg, L., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, J. C., Liu, J. L., Liu, Y., Liu, Y. H., Lu, C., Lu, H. Q., Lu, J. S., Lucas, P., Luk, K. B., Ma, X. B., Ma, X. Y., Ma, Y. Q., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Marshall, C., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Mayer, N., McDonald, K. T., McKeown, R. D., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Meng, Y., Miller, W. H., Mills, G., Lepin, L. Mora, Naples, D., Napolitano, J., Naumov, D., Naumova, E., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R. J., O'Connor, J., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Olshevskiy, A., Pahlka, R. B., Pan, H. -R., Park, J., Patton, S., Pavlović, Z., Pawloski, G., Peng, J. C., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Raper, N., Ren, J., Reveco, C. Morales, Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Shaheed, N., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Steiner, H., Sun, J. L., Tagg, N., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Timmons, A., Tmej, T., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Treskov, K., Tse, W. -H., Tull, C. E., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, J., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, W., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Weber, A., Wei, H. Y., Wei, L. H., Wen, L. J., Whisnant, K., White, C., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, S. C. F., Worcester, E., Wu, D. R., Wu, F. L., Wu, Q., Wu, W. J., Xia, D. M., Xie, Z. Q., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, J. L., Xu, T., Xue, T., Yang, C. G., Yang, L., Yang, Y. Z., Yao, H. F., Ye, M., Yeh, M., Young, B. L., Yu, H. Z., Yu, Z. Y., Yue, B. B., Zeng, S., Zeng, Y., Zhan, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, F. Y., Zhang, H. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, X. T., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Y. Y., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. P., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhao, J., Zhou, L., Zhuang, H. L., Bay, Daya, Collaborations, MINOS+, Adamson, P., An, F. P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Blyth, S., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chang, J. F., Chang, Y., Chen, H. S., Chen, R., Chen, S. M., Chen, Y., Chen, Y. X., Cheng, J., Cheng, Z. K., Cherwinka, J. J., Childress, S., Chu, M. C., Chukanov, A., Coelho, J. A. B., Cummings, J. P., Dash, N., De Rijck, S., Deng, F. S., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dohnal, T., Dolzhikov, D., Dove, J., Dvořák, M., Dwyer, D. A., Evans, J. J., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Gabrielyan, M., Gallo, J. P., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Grzelak, K., Gu, W. Q., Guo, J. Y., Guo, L., Guo, X. H., Guo, Y. H., Guo, Z., Habig, A., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, S. R., Hans, S., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., He, M., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Higuera, A., Holin, A., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, J. R., Hu, T., Hu, Z. J., Huang, H. X., Huang, J., Huang, X. T., Huang, Y. B., Huber, P., Jaffe, D. E., Jen, K. L., Ji, X. L., Ji, X. P., Johnson, R. A., Jones, D., Kang, L., Kettell, S. H., Koerner, L. W., Kohn, S., Kordosky, M., Kramer, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Langford, T. J., Lee, J., Lee, J. H. C., Lei, R. T., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Li, F., Li, H. L., Li, J. J., Li, Q. J., Li, S., Li, S. C., Li, S. J., Li, W. D., Li, X. N., Li, X. Q., Li, Y. F., Li, Z. B., Liang, H., Lin, C. J., Lin, G. L., Lin, S., Ling, J. J., Link, J. M., Littenberg, L., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, J. C., Liu, J. L., Liu, Y., Liu, Y. H., Lu, C., Lu, H. Q., Lu, J. S., Lucas, P., Luk, K. B., Ma, X. B., Ma, X. Y., Ma, Y. Q., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Marshall, C., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Mayer, N., McDonald, K. T., McKeown, R. D., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Meng, Y., Miller, W. H., Mills, G., Lepin, L. Mora, Naples, D., Napolitano, J., Naumov, D., Naumova, E., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R. J., O'Connor, J., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Olshevskiy, A., Pahlka, R. B., Pan, H. -R., Park, J., Patton, S., Pavlović, Z., Pawloski, G., Peng, J. C., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Raper, N., Ren, J., Reveco, C. Morales, Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Shaheed, N., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Steiner, H., Sun, J. L., Tagg, N., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Timmons, A., Tmej, T., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Treskov, K., Tse, W. -H., Tull, C. E., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, J., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, W., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Weber, A., Wei, H. Y., Wei, L. H., Wen, L. J., Whisnant, K., White, C., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, S. C. F., Worcester, E., Wu, D. R., Wu, F. L., Wu, Q., Wu, W. J., Xia, D. M., Xie, Z. Q., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, J. L., Xu, T., Xue, T., Yang, C. G., Yang, L., Yang, Y. Z., Yao, H. F., Ye, M., Yeh, M., Young, B. L., Yu, H. Z., Yu, Z. Y., Yue, B. B., Zeng, S., Zeng, Y., Zhan, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, F. Y., Zhang, H. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, X. T., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Y. Y., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. P., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhao, J., Zhou, L., and Zhuang, H. L.

Abstract

Searches for electron antineutrino, muon neutrino, and muon antineutrino disappearance driven by sterile neutrino mixing have been carried out by the Daya Bay and MINOS+ collaborations. This Letter presents the combined results of these searches, along with exclusion results from the Bugey-3 reactor experiment, framed in a minimally extended four-neutrino scenario. Significantly improved constraints on the $\theta_{\mu e}$ mixing angle are derived that constitute the most stringent limits to date over five orders of magnitude in the sterile mass-squared splitting $\Delta m^2_{41}$, excluding the 90% C.L. sterile-neutrino parameter space allowed by the LSND and MiniBooNE observations at 90% CL$_s$ for $\Delta m^2_{41}<5\,$eV$^2$.Furthermore, the LSND and MiniBooNE 99% C.L. allowed regions are excluded at 99% CL$_s$ for $\Delta m^2_{41}$ $<$ 1.2 eV$^2$., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures

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2020
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12. Improved Constraints on Sterile Neutrino Mixing from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, MINOS+, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments

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Bay, Daya, Collaborations, MINOS+, Adamson, P., An, F. P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Blyth, S., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chang, J. F., Chang, Y., Chen, H. S., Chen, R., Chen, S. M., Chen, Y., Chen, Y. X., Cheng, J., Cheng, Z. K., Cherwinka, J. J., Childress, S., Chu, M. C., Chukanov, A., Coelho, J. A. B., Cummings, J. P., Dash, N., De Rijck, S., Deng, F. S., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dohnal, T., Dolzhikov, D., Dove, J., Dvořák, M., Dwyer, D. A., Evans, J. J., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Gabrielyan, M., Gallo, J. P., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Grzelak, K., Gu, W. Q., Guo, J. Y., Guo, L., Guo, X. H., Guo, Y. H., Guo, Z., Habig, A., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, S. R., Hans, S., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., He, M., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Higuera, A., Holin, A., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, J. R., Hu, T., Hu, Z. J., Huang, H. X., Huang, J., Huang, X. T., Huang, Y. B., Huber, P., Jaffe, D. E., Jen, K. L., Ji, X. L., Ji, X. P., Johnson, R. A., Jones, D., Kang, L., Kettell, S. H., Koerner, L. W., Kohn, S., Kordosky, M., Kramer, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Langford, T. J., Lee, J., Lee, J. H. C., Lei, R. T., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Li, F., Li, H. L., Li, J. J., Li, Q. J., Li, S., Li, S. C., Li, S. J., Li, W. D., Li, X. N., Li, X. Q., Li, Y. F., Li, Z. B., Liang, H., Lin, C. J., Lin, G. L., Lin, S., Ling, J. J., Link, J. M., Littenberg, L., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, J. C., Liu, J. L., Liu, Y., Liu, Y. H., Lu, C., Lu, H. Q., Lu, J. S., Lucas, P., Luk, K. B., Ma, X. B., Ma, X. Y., Ma, Y. Q., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Marshall, C., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Mayer, N., McDonald, K. T., McKeown, R. D., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Meng, Y., Miller, W. H., Mills, G., Lepin, L. Mora, Naples, D., Napolitano, J., Naumov, D., Naumova, E., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R. J., O'Connor, J., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Olshevskiy, A., Pahlka, R. B., Pan, H. -R., Park, J., Patton, S., Pavlović, Z., Pawloski, G., Peng, J. C., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Raper, N., Ren, J., Reveco, C. Morales, Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Shaheed, N., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Steiner, H., Sun, J. L., Tagg, N., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Timmons, A., Tmej, T., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Treskov, K., Tse, W. -H., Tull, C. E., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, J., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, W., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Weber, A., Wei, H. Y., Wei, L. H., Wen, L. J., Whisnant, K., White, C., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, S. C. F., Worcester, E., Wu, D. R., Wu, F. L., Wu, Q., Wu, W. J., Xia, D. M., Xie, Z. Q., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, J. L., Xu, T., Xue, T., Yang, C. G., Yang, L., Yang, Y. Z., Yao, H. F., Ye, M., Yeh, M., Young, B. L., Yu, H. Z., Yu, Z. Y., Yue, B. B., Zeng, S., Zeng, Y., Zhan, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, F. Y., Zhang, H. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, X. T., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Y. Y., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. P., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhao, J., Zhou, L., Zhuang, H. L., Bay, Daya, Collaborations, MINOS+, Adamson, P., An, F. P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Blyth, S., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chang, J. F., Chang, Y., Chen, H. S., Chen, R., Chen, S. M., Chen, Y., Chen, Y. X., Cheng, J., Cheng, Z. K., Cherwinka, J. J., Childress, S., Chu, M. C., Chukanov, A., Coelho, J. A. B., Cummings, J. P., Dash, N., De Rijck, S., Deng, F. S., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dohnal, T., Dolzhikov, D., Dove, J., Dvořák, M., Dwyer, D. A., Evans, J. J., Feldman, G. 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Searches for electron antineutrino, muon neutrino, and muon antineutrino disappearance driven by sterile neutrino mixing have been carried out by the Daya Bay and MINOS+ collaborations. This Letter presents the combined results of these searches, along with exclusion results from the Bugey-3 reactor experiment, framed in a minimally extended four-neutrino scenario. Significantly improved constraints on the $\theta_{\mu e}$ mixing angle are derived that constitute the most stringent limits to date over five orders of magnitude in the sterile mass-squared splitting $\Delta m^2_{41}$, excluding the 90% C.L. sterile-neutrino parameter space allowed by the LSND and MiniBooNE observations at 90% CL$_s$ for $\Delta m^2_{41}<5\,$eV$^2$.Furthermore, the LSND and MiniBooNE 99% C.L. allowed regions are excluded at 99% CL$_s$ for $\Delta m^2_{41}$ $<$ 1.2 eV$^2$., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures

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2020
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13. Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the NOvA Near Detector

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Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., Allakhverdian, V., Altakarli, S., Anmov, N., Antoshkin, A., Aurisano, A., Back, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Balashov, N., Baldi, P., Bambah, B. A., Bashar, S., Bays, K., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blair, J., Booth, A. C., Bour, P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Calvez, S., Campbell, M., Carroll, T. J., Catano-Mur, E., Cedeno, A., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Colo, M., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Davies, G. S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Doyle, D., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Filip, P., Flanagan, W., Frank, M. J., Gallagher, H. R., Gandrajula, R., Gao, F., Germani, S., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hakl, F., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Hewes, J., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Johnson, C., Judah, M., Kakorin, I., Kalra, D., Kaplan, D. M., Keloth, R., Klimov, O., Koerner, L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kuruppu, C. D., Kus, V., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matveev, V., Mendez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Mulder, K., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nayak, N., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Nikseresht, G., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Raj, V., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schreiner, P., Seong, I. S., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smith, E., Smolik, J., Snopok, P., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Sutton, A., Talaga, R. L., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tiras, E., Tognini, S. C., Torbunov, D., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Torun, Y., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vokac, P., Vrba, T., Wallbank, M., Wang, B., Warburton, T. K., Wetstein, M., While, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Dombara, A. Yallappa, Yonehara, K., Yu, S., Zadorozhnyy, S., Zalesak, J., Zwaska, R., Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., Allakhverdian, V., Altakarli, S., Anmov, N., Antoshkin, A., Aurisano, A., Back, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Balashov, N., Baldi, P., Bambah, B. A., Bashar, S., Bays, K., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blair, J., Booth, A. C., Bour, P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Calvez, S., Campbell, M., Carroll, T. J., Catano-Mur, E., Cedeno, A., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Colo, M., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Davies, G. S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Doyle, D., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Filip, P., Flanagan, W., Frank, M. J., Gallagher, H. R., Gandrajula, R., Gao, F., Germani, S., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hakl, F., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Hewes, J., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Johnson, C., Judah, M., Kakorin, I., Kalra, D., Kaplan, D. M., Keloth, R., Klimov, O., Koerner, L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kuruppu, C. D., Kus, V., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matveev, V., Mendez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Mulder, K., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nayak, N., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Nikseresht, G., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Raj, V., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schreiner, P., Seong, I. S., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smith, E., Smolik, J., Snopok, P., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Sutton, A., Talaga, R. L., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tiras, E., Tognini, S. C., Torbunov, D., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Torun, Y., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vokac, P., Vrba, T., Wallbank, M., Wang, B., Warburton, T. K., Wetstein, M., While, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Dombara, A. Yallappa, Yonehara, K., Yu, S., Zadorozhnyy, S., Zalesak, J., and Zwaska, R.

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Using two years of data from the NOvA Near Detector at Fermilab, we report a seasonal variation of cosmic ray induced multiple-muon event rates which has an opposite phase to the seasonal variation in the atmospheric temperature. The strength of the seasonal multipl$ increase as a function of the muon multiplicity. However, no significant dependence of the strength of the seasonal variation of the multiple-muon variation is seen as a function of the muon zenith angle, or the spatial or angular separation between the correlated muons.

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14. First measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters using neutrinos and antineutrinos by NOvA

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Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., Allakhverdian, V., Altakarli, S., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Aurisano, A., Back, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Balashov, N., Baldi, P., Bambah, B. A., Bashar, S., Bays, K., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Blair, J., Booth, A. C., Bour, P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Calvez, S., Campbell, M., Carroll, T. J., Catano-Mur, E., Cedeno, A., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Davies, G. S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Doyle, D., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Elkins, M., Feldman, G. J., Filip, P., Flanagan, W., Frank, M. J., Gallagher, H. R., Gandrajula, R., Gao, F., Germani, S., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hakl, F., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Hewes, V, Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Johnson, C., Judah, M., Kakorin, I., Kalra, D., Kaplan, D. M., Keloth, R., Klimov, O., Koerner, L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kuruppu, C. D., Kus, V., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Martinez-Casales, M., Matveev, V., Mendez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Mulder, K., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nayak, N., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Nikseresht, G., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Raj, V., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Falero, S. Sanchez, Seong, I. S., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smith, E., Smolik, J., Snopok, P., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Sutton, A., Talaga, R. L., Oregui, B. Tapia, Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tiras, E., Torbunov, D., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Torun, Y., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vokac, P., Vrba, T., Wallbank, M., Wang, B., Warburton, T. K., Wetstein, M., While, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Dombara, A. Yallappa, Yonehara, K., Yu, S., Zadorozhnyy, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zwaska, R., Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., Allakhverdian, V., Altakarli, S., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Aurisano, A., Back, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Balashov, N., Baldi, P., Bambah, B. A., Bashar, S., Bays, K., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Blair, J., Booth, A. C., Bour, P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Calvez, S., Campbell, M., Carroll, T. J., Catano-Mur, E., Cedeno, A., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Davies, G. S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Doyle, D., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Elkins, M., Feldman, G. J., Filip, P., Flanagan, W., Frank, M. J., Gallagher, H. R., Gandrajula, R., Gao, F., Germani, S., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hakl, F., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Hewes, V, Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Johnson, C., Judah, M., Kakorin, I., Kalra, D., Kaplan, D. M., Keloth, R., Klimov, O., Koerner, L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kuruppu, C. D., Kus, V., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Martinez-Casales, M., Matveev, V., Mendez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Mulder, K., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nayak, N., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Nikseresht, G., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Raj, V., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Falero, S. Sanchez, Seong, I. S., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smith, E., Smolik, J., Snopok, P., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Sutton, A., Talaga, R. L., Oregui, B. Tapia, Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tiras, E., Torbunov, D., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Torun, Y., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vokac, P., Vrba, T., Wallbank, M., Wang, B., Warburton, T. K., Wetstein, M., While, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Dombara, A. Yallappa, Yonehara, K., Yu, S., Zadorozhnyy, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., and Zwaska, R.

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The NOvA experiment has made a $4.4\sigma$-significant observation of $\bar\nu_{e}$ appearance in a 2 GeV $\bar\nu_{\mu}$ beam at a distance of 810 km. Using $12.33\times10^{20}$ protons on target delivered to the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beamline, the experiment recorded 27 $\bar\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \bar\nu_{e}$ candidates with a background of 10.3 and 102 $\bar\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \bar\nu_{\mu}$ candidates. This new antineutrino data is combined with neutrino data to measure the oscillation parameters $|\Delta m^2_{32}| = 2.48^{+0.11}_{-0.06}\times10^{-3}$ eV$^2/c^4$, $\sin^2 \theta_{23} = 0.56^{+0.04}_{-0.03}$ in the normal neutrino mass hierarchy and upper octant and excludes most values near $\delta_{\rm CP}=\pi/2$ for the inverted mass hierarchy by more than 3$\sigma$. The data favor the normal neutrino mass hierarchy by 1.9$\sigma$ and $\theta_{23}$ values in the upper octant by 1.6$\sigma$., Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures. Supplementary material attached (6 figures). To view attachments, please download and extract the gzipped tar source file listed under "Other formats". Fixed supplementary material to include just the compiled pdf not the Latex Source

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15. Measurement of Neutrino-Induced Neutral-Current Coherent $\pi^0$ Production in the NOvA Near Detector

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Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., Allakhverdian, V., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Aurisano, A., Back, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Balashov, N., Baldi, P., Bambah, B. A., Basher, S., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blair, J., Booth, A. C., Bolshakova, A., Bour, P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Campbell, M., Carroll, T. J., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Colo, M., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Doyle, D., Dukes, E. C., Dung, P., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frank, M. J., Gallagher, H. R., Gandrajula, R., Gao, F., Germani, S., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hakl, F., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Johnson, C., Judah, M., Kakorin, I., Kalra, D., Kaplan, D. M., Keloth, R., Klimov, O., Koerner, L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kuruppu, C. D., Kus, V., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mulder, K., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nayak, N., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Plunkett, R. K., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Raj, V., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Seong, I. S., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smith, E., Smolik, J., Snopok, P., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tiras, E., Torbunov, D., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Torun, Y., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vokac, P., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Warburton, T. K., Wetstein, M., While, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Dombara, A. Yallappa, Yang, S., Yonehara, K., Yu, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zwaska, R., Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., Allakhverdian, V., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Aurisano, A., Back, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Balashov, N., Baldi, P., Bambah, B. A., Basher, S., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blair, J., Booth, A. C., Bolshakova, A., Bour, P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Campbell, M., Carroll, T. J., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Colo, M., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Doyle, D., Dukes, E. C., Dung, P., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frank, M. J., Gallagher, H. R., Gandrajula, R., Gao, F., Germani, S., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hakl, F., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Johnson, C., Judah, M., Kakorin, I., Kalra, D., Kaplan, D. M., Keloth, R., Klimov, O., Koerner, L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kuruppu, C. D., Kus, V., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mulder, K., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nayak, N., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Plunkett, R. K., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Raj, V., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Seong, I. S., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smith, E., Smolik, J., Snopok, P., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tiras, E., Torbunov, D., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Torun, Y., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vokac, P., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Warburton, T. K., Wetstein, M., While, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Dombara, A. Yallappa, Yang, S., Yonehara, K., Yu, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

The cross section of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent $\pi^0$ production on a carbon-dominated target is measured in the NOvA near detector. This measurement uses a narrow-band neutrino beam with an average neutrino energy of 2.7\,GeV, which is of interest to ongoing and future long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. The measured, flux-averaged cross section is $\sigma = 13.8\pm0.9 (\text{stat})\pm2.3 (\text{syst}) \times 10^{-40}\,\text{cm}^2/\text{nucleus}$, consistent with model prediction. This result is the most precise measurement of neutral-current coherent $\pi^0$ production in the few-GeV neutrino energy region.

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2019
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16. First measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters using neutrinos and antineutrinos by NOvA

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Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., Allakhverdian, V., Altakarli, S., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Aurisano, A., Back, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Balashov, N., Baldi, P., Bambah, B. A., Bashar, S., Bays, K., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Blair, J., Booth, A. C., Bour, P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Calvez, S., Campbell, M., Carroll, T. J., Catano-Mur, E., Cedeno, A., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Davies, G. S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Doyle, D., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Elkins, M., Feldman, G. J., Filip, P., Flanagan, W., Frank, M. J., Gallagher, H. R., Gandrajula, R., Gao, F., Germani, S., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hakl, F., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Hewes, V, Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Johnson, C., Judah, M., Kakorin, I., Kalra, D., Kaplan, D. M., Keloth, R., Klimov, O., Koerner, L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kuruppu, C. D., Kus, V., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Martinez-Casales, M., Matveev, V., Mendez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Mulder, K., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nayak, N., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Nikseresht, G., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Raj, V., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Falero, S. Sanchez, Seong, I. S., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smith, E., Smolik, J., Snopok, P., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Sutton, A., Talaga, R. L., Oregui, B. Tapia, Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tiras, E., Torbunov, D., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Torun, Y., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vokac, P., Vrba, T., Wallbank, M., Wang, B., Warburton, T. K., Wetstein, M., While, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Dombara, A. Yallappa, Yonehara, K., Yu, S., Zadorozhnyy, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zwaska, R., Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., Allakhverdian, V., Altakarli, S., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Aurisano, A., Back, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Balashov, N., Baldi, P., Bambah, B. A., Bashar, S., Bays, K., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Blair, J., Booth, A. C., Bour, P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Calvez, S., Campbell, M., Carroll, T. J., Catano-Mur, E., Cedeno, A., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Davies, G. S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Doyle, D., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Elkins, M., Feldman, G. J., Filip, P., Flanagan, W., Frank, M. J., Gallagher, H. R., Gandrajula, R., Gao, F., Germani, S., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hakl, F., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Hewes, V, Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Johnson, C., Judah, M., Kakorin, I., Kalra, D., Kaplan, D. M., Keloth, R., Klimov, O., Koerner, L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kuruppu, C. D., Kus, V., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Martinez-Casales, M., Matveev, V., Mendez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Mulder, K., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nayak, N., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Nikseresht, G., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Raj, V., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Falero, S. Sanchez, Seong, I. S., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smith, E., Smolik, J., Snopok, P., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Sutton, A., Talaga, R. L., Oregui, B. Tapia, Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tiras, E., Torbunov, D., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Torun, Y., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vokac, P., Vrba, T., Wallbank, M., Wang, B., Warburton, T. K., Wetstein, M., While, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Dombara, A. Yallappa, Yonehara, K., Yu, S., Zadorozhnyy, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

The NOvA experiment has made a $4.4\sigma$-significant observation of $\bar\nu_{e}$ appearance in a 2 GeV $\bar\nu_{\mu}$ beam at a distance of 810 km. Using $12.33\times10^{20}$ protons on target delivered to the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beamline, the experiment recorded 27 $\bar\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \bar\nu_{e}$ candidates with a background of 10.3 and 102 $\bar\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \bar\nu_{\mu}$ candidates. This new antineutrino data is combined with neutrino data to measure the oscillation parameters $|\Delta m^2_{32}| = 2.48^{+0.11}_{-0.06}\times10^{-3}$ eV$^2/c^4$, $\sin^2 \theta_{23} = 0.56^{+0.04}_{-0.03}$ in the normal neutrino mass hierarchy and upper octant and excludes most values near $\delta_{\rm CP}=\pi/2$ for the inverted mass hierarchy by more than 3$\sigma$. The data favor the normal neutrino mass hierarchy by 1.9$\sigma$ and $\theta_{23}$ values in the upper octant by 1.6$\sigma$., Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures. Supplementary material attached (6 figures). To view attachments, please download and extract the gzipped tar source file listed under "Other formats". Fixed supplementary material to include just the compiled pdf not the Latex Source

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17. Measurement of Neutrino-Induced Neutral-Current Coherent $\pi^0$ Production in the NOvA Near Detector

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Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., Allakhverdian, V., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Aurisano, A., Back, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Balashov, N., Baldi, P., Bambah, B. A., Basher, S., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blair, J., Booth, A. C., Bolshakova, A., Bour, P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Campbell, M., Carroll, T. J., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Colo, M., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Doyle, D., Dukes, E. C., Dung, P., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frank, M. J., Gallagher, H. R., Gandrajula, R., Gao, F., Germani, S., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hakl, F., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Johnson, C., Judah, M., Kakorin, I., Kalra, D., Kaplan, D. M., Keloth, R., Klimov, O., Koerner, L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kuruppu, C. D., Kus, V., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mulder, K., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nayak, N., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Plunkett, R. K., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Raj, V., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Seong, I. S., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smith, E., Smolik, J., Snopok, P., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tiras, E., Torbunov, D., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Torun, Y., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vokac, P., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Warburton, T. K., Wetstein, M., While, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Dombara, A. Yallappa, Yang, S., Yonehara, K., Yu, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zwaska, R., Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., Allakhverdian, V., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Aurisano, A., Back, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Balashov, N., Baldi, P., Bambah, B. A., Basher, S., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blair, J., Booth, A. C., Bolshakova, A., Bour, P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Campbell, M., Carroll, T. J., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Colo, M., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Doyle, D., Dukes, E. C., Dung, P., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frank, M. J., Gallagher, H. R., Gandrajula, R., Gao, F., Germani, S., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hakl, F., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Johnson, C., Judah, M., Kakorin, I., Kalra, D., Kaplan, D. M., Keloth, R., Klimov, O., Koerner, L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kuruppu, C. D., Kus, V., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mulder, K., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nayak, N., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Plunkett, R. K., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Raj, V., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Seong, I. S., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smith, E., Smolik, J., Snopok, P., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tiras, E., Torbunov, D., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Torun, Y., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vokac, P., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Warburton, T. K., Wetstein, M., While, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Dombara, A. Yallappa, Yang, S., Yonehara, K., Yu, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

The cross section of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent $\pi^0$ production on a carbon-dominated target is measured in the NOvA near detector. This measurement uses a narrow-band neutrino beam with an average neutrino energy of 2.7\,GeV, which is of interest to ongoing and future long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. The measured, flux-averaged cross section is $\sigma = 13.8\pm0.9 (\text{stat})\pm2.3 (\text{syst}) \times 10^{-40}\,\text{cm}^2/\text{nucleus}$, consistent with model prediction. This result is the most precise measurement of neutral-current coherent $\pi^0$ production in the few-GeV neutrino energy region.

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2019
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18. Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the NOvA Near Detector

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Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., Allakhverdian, V., Altakarli, S., Anmov, N., Antoshkin, A., Aurisano, A., Back, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Balashov, N., Baldi, P., Bambah, B. A., Bashar, S., Bays, K., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blair, J., Booth, A. C., Bour, P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Calvez, S., Campbell, M., Carroll, T. J., Catano-Mur, E., Cedeno, A., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Colo, M., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Davies, G. S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Doyle, D., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Filip, P., Flanagan, W., Frank, M. J., Gallagher, H. R., Gandrajula, R., Gao, F., Germani, S., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hakl, F., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Hewes, V, Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Johnson, C., Judah, M., Kakorin, I., Kalra, D., Kaplan, D. M., Keloth, R., Klimov, O., Koerner, L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kuruppu, C. D., Kus, V., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matveev, V., Mendez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Mulder, K., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nayak, N., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Nikseresht, G., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Raj, V., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schreiner, P., Seong, I. S., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smith, E., Smolik, J., Snopok, P., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Sutton, A., Talaga, R. L., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tiras, E., Tognini, S. C., Torbunov, D., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Torun, Y., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vokac, P., Vrba, T., Wallbank, M., Wang, B., Warburton, T. K., Wetstein, M., While, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Dombara, A. Yallappa, Yonehara, K., Yu, S., Zadorozhnyy, S., Zalesak, J., Zwaska, R., Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Alion, T., Allakhverdian, V., Altakarli, S., Anmov, N., Antoshkin, A., Aurisano, A., Back, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Balashov, N., Baldi, P., Bambah, B. A., Bashar, S., Bays, K., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blair, J., Booth, A. C., Bour, P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Calvez, S., Campbell, M., Carroll, T. J., Catano-Mur, E., Cedeno, A., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Colo, M., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Davies, G. S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Doyle, D., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Filip, P., Flanagan, W., Frank, M. J., Gallagher, H. R., Gandrajula, R., Gao, F., Germani, S., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hakl, F., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Hewes, V, Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Johnson, C., Judah, M., Kakorin, I., Kalra, D., Kaplan, D. M., Keloth, R., Klimov, O., Koerner, L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kuruppu, C. D., Kus, V., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matveev, V., Mendez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mislivec, A., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Mulder, K., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nayak, N., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Nikseresht, G., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan, D. D., Plunkett, R. K., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Raj, V., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schreiner, P., Seong, I. S., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smith, E., Smolik, J., Snopok, P., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Sutton, A., Talaga, R. L., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tiras, E., Tognini, S. C., Torbunov, D., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Torun, Y., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vokac, P., Vrba, T., Wallbank, M., Wang, B., Warburton, T. K., Wetstein, M., While, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Dombara, A. Yallappa, Yonehara, K., Yu, S., Zadorozhnyy, S., Zalesak, J., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

Using two years of data from the NOvA Near Detector at Fermilab, we report a seasonal variation of cosmic ray induced multiple-muon event rates which has an opposite phase to the seasonal variation in the atmospheric temperature. The strength of the seasonal multipl$ increase as a function of the muon multiplicity. However, no significant dependence of the strength of the seasonal variation of the multiple-muon variation is seen as a function of the muon zenith angle, or the spatial or angular separation between the correlated muons.

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2019
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19. Measurement of Beam-Correlated Background Neutrons from the Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam in ANNIE Phase-I

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Back, Asheley R., Beacom, John F., Boschi, Tomaso, Carber, Daniel, Catano-Mur, Erika, Chen, Mingqian, Drakopoulou, Evangelia, Di Lodovico, Francesca, Elagin, Andrey, Eisch, Jonathan, Fischer, Vincent, Gardiner, Steven, Griskevich, Jeff, Grzan, David, Hatcher, Robert, Krennrich, Frank, Kimmelman, Benjamin, Kreymer, Arthur, Lee, William, Locke, Seth, Long, Megan, Malek, Matthew, McGivern, Carrie, Moore, Evan, Needham, Matthew, O'Flaherty, Marcus, Podczerwinski, John, Richards, Benjamin, Ritz, Jacob, Sanchez, Mayly C, Smy, Michael, Svoboda, Robert, Tiras, Emrah, Vagins, Mark, Wang, Jingbo, Wu, Jian, Weatherly, Pierce, Weinstein, Amanda, Wetstein, Matthew, Back, Asheley R., Beacom, John F., Boschi, Tomaso, Carber, Daniel, Catano-Mur, Erika, Chen, Mingqian, Drakopoulou, Evangelia, Di Lodovico, Francesca, Elagin, Andrey, Eisch, Jonathan, Fischer, Vincent, Gardiner, Steven, Griskevich, Jeff, Grzan, David, Hatcher, Robert, Krennrich, Frank, Kimmelman, Benjamin, Kreymer, Arthur, Lee, William, Locke, Seth, Long, Megan, Malek, Matthew, McGivern, Carrie, Moore, Evan, Needham, Matthew, O'Flaherty, Marcus, Podczerwinski, John, Richards, Benjamin, Ritz, Jacob, Sanchez, Mayly C, Smy, Michael, Svoboda, Robert, Tiras, Emrah, Vagins, Mark, Wang, Jingbo, Wu, Jian, Weatherly, Pierce, Weinstein, Amanda, and Wetstein, Matthew

Abstract

The Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE) aims to make a unique measurement of neutron yield from neutrino-nucleus interactions and to perform R&D for the next generation of water-based neutrino detectors. In this paper, we characterize beam-induced neutron backgrounds in the experimental hall at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. It is shown that the background levels are sufficiently low to allow the next stage of the experiment to proceed. These measurements are relevant to other Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) experiments located adjacent to ANNIE Hall, where dirt neutrons and sky-shine could present similar backgrounds.

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2019
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20. New constraints on oscillation parameters from $\nu_e$ appearance and $\nu_\mu$ disappearance in the NOvA experiment

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Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Alion, L. Aliaga T., Allakhverdian, V., Antoshkin, N. Anfimov A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Back, A. Aurisano A., Backhouse, C., Balashov, M. Baird N., Bambah, B. A., Behera, K. Bays B., Bending, S., Bhatnagar, R. Bernstein V., Bhuyan, B., Blackburn, J. Bian T., Blair, J., Bour, A. Bolshakova P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, J. Brown N., Butkevich, A., Campbell, V. Bychkov M., Carroll, T. J., Cedeno, E. Catano-Mur A., Childress, S., Chowdhury, B. C. Choudhary B., Coan, T. E., Cooper, M. Colo J., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, L. Cremonesi D., Davies, G. S., De Rijck, J. P. Davies S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, R. Dharmapalan P., Djurcic, Z., Dung, E. C. Dukes P., Duyang, H., Ehrlich, S. Edayath R., Feldman, G. J., Gallagher, M. J. Frank H. R., Gandrajula, R., Germani, F. Gao S., Giri, A., Goodman, R. A. Gomes M. C., Grichine, V., Group, M. Groh R., Grover, D., Habig, B. Guo A., Hakl, F., Hatcher, J. Hartnell R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Himmel, K. Heller A., Holin, A., Huang, B. Howard J., Hylen, J., Judah, F. Jediny M., Kakorin, I., Kaplan, D. Kalra D. M., Keloth, R., Koerner, O. Klimov L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kourbanis, S. Kotelnikov I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, Ch. Kulenberg A., Kuruppu, C., Lackey, V. Kus T., Lang, K., Lokajicek, S. Lin M., Lozier, J., Maan, S. Luchuk K., Magill, S., Marshak, W. A. Mann M. L., Matveev, V., Messier, D. P. Méndez M. D., Meyer, H., Miller, T. Miao W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, A. Mislivec R., Moren, A., Muether, L. Mualem M., Mufson, S., Musser, R. Murphy J., Naples, D., Nelson, N. Nayak J. K., Nichol, R., Norman, E. Niner A., Nosek, T., Olshevskiy, Y. Oksuzian A., Olson, T., Patterson, J. Paley R. B., Pawloski, G., Petrova, D. Pershey O., Petti, R., Plunkett, S. Phan-Budd R. K., Potukuchi, B., Psihas, C. Principato F., Radovic, A., Rebel, R. A. Rameika B., Rojas, P., Sachdev, V. Ryabov K., Samoylov, O., Sepulveda-Quiroz, M. C. Sanchez J., Shanahan, P., Singh, A. Sheshukov P., Singh, V., Smolik, E. Smith J., Snopok, P., Song, N. Solomey E., Sousa, A., Strait, K. Soustruznik M., Suter, L., Tas, R. L. Talaga P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Tiras, J. Thomas E., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, D. Torbunov J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, Y. Torun J., Vahle, P., Vinton, J. Vasel L., Vokac, P., Vrba, A. Vold T., Wang, B., Wetstein, T. K. Warburton M., Whittington, D., Wolcott, S. G. Wojcicki J., Yang, S., Zalesak, S. Yu J., Zamorano, B., Zwaska, R., Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Alion, L. Aliaga T., Allakhverdian, V., Antoshkin, N. Anfimov A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Back, A. Aurisano A., Backhouse, C., Balashov, M. Baird N., Bambah, B. A., Behera, K. Bays B., Bending, S., Bhatnagar, R. Bernstein V., Bhuyan, B., Blackburn, J. Bian T., Blair, J., Bour, A. Bolshakova P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, J. Brown N., Butkevich, A., Campbell, V. Bychkov M., Carroll, T. J., Cedeno, E. Catano-Mur A., Childress, S., Chowdhury, B. C. Choudhary B., Coan, T. E., Cooper, M. Colo J., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, L. Cremonesi D., Davies, G. S., De Rijck, J. P. Davies S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, R. Dharmapalan P., Djurcic, Z., Dung, E. C. Dukes P., Duyang, H., Ehrlich, S. Edayath R., Feldman, G. J., Gallagher, M. J. Frank H. R., Gandrajula, R., Germani, F. Gao S., Giri, A., Goodman, R. A. Gomes M. C., Grichine, V., Group, M. Groh R., Grover, D., Habig, B. Guo A., Hakl, F., Hatcher, J. Hartnell R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Himmel, K. Heller A., Holin, A., Huang, B. Howard J., Hylen, J., Judah, F. Jediny M., Kakorin, I., Kaplan, D. Kalra D. M., Keloth, R., Koerner, O. Klimov L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kourbanis, S. Kotelnikov I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, Ch. Kulenberg A., Kuruppu, C., Lackey, V. Kus T., Lang, K., Lokajicek, S. Lin M., Lozier, J., Maan, S. Luchuk K., Magill, S., Marshak, W. A. Mann M. L., Matveev, V., Messier, D. P. Méndez M. D., Meyer, H., Miller, T. Miao W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, A. Mislivec R., Moren, A., Muether, L. Mualem M., Mufson, S., Musser, R. Murphy J., Naples, D., Nelson, N. Nayak J. K., Nichol, R., Norman, E. Niner A., Nosek, T., Olshevskiy, Y. Oksuzian A., Olson, T., Patterson, J. Paley R. B., Pawloski, G., Petrova, D. Pershey O., Petti, R., Plunkett, S. Phan-Budd R. K., Potukuchi, B., Psihas, C. Principato F., Radovic, A., Rebel, R. A. Rameika B., Rojas, P., Sachdev, V. Ryabov K., Samoylov, O., Sepulveda-Quiroz, M. C. Sanchez J., Shanahan, P., Singh, A. Sheshukov P., Singh, V., Smolik, E. Smith J., Snopok, P., Song, N. Solomey E., Sousa, A., Strait, K. Soustruznik M., Suter, L., Tas, R. L. Talaga P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Tiras, J. Thomas E., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, D. Torbunov J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, Y. Torun J., Vahle, P., Vinton, J. Vasel L., Vokac, P., Vrba, A. Vold T., Wang, B., Wetstein, T. K. Warburton M., Whittington, D., Wolcott, S. G. Wojcicki J., Yang, S., Zalesak, S. Yu J., Zamorano, B., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

We present updated results from the NOvA experiment for $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_\mu$ and $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_e$ oscillations from an exposure of $8.85\times10^{20}$ protons on target, which represents an increase of 46% compared to our previous publication. The results utilize significant improvements in both the simulations and analysis of the data. A joint fit to the data for $\nu_\mu$ disappearance and $\nu_e$ appearance gives the best fit point as normal mass hierarchy, $\Delta m^2_{32} = 2.44\times 10^{-3}{{\rm eV}^2}/c^4$, $\sin^2\theta_{23} = 0.56$, and $\delta_{CP} = 1.21\pi$. The 68.3% confidence intervals in the normal mass hierarchy are $\Delta m^2_{32} \in [2.37,2.52]\times 10^{-3}{{\rm eV}^2}/c^4$, $\sin^2\theta_{23} \in [0.43,0.51] \cup [0.52,0.60]$, and $\delta_{CP} \in [0,0.12\pi] \cup [0.91\pi,2\pi]$. The inverted mass hierarchy is disfavored at the 95% confidence level for all choices of the other oscillation parameters.

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2018
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21. New constraints on oscillation parameters from $\nu_e$ appearance and $\nu_\mu$ disappearance in the NOvA experiment

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Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Alion, L. Aliaga T., Allakhverdian, V., Antoshkin, N. Anfimov A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Back, A. Aurisano A., Backhouse, C., Balashov, M. Baird N., Bambah, B. A., Behera, K. Bays B., Bending, S., Bhatnagar, R. Bernstein V., Bhuyan, B., Blackburn, J. Bian T., Blair, J., Bour, A. Bolshakova P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, J. Brown N., Butkevich, A., Campbell, V. Bychkov M., Carroll, T. J., Cedeno, E. Catano-Mur A., Childress, S., Chowdhury, B. C. Choudhary B., Coan, T. E., Cooper, M. Colo J., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, L. Cremonesi D., Davies, G. S., De Rijck, J. P. Davies S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, R. Dharmapalan P., Djurcic, Z., Dung, E. C. Dukes P., Duyang, H., Ehrlich, S. Edayath R., Feldman, G. J., Gallagher, M. J. Frank H. R., Gandrajula, R., Germani, F. Gao S., Giri, A., Goodman, R. A. Gomes M. C., Grichine, V., Group, M. Groh R., Grover, D., Habig, B. Guo A., Hakl, F., Hatcher, J. Hartnell R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Himmel, K. Heller A., Holin, A., Huang, B. Howard J., Hylen, J., Judah, F. Jediny M., Kakorin, I., Kaplan, D. Kalra D. M., Keloth, R., Koerner, O. Klimov L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kourbanis, S. Kotelnikov I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, Ch. Kulenberg A., Kuruppu, C., Lackey, V. Kus T., Lang, K., Lokajicek, S. Lin M., Lozier, J., Maan, S. Luchuk K., Magill, S., Marshak, W. A. Mann M. L., Matveev, V., Messier, D. P. Méndez M. D., Meyer, H., Miller, T. Miao W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, A. Mislivec R., Moren, A., Muether, L. Mualem M., Mufson, S., Musser, R. Murphy J., Naples, D., Nelson, N. Nayak J. K., Nichol, R., Norman, E. Niner A., Nosek, T., Olshevskiy, Y. Oksuzian A., Olson, T., Patterson, J. Paley R. B., Pawloski, G., Petrova, D. Pershey O., Petti, R., Plunkett, S. Phan-Budd R. K., Potukuchi, B., Psihas, C. Principato F., Radovic, A., Rebel, R. A. Rameika B., Rojas, P., Sachdev, V. Ryabov K., Samoylov, O., Sepulveda-Quiroz, M. C. Sanchez J., Shanahan, P., Singh, A. Sheshukov P., Singh, V., Smolik, E. Smith J., Snopok, P., Song, N. Solomey E., Sousa, A., Strait, K. Soustruznik M., Suter, L., Tas, R. L. Talaga P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Tiras, J. Thomas E., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, D. Torbunov J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, Y. Torun J., Vahle, P., Vinton, J. Vasel L., Vokac, P., Vrba, A. Vold T., Wang, B., Wetstein, T. K. Warburton M., Whittington, D., Wolcott, S. G. Wojcicki J., Yang, S., Zalesak, S. Yu J., Zamorano, B., Zwaska, R., Acero, M. A., Adamson, P., Alion, L. Aliaga T., Allakhverdian, V., Antoshkin, N. Anfimov A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Back, A. Aurisano A., Backhouse, C., Balashov, M. Baird N., Bambah, B. A., Behera, K. Bays B., Bending, S., Bhatnagar, R. Bernstein V., Bhuyan, B., Blackburn, J. Bian T., Blair, J., Bour, A. Bolshakova P., Bromberg, C., Buchanan, J. Brown N., Butkevich, A., Campbell, V. Bychkov M., Carroll, T. J., Cedeno, E. Catano-Mur A., Childress, S., Chowdhury, B. C. Choudhary B., Coan, T. E., Cooper, M. Colo J., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, L. Cremonesi D., Davies, G. S., De Rijck, J. P. Davies S., Derwent, P. F., Ding, R. Dharmapalan P., Djurcic, Z., Dung, E. C. Dukes P., Duyang, H., Ehrlich, S. Edayath R., Feldman, G. J., Gallagher, M. J. Frank H. R., Gandrajula, R., Germani, F. Gao S., Giri, A., Goodman, R. A. Gomes M. C., Grichine, V., Group, M. Groh R., Grover, D., Habig, B. Guo A., Hakl, F., Hatcher, J. Hartnell R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Himmel, K. Heller A., Holin, A., Huang, B. Howard J., Hylen, J., Judah, F. Jediny M., Kakorin, I., Kaplan, D. Kalra D. M., Keloth, R., Koerner, O. Klimov L. W., Kolupaeva, L., Kourbanis, S. Kotelnikov I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, Ch. Kulenberg A., Kuruppu, C., Lackey, V. Kus T., Lang, K., Lokajicek, S. Lin M., Lozier, J., Maan, S. Luchuk K., Magill, S., Marshak, W. A. Mann M. L., Matveev, V., Messier, D. P. Méndez M. D., Meyer, H., Miller, T. Miao W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, A. Mislivec R., Moren, A., Muether, L. Mualem M., Mufson, S., Musser, R. Murphy J., Naples, D., Nelson, N. Nayak J. K., Nichol, R., Norman, E. Niner A., Nosek, T., Olshevskiy, Y. Oksuzian A., Olson, T., Patterson, J. Paley R. B., Pawloski, G., Petrova, D. Pershey O., Petti, R., Plunkett, S. Phan-Budd R. K., Potukuchi, B., Psihas, C. Principato F., Radovic, A., Rebel, R. A. Rameika B., Rojas, P., Sachdev, V. Ryabov K., Samoylov, O., Sepulveda-Quiroz, M. C. Sanchez J., Shanahan, P., Singh, A. Sheshukov P., Singh, V., Smolik, E. Smith J., Snopok, P., Song, N. Solomey E., Sousa, A., Strait, K. Soustruznik M., Suter, L., Tas, R. L. Talaga P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Tiras, J. Thomas E., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, D. Torbunov J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, Y. Torun J., Vahle, P., Vinton, J. Vasel L., Vokac, P., Vrba, A. Vold T., Wang, B., Wetstein, T. K. Warburton M., Whittington, D., Wolcott, S. G. Wojcicki J., Yang, S., Zalesak, S. Yu J., Zamorano, B., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

We present updated results from the NOvA experiment for $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_\mu$ and $\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_e$ oscillations from an exposure of $8.85\times10^{20}$ protons on target, which represents an increase of 46% compared to our previous publication. The results utilize significant improvements in both the simulations and analysis of the data. A joint fit to the data for $\nu_\mu$ disappearance and $\nu_e$ appearance gives the best fit point as normal mass hierarchy, $\Delta m^2_{32} = 2.44\times 10^{-3}{{\rm eV}^2}/c^4$, $\sin^2\theta_{23} = 0.56$, and $\delta_{CP} = 1.21\pi$. The 68.3% confidence intervals in the normal mass hierarchy are $\Delta m^2_{32} \in [2.37,2.52]\times 10^{-3}{{\rm eV}^2}/c^4$, $\sin^2\theta_{23} \in [0.43,0.51] \cup [0.52,0.60]$, and $\delta_{CP} \in [0,0.12\pi] \cup [0.91\pi,2\pi]$. The inverted mass hierarchy is disfavored at the 95% confidence level for all choices of the other oscillation parameters.

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2018
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22. Search for sterile neutrinos in MINOS and MINOS+ using a two-detector fit

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Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koerner, L. W., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koerner, L. W., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

A search for mixing between active neutrinos and light sterile neutrinos has been performed by looking for muon neutrino disappearance in two detectors at baselines of 1.04 km and 735 km, using a combined MINOS and MINOS+ exposure of $16.36\times10^{20}$ protons-on-target. A simultaneous fit to the charged-current muon neutrino and neutral-current neutrino energy spectra in the two detectors yields no evidence for sterile neutrino mixing using a 3+1 model. The most stringent limit to date is set on the mixing parameter $\sin^2\theta_{24}$ for most values of the sterile neutrino mass-splitting $\Delta m^2_{41} > 10^{-4}$ eV$^2$., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, additional analysis details and a data release in the ancillary materials

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2017
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23. Search for active-sterile neutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions in NOvA

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NOvA Collaboration, Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Bolshakova, A., Bromberg, C., Brown, J., Brunetti, G., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Bychkov, V., Campbell, M., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Derwent, P. F., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Frank, M. J., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Ghosh, T., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Grover, D., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Judah, M., Kafka, G. K., Kalra, D., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Keloth, R., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, A., Kurbanov, S., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lee, W. M., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matera, K., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Reed, B., Rocco, D., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sail, P., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vold, A., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Wetstein, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zwaska, R., NOvA Collaboration, Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Bolshakova, A., Bromberg, C., Brown, J., Brunetti, G., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Bychkov, V., Campbell, M., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Derwent, P. F., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Frank, M. J., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Ghosh, T., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Grover, D., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Judah, M., Kafka, G. K., Kalra, D., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Keloth, R., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, A., Kurbanov, S., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lee, W. M., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matera, K., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Reed, B., Rocco, D., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sail, P., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vold, A., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Wetstein, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

We report results from the first search for sterile neutrinos mixing with active neutrinos through a reduction in the rate of neutral-current interactions over a baseline of 810\,km between the NOvA detectors. Analyzing a 14-kton detector equivalent exposure of 6.05$\times$10$^{20}$ protons-on-target in the NuMI beam at Fermilab, we observe 95 neutral-current candidates at the Far Detector compared with $83.5 \pm 9.7 \mbox{(stat.)} \pm 9.4 \mbox{(syst.)}$ events predicted assuming mixing only occurs between active neutrino species. No evidence for $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{s}$ transitions is found. Interpreting these results within a 3+1 model, we place constraints on the mixing angles $\theta_{24}<20.8^{\circ}$ and $\theta_{34}<31.2^{\circ}$ at the 90% C.L. for $0.05~eV^2\leq \Delta m^2_{41}\leq 0.5~eV^2$, the range of mass splittings that produce no significant oscillations over the Near Detector baseline., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures

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2017
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24. Constraints on Oscillation Parameters from $\nu_e$ Appearance and $\nu_\mu$ Disappearance in NOvA

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The NOvA Collaboration, Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Bolshakova, A., Bromberg, C., Brown, J., Brunetti, G., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Bychkov, V., Campbell, M., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Derwent, P. F., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Frank, M. J., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Ghosh, T., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Group, R., Grover, D., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Judah, M., Kafka, G. K., Kalra, D., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Keloth, R., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, A., Kurbanov, S., Lang, K., Lee, W. M., Lin, S., Liu, J., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matera, K., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Pandey, P., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Reed, B., Rocco, D., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sail, P., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tamsett, M. C., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vold, A., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Wetstein, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zwaska, R., The NOvA Collaboration, Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Bolshakova, A., Bromberg, C., Brown, J., Brunetti, G., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Bychkov, V., Campbell, M., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Derwent, P. F., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Frank, M. J., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Ghosh, T., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Group, R., Grover, D., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Judah, M., Kafka, G. K., Kalra, D., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Keloth, R., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, A., Kurbanov, S., Lang, K., Lee, W. M., Lin, S., Liu, J., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matera, K., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Pandey, P., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Reed, B., Rocco, D., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sail, P., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tamsett, M. C., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vold, A., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Wetstein, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

Results are reported from an improved measurement of $\nu_\mu \rightarrow \nu_e$ transitions by the NOvA experiment. Using an exposure equivalent to $6.05\times10^{20}$ protons-on-target 33 $\nu_e$ candidates were observed with a background of $8.2\pm0.8$ (syst.). Combined with the latest NOvA $\nu_\mu$ disappearance data and external constraints from reactor experiments on $\sin^22\theta_{13}$, the hypothesis of inverted mass hierarchy with $\theta_{23}$ in the lower octant is disfavored at greater than $93\%$ C.L. for all values of $\delta_{CP}$., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures

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25. Measurement of the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{23}$ in NOvA

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The NOvA Collaboration, Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Bolshakova, A., Bromberg, C., Brown, J., Brunetti, G., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Bychkov, V., Campbell, M., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Derwent, P. F., Desai, S., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Ghosh, T., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Group, R., Grover, D., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Judah, M., Kafka, G. K., Kalra, D., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Keloth, R., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, A., Kurbanov, S., Lang, K., Lee, W. M., Lin, S., Liu, J., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matera, K., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Pandey, P., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Reed, B., Rocco, D., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sail, P., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tamsett, M. C., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vold, A., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Wetstein, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zwaska, R., The NOvA Collaboration, Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Bolshakova, A., Bromberg, C., Brown, J., Brunetti, G., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Bychkov, V., Campbell, M., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Derwent, P. F., Desai, S., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Ghosh, T., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Group, R., Grover, D., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Judah, M., Kafka, G. K., Kalra, D., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Keloth, R., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, A., Kurbanov, S., Lang, K., Lee, W. M., Lin, S., Liu, J., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matera, K., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Pandey, P., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Reed, B., Rocco, D., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sail, P., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tamsett, M. C., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vold, A., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Wetstein, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

This Letter reports new results on muon neutrino disappearance from NOvA, using a 14 kton detector equivalent exposure of $6.05\times10^{20}$ protons-on-target from the NuMI beam at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The measurement probes the muon-tau symmetry hypothesis that requires maximal mixing ($\theta_{23} = \pi/4$). Assuming the normal mass hierarchy, we find $\Delta m^2 = (2.67 \pm 0.11)\times 10^{-3}$ eV$^2$ and $\sin^2 \theta_{23}$ at the two statistically degenerate values $0.404^{+0.030}_{-0.022}$ and $0.624^{+0.022}_{-0.030}$, both at the 68% confidence level. Our data disfavor the maximal mixing scenario with 2.6 $\sigma$ significance., Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures

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2017
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26. Search for sterile neutrinos in MINOS and MINOS+ using a two-detector fit

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Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koerner, L. W., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koerner, L. W., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

A search for mixing between active neutrinos and light sterile neutrinos has been performed by looking for muon neutrino disappearance in two detectors at baselines of 1.04 km and 735 km, using a combined MINOS and MINOS+ exposure of $16.36\times10^{20}$ protons-on-target. A simultaneous fit to the charged-current muon neutrino and neutral-current neutrino energy spectra in the two detectors yields no evidence for sterile neutrino mixing using a 3+1 model. The most stringent limit to date is set on the mixing parameter $\sin^2\theta_{24}$ for most values of the sterile neutrino mass-splitting $\Delta m^2_{41} > 10^{-4}$ eV$^2$., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, additional analysis details and a data release in the ancillary materials

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2017
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27. Search for active-sterile neutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions in NOvA

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NOvA Collaboration, Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Bolshakova, A., Bromberg, C., Brown, J., Brunetti, G., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Bychkov, V., Campbell, M., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Derwent, P. F., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Frank, M. J., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Ghosh, T., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Grover, D., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Judah, M., Kafka, G. K., Kalra, D., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Keloth, R., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, A., Kurbanov, S., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lee, W. M., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matera, K., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Reed, B., Rocco, D., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sail, P., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vold, A., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Wetstein, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zwaska, R., NOvA Collaboration, Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Bolshakova, A., Bromberg, C., Brown, J., Brunetti, G., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Bychkov, V., Campbell, M., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Derwent, P. F., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Frank, M. J., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Ghosh, T., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Groh, M., Group, R., Grover, D., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Howard, B., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Judah, M., Kafka, G. K., Kalra, D., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Keloth, R., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, A., Kurbanov, S., Lackey, T., Lang, K., Lee, W. M., Lin, S., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matera, K., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Reed, B., Rocco, D., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sail, P., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vold, A., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Wetstein, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

We report results from the first search for sterile neutrinos mixing with active neutrinos through a reduction in the rate of neutral-current interactions over a baseline of 810\,km between the NOvA detectors. Analyzing a 14-kton detector equivalent exposure of 6.05$\times$10$^{20}$ protons-on-target in the NuMI beam at Fermilab, we observe 95 neutral-current candidates at the Far Detector compared with $83.5 \pm 9.7 \mbox{(stat.)} \pm 9.4 \mbox{(syst.)}$ events predicted assuming mixing only occurs between active neutrino species. No evidence for $\nu_{\mu} \rightarrow \nu_{s}$ transitions is found. Interpreting these results within a 3+1 model, we place constraints on the mixing angles $\theta_{24}<20.8^{\circ}$ and $\theta_{34}<31.2^{\circ}$ at the 90% C.L. for $0.05~eV^2\leq \Delta m^2_{41}\leq 0.5~eV^2$, the range of mass splittings that produce no significant oscillations over the Near Detector baseline., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures

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28. Constraints on Oscillation Parameters from $\nu_e$ Appearance and $\nu_\mu$ Disappearance in NOvA

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The NOvA Collaboration, Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Bolshakova, A., Bromberg, C., Brown, J., Brunetti, G., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Bychkov, V., Campbell, M., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Derwent, P. F., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Frank, M. J., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Ghosh, T., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Group, R., Grover, D., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Judah, M., Kafka, G. K., Kalra, D., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Keloth, R., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, A., Kurbanov, S., Lang, K., Lee, W. M., Lin, S., Liu, J., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matera, K., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Pandey, P., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Reed, B., Rocco, D., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sail, P., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tamsett, M. C., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vold, A., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Wetstein, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zwaska, R., The NOvA Collaboration, Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Bolshakova, A., Bromberg, C., Brown, J., Brunetti, G., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Bychkov, V., Campbell, M., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Derwent, P. F., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Frank, M. J., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Ghosh, T., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Group, R., Grover, D., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Judah, M., Kafka, G. K., Kalra, D., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Keloth, R., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, A., Kurbanov, S., Lang, K., Lee, W. M., Lin, S., Liu, J., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matera, K., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Pandey, P., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Reed, B., Rocco, D., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sail, P., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tamsett, M. C., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vold, A., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Wetstein, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

Results are reported from an improved measurement of $\nu_\mu \rightarrow \nu_e$ transitions by the NOvA experiment. Using an exposure equivalent to $6.05\times10^{20}$ protons-on-target 33 $\nu_e$ candidates were observed with a background of $8.2\pm0.8$ (syst.). Combined with the latest NOvA $\nu_\mu$ disappearance data and external constraints from reactor experiments on $\sin^22\theta_{13}$, the hypothesis of inverted mass hierarchy with $\theta_{23}$ in the lower octant is disfavored at greater than $93\%$ C.L. for all values of $\delta_{CP}$., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures

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2017
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29. Measurement of the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{23}$ in NOvA

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The NOvA Collaboration, Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Bolshakova, A., Bromberg, C., Brown, J., Brunetti, G., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Bychkov, V., Campbell, M., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Derwent, P. F., Desai, S., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Ghosh, T., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Group, R., Grover, D., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Judah, M., Kafka, G. K., Kalra, D., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Keloth, R., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, A., Kurbanov, S., Lang, K., Lee, W. M., Lin, S., Liu, J., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matera, K., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Pandey, P., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Reed, B., Rocco, D., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sail, P., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tamsett, M. C., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vold, A., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Wetstein, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zwaska, R., The NOvA Collaboration, Adamson, P., Aliaga, L., Ambrose, D., Anfimov, N., Antoshkin, A., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Augsten, K., Aurisano, A., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Behera, B., Bending, S., Bernstein, R., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Blackburn, T., Bolshakova, A., Bromberg, C., Brown, J., Brunetti, G., Buchanan, N., Butkevich, A., Bychkov, V., Campbell, M., Catano-Mur, E., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cremonesi, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Derwent, P. F., Desai, S., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Edayath, S., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Ghosh, T., Giri, A., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Group, R., Grover, D., Guo, B., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Hylen, J., Jediny, F., Judah, M., Kafka, G. K., Kalra, D., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Keloth, R., Kolupaeva, L., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Kreymer, A., Kumar, A., Kurbanov, S., Lang, K., Lee, W. M., Lin, S., Liu, J., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Luchuk, S., Maan, K., Magill, S., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Matera, K., Matveev, V., Méndez, D. P., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Murphy, R., Musser, J., Nelson, J. K., Nichol, R., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nosek, T., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Olson, T., Paley, J., Pandey, P., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pershey, D., Petrova, O., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Principato, C., Psihas, F., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Rebel, B., Reed, B., Rocco, D., Rojas, P., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sail, P., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, P., Singh, V., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Song, E., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tamsett, M. C., Tas, P., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomas, J., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Tripathi, J., Tsaris, A., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Vasel, J., Vinton, L., Vold, A., Vrba, T., Wang, B., Wetstein, M., Whittington, D., Wojcicki, S. G., Wolcott, J., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

This Letter reports new results on muon neutrino disappearance from NOvA, using a 14 kton detector equivalent exposure of $6.05\times10^{20}$ protons-on-target from the NuMI beam at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The measurement probes the muon-tau symmetry hypothesis that requires maximal mixing ($\theta_{23} = \pi/4$). Assuming the normal mass hierarchy, we find $\Delta m^2 = (2.67 \pm 0.11)\times 10^{-3}$ eV$^2$ and $\sin^2 \theta_{23}$ at the two statistically degenerate values $0.404^{+0.030}_{-0.022}$ and $0.624^{+0.022}_{-0.030}$, both at the 68% confidence level. Our data disfavor the maximal mixing scenario with 2.6 $\sigma$ significance., Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures

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2017
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30. Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE): Preliminary Results and Physics Phase Proposal

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Back, A. R., Beacom, J. F., Bergevin, M., Catano-Mur, E., Dazeley, S., Drakopoulou, E., Di Lodovico, F., Elagin, A., Eisch, J., Fischer, V., Gardiner, S., Hatcher, R., He, J., Hill, R., Katori, T., Krennrich, F., Kreymer, R., Malek, M., McGivern, C. L., Needham, M., O'Flaherty, M., Gann, G. D. Orebi, Richards, B., Sanchez, M. C., Smy, M., Svoboda, R., Tiras, E., Vagins, M., Wang, J., Weinstein, A., Wetstein, M., Back, A. R., Beacom, J. F., Bergevin, M., Catano-Mur, E., Dazeley, S., Drakopoulou, E., Di Lodovico, F., Elagin, A., Eisch, J., Fischer, V., Gardiner, S., Hatcher, R., He, J., Hill, R., Katori, T., Krennrich, F., Kreymer, R., Malek, M., McGivern, C. L., Needham, M., O'Flaherty, M., Gann, G. D. Orebi, Richards, B., Sanchez, M. C., Smy, M., Svoboda, R., Tiras, E., Vagins, M., Wang, J., Weinstein, A., and Wetstein, M.

Abstract

The R&D mission of the Accelerator Neutrino Neutron Interaction Experiment (ANNIE) is described in detail. ANNIE is: (1) an important measurement of neutrino-nucleus interactions focusing specifically on neutron production, and (2) an R&D effort focused on using new photodetector technology and chemical additives to make advanced water-base neutrino detectors. The ANNIE experiment consists of a small Water Cherenkov detector, instrumented with both conventional photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) and Large Area Picosecond Photodetectors (LAPPDs) deployed on the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab. The experiment is designed to proceed in two stages: a partially-instrumented test-beam run using only PMTs (Phase I) for the purpose of measuring critical neutron backgrounds to the experiment; and a physics run with a fully-instrumented detector (Phase II). This paper gives preliminary results of the first phase and described the detector design upgrades necessary for the next phase., Comment: Submitted to the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Physics Advisory Committee

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2017

31. Measurement of single $\pi^0$ production by coherent neutral-current $\nu$ Fe interactions in the MINOS Near Detector

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Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Cherdack, D., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Oliver, W. P., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfutzner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Cherdack, D., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Oliver, W. P., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfutzner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

Forward single $\pi^0$ production by coherent neutral-current interactions, $\nu \mathcal{A} \to \nu \mathcal{A} \pi^0$, is investigated using a 2.8$\times 10^{20}$ protons-on-target exposure of the MINOS Near Detector. For single-shower topologies, the event distribution in production angle exhibits a clear excess above the estimated background at very forward angles for visible energy in the range~1-8 GeV. Cross sections are obtained for the detector medium comprised of 80% iron and 20% carbon nuclei with $\langle \mathcal{A} \rangle = 48$, the highest-$\langle \mathcal{A} \rangle$ target used to date in the study of this coherent reaction. The total cross section for coherent neutral-current single-$\pi^0$ production initiated by the $\nu_\mu$ flux of the NuMI low-energy beam with mean (mode) $E_{\nu}$ of 4.9 GeV (3.0 GeV), is $77.6\pm5.0\,(\text{stat}) ^{+15.0}_{-16.8}\,(\text{syst})\times10^{-40}\,\text{cm}^2~\text{per nucleus}$. The results are in good agreement with predictions of the Berger-Sehgal model., Comment: 19 pages, 14 figures Supplementary Materials, MINOS Collaboration

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2016
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32. Limits on Active to Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments

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Bay, Daya, Collaborations, MINOS, Adamson, P., An, F. P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, S. Blyth G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, D., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Cen, W. R., Chan, Y. L., Chang, J. F., Chang, L. C., Chang, Y., Chen, H. S., Chen, Q. Y., Chen, R., Chen, S. M., Chen, Y., Chen, Y. X., Cheng, J., Cheng, J. -H., Chen, Y. P., Cheng, Z. K., Cherwinka, J. J., Childress, S., Chu, M. C., Chukanov, A., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Cummings, J. P., de Arcos, J., De Rijck, S., Deng, Z. Y., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Ding, X. F., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dolgareva, M., Dove, J., Dwyer, D. A., Edwards, W. R., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gill, R., Gomes, R. A., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grassi, M., Grzelak, K., Gu, W. Q., Guan, M. Y., Guo, L., Guo, R. P., Guo, X. H., Guo, Z., Habig, A., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, S. R., Han, R., Hans, S., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., He, M., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Higuera, A., Holin, A., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, T., Hu, W., Huang, E. C., Huang, H. X., Huang, J., Huang, X. T., Huber, P., Huo, W., Hussain, G., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., Jaffe, D. E., Jaffke, P., James, C., Jen, K. L., Jensen, D., Jetter, S., Ji, X. L., Ji, X. P., Jiao, J. B., Johnson, R. A., de Jong, J. K., Joshi, J., Kafka, T., Kang, L., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kettell, S. H., Kohn, S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kramer, M., Kreymer, A., Kwan, 1 K. K., Kwok, M. W., Kwok, T., Lang, K., Langford, T. J., Lau, K., Lebanowski, L., Lee, J., Lee, J. H. C., Lei, R. T., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Li, C., Li, D. J., Li, F., Li, G. S., Li, Q. J., Li, S., Li, S. C., Li, W. D., Li, X. N., Li, Y. F., Li, Z. 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K., Poonthottathil, N., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Raper, N., Rebel, B., Ren, J., Rosenfeld, C., Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sher, S. Moed, Sousa, A., Steiner, H., Sun, G. X., Sun, J. L., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Tang, W., Taychenachev, D., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Timmons, X. Tian A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Treskov, K., Tsang, K. V., Tull, C. E., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viaux, N., Viren, B., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, W., Wang, X., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Webb, R. C., Weber, A., Wei, H. Y., Wen, L. J., Whisnant, K., White, C., Whitehead, L. Whitehead L. H., Wise, T., Wojcicki, S. G., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, S. C. F., Worcester, E., Wu, C. -H., Wu, Q., Wu, W. J., Xia, D. M., Xia, J. K., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, J. L., Xu, J. Y., Xu, Y., Xue, T., Yang, C. G., Yang, H., Yang, L., Yang, M. S., Yang, M. T., Ye., M., Ye, Z., Yeh, M., Young, B. L., Yu, Z. Y., Zeng, S., Zhang, L. ZhanC., Zhang, H. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, X. T., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. P., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhao, J., Zhao, Q. W., Zhao, Y. B., Zhong, W. L., Zhou, L., Zhou, N., Zhuang, H. L., Zou, J. H., Bay, Daya, Collaborations, MINOS, Adamson, P., An, F. P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, S. Blyth G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, D., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Cen, W. R., Chan, Y. L., Chang, J. F., Chang, L. C., Chang, Y., Chen, H. S., Chen, Q. Y., Chen, R., Chen, S. M., Chen, Y., Chen, Y. X., Cheng, J., Cheng, J. -H., Chen, Y. P., Cheng, Z. K., Cherwinka, J. J., Childress, S., Chu, M. C., Chukanov, A., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Cummings, J. P., de Arcos, J., De Rijck, S., Deng, Z. Y., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Ding, X. F., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dolgareva, M., Dove, J., Dwyer, D. A., Edwards, W. R., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gill, R., Gomes, R. A., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grassi, M., Grzelak, K., Gu, W. Q., Guan, M. Y., Guo, L., Guo, R. P., Guo, X. H., Guo, Z., Habig, A., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, S. R., Han, R., Hans, S., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., He, M., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Higuera, A., Holin, A., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, T., Hu, W., Huang, E. C., Huang, H. X., Huang, J., Huang, X. T., Huber, P., Huo, W., Hussain, G., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., Jaffe, D. E., Jaffke, P., James, C., Jen, K. L., Jensen, D., Jetter, S., Ji, X. L., Ji, X. P., Jiao, J. B., Johnson, R. A., de Jong, J. K., Joshi, J., Kafka, T., Kang, L., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kettell, S. H., Kohn, S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kramer, M., Kreymer, A., Kwan, 1 K. K., Kwok, M. W., Kwok, T., Lang, K., Langford, T. J., Lau, K., Lebanowski, L., Lee, J., Lee, J. H. C., Lei, R. T., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Li, C., Li, D. J., Li, F., Li, G. S., Li, Q. J., Li, S., Li, S. C., Li, W. D., Li, X. N., Li, Y. F., Li, Z. B., Liang, H., Lin, C. J., Lin, G. L., Lin, S., Lin, S. K., Lin, Y. -C., Link, J. J. Ling J. M., Litchfield, P. J., Littenberg, L., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, D. W., Liu, J. C., Liu, J. L., Loh, C. W., Lu, C., Lu, H. Q., Lu, J. S., Lucas, P., Luk, K. B., Lv, Z., Ma, Q. M., Ma, X. B., Ma, X. Y., Ma, Y. Q., Malyshkin, Y., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Mayer, N., McDonald, K. T., McGivern, C., McKeown, R. D., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mitchell, I., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Nakajima, Y., Naples, D., Napolitano, J., Naumov, D., Naumova, E., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Ngai, H. Y., Nichol, R. J., Ning, Z., Nowak, A., O'Connor, J., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Olshevskiy, A., Orchanian, M., R., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Pan, H. -R., Park, J., Patterson, R. B., Patton, S., Pawloski, G., Pec, V., Peng, J. C., Perch, A., Pfutzner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Pinsky, L., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Raper, N., Rebel, B., Ren, J., Rosenfeld, C., Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sher, S. Moed, Sousa, A., Steiner, H., Sun, G. X., Sun, J. L., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Tang, W., Taychenachev, D., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Timmons, X. Tian A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Treskov, K., Tsang, K. V., Tull, C. E., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viaux, N., Viren, B., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, W., Wang, X., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Webb, R. C., Weber, A., Wei, H. Y., Wen, L. J., Whisnant, K., White, C., Whitehead, L. Whitehead L. H., Wise, T., Wojcicki, S. G., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, S. C. F., Worcester, E., Wu, C. -H., Wu, Q., Wu, W. J., Xia, D. M., Xia, J. K., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, J. L., Xu, J. Y., Xu, Y., Xue, T., Yang, C. G., Yang, H., Yang, L., Yang, M. S., Yang, M. T., Ye., M., Ye, Z., Yeh, M., Young, B. L., Yu, Z. Y., Zeng, S., Zhang, L. ZhanC., Zhang, H. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, X. T., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. P., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhao, J., Zhao, Q. W., Zhao, Y. B., Zhong, W. L., Zhou, L., Zhou, N., Zhuang, H. L., and Zou, J. H.

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Searches for a light sterile neutrino have been performed independently by the MINOS and the Daya Bay experiments using the muon (anti)neutrino and electron antineutrino disappearance channels, respectively. In this Letter, results from both experiments are combined with those from the Bugey-3 reactor neutrino experiment to constrain oscillations into light sterile neutrinos. The three experiments are sensitive to complementary regions of parameter space, enabling the combined analysis to probe regions allowed by the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments in a minimally extended four-neutrino flavor framework. Stringent limits on $\sin^2 2\theta_{\mu e}$ are set over 6 orders of magnitude in the sterile mass-squared splitting $\Delta m^2_{41}$. The sterile-neutrino mixing phase space allowed by the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments is excluded for $\Delta m^2_{41} < 0.8$ eV$^2$ at 95% CL$_s$., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, published in Physical Review Letters. Data release found at http://www-numi.fnal.gov/PublicInfo/forscientists.html and at https://wiki.bnl.gov/dayabay/index.php?title=Daya_Bay%27s_Sterile_Neutrino_Results_in_2016

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33. A search for flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions using $\nu_{e}$ appearance in MINOS

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Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., de Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., de Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

We report new constraints on flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions from the MINOS long-baseline experiment using $\nu_{e}$ and $\bar{\nu}_{e}$ appearance candidate events from predominantly $\nu_{\mu}$ and $\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$ beams. We used a statistical selection algorithm to separate $\nu_{e}$ candidates from background events, enabling an analysis of the combined MINOS neutrino and antineutrino data. We observe no deviations from standard neutrino mixing, and thus place constraints on the non-standard interaction matter effect, $|\varepsilon_{e\tau}|$, and phase, $(\delta_{CP}+\delta_{e\tau})$, using a thirty-bin likelihood fit., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures v2: References added, caption and probability calculation clarified. Result unchanged

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34. Constraints on Large Extra Dimensions from the MINOS Experiment

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Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

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We report new constraints on the size of large extra dimensions from data collected by the MINOS experiment between 2005 and 2012. Our analysis employs a model in which sterile neutrinos arise as Kaluza-Klein states in large extra dimensions and thus modify the neutrino oscillation probabilities due to mixing between active and sterile neutrino states. Using Fermilab's NuMI beam exposure of $10.56 \times 10^{20}$ protons-on-target, we combine muon neutrino charged current and neutral current data sets from the Near and Far Detectors and observe no evidence for deviations from standard three-flavor neutrino oscillations. The ratios of reconstructed energy spectra in the two detectors constrain the size of large extra dimensions to be smaller than $0.45\,\mu\text{m}$ at 90% C.L. in the limit of a vanishing lightest active neutrino mass. Stronger limits are obtained for non-vanishing masses., Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures

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35. Search for Sterile Neutrinos Mixing with Muon Neutrinos in MINOS

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Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfutzner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfutzner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

We report results of a search for oscillations involving a light sterile neutrino over distances of 1.04 and $735\,\mathrm{km}$ in a $\nu_{\mu}$-dominated beam with a peak energy of $3\,\mathrm{GeV}$. The data, from an exposure of $10.56\times 10^{20}\,\textrm{protons on target}$, are analyzed using a phenomenological model with one sterile neutrino. We constrain the mixing parameters $\theta_{24}$ and $\Delta m^{2}_{41}$ and set limits on parameters of the four-dimensional Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata matrix, $|U_{\mu 4}|^{2}$ and $|U_{\tau 4}|^{2}$, under the assumption that mixing between $\nu_{e}$ and $\nu_{s}$ is negligible ($|U_{e4}|^{2}=0$). No evidence for $\nu_{\mu} \to \nu_{s}$ transitions is found and we set a world-leading limit on $\theta_{24}$ for values of $\Delta m^{2}_{41} \lesssim 1\,\mathrm{eV}^{2}$., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures

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2016
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36. Search for time-independent Lorentz violation using muon neutrino to muon antineutrino transitions in MINOS

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Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., de Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., de Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

Data from the MINOS experiment has been used to search for mixing between muon neutrinos and muon antineutrinos using a time-independent Lorentz-violating formalism derived from the Standard-Model Extension (SME). MINOS is uniquely capable of searching for muon neutrino-antineutrino mixing given its long baseline and ability to distinguish between neutrinos and antineutrinos on an event-by-event basis. Neutrino and antineutrino interactions were observed in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors from an exposure of 10.56$\times10^{20}$ protons-on-target from the NuMI neutrino-optimized beam. No evidence was found for such transitions and new, highly stringent limits were placed on the SME coefficients governing them. We place the first limits on the SME parameters $(c_{L})^{TT}_{\mu\mu} $ and $(c_{L})^{TT}_{\tau\tau}$ at $-8.4\times10^{-23} < (c_{L})^{TT}_{\mu\mu} < 8.0\times10^{-23}$ and $-8.0\times10^{-23} < (c_{L})^{TT}_{\tau\tau} < 8.4\times10^{-23}$, and the world's best limits on the $\tilde{g}^{ZT}_{\mu\overline{\mu}}$ and $\tilde{g}^{ZT}_{\tau\overline{\tau}}$ parameters at $|\tilde{g}^{ZT}_{\mu\overline{\mu}}| < 3.3\times 10^{-23}$ and $|\tilde{g}^{ZT}_{\tau\overline{\tau}}| < 3.3\times 10^{-23}$, all limits quoted at $3\sigma$., Comment: This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to a mistake in the calculations

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2016

37. Search for Sterile Neutrinos Mixing with Muon Neutrinos in MINOS

Author

Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfutzner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfutzner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

We report results of a search for oscillations involving a light sterile neutrino over distances of 1.04 and $735\,\mathrm{km}$ in a $\nu_{\mu}$-dominated beam with a peak energy of $3\,\mathrm{GeV}$. The data, from an exposure of $10.56\times 10^{20}\,\textrm{protons on target}$, are analyzed using a phenomenological model with one sterile neutrino. We constrain the mixing parameters $\theta_{24}$ and $\Delta m^{2}_{41}$ and set limits on parameters of the four-dimensional Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata matrix, $|U_{\mu 4}|^{2}$ and $|U_{\tau 4}|^{2}$, under the assumption that mixing between $\nu_{e}$ and $\nu_{s}$ is negligible ($|U_{e4}|^{2}=0$). No evidence for $\nu_{\mu} \to \nu_{s}$ transitions is found and we set a world-leading limit on $\theta_{24}$ for values of $\Delta m^{2}_{41} \lesssim 1\,\mathrm{eV}^{2}$., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures

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2016
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38. A search for flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions using $\nu_{e}$ appearance in MINOS

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Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., de Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., de Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

We report new constraints on flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions from the MINOS long-baseline experiment using $\nu_{e}$ and $\bar{\nu}_{e}$ appearance candidate events from predominantly $\nu_{\mu}$ and $\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$ beams. We used a statistical selection algorithm to separate $\nu_{e}$ candidates from background events, enabling an analysis of the combined MINOS neutrino and antineutrino data. We observe no deviations from standard neutrino mixing, and thus place constraints on the non-standard interaction matter effect, $|\varepsilon_{e\tau}|$, and phase, $(\delta_{CP}+\delta_{e\tau})$, using a thirty-bin likelihood fit., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures v2: References added, caption and probability calculation clarified. Result unchanged

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2016
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39. Limits on Active to Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments

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Bay, Daya, Collaborations, MINOS, Adamson, P., An, F. P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, S. Blyth G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, D., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Cen, W. R., Chan, Y. L., Chang, J. F., Chang, L. C., Chang, Y., Chen, H. S., Chen, Q. Y., Chen, R., Chen, S. M., Chen, Y., Chen, Y. X., Cheng, J., Cheng, J. -H., Chen, Y. P., Cheng, Z. K., Cherwinka, J. J., Childress, S., Chu, M. C., Chukanov, A., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Cummings, J. P., de Arcos, J., De Rijck, S., Deng, Z. Y., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Ding, X. F., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dolgareva, M., Dove, J., Dwyer, D. A., Edwards, W. R., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gill, R., Gomes, R. A., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grassi, M., Grzelak, K., Gu, W. Q., Guan, M. Y., Guo, L., Guo, R. P., Guo, X. H., Guo, Z., Habig, A., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, S. R., Han, R., Hans, S., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., He, M., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Higuera, A., Holin, A., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, T., Hu, W., Huang, E. C., Huang, H. X., Huang, J., Huang, X. T., Huber, P., Huo, W., Hussain, G., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., Jaffe, D. E., Jaffke, P., James, C., Jen, K. L., Jensen, D., Jetter, S., Ji, X. L., Ji, X. P., Jiao, J. B., Johnson, R. A., de Jong, J. K., Joshi, J., Kafka, T., Kang, L., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kettell, S. H., Kohn, S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kramer, M., Kreymer, A., Kwan, 1 K. K., Kwok, M. W., Kwok, T., Lang, K., Langford, T. J., Lau, K., Lebanowski, L., Lee, J., Lee, J. H. C., Lei, R. T., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Li, C., Li, D. J., Li, F., Li, G. S., Li, Q. J., Li, S., Li, S. C., Li, W. D., Li, X. N., Li, Y. F., Li, Z. B., Liang, H., Lin, C. J., Lin, G. L., Lin, S., Lin, S. K., Lin, Y. -C., Link, J. J. Ling J. M., Litchfield, P. J., Littenberg, L., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, D. W., Liu, J. C., Liu, J. L., Loh, C. W., Lu, C., Lu, H. Q., Lu, J. S., Lucas, P., Luk, K. B., Lv, Z., Ma, Q. M., Ma, X. B., Ma, X. Y., Ma, Y. Q., Malyshkin, Y., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Mayer, N., McDonald, K. T., McGivern, C., McKeown, R. D., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mitchell, I., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Nakajima, Y., Naples, D., Napolitano, J., Naumov, D., Naumova, E., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Ngai, H. Y., Nichol, R. J., Ning, Z., Nowak, A., O'Connor, J., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Olshevskiy, A., Orchanian, M., R., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Pan, H. -R., Park, J., Patterson, R. B., Patton, S., Pawloski, G., Pec, V., Peng, J. C., Perch, A., Pfutzner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Pinsky, L., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Raper, N., Rebel, B., Ren, J., Rosenfeld, C., Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sher, S. Moed, Sousa, A., Steiner, H., Sun, G. X., Sun, J. L., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Tang, W., Taychenachev, D., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Timmons, X. Tian A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Treskov, K., Tsang, K. V., Tull, C. E., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viaux, N., Viren, B., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, W., Wang, X., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Webb, R. C., Weber, A., Wei, H. Y., Wen, L. J., Whisnant, K., White, C., Whitehead, L. Whitehead L. H., Wise, T., Wojcicki, S. G., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, S. C. F., Worcester, E., Wu, C. -H., Wu, Q., Wu, W. J., Xia, D. M., Xia, J. K., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, J. L., Xu, J. Y., Xu, Y., Xue, T., Yang, C. G., Yang, H., Yang, L., Yang, M. S., Yang, M. T., Ye., M., Ye, Z., Yeh, M., Young, B. L., Yu, Z. Y., Zeng, S., Zhang, L. ZhanC., Zhang, H. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, X. T., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. P., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhao, J., Zhao, Q. W., Zhao, Y. B., Zhong, W. L., Zhou, L., Zhou, N., Zhuang, H. L., Zou, J. H., Bay, Daya, Collaborations, MINOS, Adamson, P., An, F. P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Balantekin, A. B., Band, H. R., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, S. Blyth G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, D., Cao, G. F., Cao, J., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Cen, W. R., Chan, Y. L., Chang, J. F., Chang, L. C., Chang, Y., Chen, H. S., Chen, Q. Y., Chen, R., Chen, S. M., Chen, Y., Chen, Y. X., Cheng, J., Cheng, J. -H., Chen, Y. P., Cheng, Z. K., Cherwinka, J. J., Childress, S., Chu, M. C., Chukanov, A., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Cummings, J. P., de Arcos, J., De Rijck, S., Deng, Z. Y., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Ding, X. F., Ding, Y. Y., Diwan, M. V., Dolgareva, M., Dove, J., Dwyer, D. A., Edwards, W. R., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gill, R., Gomes, R. A., Gonchar, M., Gong, G. H., Gong, H., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grassi, M., Grzelak, K., Gu, W. Q., Guan, M. Y., Guo, L., Guo, R. P., Guo, X. H., Guo, Z., Habig, A., Hackenburg, R. W., Hahn, S. R., Han, R., Hans, S., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., He, M., Heeger, K. M., Heng, Y. K., Higuera, A., Holin, A., Hor, Y. K., Hsiung, Y. B., Hu, B. Z., Hu, T., Hu, W., Huang, E. C., Huang, H. X., Huang, J., Huang, X. T., Huber, P., Huo, W., Hussain, G., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., Jaffe, D. E., Jaffke, P., James, C., Jen, K. L., Jensen, D., Jetter, S., Ji, X. L., Ji, X. P., Jiao, J. B., Johnson, R. A., de Jong, J. K., Joshi, J., Kafka, T., Kang, L., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kettell, S. H., Kohn, S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kramer, M., Kreymer, A., Kwan, 1 K. K., Kwok, M. W., Kwok, T., Lang, K., Langford, T. J., Lau, K., Lebanowski, L., Lee, J., Lee, J. H. C., Lei, R. T., Leitner, R., Leung, J. K. C., Li, C., Li, D. J., Li, F., Li, G. S., Li, Q. J., Li, S., Li, S. C., Li, W. D., Li, X. N., Li, Y. F., Li, Z. B., Liang, H., Lin, C. J., Lin, G. L., Lin, S., Lin, S. K., Lin, Y. -C., Link, J. J. Ling J. M., Litchfield, P. J., Littenberg, L., Littlejohn, B. R., Liu, D. W., Liu, J. C., Liu, J. L., Loh, C. W., Lu, C., Lu, H. Q., Lu, J. S., Lucas, P., Luk, K. B., Lv, Z., Ma, Q. M., Ma, X. B., Ma, X. Y., Ma, Y. Q., Malyshkin, Y., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Mayer, N., McDonald, K. T., McGivern, C., McKeown, R. D., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mitchell, I., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Nakajima, Y., Naples, D., Napolitano, J., Naumov, D., Naumova, E., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Ngai, H. Y., Nichol, R. J., Ning, Z., Nowak, A., O'Connor, J., Ochoa-Ricoux, J. P., Olshevskiy, A., Orchanian, M., R., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Pan, H. -R., Park, J., Patterson, R. B., Patton, S., Pawloski, G., Pec, V., Peng, J. C., Perch, A., Pfutzner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Pinsky, L., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Pun, C. S. J., Qi, F. Z., Qi, M., Qian, X., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Raper, N., Rebel, B., Ren, J., Rosenfeld, C., Rosero, R., Roskovec, B., Ruan, X. C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sher, S. Moed, Sousa, A., Steiner, H., Sun, G. X., Sun, J. L., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Tang, W., Taychenachev, D., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Timmons, X. Tian A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Treskov, K., Tsang, K. V., Tull, C. E., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viaux, N., Viren, B., Vorobel, V., Wang, C. H., Wang, M., Wang, N. Y., Wang, R. G., Wang, W., Wang, X., Wang, Y. F., Wang, Z., Wang, Z. M., Webb, R. C., Weber, A., Wei, H. Y., Wen, L. J., Whisnant, K., White, C., Whitehead, L. Whitehead L. H., Wise, T., Wojcicki, S. G., Wong, H. L. H., Wong, S. C. F., Worcester, E., Wu, C. -H., Wu, Q., Wu, W. J., Xia, D. M., Xia, J. K., Xing, Z. Z., Xu, J. L., Xu, J. Y., Xu, Y., Xue, T., Yang, C. G., Yang, H., Yang, L., Yang, M. S., Yang, M. T., Ye., M., Ye, Z., Yeh, M., Young, B. L., Yu, Z. Y., Zeng, S., Zhang, L. ZhanC., Zhang, H. H., Zhang, J. W., Zhang, Q. M., Zhang, X. T., Zhang, Y. M., Zhang, Y. X., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z. P., Zhang, Z. Y., Zhao, J., Zhao, Q. W., Zhao, Y. B., Zhong, W. L., Zhou, L., Zhou, N., Zhuang, H. L., and Zou, J. H.

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Searches for a light sterile neutrino have been performed independently by the MINOS and the Daya Bay experiments using the muon (anti)neutrino and electron antineutrino disappearance channels, respectively. In this Letter, results from both experiments are combined with those from the Bugey-3 reactor neutrino experiment to constrain oscillations into light sterile neutrinos. The three experiments are sensitive to complementary regions of parameter space, enabling the combined analysis to probe regions allowed by the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments in a minimally extended four-neutrino flavor framework. Stringent limits on $\sin^2 2\theta_{\mu e}$ are set over 6 orders of magnitude in the sterile mass-squared splitting $\Delta m^2_{41}$. The sterile-neutrino mixing phase space allowed by the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments is excluded for $\Delta m^2_{41} < 0.8$ eV$^2$ at 95% CL$_s$., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, published in Physical Review Letters. Data release found at http://www-numi.fnal.gov/PublicInfo/forscientists.html and at https://wiki.bnl.gov/dayabay/index.php?title=Daya_Bay%27s_Sterile_Neutrino_Results_in_2016

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40. Constraints on Large Extra Dimensions from the MINOS Experiment

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Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

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We report new constraints on the size of large extra dimensions from data collected by the MINOS experiment between 2005 and 2012. Our analysis employs a model in which sterile neutrinos arise as Kaluza-Klein states in large extra dimensions and thus modify the neutrino oscillation probabilities due to mixing between active and sterile neutrino states. Using Fermilab's NuMI beam exposure of $10.56 \times 10^{20}$ protons-on-target, we combine muon neutrino charged current and neutral current data sets from the Near and Far Detectors and observe no evidence for deviations from standard three-flavor neutrino oscillations. The ratios of reconstructed energy spectra in the two detectors constrain the size of large extra dimensions to be smaller than $0.45\,\mu\text{m}$ at 90% C.L. in the limit of a vanishing lightest active neutrino mass. Stronger limits are obtained for non-vanishing masses., Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures

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41. Search for time-independent Lorentz violation using muon neutrino to muon antineutrino transitions in MINOS

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Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., de Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., de Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M. M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

Data from the MINOS experiment has been used to search for mixing between muon neutrinos and muon antineutrinos using a time-independent Lorentz-violating formalism derived from the Standard-Model Extension (SME). MINOS is uniquely capable of searching for muon neutrino-antineutrino mixing given its long baseline and ability to distinguish between neutrinos and antineutrinos on an event-by-event basis. Neutrino and antineutrino interactions were observed in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors from an exposure of 10.56$\times10^{20}$ protons-on-target from the NuMI neutrino-optimized beam. No evidence was found for such transitions and new, highly stringent limits were placed on the SME coefficients governing them. We place the first limits on the SME parameters $(c_{L})^{TT}_{\mu\mu} $ and $(c_{L})^{TT}_{\tau\tau}$ at $-8.4\times10^{-23} < (c_{L})^{TT}_{\mu\mu} < 8.0\times10^{-23}$ and $-8.0\times10^{-23} < (c_{L})^{TT}_{\tau\tau} < 8.4\times10^{-23}$, and the world's best limits on the $\tilde{g}^{ZT}_{\mu\overline{\mu}}$ and $\tilde{g}^{ZT}_{\tau\overline{\tau}}$ parameters at $|\tilde{g}^{ZT}_{\mu\overline{\mu}}| < 3.3\times 10^{-23}$ and $|\tilde{g}^{ZT}_{\tau\overline{\tau}}| < 3.3\times 10^{-23}$, all limits quoted at $3\sigma$., Comment: This paper has been withdrawn by the author due to a mistake in the calculations

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2016

42. First measurement of electron neutrino appearance in NOvA

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Adamson, P., Ader, C., Andrews, M., Anfimov, N., Anghel, I., Arms, K., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Aurisano, A., Ayres, D. S., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Bernstein, R., Betancourt, M., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Biery, K., Blackburn, T., Bocean, V., Bogert, D., Bolshakova, A., Bowden, M., Bower, C., Broemmelsiek, D., Bromberg, C., Brunetti, G., Bu, X., Butkevich, A., Capista, D., Catano-Mur, E., Chase, T. R., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Cunningham, A., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Del Tutto, M., Derwent, P. F., Deepthi, K. N., Demuth, D., Desai, S., Deuerling, G., Devan, A., Dey, J., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Dixon, S., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Felt, N., Fenyves, E. J., Flumerfelt, E., Foulkes, S., Frank, M. J., Freeman, W., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Gebhard, M., Ghosh, T., Gilbert, W., Giri, A., Goadhouse, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Grossman, N., Group, R., Grudzinski, J., Guarino, V., Guo, B., Habig, A., Handler, T., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Howcroft, C., Huang, J., Huang, X., Hylen, J., Ishitsuka, M., Jediny, F., Jensen, C., Jensen, D., Johnson, C., Jostlein, H., Kafka, G. K., Kamyshkov, Y., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Kephart, K., Koizumi, G., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Krahn, Z., Kravtsov, V., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kutnink, T., Kwarciancy, R., Kwong, J., Lang, K., Lee, A., Lee, W. M., Lee, K., Lein, S., Liu, J., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Lu, Q., Lucas, P., Luchuk, S., Lukens, P., Lukhanin, G., Magill, S., Maan, K., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Martens, M., Martincik, J., Mason, P., Matera, K., Mathis, M., Matveev, V., Mayer, N., McCluskey, E., Mehdiyev, R., Merritt, H., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Michael, D., Mikheyev, S. P., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Newman, H. B., Nelson, J. K., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nowak, J., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Oliver, J., Olson, T., Paley, J., Pandey, P., Para, A., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pearson, N., Perevalov, D., Pershey, D., Peterson, E., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Piccoli, L., Pla-Dalmau, A., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Psihas, F., Pushka, D., Qiu, X., Raddatz, N., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Ray, R., Rebel, B., Rechenmacher, R., Reed, B., Reilly, R., Rocco, D., Rodkin, D., Ruddick, K., Rusack, R., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sahijpal, S., Sahoo, H., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Saoulidou, N., Schlabach, P., Schneps, J., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sherwood, B., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, V., Smith, A., Smith, D., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Sotnikov, A., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Stenkin, Y., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tamsett, M. C., Tariq, S., Tas, P., Tesarek, R. J., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomsen, K., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Trevor, J., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Valerio, L., Vinton, L., Vrba, T., Waldron, A. V., Wang, B., Wang, Z., Weber, A., Wehmann, A., Whittington, D., Wilcer, N., Wildberger, R., Wildman, D., Williams, K., Wojcicki, S. G., Wood, K., Xiao, M., Xin, T., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zadorozhnyy, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zhao, A., Zirnstein, J., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Ader, C., Andrews, M., Anfimov, N., Anghel, I., Arms, K., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Aurisano, A., Ayres, D. S., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Bernstein, R., Betancourt, M., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Biery, K., Blackburn, T., Bocean, V., Bogert, D., Bolshakova, A., Bowden, M., Bower, C., Broemmelsiek, D., Bromberg, C., Brunetti, G., Bu, X., Butkevich, A., Capista, D., Catano-Mur, E., Chase, T. R., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Cunningham, A., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Del Tutto, M., Derwent, P. F., Deepthi, K. N., Demuth, D., Desai, S., Deuerling, G., Devan, A., Dey, J., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Dixon, S., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Felt, N., Fenyves, E. J., Flumerfelt, E., Foulkes, S., Frank, M. J., Freeman, W., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Gebhard, M., Ghosh, T., Gilbert, W., Giri, A., Goadhouse, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Grossman, N., Group, R., Grudzinski, J., Guarino, V., Guo, B., Habig, A., Handler, T., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Howcroft, C., Huang, J., Huang, X., Hylen, J., Ishitsuka, M., Jediny, F., Jensen, C., Jensen, D., Johnson, C., Jostlein, H., Kafka, G. K., Kamyshkov, Y., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Kephart, K., Koizumi, G., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Krahn, Z., Kravtsov, V., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kutnink, T., Kwarciancy, R., Kwong, J., Lang, K., Lee, A., Lee, W. M., Lee, K., Lein, S., Liu, J., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Lu, Q., Lucas, P., Luchuk, S., Lukens, P., Lukhanin, G., Magill, S., Maan, K., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Martens, M., Martincik, J., Mason, P., Matera, K., Mathis, M., Matveev, V., Mayer, N., McCluskey, E., Mehdiyev, R., Merritt, H., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Michael, D., Mikheyev, S. P., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Newman, H. B., Nelson, J. K., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nowak, J., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Oliver, J., Olson, T., Paley, J., Pandey, P., Para, A., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pearson, N., Perevalov, D., Pershey, D., Peterson, E., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Piccoli, L., Pla-Dalmau, A., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Psihas, F., Pushka, D., Qiu, X., Raddatz, N., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Ray, R., Rebel, B., Rechenmacher, R., Reed, B., Reilly, R., Rocco, D., Rodkin, D., Ruddick, K., Rusack, R., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sahijpal, S., Sahoo, H., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Saoulidou, N., Schlabach, P., Schneps, J., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sherwood, B., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, V., Smith, A., Smith, D., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Sotnikov, A., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Stenkin, Y., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tamsett, M. C., Tariq, S., Tas, P., Tesarek, R. J., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomsen, K., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Trevor, J., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Valerio, L., Vinton, L., Vrba, T., Waldron, A. V., Wang, B., Wang, Z., Weber, A., Wehmann, A., Whittington, D., Wilcer, N., Wildberger, R., Wildman, D., Williams, K., Wojcicki, S. G., Wood, K., Xiao, M., Xin, T., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zadorozhnyy, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zhao, A., Zirnstein, J., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

We report results from the first search for $\nu_\mu\to\nu_e$ transitions by the NOvA experiment. In an exposure equivalent to $2.74\times10^{20}$ protons-on-target in the upgraded NuMI beam at Fermilab, we observe 6 events in the Far Detector, compared to a background expectation of $0.99\pm0.11$ (syst.) events based on the Near Detector measurement. A secondary analysis observes 11 events with a background of $1.07\pm0.14$ (syst.). The $3.3\sigma$ excess of events observed in the primary analysis disfavors $0.1\pi < \delta_{CP} < 0.5\pi$ in the inverted mass hierarchy at the 90% C.L., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures. Minor updates to match version accepted by journal

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2016
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43. Measurement of the Multiple-Muon Charge Ratio in the MINOS Far Detector

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Minos Collaboration, Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Minos Collaboration, Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Carroll, T. J., Castromonte, C. M., Chen, R., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., de Jong, J. K., De Rijck, S., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Flanagan, W., Frohne, M. V., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Germani, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., O'Connor, J., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Pfützner, M., Phan, D. D., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sail, P., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Todd, J., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

The charge ratio, $R_\mu = N_{\mu^+}/N_{\mu^-}$, for cosmogenic multiple-muon events observed at an under- ground depth of 2070 mwe has been measured using the magnetized MINOS Far Detector. The multiple-muon events, recorded nearly continuously from August 2003 until April 2012, comprise two independent data sets imaged with opposite magnetic field polarities, the comparison of which allows the systematic uncertainties of the measurement to be minimized. The multiple-muon charge ratio is determined to be $R_\mu = 1.104 \pm 0.006 {\rm \,(stat.)} ^{+0.009}_{-0.010} {\rm \,(syst.)} $. This measurement complements previous determinations of single-muon and multiple-muon charge ratios at underground sites and serves to constrain models of cosmic ray interactions at TeV energies., Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures

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2016
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44. First measurement of muon-neutrino disappearance in NOvA

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Adamson, P., Ader, C., Andrews, M., Anfimov, N., Anghel, I., Arms, K., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Aurisano, A., Ayres, D., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Bernstein, R., Betancourt, M., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Biery, K., Blackburn, T., Bocean, V., Bogert, D., Bolshakova, A., Bowden, M., Bower, C., Broemmelsiek, D., Bromberg, C., Brunetti, G., Bu, X., Butkevich, A., Capista, D., Catano-Mur, E., Chase, T. R., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Cunningham, A., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Del Tutto, M., Derwent, P. F., Deepthi, K. N., Demuth, D., Desai, S., Deuerling, G., Devan, A., Dey, J., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Dixon, S., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Felt, N., Fenyves, E. J., Flumerfelt, E., Foulkes, S., Frank, M. J., Freeman, W., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Gebhard, M., Ghosh, T., Gilbert, W., Giri, A., Goadhouse, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Grossman, N., Group, R., Grudzinski, J., Guarino, V., Guo, B., Habig, A., Handler, T., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Howcroft, C., Huang, J., Huang, X., Hylen, J., Ishitsuka, M., Jediny, F., Jensen, C., Jensen, D., Johnson, C., Jostlein, H., Kafka, G. K., Kamyshkov, Y., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Kephart, K., Koizumi, G., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Krahn, Z., Kravtsov, V., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kutnink, T., Kwarciancy, R., Kwong, J., Lang, K., Lee, A., Lee, W. M., Lee, K., Lein, S., Liu, J., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Lu, Q., Lucas, P., Luchuk, S., Lukens, P., Lukhanin, G., Magill, S., Maan, K., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Martens, M., Martincik, J., Mason, P., Matera, K., Mathis, M., Matveev, V., Mayer, N., McCluskey, E., Mehdiyev, R., Merritt, H., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Michael, D., Mikheyev, S. P., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Newman, H. B., Nelson, J. K., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nowak, J., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Oliver, J., Olson, T., Paley, J., Pandey, P., Para, A., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pearson, N., Perevalov, D., Pershey, D., Peterson, E., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Piccoli, L., Pla-Dalmau, A., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Psihas, F., Pushka, D., Qiu, X., Raddatz, N., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Ray, R., Rebel, B., Rechenmacher, R., Reed, B., Reilly, R., Rocco, D., Rodkin, D., Ruddick, K., Rusack, R., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sahijpal, S., Sahoo, H., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Saoulidou, N., Schlabach, P., Schneps, J., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sherwood, B., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, V., Smith, A., Smith, D., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Sotnikov, A., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Stenkin, Y., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tamsett, M. C., Tariq, S., Tas, P., Tesarek, R. J., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomsen, K., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Trevor, J., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Valerio, L., Vinton, L., Vrba, T., Waldron, A. V., Wang, B., Wang, Z., Weber, A., Wehmann, A., Whittington, D., Wilcer, N., Wildberger, R., Wildman, D., Williams, K., Wojcicki, S. G., Wood, K., Xiao, M., Xin, T., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zadorozhnyy, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zhao, A., Zirnstein, J., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Ader, C., Andrews, M., Anfimov, N., Anghel, I., Arms, K., Arrieta-Diaz, E., Aurisano, A., Ayres, D., Backhouse, C., Baird, M., Bambah, B. A., Bays, K., Bernstein, R., Betancourt, M., Bhatnagar, V., Bhuyan, B., Bian, J., Biery, K., Blackburn, T., Bocean, V., Bogert, D., Bolshakova, A., Bowden, M., Bower, C., Broemmelsiek, D., Bromberg, C., Brunetti, G., Bu, X., Butkevich, A., Capista, D., Catano-Mur, E., Chase, T. R., Childress, S., Choudhary, B. C., Chowdhury, B., Coan, T. E., Coelho, J. A. B., Colo, M., Cooper, J., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Cunningham, A., Davies, G. S., Davies, J. P., Del Tutto, M., Derwent, P. F., Deepthi, K. N., Demuth, D., Desai, S., Deuerling, G., Devan, A., Dey, J., Dharmapalan, R., Ding, P., Dixon, S., Djurcic, Z., Dukes, E. C., Duyang, H., Ehrlich, R., Feldman, G. J., Felt, N., Fenyves, E. J., Flumerfelt, E., Foulkes, S., Frank, M. J., Freeman, W., Gabrielyan, M., Gallagher, H. R., Gebhard, M., Ghosh, T., Gilbert, W., Giri, A., Goadhouse, S., Gomes, R. A., Goodenough, L., Goodman, M. C., Grichine, V., Grossman, N., Group, R., Grudzinski, J., Guarino, V., Guo, B., Habig, A., Handler, T., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Hatzikoutelis, A., Heller, K., Howcroft, C., Huang, J., Huang, X., Hylen, J., Ishitsuka, M., Jediny, F., Jensen, C., Jensen, D., Johnson, C., Jostlein, H., Kafka, G. K., Kamyshkov, Y., Kasahara, S. M. S., Kasetti, S., Kephart, K., Koizumi, G., Kotelnikov, S., Kourbanis, I., Krahn, Z., Kravtsov, V., Kreymer, A., Kulenberg, Ch., Kumar, A., Kutnink, T., Kwarciancy, R., Kwong, J., Lang, K., Lee, A., Lee, W. M., Lee, K., Lein, S., Liu, J., Lokajicek, M., Lozier, J., Lu, Q., Lucas, P., Luchuk, S., Lukens, P., Lukhanin, G., Magill, S., Maan, K., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Martens, M., Martincik, J., Mason, P., Matera, K., Mathis, M., Matveev, V., Mayer, N., McCluskey, E., Mehdiyev, R., Merritt, H., Messier, M. D., Meyer, H., Miao, T., Michael, D., Mikheyev, S. P., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mohanta, R., Moren, A., Mualem, L., Muether, M., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Newman, H. B., Nelson, J. K., Niner, E., Norman, A., Nowak, J., Oksuzian, Y., Olshevskiy, A., Oliver, J., Olson, T., Paley, J., Pandey, P., Para, A., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Pearson, N., Perevalov, D., Pershey, D., Peterson, E., Petti, R., Phan-Budd, S., Piccoli, L., Pla-Dalmau, A., Plunkett, R. K., Poling, R., Potukuchi, B., Psihas, F., Pushka, D., Qiu, X., Raddatz, N., Radovic, A., Rameika, R. A., Ray, R., Rebel, B., Rechenmacher, R., Reed, B., Reilly, R., Rocco, D., Rodkin, D., Ruddick, K., Rusack, R., Ryabov, V., Sachdev, K., Sahijpal, S., Sahoo, H., Samoylov, O., Sanchez, M. C., Saoulidou, N., Schlabach, P., Schneps, J., Schroeter, R., Sepulveda-Quiroz, J., Shanahan, P., Sherwood, B., Sheshukov, A., Singh, J., Singh, V., Smith, A., Smith, D., Smolik, J., Solomey, N., Sotnikov, A., Sousa, A., Soustruznik, K., Stenkin, Y., Strait, M., Suter, L., Talaga, R. L., Tamsett, M. C., Tariq, S., Tas, P., Tesarek, R. J., Thayyullathil, R. B., Thomsen, K., Tian, X., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Trevor, J., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Valerio, L., Vinton, L., Vrba, T., Waldron, A. V., Wang, B., Wang, Z., Weber, A., Wehmann, A., Whittington, D., Wilcer, N., Wildberger, R., Wildman, D., Williams, K., Wojcicki, S. G., Wood, K., Xiao, M., Xin, T., Yadav, N., Yang, S., Zadorozhnyy, S., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zhao, A., Zirnstein, J., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

This paper reports the first measurement using the NOvA detectors of $\nu_\mu$ disappearance in a $\nu_\mu$ beam. The analysis uses a 14 kton-equivalent exposure of $2.74 \times 10^{20}$ protons-on-target from the Fermilab NuMI beam. Assuming the normal neutrino mass hierarchy, we measure $\Delta m^{2}_{32}=(2.52^{+0.20}_{-0.18})\times 10^{-3}$ eV$^{2}$ and $\sin^2\theta_{23}$ in the range 0.38-0.65, both at the 68% confidence level, with two statistically-degenerate best fit points at $\sin^2\theta_{23} = $ 0.43 and 0.60. Results for the inverted mass hierarchy are also presented., Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev. D Rapid Communications

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2016
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45. Search for a strongly decaying neutral charmed pentaquark

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Link, J, Yager, P, Anjos, J, Bediaga, I, Castromonte, C, Machado, A, Magnin, J, Massafferri, A, De Miranda, J, Pepe, I, Polycarpo, E, Dos Reis, A, Carrillo, S, Casimiro, E, Cuautle, E, Sanchez-Hernandez, A, Uribe, C, Vazquez, F, Agostino, L, Cinquini, L, Cumalat, J, O'Reilly, B, Segoni, I, Stenson, K, Butler, J, Cheung, H, Chiodini, G, Gaines, I, Garbincius, P, Garren, L, Gottschalk, E, Kasper, P, Kreymer, A, Kutschke, R, Wang, M, Benussi, L, Bertani, M, Bianco, S, Fabbri, F, Pacetti, S, Zallo, A, Reyes, M, Cawlfield, C, Kim, D, Rahimi, A, Wiss, J, Gardner, R, Kryemadhi, A, Chung, Y, Kang, J, Ko, B, Kwak, J, Lee, K, Cho, K, Park, H, Alimonti, G, Barberis, S, Boschini, M, Cerutti, A, D'Angelo, P, Dicorato, M, Dini, P, Edera, L, Erba, S, Inzani, P, Leveraro, F, Malvezzi, S, Menasce, D, Mezzadri, M, Moroni, L, Pedrini, D, Pontoglio, C, Prelz, F, Rovere, M, Sala, S, Davenport III, T, Arena, V, Boca, G, Bonomi, G, Gianini, G, Liguori, G, Lopes Pegna, D, Merlo, M, Pantea, D, Ratti, S, Riccardi, C, Vitulo, P, Gobel, C, Hernandez, H, Lopez, A, Mendez, H, Paris, A, Quinones, J, Ramirez, J, Zhang, Y, Wilson, J, Handler, T, Mitchell, R, Engh, D, Hosack, M, Johns, W, Luiggi, E, Moore, J, Nehring, M, Sheldon, P, Vaandering, E, Webster, M, Sheaff, M, Link J. M., Yager P. M., Anjos J. C., Bediaga I., Castromonte C., Machado A. A., Magnin J., Massafferri A., De Miranda J. M., Pepe I. M., Polycarpo E., Dos Reis A. C., Carrillo S., Casimiro E., Cuautle E., Sanchez-Hernandez A., Uribe C., Vazquez F., Agostino L., Cinquini L., Cumalat J. P., O'Reilly B., Segoni I., Stenson K., Butler J. N., Cheung H. W. K., Chiodini G., Gaines I., Garbincius P. H., Garren L. A., Gottschalk E., Kasper P. H., Kreymer A. E., Kutschke R., Wang M., Benussi L., Bertani M., Bianco S., Fabbri F. L., Pacetti S., Zallo A., Reyes M., Cawlfield C., Kim D. Y., Rahimi A., Wiss J., Gardner R., Kryemadhi A., Chung Y. S., Kang J. S., Ko B. R., Kwak J. W., Lee K. B., Cho K., Park H., Alimonti G., Barberis S., Boschini M., Cerutti A., D'Angelo P., Dicorato M., Dini P., Edera L., Erba S., Inzani P., Leveraro F., Malvezzi S., Menasce D., Mezzadri M., Moroni L., Pedrini D., Pontoglio C., Prelz F., Rovere M., Sala S., Davenport III T. F., Arena V., Boca G., Bonomi G., Gianini G., Liguori G., Lopes Pegna D., Merlo M. M., Pantea D., Ratti S. P., Riccardi C., Vitulo P., Gobel C., Hernandez H., Lopez A. M., Mendez H., Paris A., Quinones J., Ramirez J. E., Zhang Y., Wilson J. R., Handler T., Mitchell R., Engh D., Hosack M., Johns W. E., Luiggi E., Moore J. E., Nehring M., Sheldon P. D., Vaandering E. W., Webster M., Sheaff M., Link, J, Yager, P, Anjos, J, Bediaga, I, Castromonte, C, Machado, A, Magnin, J, Massafferri, A, De Miranda, J, Pepe, I, Polycarpo, E, Dos Reis, A, Carrillo, S, Casimiro, E, Cuautle, E, Sanchez-Hernandez, A, Uribe, C, Vazquez, F, Agostino, L, Cinquini, L, Cumalat, J, O'Reilly, B, Segoni, I, Stenson, K, Butler, J, Cheung, H, Chiodini, G, Gaines, I, Garbincius, P, Garren, L, Gottschalk, E, Kasper, P, Kreymer, A, Kutschke, R, Wang, M, Benussi, L, Bertani, M, Bianco, S, Fabbri, F, Pacetti, S, Zallo, A, Reyes, M, Cawlfield, C, Kim, D, Rahimi, A, Wiss, J, Gardner, R, Kryemadhi, A, Chung, Y, Kang, J, Ko, B, Kwak, J, Lee, K, Cho, K, Park, H, Alimonti, G, Barberis, S, Boschini, M, Cerutti, A, D'Angelo, P, Dicorato, M, Dini, P, Edera, L, Erba, S, Inzani, P, Leveraro, F, Malvezzi, S, Menasce, D, Mezzadri, M, Moroni, L, Pedrini, D, Pontoglio, C, Prelz, F, Rovere, M, Sala, S, Davenport III, T, Arena, V, Boca, G, Bonomi, G, Gianini, G, Liguori, G, Lopes Pegna, D, Merlo, M, Pantea, D, Ratti, S, Riccardi, C, Vitulo, P, Gobel, C, Hernandez, H, Lopez, A, Mendez, H, Paris, A, Quinones, J, Ramirez, J, Zhang, Y, Wilson, J, Handler, T, Mitchell, R, Engh, D, Hosack, M, Johns, W, Luiggi, E, Moore, J, Nehring, M, Sheldon, P, Vaandering, E, Webster, M, Sheaff, M, Link J. M., Yager P. M., Anjos J. C., Bediaga I., Castromonte C., Machado A. A., Magnin J., Massafferri A., De Miranda J. M., Pepe I. M., Polycarpo E., Dos Reis A. C., Carrillo S., Casimiro E., Cuautle E., Sanchez-Hernandez A., Uribe C., Vazquez F., Agostino L., Cinquini L., Cumalat J. P., O'Reilly B., Segoni I., Stenson K., Butler J. N., Cheung H. W. K., Chiodini G., Gaines I., Garbincius P. H., Garren L. A., Gottschalk E., Kasper P. H., Kreymer A. E., Kutschke R., Wang M., Benussi L., Bertani M., Bianco S., Fabbri F. L., Pacetti S., Zallo A., Reyes M., Cawlfield C., Kim D. Y., Rahimi A., Wiss J., Gardner R., Kryemadhi A., Chung Y. S., Kang J. S., Ko B. R., Kwak J. W., Lee K. B., Cho K., Park H., Alimonti G., Barberis S., Boschini M., Cerutti A., D'Angelo P., Dicorato M., Dini P., Edera L., Erba S., Inzani P., Leveraro F., Malvezzi S., Menasce D., Mezzadri M., Moroni L., Pedrini D., Pontoglio C., Prelz F., Rovere M., Sala S., Davenport III T. F., Arena V., Boca G., Bonomi G., Gianini G., Liguori G., Lopes Pegna D., Merlo M. M., Pantea D., Ratti S. P., Riccardi C., Vitulo P., Gobel C., Hernandez H., Lopez A. M., Mendez H., Paris A., Quinones J., Ramirez J. E., Zhang Y., Wilson J. R., Handler T., Mitchell R., Engh D., Hosack M., Johns W. E., Luiggi E., Moore J. E., Nehring M., Sheldon P. D., Vaandering E. W., Webster M., and Sheaff M.

Abstract

We present a search for a charmed pentaquark decaying strongly to D(*)-p. Finding no evidence for such a state, we set limits on the cross-section times branching ratio relative to D*- and D- under particular assumptions about the production mechanism.

Published
2005

46. New measurements of the D0 and D+ lifetimes

Author

Link, J, Reyes, M, Yager, P, Anjos, J, Bediaga, I, Gobel, C, Magnin, J, Massafferri, A, de Miranda, J, Pepe, I, dos Reis, A, Carrillo, S, Casimiro, E, Cuautle, E, Sanchez-Hernandez, A, Uribe, C, Vazquez, F, Agostino, L, Cinquini, L, Cumalat, J, O'Reilly, B, Ramirez, J, Segoni, I, Butler, J, Cheung, H, Chiodini, G, Gaines, I, Garbincius, P, Garren, L, Gottschalk, E, Kasper, P, Kreymer, A, Kutschke, R, Benussi, L, Bianco, S, Fabbri, F, Zallo, A, Cawlfield, C, Kim, D, Rahimi, A, Wiss, J, Gardner, R, Kryemadhi, A, Chung, Y, Kang, J, Ko, B, Kwak, J, Lee, K, Choi, K, Park, H, Alimonti, G, Barberis, S, Boschini, M, D'Angelo, P, Dicorato, M, Dini, P, Edera, L, Erba, S, Giammarchi, M, Inzani, P, Leveraro, F, Malvezzi, S, Menasce, D, Mezzadri, M, Milazzo, L, Moroni, L, Pedrini, D, Pontoglio, C, Prelz, F, Rovere, M, Sala, S, Davenport, T, Arena, V, Boca, G, Bonomi, G, Gianini, G, Liguori, G, Merlo, M, Pantea, D, Ratti, S, Riccardi, C, Vitulo, P, Hernandez, H, Lopez, A, Mendez, H, Mendez, L, Montiel, E, Olaya, D, Paris, A, Quinones, J, Rivera, C, Xiong, W, Zhang, Y, Wilson, J, Handler, T, Mitchell, R, Engh, D, Hosack, M, Johns, W, Nehring, M, Sheldon, P, Stenson, K, Vaandering, E, Webster, M, Sheaff, M, Link JM, Reyes M, Yager PM, Anjos JC, Bediaga I, Gobel C, Magnin J, Massafferri A, de Miranda JM, Pepe IM, dos Reis AC, Carrillo S, Casimiro E, Cuautle E, Sanchez-Hernandez A, Uribe C, Vazquez F, Agostino L, Cinquini L, Cumalat JP, O'Reilly B, Ramirez JE, Segoni I, Butler JN, Cheung HWK, Chiodini G, Gaines I, Garbincius PH, Garren LA, Gottschalk E, Kasper PH, Kreymer AE, Kutschke R, Benussi L, Bianco S, Fabbri FL, Zallo A, Cawlfield C, Kim DY, Rahimi A, Wiss J, Gardner R, Kryemadhi A, Chung YS, Kang JS, Ko BR, Kwak JW, Lee KB, Choi K, Park H, Alimonti G, Barberis S, Boschini M, D'Angelo P, DiCorato M, Dini P, Edera L, Erba S, Giammarchi M, Inzani P, Leveraro F, Malvezzi S, Menasce D, Mezzadri M, Milazzo L, Moroni L, Pedrini D, Pontoglio C, Prelz F, Rovere M, Sala S, Davenport TF, Arena V, Boca G, Bonomi G, Gianini G, Liguori G, Merlo MM, Pantea D, Ratti SP, Riccardi C, Vitulo P, Hernandez H, Lopez AM, Mendez H, Mendez L, Montiel E, Olaya D, Paris A, Quinones J, Rivera C, Xiong W, Zhang Y, Wilson JR, Handler T, Mitchell R, Engh D, Hosack M, Johns WE, Nehring M, Sheldon PD, Stenson K, Vaandering EW, Webster M, Sheaff M, Link, J, Reyes, M, Yager, P, Anjos, J, Bediaga, I, Gobel, C, Magnin, J, Massafferri, A, de Miranda, J, Pepe, I, dos Reis, A, Carrillo, S, Casimiro, E, Cuautle, E, Sanchez-Hernandez, A, Uribe, C, Vazquez, F, Agostino, L, Cinquini, L, Cumalat, J, O'Reilly, B, Ramirez, J, Segoni, I, Butler, J, Cheung, H, Chiodini, G, Gaines, I, Garbincius, P, Garren, L, Gottschalk, E, Kasper, P, Kreymer, A, Kutschke, R, Benussi, L, Bianco, S, Fabbri, F, Zallo, A, Cawlfield, C, Kim, D, Rahimi, A, Wiss, J, Gardner, R, Kryemadhi, A, Chung, Y, Kang, J, Ko, B, Kwak, J, Lee, K, Choi, K, Park, H, Alimonti, G, Barberis, S, Boschini, M, D'Angelo, P, Dicorato, M, Dini, P, Edera, L, Erba, S, Giammarchi, M, Inzani, P, Leveraro, F, Malvezzi, S, Menasce, D, Mezzadri, M, Milazzo, L, Moroni, L, Pedrini, D, Pontoglio, C, Prelz, F, Rovere, M, Sala, S, Davenport, T, Arena, V, Boca, G, Bonomi, G, Gianini, G, Liguori, G, Merlo, M, Pantea, D, Ratti, S, Riccardi, C, Vitulo, P, Hernandez, H, Lopez, A, Mendez, H, Mendez, L, Montiel, E, Olaya, D, Paris, A, Quinones, J, Rivera, C, Xiong, W, Zhang, Y, Wilson, J, Handler, T, Mitchell, R, Engh, D, Hosack, M, Johns, W, Nehring, M, Sheldon, P, Stenson, K, Vaandering, E, Webster, M, Sheaff, M, Link JM, Reyes M, Yager PM, Anjos JC, Bediaga I, Gobel C, Magnin J, Massafferri A, de Miranda JM, Pepe IM, dos Reis AC, Carrillo S, Casimiro E, Cuautle E, Sanchez-Hernandez A, Uribe C, Vazquez F, Agostino L, Cinquini L, Cumalat JP, O'Reilly B, Ramirez JE, Segoni I, Butler JN, Cheung HWK, Chiodini G, Gaines I, Garbincius PH, Garren LA, Gottschalk E, Kasper PH, Kreymer AE, Kutschke R, Benussi L, Bianco S, Fabbri FL, Zallo A, Cawlfield C, Kim DY, Rahimi A, Wiss J, Gardner R, Kryemadhi A, Chung YS, Kang JS, Ko BR, Kwak JW, Lee KB, Choi K, Park H, Alimonti G, Barberis S, Boschini M, D'Angelo P, DiCorato M, Dini P, Edera L, Erba S, Giammarchi M, Inzani P, Leveraro F, Malvezzi S, Menasce D, Mezzadri M, Milazzo L, Moroni L, Pedrini D, Pontoglio C, Prelz F, Rovere M, Sala S, Davenport TF, Arena V, Boca G, Bonomi G, Gianini G, Liguori G, Merlo MM, Pantea D, Ratti SP, Riccardi C, Vitulo P, Hernandez H, Lopez AM, Mendez H, Mendez L, Montiel E, Olaya D, Paris A, Quinones J, Rivera C, Xiong W, Zhang Y, Wilson JR, Handler T, Mitchell R, Engh D, Hosack M, Johns WE, Nehring M, Sheldon PD, Stenson K, Vaandering EW, Webster M, and Sheaff M

Abstract

A high statistics sample of photoproduced charm particles from the FOCUS (E831) experiment at Fermilab has been used to measure the D0 and D+ lifetimes. Using about 210000 D0 and 110000 D+ events we obtained the following values: 409.6±1.1 (statistical)±1.5 (systematic) fs for D0 and 1039.4±4.3 (statistical) ±7.0 (systematic) fs for D+.

Published
2002

47. Cherenkov particle identification in FOCUS

Author

Link, J, Reyes, M, Yager, P, Anjos, J, Bediaga, I, Gobel, C, Magnin, J, Massafferri, A, de Miranda, J, Pepe, I, dos Reis, A, Carrillo, S, Casimiro, E, Cuautle, E, Sanchez-Hernandez, A, Uribe, C, Vazquez, F, Cinquini, L, Cumalat, J, O'Reilly, B, Ramirez, J, Vaandering, E, Butler, J, Cheung, H, Gaines, I, Garbincius, P, Garren, L, Gottschalk, E, Kasper, P, Kreymer, A, Kutschke, R, Bianco, S, Fabbri, F, Sarwar, S, Zallo, A, Cawlfield, C, Kim, D, Park, K, Rahimi, A, Wiss, J, Gardner, R, Kryemadhi, A, Chung, Y, Kang, J, Ko, B, Kwak, J, Lee, K, Park, H, Alimonti, G, Boschini, M, D'Angelo, P, Dicorato, M, Dini, P, Giammarchi, M, Inzani, P, Leveraro, F, Malvezzi, S, Menasce, D, Mezzadri, M, Milazzo, L, Moroni, L, Pedrini, D, Pontoglio, C, Prelz, F, Rovere, M, Sala, S, Davenport, T, Agostino, L, Arena, V, Boca, G, Bonomi, G, Gianini, G, Liguori, G, Merlo, M, Pantea, D, Ratti, S, Riccardi, C, Segoni, I, Vitulo, P, Hernandez, H, Lopez, A, Mendez, H, Mendez, L, Montiel, E, Olaya, D, Paris, A, Quinones, J, Rivera, C, Xiong, W, Zhang, Y, Wilson, J, Cho, K, Handler, T, Mitchell, R, Engh, D, Johns, W, Hosack, M, Nehring, M, Sheldon, P, Stenson, K, Webster, M, Sheaff, M, Link JM, Reyes M, Yager PM, Anjos JC, Bediaga I, Gobel C, Magnin J, Massafferri A, de Miranda JM, Pepe IM, dos Reis AC, Carrillo S, Casimiro E, Cuautle E, Sanchez-Hernandez A, Uribe C, Vazquez F, Cinquini L, Cumalat JP, O'Reilly B, Ramirez JE, Vaandering EW, Butler JN, Cheung HWK, Gaines I, Garbincius PH, Garren LA, Gottschalk E, Kasper PH, Kreymer AE, Kutschke R, Bianco S, Fabbri FL, Sarwar S, Zallo A, Cawlfield C, Kim DY, Park KS, Rahimi A, Wiss J, Gardner R, Kryemadhi A, Chung YS, Kang JS, Ko BR, Kwak JW, Lee KB, Park H, Alimonti G, Boschini M, D'Angelo P, DiCorato M, Dini P, Giammarchi M, Inzani P, Leveraro F, Malvezzi S, Menasce D, Mezzadri M, Milazzo L, Moroni L, Pedrini D, Pontoglio C, Prelz F, Rovere M, Sala S, Davenport TF, Agostino L, Arena V, Boca G, Bonomi G, Gianini G, Liguori G, Merlo MM, Pantea D, Ratti SP, Riccardi C, Segoni I, Vitulo P, Hernandez H, Lopez AM, Mendez H, Mendez L, Montiel E, Olaya D, Paris A, Quinones J, Rivera C, Xiong W, Zhang Y, Wilson JR, Cho K, Handler T, Mitchell R, Engh D, Johns WE, Hosack M, Nehring MS, Sheldon PD, Stenson K, Webster MS, Sheaff M, Link, J, Reyes, M, Yager, P, Anjos, J, Bediaga, I, Gobel, C, Magnin, J, Massafferri, A, de Miranda, J, Pepe, I, dos Reis, A, Carrillo, S, Casimiro, E, Cuautle, E, Sanchez-Hernandez, A, Uribe, C, Vazquez, F, Cinquini, L, Cumalat, J, O'Reilly, B, Ramirez, J, Vaandering, E, Butler, J, Cheung, H, Gaines, I, Garbincius, P, Garren, L, Gottschalk, E, Kasper, P, Kreymer, A, Kutschke, R, Bianco, S, Fabbri, F, Sarwar, S, Zallo, A, Cawlfield, C, Kim, D, Park, K, Rahimi, A, Wiss, J, Gardner, R, Kryemadhi, A, Chung, Y, Kang, J, Ko, B, Kwak, J, Lee, K, Park, H, Alimonti, G, Boschini, M, D'Angelo, P, Dicorato, M, Dini, P, Giammarchi, M, Inzani, P, Leveraro, F, Malvezzi, S, Menasce, D, Mezzadri, M, Milazzo, L, Moroni, L, Pedrini, D, Pontoglio, C, Prelz, F, Rovere, M, Sala, S, Davenport, T, Agostino, L, Arena, V, Boca, G, Bonomi, G, Gianini, G, Liguori, G, Merlo, M, Pantea, D, Ratti, S, Riccardi, C, Segoni, I, Vitulo, P, Hernandez, H, Lopez, A, Mendez, H, Mendez, L, Montiel, E, Olaya, D, Paris, A, Quinones, J, Rivera, C, Xiong, W, Zhang, Y, Wilson, J, Cho, K, Handler, T, Mitchell, R, Engh, D, Johns, W, Hosack, M, Nehring, M, Sheldon, P, Stenson, K, Webster, M, Sheaff, M, Link JM, Reyes M, Yager PM, Anjos JC, Bediaga I, Gobel C, Magnin J, Massafferri A, de Miranda JM, Pepe IM, dos Reis AC, Carrillo S, Casimiro E, Cuautle E, Sanchez-Hernandez A, Uribe C, Vazquez F, Cinquini L, Cumalat JP, O'Reilly B, Ramirez JE, Vaandering EW, Butler JN, Cheung HWK, Gaines I, Garbincius PH, Garren LA, Gottschalk E, Kasper PH, Kreymer AE, Kutschke R, Bianco S, Fabbri FL, Sarwar S, Zallo A, Cawlfield C, Kim DY, Park KS, Rahimi A, Wiss J, Gardner R, Kryemadhi A, Chung YS, Kang JS, Ko BR, Kwak JW, Lee KB, Park H, Alimonti G, Boschini M, D'Angelo P, DiCorato M, Dini P, Giammarchi M, Inzani P, Leveraro F, Malvezzi S, Menasce D, Mezzadri M, Milazzo L, Moroni L, Pedrini D, Pontoglio C, Prelz F, Rovere M, Sala S, Davenport TF, Agostino L, Arena V, Boca G, Bonomi G, Gianini G, Liguori G, Merlo MM, Pantea D, Ratti SP, Riccardi C, Segoni I, Vitulo P, Hernandez H, Lopez AM, Mendez H, Mendez L, Montiel E, Olaya D, Paris A, Quinones J, Rivera C, Xiong W, Zhang Y, Wilson JR, Cho K, Handler T, Mitchell R, Engh D, Johns WE, Hosack M, Nehring MS, Sheldon PD, Stenson K, Webster MS, and Sheaff M

Abstract

We describe the algorithm used to identify charged tracks in the fixed-target charm-photoproduction experiment FOCUS. We begin by describing the new algorithm and contrast this approach with that used in our preceding experiment - E687. We next illustrate the algorithm's performance using physics signals. Finally, we briefly describe some of the methods used to monitor the quantum efficiency and noise of the Cherenkov cells.

Published
2002

48. Erratum: Search for CP Violation in the Decays [Formula presented] and [Formula presented][Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 041602 (2002)]

Author

Link JM, Link, J, Reyes, M, Yager, P, Anjos, J, Bediaga, I, Gobel, C, Magnin, J, Massafferri, A, de Miranda, J, Pepe, I, dos Reis, A, Carrillo, S, Casimiro, E, Sanchez-Hernandez, A, Uribe, C, Vazquez, F, Cinquini, L, Cumalat, J, O'Reilly, B, Ramirez, J, Vaandering, E, Butler, J, Cheung, H, Gaines, I, Garbincius, P, Garren, L, Gottschalk, E, Kasper, P, Kreymer, A, Kutschke, R, Bianco, S, Fabbri, F, Zallo, A, Cawlfield, C, Kim, D, Rahimi, A, Wiss, J, Gardner, R, Kryemadhi, A, Chung, Y, Kang, J, Ko, B, Kwak, J, Lee, K, Park, H, Alimonti, G, Boschini, M, D'Angelo, P, Dicorato, M, Dini, P, Giammarchi, M, Inzani, P, Leveraro, F, Malvezzi, S, Menasce, D, Mezzadri, M, Milazzo, L, Moroni, L, Pedrini, D, Pontoglio, C, Prelz, F, Rovere, M, Sala, S, Davenport, T, Agostino, L, Arena, V, Boca, G, Bonomi, G, Gianini, G, Liguori, G, Merlo, M, Pantea, D, Ratti, S, Riccardi, C, Segoni, I, Vitulo, P, Hernandez, H, Lopez, A, Mendez, H, Mendez, L, Mirles, A, Montiel, E, Olaya, D, Paris, A, Quinones, J, Rivera, C, Xiong, W, Zhang, Y, Wilson, J, Cho, K, Handler, T, Mitchell, R, Engh, D, Hosack, M, Johns, W, Nehring, M, Sheldon, P, Stenson, K, Webster, M, Sheaff, M, Link JM, Reyes M, Yager PM, Anjos JC, Bediaga I, Gobel C, Magnin J, Massafferri A, de Miranda JM, Pepe IM, dos Reis AC, Carrillo S, Casimiro E, Sanchez-Hernandez A, Uribe C, Vazquez F, Cinquini L, Cumalat JP, O'Reilly B, Ramirez JE, Vaandering EW, Butler JN, Cheung HWK, Gaines I, Garbincius PH, Garren LA, Gottschalk E, Kasper PH, Kreymer AE, Kutschke R, Bianco S, Fabbri FL, Zallo A, Cawlfield C, Kim DY, Rahimi A, Wiss J, Gardner R, Kryemadhi A, Chung YS, Kang JS, Ko BR, Kwak JW, Lee KB, Park H, Alimonti G, Boschini M, D'Angelo P, DiCorato M, Dini P, Giammarchi M, Inzani P, Leveraro F, Malvezzi S, Menasce D, Mezzadri M, Milazzo L, Moroni L, Pedrini D, Pontoglio C, Prelz F, Rovere M, Sala S, Davenport TF, Agostino L, Arena V, Boca G, Bonomi G, Gianini G, Liguori G, Merlo MM, Pantea D, Ratti SP, Riccardi C, Segoni I, Vitulo P, Hernandez H, Lopez AM, Mendez H, Mendez L, Mirles A, Montiel E, Olaya D, Paris A, Quinones J, Rivera C, Xiong W, Zhang Y, Wilson JR, Cho K, Handler T, Mitchell R, Engh D, Hosack M, Johns WE, Nehring M, Sheldon PD, Stenson K, Webster M, Sheaff M, Link JM, Link, J, Reyes, M, Yager, P, Anjos, J, Bediaga, I, Gobel, C, Magnin, J, Massafferri, A, de Miranda, J, Pepe, I, dos Reis, A, Carrillo, S, Casimiro, E, Sanchez-Hernandez, A, Uribe, C, Vazquez, F, Cinquini, L, Cumalat, J, O'Reilly, B, Ramirez, J, Vaandering, E, Butler, J, Cheung, H, Gaines, I, Garbincius, P, Garren, L, Gottschalk, E, Kasper, P, Kreymer, A, Kutschke, R, Bianco, S, Fabbri, F, Zallo, A, Cawlfield, C, Kim, D, Rahimi, A, Wiss, J, Gardner, R, Kryemadhi, A, Chung, Y, Kang, J, Ko, B, Kwak, J, Lee, K, Park, H, Alimonti, G, Boschini, M, D'Angelo, P, Dicorato, M, Dini, P, Giammarchi, M, Inzani, P, Leveraro, F, Malvezzi, S, Menasce, D, Mezzadri, M, Milazzo, L, Moroni, L, Pedrini, D, Pontoglio, C, Prelz, F, Rovere, M, Sala, S, Davenport, T, Agostino, L, Arena, V, Boca, G, Bonomi, G, Gianini, G, Liguori, G, Merlo, M, Pantea, D, Ratti, S, Riccardi, C, Segoni, I, Vitulo, P, Hernandez, H, Lopez, A, Mendez, H, Mendez, L, Mirles, A, Montiel, E, Olaya, D, Paris, A, Quinones, J, Rivera, C, Xiong, W, Zhang, Y, Wilson, J, Cho, K, Handler, T, Mitchell, R, Engh, D, Hosack, M, Johns, W, Nehring, M, Sheldon, P, Stenson, K, Webster, M, Sheaff, M, Link JM, Reyes M, Yager PM, Anjos JC, Bediaga I, Gobel C, Magnin J, Massafferri A, de Miranda JM, Pepe IM, dos Reis AC, Carrillo S, Casimiro E, Sanchez-Hernandez A, Uribe C, Vazquez F, Cinquini L, Cumalat JP, O'Reilly B, Ramirez JE, Vaandering EW, Butler JN, Cheung HWK, Gaines I, Garbincius PH, Garren LA, Gottschalk E, Kasper PH, Kreymer AE, Kutschke R, Bianco S, Fabbri FL, Zallo A, Cawlfield C, Kim DY, Rahimi A, Wiss J, Gardner R, Kryemadhi A, Chung YS, Kang JS, Ko BR, Kwak JW, Lee KB, Park H, Alimonti G, Boschini M, D'Angelo P, DiCorato M, Dini P, Giammarchi M, Inzani P, Leveraro F, Malvezzi S, Menasce D, Mezzadri M, Milazzo L, Moroni L, Pedrini D, Pontoglio C, Prelz F, Rovere M, Sala S, Davenport TF, Agostino L, Arena V, Boca G, Bonomi G, Gianini G, Liguori G, Merlo MM, Pantea D, Ratti SP, Riccardi C, Segoni I, Vitulo P, Hernandez H, Lopez AM, Mendez H, Mendez L, Mirles A, Montiel E, Olaya D, Paris A, Quinones J, Rivera C, Xiong W, Zhang Y, Wilson JR, Cho K, Handler T, Mitchell R, Engh D, Hosack M, Johns WE, Nehring M, Sheldon PD, Stenson K, Webster M, and Sheaff M

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2002

49. Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors

Author

Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Castromonte, C. M., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, . D., de Jong, J. K., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Frohne, M. V., Gallagher, H. R., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., Connor, J. O., Orchanian, M., Osprey, S., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Castromonte, C. M., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, . D., de Jong, J. K., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Frohne, M. V., Gallagher, H. R., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., Connor, J. O., Orchanian, M., Osprey, S., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

We report the first observation of seasonal modulations in the rates of cosmic ray multiple-muon events at two underground sites, the MINOS Near Detector with an overburden of 225 mwe, and the MINOS Far Detector site at 2100 mwe. At the deeper site, multiple-muon events with muons separated by more than 8 m exhibit a seasonal rate that peaks during the summer, similar to that of single-muon events. In contrast and unexpectedly, the rate of multiple-muon events with muons separated by less than 5-8 m, and the rate of multiple-muon events in the smaller, shallower Near Detector, exhibit a seasonal rate modulation that peaks in the winter.

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2015
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50. Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors

Author

Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Castromonte, C. M., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, . D., de Jong, J. K., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Frohne, M. V., Gallagher, H. R., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., Connor, J. O., Orchanian, M., Osprey, S., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R., Adamson, P., Anghel, I., Aurisano, A., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Castromonte, C. M., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, . D., de Jong, J. K., Devan, A. V., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Frohne, M. V., Gallagher, H. R., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hahn, S. R., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Holin, A., Huang, J., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mayer, N., McGivern, C., Medeiros, M. M., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Sher, S. Moed, Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., Connor, J. O., Orchanian, M., Osprey, S., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Perch, A., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Poonthottathil, N., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tian, X., Timmons, A., Tognini, S. C., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Whitehead, L. H., Wojcicki, S. G., and Zwaska, R.

Abstract

We report the first observation of seasonal modulations in the rates of cosmic ray multiple-muon events at two underground sites, the MINOS Near Detector with an overburden of 225 mwe, and the MINOS Far Detector site at 2100 mwe. At the deeper site, multiple-muon events with muons separated by more than 8 m exhibit a seasonal rate that peaks during the summer, similar to that of single-muon events. In contrast and unexpectedly, the rate of multiple-muon events with muons separated by less than 5-8 m, and the rate of multiple-muon events in the smaller, shallower Near Detector, exhibit a seasonal rate modulation that peaks in the winter.

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2015
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