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1. Charge-separated atmospheric neutrino-induced muons in the MINOS far detector

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S. Murgia, B. Speakman, D. J. Auty, A. Lebedev, D. G. Michael, M. Zois, M. Kordosky, P. S. Miyagawa, P. Stamoulis, V. K. Semenov, A. E. Kreymer, P. Vahle, C. Howcroft, G. Tzanakos, H. R. Gallagher, G. Koizumi, J. K. De Jong, P. Lucas, N. Mayer, M. Watabe, D. J. Boehnlein, J. Reichenbacher, D. A. Harris, David Petyt, Marvin L Marshak, E. A. Peterson, M. Bishai, Warner A. Miller, Ken Heller, Mcd Sanchez, T. Joffe-Minor, Ž Pavlović, T. Kafka, M. Dierckxsens, M. A. Thomson, D. Naples, A. C. Weber, P. A. Symes, Stanley G. Wojcicki, S. M. Seun, M. Dorman, Jie Liu, K. Grzelak, M. D. Messier, S. Childress, R. Piteira, S. R. Mishra, Niki Saoulidou, G. F. Pearce, V. A. Ryabov, E. Buckley-Geer, J. Boehm, J. J. Evans, D. Rahman, S. Avvakumov, G. Tinti, A. Holin, T. Bergfeld, S. M S Kasahara, A. D. Marino, R. C. Webb, J. A. Thompson, Jorge G. Morfin, J. Hylen, R. H. Bernstein, A. Para, M. C. Goodman, M. Ishitsuka, Harvey B Newman, B. R. Becker, D. Bogert, D. J. Koskinen, A. Belias, Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, J. H. Cobb, T. Durkin, C. James, E. P. Hartouni, D. R. Ward, A. Mislivec, R. J. Nichol, Douglas Wright, Anatael Cabrera, I. Trostin, John Marshall, N. Grossman, T. M. Raufer, D. Bhattacharya, A. M. McGowan, S. K. Kotelnikov, K. Ruddick, E. Grashorn, H. Zheng, J. Hartnell, S. L. Mufson, R. Ospanov, T. C. Nicholls, Q. K. Wu, K. E. Arms, J. Gogos, J. Schneps, C. Rosenfeld, V. A. Tsarev, T. H. Fields, R. P. Litchfield, R. Pittam, Ruben Saakyan, Sacha E Kopp, G. M. Irwin, G. A. Giurgiu, D. Cherdack, R. Gran, G. J. Bock, H. A. Rubin, C. P. Ward, Carlos Escobar, M. V. Frohne, D. Indurthy, P. Schreiner, M. V. Diwan, A. Marchionni, C. Andreopoulos, H. J. Kang, D. E. Reyna, Andrew Blake, R. K. Plunkett, E. Falk Harris, C. D. Moore, Alec Habig, T. Osiecki, A. Sousa, Francisco Yumiceva, G. J. Feldman, W. Smart, J. Urheim, R. Armstrong, Brajesh C Choudhary, Peter D. Barnes, P. Adamson, B. C. Barish, W. P. Oliver, V. Paolone, C. R. Bower, J. L. Thron, E. Tetteh-Lartey, R. Zwaska, J. K. Nelson, R. L. Talaga, D. A. Jensen, D. E. Jaffe, A. J. Culling, E. Beall, H. Ping, D. Drakoulakos, S. Kumaratunga, B. Rebel, M. S. Kim, B. Baller, V. Smirnitsky, Philip Harris, J. A. Musser, A. De Santo, R. H. Milburn, C. White, C. W. Peck, P. J. Litchfield, P. M. Border, Karol Lang, L. Mualem, V. Verebryusov, R. A. Rameika, T. Yang, R. Hatcher, A. R. Erwin, John Derek Chapman, J. R. Meier, G. I. Merzon, N. West, D. S. Ayres, L. Jenner, William L. Barrett, P. Shanahan, B. Bock, W. A. Mann, A. Godley, P. Gouffon, R. Lee, B. Viren, R. Ford, Caleb Smith, J. M. Paley, A. A. Wehmann, N. Tagg, T. Patzak, G.D. Barr, John Miller, Juergen Thomas, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), APC - Neutrinos, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MINOS, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris

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Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Monte Carlo method, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Neutrino detector, MINOS, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Super-Kamiokande, Neutrino oscillation, Lepton
Abstract

We found 140 neutrino-induced muons in 854.24 live days in the MINOS far detector. We looked for evidence of neutrino disappearance in this data set by computing the ratio of the number of low momentum muons to the sum of the number of high momentum and unknown momentum muons for both data and Monte Carlo expectation in the absence of neutrino oscillations. The ratio of data and Monte Carlo ratios is consistent with an oscillation signal. A fit to the data for the oscillation parameters excludes the null oscillation hypothesis at the 94% confidence level. We separated the muons by charge sign in both the data and Monte Carlo events and found the ratio of the total number of negative to positive muons in both samples. The ratio of those ratios is a test of CPT conservation. The result is consistent with CPT conservation., 14 pages, 15 figures

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2016
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2. The magnetized steel and scintillator calorimeters of the MINOS experiment

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J. J. Grudzinski, R. J. Nichol, Q. K. Wu, N. Tagg, R. Piteira, L. E. Price, G.D. Barr, T. Osiecki, B. R. Becker, A. Sousa, Francisco Yumiceva, A. Byon-Wagner, A. C. Weber, Alec Habig, D.S. Damiani, M. C. Sanchez, John Miller, M. A. Barker, M. Ignatenko, Carlos Escobar, J. K. Nelson, P. J. Litchfield, R. K. Plunkett, Juergen Thomas, J. Trevor, D. Pushka, H. R. Gallagher, D. E. Reyna, Raymond Lee, S. Childress, E. Maher, J. Boehm, E. Falk Harris, C. D. Moore, J. Kilmer, P. Adamson, M. Proga, M. V. Frohne, P. Gouffon, D. Indurthy, D. A. Harris, R. C. Webb, J. A. Thompson, S. M. Seun, M. Dorman, T. Alexopoulos, C. Rosenfeld, S. M S Kasahara, L. Wai, W.W.M. Allison, S. Boyd, E. A. Peterson, R. Ospanov, P. S. Miyagawa, B. Baller, William L. Barrett, P. Shanahan, B. Bock, M. Kostin, Harvey B Newman, J. L. Thron, P. N. Smith, M. Gebhard, B. Viren, Paul Schoessow, S.R. Mishra, T. Bergfeld, Yu. A. Gornushkin, T. M. Raufer, H. Ping, K. Grzelak, A. L. Read, W. Smart, M. D. Messier, A. M. McGowan, K. Ruddick, A. S. Ladran, W. A. Mann, John Oliver, G. I. Merzon, N. West, John Marshall, J. Urheim, S. Madani, V. Paolone, C. R. Bower, M. Zois, J. A. Musser, A. De Santo, D. J. Koskinen, P. Stamoulis, Ž Pavlović, Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, S. Murgia, A. Lebedev, M. Vakili, Warner A. Miller, G. M. Irwin, Weonjong Lee, D. Rahman, S. Avvakumov, Randall White, Gary Drake, A. D. Marino, H. A. Rubin, D. S. Ayres, W. Luebke, Christopher G. White, A. Belias, Y. Ho, R. L. Talaga, J. C. Yun, J. J. Evans, Carole C. Perry, L. Jenner, F. A. Nezrick, G. J. Feldman, E. Buckley-Geer, P. A. Symes, G. Tzanakos, V.A. Onuchin, C. Arroyo, A. Godley, W. P. Oliver, P. Lucas, R. Shivane, N. Felt, Marvin L Marshak, C. P. Ward, C. Howcroft, G. Koizumi, J. D. Cossairt, H. Zheng, D. R. Ward, H. J. Kang, C. Velissaris, B. C. Choudhary, T. Durkin, N. P. Longley, P. Schreiner, Ken Heller, R. H. Milburn, D. Krakauer, Reinhard Schwienhorst, T. Patzak, J. H. Cobb, B. Speakman, Kevin Anderson, S. J. Coleman, Hyun-Chul Kim, Peter D. Barnes, D. Bhattacharya, N. Grossman, M. J. Murtagh, R. Ford, J. Hartnell, Caleb Smith, E. P. Hartouni, E. Beall, D. A. Jensen, M. S. Kim, S. Kumaratunga, K. Vaziri, J. M. Paley, B. C. Barish, R. A. Rameika, J. W. Dawson, E. Tetteh-Lartey, M. Watabe, Andrew Blake, G. J. Alner, R. Ducar, V. J. Guarino, T. Kafka, R. Trendler, T. C. Nicholls, T. H. Fields, A. A. Wehmann, C. Andreopoulos, Philip Harris, M. Bishai, C. W. Peck, S. Chernichenko, H. Courant, Karol Lang, D. M. DeMuth, Ruben Saakyan, Sacha E Kopp, D. G. Michael, Thomas R. Chase, J. McDonald, O. Fackler, T. Joffe-Minor, W. G. Yan, R. Morse, A. J. Culling, D. Crane, Niki Saoulidou, G. F. Pearce, V. A. Ryabov, J. Gogos, E. Grashorn, V. Makeev, Jorge G. Morfin, C. James, M. P. Andrews, Anna Pla-Dalmau, R. P. Litchfield, N. Hill, Ji-Yong Liu, P.D. Shield, M. Dierckxsens, V. K. Semenov, P. Vahle, D. J. Boehnlein, C. Laughton, M. Kordosky, V. Smirnitsky, D. Bogert, C. Nelson, A. Marchionni, I. Trostin, G. J. Bock, Alexander Terekhov, L. Mualem, V. A. Tsarev, J. K. de Jong, P. M. Border, J. Hanson, R. Halsall, T. Yang, Douglas Wright, Anatael Cabrera, S. L. Mufson, M. Libkind, V. Bocean, B. Rebel, J. M. Swan, N. Pearson, V. Verebryusov, R. Hatcher, John Derek Chapman, J. R. Meier, P. Sullivan, M. A. Thomson, D. Naples, Stanley G. Wojcicki, J. Hylen, R. H. Bernstein, A. Para, M. C. Goodman, M. V. Diwan, Keith Bechtol, D. A. Petyt, A. Stefanik, S. K. Kotelnikov, A. R. Erwin, J. Schneps, R. Andrews, R. Zwaska, APC - Neutrinos, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MINOS, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, NuMI, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, physics.ins-det, Instrumentation, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Solar neutrino problem, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Neutrino detector, MINOS, Measurements of neutrino speed, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino
Abstract

The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment uses an accelerator-produced neutrino beam to perform precision measurements of the neutrino oscillation parameters in the "atmospheric neutrino" sector associated with muon neutrino disappearance. This long-baseline experiment measures neutrino interactions in Fermilab's NuMI neutrino beam with a near detector at Fermilab and again 735 km downstream with a far detector in the Soudan Underground Laboratory in northern Minnesota. The two detectors are magnetized steel-scintillator tracking calorimeters. They are designed to be as similar as possible in order to ensure that differences in detector response have minimal impact on the comparisons of event rates, energy spectra and topologies that are essential to MINOS measurements of oscillation parameters. The design, construction, calibration and performance of the far and near detectors are described in this paper., Comment: Revised according to referee's comments. 91 pages, 43 figures, submitted to NIM. arXiv figures are greatly compressed, please see NIM itself or the Fermilab library server for full resolution figures

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2008
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3. Study of muon neutrino disappearance using the Fermilab Main Injector neutrino beam

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A. E. Kreymer, William L. Barrett, D. E. Jaffe, P. Shanahan, Carlos Escobar, B. Bock, Marvin L Marshak, R. K. Plunkett, E. Buckley-Geer, W. A. Mann, D. Cherdack, Ken Heller, John Derek Chapman, T. Osiecki, A. Sousa, John Marshall, R. H. Milburn, A. Holin, E. P. Hartouni, G. I. Merzon, N. West, C. J. Metelko, J. R. Meier, V. Smirnitsky, C. Andreopoulos, P. J. Litchfield, D. S. Ayres, P. Lucas, P. Gouffon, S. Murgia, J. J. Evans, D. E. Reyna, A. Himmel, L. Loiacono, B. Viren, L. Mualem, B. Speakman, V. A. Ryabov, L. Jenner, D. J. Auty, Raymond Lee, P. M. Border, Matthew L Strait, C. W. Peck, S. Childress, A. Lebedev, R. L. Talaga, M. Ishitsuka, R. J. Nichol, Harvey B Newman, Karol Lang, E. Falk Harris, J. H. Cobb, Peter D. Barnes, C. D. Moore, N. Grossman, T. Yang, P. Adamson, S. J. Coleman, Caleb Smith, David Petyt, A. D. Marino, R. A. Rameika, T. M. Raufer, H. Ping, Warner A. Miller, T. H. Fields, J. M. Paley, Douglas Wright, Anatael Cabrera, A. A. Wehmann, Jorge G. Morfin, T. Durkin, G. M. Irwin, A. Godley, J. Gogos, Ž Pavlović, D. Bhattacharya, Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, N. Tagg, Alec Habig, J. Hartnell, P. A. Rodrigues, Ji-Yong Liu, C. James, G. J. Feldman, M. Watabe, G.D. Barr, G. J. Bock, S. L. Mufson, B. Baller, D. J. Koskinen, J. K. de Jong, John Miller, P. A. Symes, Juergen Thomas, D. Bogert, T. C. Nicholls, D. R. Ward, T. Patzak, H. A. Rubin, K. E. Arms, R. Zwaska, A. J. Culling, E. Beall, T. Kafka, M. Kordosky, S. M. Seun, K. Grzelak, M. Dorman, R. C. Webb, J. A. Thompson, Ruben Saakyan, Sacha E Kopp, R. Gran, S. R. Mishra, D. Rahman, A. Marchionni, Andrew Blake, I. Trostin, Niki Saoulidou, R. Armstrong, W. P. Oliver, G. F. Pearce, R. Ford, S. Avvakumov, A. Belias, V. Verebryusov, R. P. Litchfield, A. Mislivec, R. Hatcher, E. A. Peterson, M. Bishai, Christopher P. Ward, B. R. Becker, D. G. Michael, Brajesh C Choudhary, A. R. Erwin, C. Rosenfeld, M. Zois, H. Zheng, V. A. Tsarev, G. Tinti, B. Rebel, J. Boehm, D. Indurthy, W. Smart, P. Schreiner, J. Urheim, V. Paolone, C. R. Bower, J. A. Musser, V. K. Semenov, C. White, P. Vahle, S. Cavanaugh, D. Drakoulakos, D. J. Boehnlein, A. C. Weber, S. M S Kasahara, M. Dierckxsens, E. Grashorn, A. M. McGowan, K. Ruddick, R. Pittam, H. J. Kang, S. K. Kotelnikov, J. Schneps, M. V. Frohne, B. C. Barish, E. Tetteh-Lartey, J. K. Nelson, S. A. Dytman, M. V. Diwan, Philip Harris, D. A. Jensen, M. S. Kim, M. D. Messier, S. Kumaratunga, Mcd Sanchez, J. L. Thron, C. Howcroft, G. Tzanakos, G. Koizumi, M. A. Thomson, N. Mayer, D. Naples, Stanley G. Wojcicki, R. Ospanov, J. Reichenbacher, J. Hylen, R. H. Bernstein, A. Para, M. C. Goodman, H. R. Gallagher, D. A. Harris, P. Stamoulis, APC - Neutrinos, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), and Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, FOS: Physical sciences, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Fermilab, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Solar neutrino problem, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Neutrino detector, MINOS, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino
Abstract

We report the results of a search for muon-neutrino disappearance by the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search. The experiment uses two detectors separated by 734 km to observe a beam of neutrinos created by the Neutrinos at the Main Injector facility at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The data were collected in the first 282 days of beam operations and correspond to an exposure of 1.27e20 protons on target. Based on measurements in the Near Detector, in the absence of neutrino oscillations we expected 336 +/- 14 muon-neutrino charged-current interactions at the Far Detector but observed 215. This deficit of events corresponds to a significance of 5.2 standard deviations. The deficit is energy dependent and is consistent with two-flavor neutrino oscillations according to delta m-squared = 2.74e-3 +0.44/-0.26e-3 eV^2 and sin^2(2 theta) > 0.87 at 68% confidence level., In submission to Phys. Rev. D

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2008
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4. Measurement of the atmospheric muon charge ratio at TeV energies with the MINOS detector

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V. A. Ryabov, R. Armstrong, W. P. Oliver, R. Pittam, T. H. Fields, Harvey B Newman, Jorge G. Morfin, C. James, M. A. Thomson, D. Naples, Stanley G. Wojcicki, M. V. Frohne, D. Indurthy, S. Murgia, N. Tagg, J. Hylen, R. H. Bernstein, A. Para, S. M. Seun, M. Dorman, T. Patzak, R. P. Litchfield, D. J. Auty, M. C. Goodman, G.D. Barr, Niki Saoulidou, T. Durkin, G. F. Pearce, A. Lebedev, B. C. Barish, G. A. Giurgiu, R. Zwaska, D. Cherdack, L. Mualem, D. Bhattacharya, A. J. Culling, E. Beall, B. Baller, Brajesh C Choudhary, J. Hartnell, J. K. De Jong, P. Lucas, A. Holin, S. K. Kotelnikov, D. Drakoulakos, T. M. Raufer, David Petyt, J. Schneps, John Miller, Juergen Thomas, Warner A. Miller, D. E. Jaffe, G. M. Irwin, B. Rebel, S. Kumaratunga, D. E. Reyna, V. K. Semenov, C. Andreopoulos, E. P. Hartouni, A. Mislivec, H. J. Kang, A. Marchionni, G. J. Feldman, M. Ishitsuka, R. C. Webb, S. R. Mishra, D. Rahman, M. V. Diwan, R. J. Nichol, A. M. McGowan, K. Ruddick, R. Piteira, E. Falk Harris, C. D. Moore, C. Howcroft, G. Tzanakos, Caleb Smith, J. M. Paley, J. A. Thompson, A. Godley, P. Vahle, A. Belias, S. Avvakumov, P. Adamson, R. H. Milburn, Mcd Sanchez, E. Tetteh-Lartey, A. A. Wehmann, T. C. Nicholls, John Marshall, G. Koizumi, B. R. Becker, D. J. Boehnlein, Douglas Wright, Anatael Cabrera, J. J. Evans, V. Smirnitsky, J. L. Thron, N. Mayer, W. Smart, H. Zheng, S. L. Mufson, M. Bishai, H. Ping, J. Reichenbacher, P. A. Symes, B. Speakman, D. J. Koskinen, K. Grzelak, Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, Philip Harris, P. M. Border, Ž Pavlović, P. Gouffon, C. Bungau, M. Kordosky, P. Stamoulis, P. Schreiner, T. Bergfeld, A. E. Kreymer, R. Ford, C. P. Ward, R. Lee, M. Watabe, B. Viren, D. Bogert, J. K. Nelson, I. Trostin, Marvin L Marshak, T. Kafka, J. Urheim, V. Paolone, C. R. Bower, E. A. Peterson, S. Childress, H. R. Gallagher, D. A. Jensen, M. S. Kim, G. Tinti, K. E. Arms, D. A. Harris, G. I. Merzon, Ken Heller, Ruben Saakyan, Sacha E Kopp, R. Gran, J. A. Musser, Carlos Escobar, M. D. Messier, A. De Santo, N. West, C. White, C. W. Peck, R. A. Rameika, R. K. Plunkett, C. Rosenfeld, V. A. Tsarev, Q. K. Wu, Karol Lang, D. S. Ayres, P. S. Miyagawa, D. G. Michael, J. Gogos, Andrew Blake, Alec Habig, M. Zois, L. Jenner, R. Ospanov, J. Boehm, E. Buckley-Geer, T. Joffe-Minor, Jie Liu, G. J. Bock, A. D. Marino, V. Verebryusov, D. R. Ward, Peter D. Barnes, J. H. Cobb, R. Hatcher, N. Grossman, T. Osiecki, A. Sousa, Francisco Yumiceva, R. L. Talaga, A. R. Erwin, P. J. Litchfield, John Derek Chapman, J. R. Meier, T. Yang, M. Dierckxsens, C. Velissaris, E. Grashorn, A. C. Weber, William L. Barrett, P. Shanahan, B. Bock, W. A. Mann, S. M S Kasahara, H. A. Rubin, APC - Neutrinos, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MINOS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Range (particle radiation), Background radiations, Muon, [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Cosmic ray, Charge (physics), 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Particle identification, Magnetic field, Standard Model, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Nuclear physics, MINOS, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], High Energy Physics::Experiment, 010306 general physics
Abstract

The 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking charge-separated cosmic ray muon data since the beginning of August, 2003 at a depth of 207 m.w.e. in the Soudan Underground Laboratory, Minnesota, USA. The data with both forward and reversed magnetic field running configurations were combined to minimize systematic errors in the determination of the underground muon charge ratio. When averaged, two independent analyses find the charge ratio underground to be Nμ+/Nμ-=1.374±0.004(stat)-0.010+0.012(sys). Using the map of the Soudan rock overburden, the muon momenta as measured underground were projected to the corresponding values at the surface in the energy range 1-7 TeV. Within this range of energies at the surface, the MINOS data are consistent with the charge ratio being energy independent at the 2 standard deviation level. When the MINOS results are compared with measurements at lower energies, a clear rise in the charge ratio in the energy range 0.3-1.0 TeV is apparent. A qualitative model shows that the rise is consistent with an increasing contribution of kaon decays to the muon charge ratio. © 2007 The American Physical Society.

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2007
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5. First observations of separated atmosphericνμandν¯μevents in the MINOS detector

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P. A. Symes, J. Boehm, Douglas Wright, Anatael Cabrera, H. A. Rubin, D. Krakauer, S. Childress, S. L. Mufson, J. Urheim, W. P. Oliver, M. Bishai, V. Paolone, C. R. Bower, A. Godley, Marvin L Marshak, C. Arroyo, C. Howcroft, R. Halsall, C.D. Moore, Z. Pavlovich, Ken Heller, H. Zheng, A. Lebedev, S. Chernichenko, J. A. Musser, S. Madani, G. Tzanakos, S. Kumaratunga, P. Stamoulis, T. H. Fields, D. Bogert, L. Mualem, A. L. Read, D. M. DeMuth, M. J. Murtagh, F. A. Nezrick, V. Verebryusov, C. White, T. Bergfeld, Thomas R. Chase, R. Rameika, W. G. Yan, R. Morse, D. Naples, A. J. Culling, D. Crane, M. V. Diwan, V. K. Semenov, G. Koizumi, C. Perry, A. Stefanik, P. Vahle, B. Speakman, A. De Santo, Randall White, E. Beall, W. Luebke, A. Wehmann, R. Ducar, D. J. Boehnlein, C. Laughton, J. Kilmer, R. Saakyan, M. Kordosky, William L. Barrett, P. Shanahan, B. R. Becker, R. H. Milburn, Carlos Escobar, B. Bock, R. Hatcher, J. McDonald, Andrew Blake, R. K. Plunkett, S. Murgia, M. C. Sanchez, Reinhard Schwienhorst, J. W. Dawson, C. Rosenfeld, M. Watabe, E. P. Hartouni, J. L. Thron, C. W. Peck, V. J. Guarino, J. Hanson, E. A. Peterson, R. P. Litchfield, Q. K. Wu, C. Nelson, I. Trostin, B. Baller, A. R. Erwin, R. C. Webb, Sacha E Kopp, J. A. Thompson, Robert H. Bernstein, H. R. Gallagher, R. Andrews, A. D. Marino, P. S. Miyagawa, R. Trendler, Alec Habig, M. A. Barker, H. Courant, Karol Lang, A. Belias, D. A. Harris, V. Bocean, P. Sullivan, T. Kafka, W. A. Mann, V. A. Tsarev, Theodoros Alexopoulos, C. Velissaris, S. Boyd, K. Grzelak, E. Grashorn, J. J. Grudzinski, M. A. Thomson, Paul Schoessow, David Petyt, C. Andreopoulos, H. Ping, M. Vakili, Yu. A. Gornushkin, Stanley G. Wojcicki, D. E. Reyna, P. J. Litchfield, Brajesh C Choudhary, John Marshall, R. Piteira, P.D. Shield, R. J. Nichol, J. Hylen, A. Para, J. M. Swan, Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, W. Smart, D. J. Koskinen, S. R. Mishra, E. Buckley-Geer, P. Schreiner, Y. Ho, T. Yang, D. Rahman, E. Maher, M. C. Goodman, D. Bhattacharya, M. P. Andrews, S. Avvakumov, J. Hartnell, C. P. Ward, V.A. Onuchin, S. M. Seun, Warner A. Miller, M. Dorman, N. P. Longley, E. Falk Harris, P. Adamson, J. Schneps, M. Proga, D. R. Pushka, Niki Saoulidou, Peter D. Barnes, G. F. Pearce, D. R. Ward, T. Patzak, John Derek Chapman, V. A. Ryabov, D. G. Michael, J. Trevor, J. R. Meier, R. Lee, M. Gebhard, G. J. Alner, J. H. Cobb, T. C. Nicholls, R. Ford, V. Makeev, N. Grossman, Jorge G. Morfin, C. James, W. Y. Lee, N. Felt, J. Oliver, T. Osiecki, A. Sousa, Francisco Yumiceva, M. Dierckxsens, A. C. Weber, R. L. Talaga, T. Joffe-Minor, M. Ignatenko, G. I. Merzon, N. West, M. Zois, H. J. Kang, D. S. Ayres, S. M S Kasahara, L. Wai, Hyun-Chul Kim, L. Jenner, J. K. Nelson, D. A. Jensen, K. Vaziri, M. D. Messier, J. C. Yun, J. D. Cossairt, W.W.M. Allison, R. Ospanov, P. N. Smith, M. A. Libkind, J. Gogos, N. Hill, Ji-Yong Liu, G. J. Bock, T. Durkin, B. Rebel, L. E. Price, P. Lucas, J. J. Evans, M. Kostin, Harvey B Newman, T. M. Raufer, O. D. Fackler, G. M. Irwin, Kevin Anderson, R. Zwaska, A. Marchionni, G. J. Feldman, Caleb Smith, A. Byon-Wagner, A. Pla-Dalmau, J. M. Paley, V. Smirnitsky, P. M. Border, G. Drake, A. M. McGowan, K. Ruddick, N. Tagg, A. S. Ladran, G.D. Barr, E. Tetteh-Lartey, John Miller, Juergen Thomas, P. Gouffon, B. Viren, Philip Harris, M. V. Frohne, D. Indurthy, N. Pearson, and B. C. Barish

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, Massless particle, Neutrino detector, MINOS, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Muon neutrino, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Lepton
Abstract

The complete 5.4 kton MINOS far detector has been taking data since the beginning of August 2003 at a depth of 2070 meters water-equivalent in the Soudan mine, Minnesota. This paper presents the first MINOS observations of muon neutrino and muon anti-neutrino charged-current atmospheric neutrino interactions based on an exposure of 418 days. The ratio of upward to downward-going events in the data is compared to the Monte Carlo expectation in the absence of neutrino oscillations giving: R_data(up/down)/R_MC(up/down) = 0.62^{+0.19}_{-0.14} (stat.) +- 0.02 (sys.). An extended maximum likelihood analysis of the observed L/E distributions excludes the null hypothesis of no neutrino oscillations at the 98 % confidence level. Using the curvature of the observed muons in the 1.3 T MINOS magnetic field muon neutrino and muon anti-neutrino interactions are separated. The ratio of muon neutrino to muon anti-neutrino events in the data is compared to the Monte Carlo expectation assuming neutrinos and anti-neutrinos oscillate in same manner giving: R_data(numubar/numu)/R_MC(numubar/numu) = 0.96^{+0.38}_{-0.27} (stat.) +- 0.15 (sys.), where the errors are the statistical and systematic uncertainties. Although the statistics are limited, this is the first direct observation of atmospheric neutrino interactions separately for muon neutrinos and muon anti-neutrinos.

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2006
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6. Observation of muon neutrino disappearance with the MINOS detectors and the NuMI neutrino beam

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C. Velissaris, P. Stamoulis, A. Godley, A. E. Kreymer, E. Grashorn, B. Speakman, M. Gebhard, R. Piteira, D. J. Koskinen, J. Hanson, B. C. Choudhary, H. A. Rubin, N. P. Longley, C. W. Peck, F. A. Nezrick, Mcd Sanchez, T. Patzak, H. Courant, Karol Lang, V. Bocean, M. Dorman, N. Hill, R. Ford, G. Tzanakos, Douglas Wright, Anatael Cabrera, A. Holin, J. W. Dawson, D. G. Michael, M. Zois, M. P. Andrews, O. Fackler, T. Joffe-Minor, Marvin L Marshak, C. Howcroft, G. Koizumi, V. Smirnitsky, J. M. Swan, M. Watabe, R. Armstrong, W. P. Oliver, G. I. Merzon, N. West, Ken Heller, N. Mayer, E. A. Peterson, T. Kafka, P. A. Symes, S. M. Seun, D. S. Ayres, P. M. Border, J. Reichenbacher, Weonjong Lee, A. Stefanik, N. Tagg, S. L. Mufson, L. Jenner, E. P. Hartouni, J. J. Evans, Niki Saoulidou, G. F. Pearce, B. Baller, R. A. Rameika, T. Osiecki, M. J. Murtagh, B. Rebel, V. Verebryusov, V. A. Ryabov, Randall White, A. Sousa, Francisco Yumiceva, G.D. Barr, V. Makeev, Jorge G. Morfin, S. Boyd, D. Krakauer, R. L. Talaga, P. S. Miyagawa, William L. Barrett, P. Shanahan, B. Bock, E. Beall, S. Childress, Y. Ho, John Miller, C. James, Juergen Thomas, P. J. Litchfield, John Marshall, G. J. Alner, A. Mislivec, C. Arroyo, H. R. Gallagher, Carole C. Perry, M. Dierckxsens, Andrew Blake, R. P. Litchfield, T. C. Nicholls, Yu. A. Gornushkin, D. Rahman, T. Alexopoulos, D. A. Harris, T. H. Fields, J. Trevor, J. H. Cobb, K. Grzelak, N. Grossman, R. Hatcher, A. R. Erwin, V. J. Guarino, M. Bishai, S. Madani, A. D. Marino, J. Gogos, H. Zheng, G. A. Giurgiu, T. Durkin, D. R. Ward, A. C. Weber, M. Ignatenko, Ji-Yong Liu, S. Avvakumov, J. J. Grudzinski, D. M. DeMuth, N. Felt, E. Buckley-Geer, J. Oliver, Thomas R. Chase, G. J. Bock, J. K. de Jong, W. G. Yan, S. Murgia, R. Morse, R. Lee, B. Viren, C. P. Ward, D. Bhattacharya, John Derek Chapman, T. Bergfeld, M. Libkind, D. Pushka, J. Hartnell, P.D. Shield, A. J. Culling, D. Crane, S. Chernichenko, S. M S Kasahara, L. Wai, D. J. Auty, D. Cherdack, A. Lebedev, B. R. Becker, Carlos Escobar, W. Luebke, S. Kumaratunga, J. R. Meier, J. K. Nelson, M. Vakili, L. E. Price, R. K. Plunkett, G. Tinti, K. E. Arms, R. Trendler, Peter D. Barnes, Kevin Anderson, Caleb Smith, Ruben Saakyan, Sacha E Kopp, R. Gran, Paul Schoessow, D. E. Reyna, S.R. Mishra, P. Lucas, T. Yang, Warner A. Miller, J. M. Paley, C. Andreopoulos, E. Maher, M. Kostin, Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, D. E. Jaffe, Harvey B Newman, J. L. Thron, E. Falk Harris, C. D. Moore, L. Mualem, A. L. Read, A. A. Wehmann, P. Adamson, C. Bungau, M. Proga, T. M. Raufer, M. V. Frohne, R. Halsall, M. Ishitsuka, W. Smart, V.A. Onuchin, G. M. Irwin, G. J. Feldman, J. McDonald, A. Pla-Dalmau, D. Drakoulakos, A. Byon-Wagner, R. H. Milburn, Reinhard Schwienhorst, W. A. Mann, R. J. Nichol, J. Boehm, Q. K. Wu, R. C. Webb, P. Gouffon, J. A. Thompson, Alec Habig, A. Belias, M. A. Barker, P. Schreiner, J. Urheim, V. Paolone, C. R. Bower, V. K. Semenov, J. A. Musser, A. De Santo, P. Vahle, C. White, D. J. Boehnlein, C. Laughton, M. Kordosky, Ž Pavlović, D. Bogert, R. Pittam, C. Nelson, A. Marchionni, I. Trostin, Alexander Terekhov, C. Rosenfeld, V. A. Tsarev, D. Indurthy, N. Pearson, B. C. Barish, H. J. Kang, Hyun-Chul Kim, G. Drake, A. M. McGowan, K. Ruddick, D. A. Jensen, M. S. Kim, A. S. Ladran, K. Vaziri, E. Tetteh-Lartey, R. Ducar, M. D. Messier, Philip Harris, J. C. Yun, J. D. Cossairt, W.W.M. Allison, R. Ospanov, P. N. Smith, P. Sullivan, M. A. Thomson, D. Naples, Stanley G. Wojcicki, J. Hylen, R. H. Bernstein, A. Para, M. C. Goodman, M. V. Diwan, J. Kilmer, D. A. Petyt, H. Ping, S. K. Kotelnikov, J. Schneps, R. Andrews, R. Zwaska, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), MINOS, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)

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Particle physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Q1, 01 natural sciences, NuMI, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Muon neutrino, Fermilab, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, QC, Physics, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, MINOS, 14.60.Lm, 14.60.Pq, 29.27.-a, 29.30.-h, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Lepton
Abstract

This letter reports results from the MINOS experiment based on its initial exposure to neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam. The rate and energy spectra of charged current muon neutrino interactions are compared in two detectors located along the beam axis at distances of 1 km and 735 km. With 1.27 x 10^{20} 120 GeV protons incident on the NuMI target, 215 events with energies below 30 GeV are observed at the Far Detector, compared to an expectation of 336 \pm 14.4 events. The data are consistent with muon neutrino disappearance via oscillation with |\Delta m^2_{23}| = 2.74^{+0.44}_{-0.26} x 10^{-3} eV^2/c^4 and sin^2(2\theta_{23}) > 0.87 (at 60% C.L.)., Comment: To be submitted to PRL. 6 pages, 4 figures

Published
2006
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7. The MINOS scintillator calorimeter system

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K.V. Alexandrov, L. E. Price, J.H. Cobb, H. R. Gallagher, N. Diaczenko, Niki Saoulidou, D. A. Harris, V. K. Semenov, D.F. Anderson, G. Koizumi, G. F. Pearce, I. Shein, J. K. Nelson, A. R. Erwin, D. J. Boehnlein, C. Laughton, A. Nozdrin, R. Halsall, P.J. Dervan, T. Nicholls, Warner A. Miller, D. Bogert, G. J. Alner, Raymond Lee, R. Ducar, C. Nelson, P. Lucas, S. Childress, D. Naples, V. Kochetkov, W.W.M. Allison, M. Drew, N. Hill, John Oliver, E. Falk Harris, G. J. Bock, P. Adamson, Y.F. Lai, M. Kordosky, V. Smirnitsky, A. Marchionni, N. Giokaris, T. Durkin, N. Grossman, Philip Harris, G. I. Merzon, Ruben Saakyan, Sacha E Kopp, C. Arroyo, S. Bilenky, V. J. Guarino, J. Hylen, A. Para, N. Felt, S. R. Mishra, M. C. Goodman, M. V. Diwan, Z. Krumstein, V. A. Ryabov, P. S. Miyagawa, P. J. Litchfield, T. Hu, A. Napier, Kevin Anderson, D. S. Ayres, R.H. Bernstien, T. Patzak, Yu. A. Gornushkin, R. Edgecock, M. C. Sanchez, Np Longley, M. D. Messier, S. Hayden, Caleb Smith, E. Melnikov, S. Madani, P. N. Smith, B. Rebel, A. Soldatov, P. M. Border, V. Makeev, E. P. Hartouni, S. Eichblatt, Q.H. Hu, E. Buckley-Geer, N. Pearson, S. Chernichenko, K. Ruddick, Harvey B Newman, A. Sadovski, G. Alexeev, J. R. Meier, L. Mualem, A. L. Read, J. Kilmer, J. J. Grudzinski, Erik Katsavounidis, B.W. Sheng, L. Miller, T. H. Fields, R. LeBeau, C. James, R. K. Plunkett, William L. Barrett, Paul Schoessow, S. L. Mufson, A. Olshevski, Jie Liu, Marvin L Marshak, V.A. Onuchin, Ken Heller, R. H. Milburn, G. M. Irwin, M. J. Murtagh, G. J. Feldman, W. Smart, R. Hatcher, W. A. Mann, Gary Drake, D. M. DeMuth, B. C. Choudhary, E. A. Peterson, Thomas R. Chase, David Petyt, M. Ignatenko, W. P. Oliver, T. Alexopoulos, D. Attree, A. Sisakian, J. D. Cossairt, R. Morse, M. A. Barker, C. Rosenfeld, Hyun-Chul Kim, J. Schneps, S. M. S. Kasahara, Alexandre Lebedev, Peter D. Barnes, J. Guo, A. Byon-Wagner, J. Mofin, D. Krakauer, D. G. Michael, J. McDonald, T. Joffe-Minor, A. Cohee, Yu. Gilitsky, M. Gebhard, E. Avignone, A. Kulik, C. Andreopoulos, V. Paolone, C. R. Bower, J. W. Dawson, Yu. Gutnikov, J. A. Musser, C. W. Peck, R.A. Rameika, T. Kafka, H. Courant, Karol Lang, V. Gudkov, V. Smotriaev, B. Barsh, Carole C. Perry, J. Hanson, D. Pushka, Britt Anderson, A. DeSanto, Anna Pla-Dalmau, B. Baller, and R.M. Heinz

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Calorimeter (particle physics), business.industry, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, Photodetector, Physics::Optics, STRIPS, Scintillator, law.invention, Optics, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, MINOS, law, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Neutrino, business, Image resolution
Abstract

The MINOS detectors will use extruded plastic scintillator strips, which are readout by wavelength-shifting fibres coupled to multi-pixel photodetectors. This technique provides excellent energy and spatial resolution. The MINOS detectors are described in detail along with results from the light output tests.

Published
2002

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