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1. Searches for baryon number violation in neutrino experiments: a white paper

Author

Dev, PSB, Koerner, LW, Saad, S, Antusch, S, Askins, M, Babu, KS, Barrow, JL, Chakrabortty, J, de Gouvêa, A, Djurcic, Z, Girmohanta, S, Gogoladze, I, Goodman, MC, Higuera, A, Kalra, D, Karagiorgi, G, Kearns, E, Kudryavtsev, VA, Kutter, T, Malinský, M, Caicedo, DA Martinez, Mohapatra, RN, Nath, P, Nussinov, S, Ochoa-Ricoux, JP, Pec, V, Rafique, A, Rondon, J Rodriguez, Shrock, R, Sobel, HW, Stokes, T, Strait, M, Svoboda, R, Syritsyn, S, Takhistov, V, Tsai, Y-T, Wendell, RA, and Zhou, Y-L

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Proton decay, neutrino experiments, baryon number violation, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Nuclear and plasma physics, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

Baryon number conservation is not guaranteed by any fundamental symmetry within the standard model, and therefore has been a subject of experimental and theoretical scrutiny for decades. So far, no evidence for baryon number violation has been observed. Large underground detectors have long been used for both neutrino detection and searches for baryon number violating processes. The next generation of large neutrino detectors will seek to improve upon the limits set by past and current experiments and will cover a range of lifetimes predicted by several Grand Unified Theories. In this White Paper, we summarize theoretical motivations and experimental aspects of searches for baryon number violation in neutrino experiments.

Published
2024

2. The Mini-CAPTAIN liquid argon time projection chamber

Author

Taylor, CE, Bhandari, B, Bian, J, Bilton, K, Callahan, C, Chaves, J, Chen, H, Cline, D, Cooper, RL, Danielson, DL, Danielson, J, Dokania, N, Elliot, S, Fernandes, S, Gardiner, S, Garvey, G, Gehman, V, Giuliani, F, Glavin, S, Gold, M, Grant, C, Guardincerri, E, Haines, T, Higuera, A, Ji, JY, Kadel, R, Kamp, N, Karlin, A, Ketchum, W, Koerner, LW, Lee, D, Lee, K, Liu, Q, Locke, S, Louis, WC, Madigan, P, Manalaysay, A, Maricic, J, Martin, E, Martinez, MJ, Martynenko, S, Mauger, C, McGrew, C, Medina, J, Medina, PJ, Mills, A, Mills, G, Mirabal-Martinez, J, Olivier, A, Pantic, E, Philipbar, B, Pitcher, C, Radeka, V, Ramsey, J, Rielage, K, Rosen, M, Sanchez, AR, Shin, J, Sinnis, G, Smy, M, Sondheim, W, Stancu, I, Sterbenz, C, Sun, Y, Svoboda, R, Teymourian, A, Thorn, C, Tull, CE, Tzanov, M, Van de Water, R, Walsh, N, Wang, H, Wang, Y, Yanagisawa, C, Yarritu, A, and Yoo, J

Subjects
Liquid argon detector, Time projection chamber, Neutron measurement, Photon detection system, physics.ins-det, hep-ex, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Other Physical Sciences
Abstract

This manuscript describes the commissioning of the Mini-CAPTAIN liquid argon detector in a neutron beam at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), which led to a first measurement of high-energy neutron interactions in argon. The Mini-CAPTAIN detector consists of a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) with an accompanying photomultiplier tube (PMT) array sealed inside a liquid-argon-filled cryostat. The liquid argon is constantly purified and recirculated in a closed-loop cycle during operation. The specifications and assembly of the detector subsystems and an overview of their performance in a neutron beam are reported.

Published
2021

3. Adjusting neutrino interaction models and evaluating uncertainties using NOvA near detector data

Author

Acero, MA, Adamson, P, Agam, G, Aliaga, L, Alion, T, Allakhverdian, V, Anfimov, N, Antoshkin, A, Asquith, L, Aurisano, A, Back, A, Backhouse, C, Baird, M, Balashov, N, Baldi, P, Bambah, BA, Bashar, S, Bays, K, Bending, S, Bernstein, R, Bhatnagar, V, Bhuyan, B, Bian, J, Blair, J, Booth, AC, Bour, P, Bowles, R, Bromberg, C, Buchanan, N, Butkevich, A, Calvez, S, Carroll, TJ, Catano-Mur, E, Childress, S, Choudhary, BC, Coan, TE, Colo, M, Corwin, L, Cremonesi, L, Davies, GS, Derwent, PF, Ding, P, Djurcic, Z, Doyle, D, Dukes, EC, Dung, P, Duyang, H, Edayath, S, Ehrlich, R, Elkins, M, Feldman, GJ, Filip, P, Flanagan, W, Franc, J, Frank, MJ, Gallagher, HR, Gandrajula, R, Gao, F, Germani, S, Giri, A, Gomes, RA, Goodman, MC, 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, DM, Keloth, R, Klimov, O, Koerner, LW, Kolupaeva, L, Kotelnikov, S, Kullenberg, Ch, Kumar, A, Kuruppu, CD, Kus, V, Lackey, T, Lang, K, Li, L, Lin, S, Lokajicek, M, Luchuk, S, and Maan, K

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical sciences, Atomic, molecular and optical physics, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

The two-detector design of the NOvA neutrino oscillation experiment, in which two functionally identical detectors are exposed to an intense neutrino beam, aids in canceling leading order effects of cross-section uncertainties. However, limited knowledge of neutrino interaction cross sections still gives rise to some of the largest systematic uncertainties in current oscillation measurements. We show contemporary models of neutrino interactions to be discrepant with data from NOvA, consistent with discrepancies seen in other experiments. Adjustments to neutrino interaction models in GENIE are presented, creating an effective model that improves agreement with our data. We also describe systematic uncertainties on these models, including uncertainties on multi-nucleon interactions from a newly developed procedure using NOvA near detector data.

Published
2020

4. Measurement of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent π0 production in the NOvA near detector

Author

Acero, MA, 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, BA, Basher, S, Bays, K, Behera, B, Bending, S, Bernstein, R, Bhatnagar, V, Bhuyan, B, Bian, J, Blair, J, Booth, AC, Bolshakova, A, Bour, P, Bromberg, C, Buchanan, N, Butkevich, A, Campbell, M, Carroll, TJ, Catano-Mur, E, Childress, S, Choudhary, BC, Chowdhury, B, Coan, TE, Colo, M, Corwin, L, Cremonesi, L, Cronin-Hennessy, D, Davies, GS, Derwent, PF, Ding, P, Djurcic, Z, Doyle, D, Dukes, EC, Dung, P, Duyang, H, Edayath, S, Ehrlich, R, Feldman, GJ, Flanagan, W, Frank, MJ, Gallagher, HR, Gandrajula, R, Gao, F, Germani, S, Giri, A, Gomes, RA, Goodman, MC, 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, DM, Keloth, R, Klimov, O, Koerner, LW, Kolupaeva, L, Kotelnikov, S, Kreymer, A, Kullenberg, Ch, Kumar, A, Kuruppu, CD, Kus, V, Lackey, T, Lang, K, Lin, S, Lokajicek, M, Lozier, J, Luchuk, S, Maan, K, and Magill, S

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

The cross section of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent π0 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 σ=13.8±0.9(stat)±2.3(syst)×10-40 cm2/nucleus, consistent with model prediction. This result is the most precise measurement of neutral-current coherent π0 production in the few-GeV neutrino energy region.

Published
2020

5. Search for multimessenger signals in NOvA coincident with LIGO/Virgo detections

Author

Acero, MA, Adamson, P, Aliaga, L, Alion, T, Allakhverdian, V, Anfimov, N, Antoshkin, A, Asquith, L, Aurisano, A, Back, A, Backhouse, C, Baird, M, Balashov, N, Baldi, P, Bambah, BA, Bashar, S, Bays, K, Bending, S, Bernstein, R, Bhatnagar, V, Bhuyan, B, Bian, J, Blair, J, Booth, AC, Bour, P, Bromberg, C, Buchanan, N, Butkevich, A, Calvez, S, Carroll, TJ, Catano-Mur, E, Childress, S, Choudhary, BC, Coan, TE, Colo, M, Corwin, L, Cremonesi, L, Davies, GS, Derwent, PF, Dharmapalan, R, Ding, P, Djurcic, Z, Doyle, D, Dukes, EC, Dung, P, Duyang, H, Edayath, S, Ehrlich, R, Feldman, GJ, Filip, P, Flanagan, W, Frank, MJ, Gallagher, HR, Gandrajula, R, Gao, F, Germani, S, Giri, A, Gomes, RA, Goodman, MC, Grichine, V, Groh, M, Group, R, Guo, B, Habig, A, Hakl, F, Hartnell, J, Hatcher, R, Heller, K, Hewes, J, Himmel, A, Holin, A, Huang, J, Hylen, J, Jediny, F, Johnson, C, Judah, M, Kakorin, I, Kalra, D, Kaplan, DM, Keloth, R, Klimov, O, Koerner, LW, Kolupaeva, L, Kotelnikov, S, Kullenberg, Ch, Kumar, A, Kuruppu, CD, Kus, V, Lackey, T, Lang, K, Li, L, Lin, S, Lokajicek, M, Luchuk, S, Magill, S, Mann, WA, Marshak, ML, Martinez-Casales, M, Matveev, V, and Mayes, B

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, astro-ph.HE, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

Using the NOvA neutrino detectors, a broad search has been performed for any signal coincident with 28 gravitational wave events detected by the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration between September 2015 and July 2019. For all of these events, NOvA is sensitive to possible arrival of neutrinos and cosmic rays of GeV and higher energies. For five (seven) events in the NOvA Far (Near) Detector, timely public alerts from the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration allowed recording of MeV-scale events. No signal candidates were found.

Published
2020

6. A high precision calibration of the nonlinear energy response at Daya Bay

Author

Adey, D, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Dash, N, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvořák, M, Dwyer, DA, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hor, YK, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Jetter, S, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, SJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, Y, Liu, YH, Lu, C, and Lu, HQ

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences, Affordable and Clean Energy, Neutrino, Liquid scintillator, Energy calibration, Daya Bay, physics.ins-det, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Other Physical Sciences, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Nuclear and plasma physics
Abstract

A high precision calibration of the nonlinearity in the energy response of the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment's antineutrino detectors is presented in detail. The energy nonlinearity originates from the particle-dependent light yield of the scintillator and charge-dependent electronics response. The nonlinearity model is constrained by γ calibration points from deployed and naturally occurring radioactive sources, the β spectrum from 12B decays, and a direct measurement of the electronics nonlinearity with a new flash analog-to-digital converter readout system. Less than 0.5% uncertainty in the energy nonlinearity calibration is achieved for positrons of kinetic energies greater than 1 MeV.

Published
2019

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

Author

Acero, MA, 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, BA, Bashar, S, Bays, K, Bending, S, Bernstein, R, Bhatnagar, V, Bhuyan, B, Bian, J, Blair, J, Booth, AC, Bour, P, Bromberg, C, Buchanan, N, Butkevich, A, Calvez, S, Campbell, M, Carroll, TJ, Catano-Mur, E, Cedeno, A, Childress, S, Choudhary, BC, Chowdhury, B, Coan, TE, Colo, M, Corwin, L, Cremonesi, L, Davies, GS, Derwent, PF, Ding, P, Djurcic, Z, Doyle, D, Dukes, EC, Duyang, H, Edayath, S, Ehrlich, R, Feldman, GJ, Filip, P, Flanagan, W, Frank, MJ, Gallagher, HR, Gandrajula, R, Gao, F, Germani, S, Giri, A, Gomes, RA, Goodman, MC, 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, DM, Keloth, R, Klimov, O, Koerner, LW, Kolupaeva, L, Kotelnikov, S, Kreymer, A, Kulenberg, Ch, Kumar, A, Kuruppu, CD, Kus, V, Lackey, T, Lang, K, Lin, S, Lokajicek, M, Lozier, J, Luchuk, S, Magill, S, and Mann, WA

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, physics.ins-det, astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.IM, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

Using two years of data from the NOvA Near Detector at Fermilab, we report a seasonal variation of cosmic ray induced multiple-muon (Nμ≥2) event rates which has an opposite phase to the seasonal variation in the atmospheric temperature. The strength of the seasonal multiple-muon variation is shown to 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.

Published
2019

8. Search for a time-varying electron antineutrino signal at Daya Bay

Author

Adey, D, An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Dash, N, Deng, FS, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dohnal, T, Dove, J, Dvořák, M, Dwyer, DA, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Gu, WQ, Guo, JY, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, JR, Hu, T, Hu, ZJ, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Langford, TJ, Lau, K, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, F, Li, HL, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, SJ, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, Y-C, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Liu, Y, Liu, YH, Lu, C, Lu, HQ, and Lu, JS

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

A search for a time-varying νe signal was performed with 621 days of data acquired by the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment over 704 calendar days. The time spectrum of the measured νe flux normalized to its prediction was analyzed with a Lomb-Scargle periodogram, which yielded no significant signal for periods ranging from 2 hours to nearly 2 years. The normalized time spectrum was also fit for a sidereal modulation under the Standard Model Extension (SME) framework to search for Lorentz and CPT violation (LV-CPTV). Limits were obtained for all six flavor pairs ēμ,ēτ, μτ, ēē,μμ and ττ by fitting them one at a time, constituting the first experimental constraints on the latter three. Daya Bay's high statistics and unique layout of multiple directions from three pairs of reactors to three experimental halls allowed the simultaneous constraint of individual SME LV-CPTV coefficients without assuming others contribute negligibly, a first for a neutrino experiment.

Published
2018

9. Cosmogenic neutron production at Daya Bay

Author

An, FP, Balantekin, AB, Band, HR, Bishai, M, Blyth, S, Cao, D, Cao, GF, Cao, J, Chan, YL, Chang, JF, Chang, Y, Chen, HS, Chen, SM, Chen, Y, Chen, YX, Cheng, J, Cheng, ZK, Cherwinka, JJ, Chu, MC, Chukanov, A, Cummings, JP, Ding, YY, Diwan, MV, Dolgareva, M, Dove, J, Dwyer, DA, Edwards, WR, Gill, R, Gonchar, M, Gong, GH, Gong, H, Grassi, M, Gu, WQ, Guo, L, Guo, XH, Guo, YH, Guo, Z, Hackenburg, RW, Hans, S, He, M, Heeger, KM, Heng, YK, Higuera, A, Hsiung, YB, Hu, BZ, Hu, T, Huang, HX, Huang, XT, Huang, YB, Huber, P, Huo, W, Hussain, G, Jaffe, DE, Jen, KL, Ji, XL, Ji, XP, Jiao, JB, Johnson, RA, Jones, D, Kang, L, Kettell, SH, Khan, A, Koerner, LW, Kohn, S, Kramer, M, Kwok, MW, Langford, TJ, Lau, K, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lee, JHC, Lei, RT, Leitner, R, Leung, JKC, Li, C, Li, DJ, Li, F, Li, GS, Li, QJ, Li, S, Li, SC, Li, WD, Li, XN, Li, XQ, Li, YF, Li, ZB, Liang, H, Lin, CJ, Lin, GL, Lin, S, Lin, SK, Lin, Y-C, Ling, JJ, Link, JM, Littenberg, L, Littlejohn, BR, Liu, JC, Liu, JL, Loh, CW, and Lu, C

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, physics.ins-det, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

Neutrons produced by cosmic ray muons are an important background forunderground experiments studying neutrino oscillations, neutrinoless doublebeta decay, dark matter, and other rare-event signals. A measurement of theneutron yield in the three different experimental halls of the Daya Bay ReactorNeutrino Experiment at varying depth is reported. The neutron yield in DayaBay's liquid scintillator is measured to be $Y_n=(10.26\pm 0.86)\times10^{-5}$, $(10.22\pm 0.87)\times 10^{-5}$, and $(17.03\pm 1.22)\times10^{-5}~\mu^{-1}~$g$^{-1}~$cm$^2$ at depths of 250, 265, and 860meters-water-equivalent. These results are compared to other measurements andthe simulated neutron yield in Fluka and Geant4. A global fit including theDaya Bay measurements yields a power law coefficient of $0.77 \pm 0.03$ for thedependence of the neutron yield on muon energy.

Published
2018

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