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105. Improved constraints on neutrino mixing from the T2K experiment with 3.13×1021 protons on target

Author

Abe, K, Akhlaq, N, Akutsu, R, Ali, A, Alt, C, Andreopoulos, C, Antonova, M, Aoki, S, Arihara, T, Asada, Y, Ashida, Y, Atkin, ET, Awataguchi, Y, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Barrow, D, Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M, Beloshapkin, A, Bench, F, Berardi, V, Berns, L, Bhadra, S, Blanchet, A, Blondel, A, Bolognesi, S, Bonus, T, Bourguille, B, Boyd, SB, Bravar, A, Berguño, D Bravo, Bronner, C, Bron, S, Bubak, A, Avanzini, M Buizza, Cao, S, Cartwright, SL, Catanesi, MG, Cervera, A, Chakrani, J, Cherdack, D, Christodoulou, G, Cicerchia, M, Coleman, J, Collazuol, G, Cook, L, Coplowe, D, Cudd, A, De Rosa, G, Dealtry, T, Delogu, CC, Dennis, SR, Densham, C, Dergacheva, A, Di Lodovico, F, Dolan, S, Douqa, D, Doyle, TA, Dumarchez, J, Dunne, P, Eguchi, A, Eklund, L, Emery-Schrenk, S, Ereditato, A, Finch, AJ, Fiorillo, G, Francois, C, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, R, Fukuda, Y, Fusshoeller, K, Giganti, C, Gonin, M, Goodman, EAG, Gorin, A, Grassi, M, Guigue, M, Hadley, DR, Hamacher-Baumann, P, Harris, DA, Hartz, M, Hasegawa, T, Hassani, S, Hastings, NC, Hayato, Y, Hiramoto, A, Hogan, M, Holeczek, J, Van, NT Hong, Honjo, T, Iacob, F, Ichikawa, AK, Ikeda, M, Ishida, T, Ishitsuka, M, Iwamoto, K, Izmaylov, A, Izumi, N, Jakkapu, M, and Jamieson, B

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, hep-ex
Abstract

The T2K experiment reports updated measurements of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations using both appearance and disappearance channels. This result comes from an exposure of 14.9(16.4)×1020 protons on target in neutrino (antineutrino) mode. Significant improvements have been made to the neutrino interaction model and far detector reconstruction. An extensive set of simulated data studies have also been performed to quantify the effect interaction model uncertainties have on the T2K oscillation parameter sensitivity. T2K performs multiple oscillation analyses that present both frequentist and Bayesian intervals for the Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata parameters. For fits including a constraint on sin2θ13 from reactor data and assuming normal mass ordering T2K measures sin2θ23=0.53-0.04+0.03 and Δm322=(2.45±0.07)×10-3 eV2 c-4. The Bayesian analyses show a weak preference for normal mass ordering (89% posterior probability) and the upper sin2θ23 octant (80% posterior probability), with a uniform prior probability assumed in both cases. The T2K data exclude CP conservation in neutrino oscillations at the 2σ level.

Published
2021

106. First T2K measurement of transverse kinematic imbalance in the muon-neutrino charged-current single-π+ production channel containing at least one proton

Author

Abe, K, Akhlaq, N, Akutsu, R, Ali, A, Alt, C, Andreopoulos, C, Antonova, M, Aoki, S, Arihara, T, Asada, Y, Ashida, Y, Atkin, ET, Awataguchi, Y, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Barrow, D, Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M, Beloshapkin, A, Bench, F, Berardi, V, Berns, L, Bhadra, S, Blanchet, A, Blondel, A, Bolognesi, S, Bonus, T, Bourguille, B, Boyd, SB, Bravar, A, Berguño, D Bravo, Bronner, C, Bron, S, Bubak, A, Avanzini, M Buizza, Cao, S, Cartwright, SL, Catanesi, MG, Cervera, A, Chakrani, J, Cherdack, D, Christodoulou, G, Cicerchia, M, Coleman, J, Collazuol, G, Cook, L, Coplowe, D, Cudd, A, De Rosa, G, Dealtry, T, Delogu, CC, Dennis, SR, Densham, C, Dergacheva, A, Di Lodovico, F, Dolan, S, Douqa, D, Doyle, TA, Dumarchez, J, Dunne, P, Eguchi, A, Eklund, L, Emery-Schrenk, S, Ereditato, A, Finch, AJ, Fiorillo, G, Francois, C, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, R, Fukuda, Y, Fusshoeller, K, Giganti, C, Gonin, M, Goodman, EAG, Gorin, A, Grassi, M, Guigue, M, Hadley, DR, Hamacher-Baumann, P, Harris, DA, Hartz, M, Hasegawa, T, Hassani, S, Hastings, NC, Hayato, Y, Hiramoto, A, Hogan, M, Holeczek, J, Van, NT Hong, Honjo, T, Iacob, F, Ichikawa, AK, Ikeda, M, Ishida, T, Ishitsuka, M, Iwamoto, K, Izmaylov, A, Izumi, N, Jakkapu, M, and Jamieson, B

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Bioengineering
Abstract

This paper reports the first T2K measurement of the transverse kinematic imbalance in the single-π+ production channel of neutrino interactions. We measure the differential cross sections in the muon-neutrino charged-current interaction on hydrocarbon with a single π+ and at least one proton in the final state, at the ND280 off axis near detector of the T2K experiment. The extracted cross sections are compared to the predictions from different neutrino-nucleus interaction event generators. Overall, the results show a preference for models that have a more realistic treatment of nuclear medium effects including the initial nuclear state and final-state interactions.

Published
2021

107. Measurements of ν̄μ and ν̄μ + νμ charged-current cross-sections without detected pions nor protons on water and hydrocarbon at mean antineutrino energy of 0.86 GeV

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Abe, K, Akhlaq, N, Akutsu, R, Ali, A, Alt, C, Andreopoulos, C, Anthony, L, Antonova, M, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Arihara, T, Asada, Y, Ashida, Y, Atkin, ET, Awataguchi, Y, Ban, S, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Barrow, D, Barry, C, Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M, Beloshapkin, A, Bench, F, Berardi, V, Berkman, S, Berns, L, Bhadra, S, Bienstock, S, Blanchet, A, Blondel, A, Bolognesi, S, Bonus, T, Bourguille, B, Boyd, SB, Brailsford, D, Bravar, A, Berguño, D Bravo, Bronner, C, Bron, S, Bubak, A, Avanzini, M Buizza, Calcutt, J, Campbell, T, Cao, S, Cartwright, SL, Catanesi, MG, Cervera, A, Chappell, A, Checchia, C, Cherdack, D, Chikuma, N, Christodoulou, G, Cicerchia, M, Coleman, J, Collazuol, G, Cook, L, Coplowe, D, Cudd, A, Dabrowska, A, De Rosa, G, Dealtry, T, Denner, PF, Dennis, SR, Densham, C, Dergacheva, A, Di Lodovico, F, Dokania, N, Dolan, S, Doyle, TA, Drapier, O, Dumarchez, J, Dunne, P, Eguchi, A, Eklund, L, Emery-Schrenk, S, Ereditato, A, Fernandez, P, Feusels, T, Finch, AJ, Fiorentini, GA, Fiorillo, G, Francois, C, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fujita, R, Fukuda, D, Fukuda, R, Fukuda, Y, Fusshoeller, K, Gameil, K, Giganti, C, Golan, T, Gonin, M, Gorin, A, Guigue, M, Hadley, DR, Haigh, JT, Hamacher-Baumann, P, and Harris, DA

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Affordable and Clean Energy, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences
Abstract

We report measurements of the flux-integrated and + charged-current cross-sections on water and hydrocarbon targets using the T2K anti-neutrino beam with a mean beam energy of 0.86 GeV. The signal is defined as the (anti-)neutrino charged-current interaction with one induced and no detected charged pion or proton. These measurements are performed using a new WAGASCI module recently added to the T2K setup in combination with the INGRID Proton Module. The phase space of muons is restricted to the high-detection efficiency region, 400 and 30 , in the laboratory frame. An absence of pions and protons in the detectable phase spaces of 200, 70 and 600, 70 is required. In this paper, both the; cross-sections and +; cross-sections on water and hydrocarbon targets and their ratios are provided by using the D'Agostini unfolding method. The results of the integrated ; cross-section measurements over this phase space are ;\sigma{\rm H{2}O}=(1.082\pm0.068(\rm stat.) {+0.145}{-0.128}(\rm syst.)) \times 10 {-39}\,{\rm cm {2} / nucleon};, ;\sigma{\rm CH}=(1.096\pm0.054(\rm stat.) {+0.132}{-0.117}(\rm syst.)) \times 10 {-39}\,{\rm cm {2} / nucleon};, and ;\sigma{\rm H{2}O}/\sigma{\rm CH} = 0.987\pm0.078(\rm stat.) {+0.093}{-0.090}(\rm syst.);. The +; cross-section is ;\sigma{\rm H{2}O} = (1.155\pm0.064(\rm stat.) {+0.148}{-0.129}(\rm syst.)) \times 10 {-39}\,{\rm cm {2} / nucleon};, ;\sigma{\rm CH}=(1.159\pm0.049(\rm stat.) {+0.129}{-0.115}(\rm syst.)) \times 10 {-39}\,{\rm cm {2} / nucleon};, and ;\sigma{\rm H{2}O}/\sigma{\rm CH}=0.996\pm0.069(\rm stat.) {+0.083}{-0.078}(\rm syst.);.

Published
2021

108. Characterization of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells after Serum Starvation for Extracellular Vesicle Production

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Anna Lia Asti, Stefania Croce, Chiara Valsecchi, Elisa Lenta, Maria Antonietta Grignano, Marilena Gregorini, Adriana Carolei, Patrizia Comoli, Marco Zecca, Maria Antonietta Avanzini, and Teresa Rampino

Subjects
mesenchymal stromal cells, extracellular vesicles, starvation, transmission electron microscopy, Technology, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), TA1-2040, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Physics, QC1-999, Chemistry, QD1-999
Abstract

It has been demonstrated that mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) act by releasing bioactive molecules, among these are extracellular vesicles (EVs). The MSC-EVs are considered a convenient alternative to cell therapy, showing several functional characteristics of their origin cells. EVs can be collected from conditioned in vitro cultured MSCs. Different processes have been developed to induce in vitro EV release, and these approaches have been demonstrated to also influence MSC potentialities. This study aimed to investigate the effect of serum starvation on MSC characteristics. The morphology, phenotype, differentiation capacity, immunomodulatory ability, and metabolic state were maintained by MSCs cultured under starvation. To evaluate basic ultrastructural characteristics of cells and EVs, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) analysis was performed on MSCs after 12, 24, and 48 h starvation, demonstrating that 24 h starvation was the best time for MSC structure preservation. Further studies are needed to support the hypothesis that MSCs after starvation could still be considered as therapeutic agents.

Published
2024
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109. Nerve Sheath Myxoma in Pregnancy: A Case Report

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Elena De Chiara, Valerio Gaetano Vellone, Jacopo Ferro, Chiara Trambaiolo Antonelli, Liliana Piro, Stefano Avanzini, Valentina Prono, Andrea Beccaria, Monica Muraca, and Ramona Tallone

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nerve sheath myxoma, neurothekeoma, leg soft tissue tumor, immunohistochemistry, peripheral nerve sheath tumor, pregnancy, Medicine
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Nerve sheath myxoma (NSM) is a rare benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor that affects young adults. NSMs are asymptomatic, slow-growing swellings located in the upper extremities, more rarely in the lower extremities. Given the high risk of recurrence, it is recommended to perform a complete exeresis. To our knowledge, the evolution and management of NMS during pregnancy have not been described yet. We report the first case of recurrent pretibial NSM in a pregnant girl and its follow-up and outcome during and after pregnancy. NSM is difficult to diagnose clinically or using imaging. The final diagnosis remains histopathological. It is known how various types of benign and malignant skin tumors can develop or change during pregnancy. With our case, however, we documented that pregnancy does not affect the growth and evolution of NSM. Given the benign nature of the lesions and their tendency to grow slowly, during pregnancy, follow-up of NSMs can be conducted through ultrasonography and surgical treatment postponed after delivery. Our case highlights the importance of careful monitoring and individualized decision making, especially in rare scenarios such as NSM, where data on the progression of benign lesions are limited. Our case highlights the importance of a careful monitoring and a tailored treatment in rare scenarios such as NSM, where data on the progression of benign lesions are limited. Considering the benign nature of the lesions and their tendency to grow slowly, follow-up of NSMs during pregnancy can be conducted through ultrasonography, and surgical treatment can be postponed after delivery.

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2024
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110. Chromatic pupillometry for evaluating melanopsin retinal ganglion cell function in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders: a review

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Martina Romagnoli, Giulia Amore, Pietro Avanzini, Valerio Carelli, and Chiara La Morgia

Subjects
chromatic pupillometry, melanopsin retinal ganglion cells, Alzheimer’s disease, pupil, post-illumination pupil response, neurodegeneration, Psychology, BF1-990
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The evaluation of pupillary light reflex (PLR) by chromatic pupillometry may provide a unique insight into specific photoreceptor functions. Chromatic pupillometry refers to evaluating PLR to different wavelengths and intensities of light in order to differentiate outer/inner retinal photoreceptor contributions to the PLR. Different protocols have been tested and are now established to assess in-vivo PLR contribution mediated by melanopsin retinal ganglion cells (mRGCs). These intrinsically photosensitive photoreceptors modulate the non-image-forming functions of the eye, which are mainly the circadian photoentrainment and PLR, via projections to the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic and olivary pretectal nucleus, respectively. In this context, chromatic pupillometry has been used as an alternative and non-invasive tool to evaluate the mRGC system in several clinical settings, including hereditary optic neuropathies, glaucoma, and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), idiopathic/isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD), and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The purpose of this article is to review the key steps of chromatic pupillometry protocols for studying in-vivo mRGC-system functionality and provide the main findings of this technique in the research setting on neurodegeneration. mRGC-dependent pupillary responses are short-wavelength sensitive, have a higher threshold of activation, and are much slower and sustained compared with rod- and cone-mediated responses, driving the tonic component of the PLR during exposure to high-irradiance and continuous light stimulus. Thus, mRGCs contribute mainly to the tonic component of the post-illumination pupil response (PIPR) to bright blue light flash that persists after light stimulation is switched off. Given the role of mRGCs in circadian photoentrainment, the use of chromatic pupillometry to perform a functional evaluation of mRGcs may be proposed as an early biomarker of mRGC-dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders characterized by circadian and/or sleep dysfunction such as AD, PD, and its prodromal phase iRBD. The evaluation by chromatic pupillometry of mRGC-system functionality may lay the groundwork for a new, easily accessible biomarker that can be exploited also as the starting point for future longitudinal cohort studies aimed at stratifying the risk of conversion in these disorders.

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2024
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111. Laparoscopic ovarian tissue collection for fertility preservation in children with malignancies: a multicentric experience

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Federica Perelli, Giulia Fusi, Luca Lonati, Tommaso Gargano, Michela Maffi, Stefano Avanzini, Federico Palo, Maria Dolores Blanco Verdú, Agustín Del Cañizo López, Carmen Garrido Colino, Giulia Perucca, Girolamo Mattioli, Fabrizio Gennari, Mario Lima, and Riccardo Guanà

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fertility-sparing, cryopreservation, cancer survivors, pediatric cancer, ovarian tissue collection, minimally invasive surgery, Surgery, RD1-811
Abstract

IntroductionLong survivors after childhood cancer are increasing thanks to oncological improvements. Their quality of life and fertility-sparing should be considered in the early phases of each oncological pathway. Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue removed before starting gonadotoxic therapies is the only fertility sparing procedure available for prepubertal children affected by cancer and it does not affect the timing of the start of the treatment.Materials and methodsThe present study shows the surgical and clinical outcomes following laparoscopic ovarian tissue collection (LOTC) for a total of 311 patients aged between 0 and 17 years old from four different European Centers.ResultsOnly two major complications were reported according to the Clavien Dindo classification (0.6%).DiscussionLOTC can be considered a safe procedure.

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2024
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112. ASMD: an automatic framework for compiling multimodal datasets with audio and scores

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Simonetta, Federico, Ntalampiras, Stavros, and Avanzini, Federico

Subjects
Computer Science - Multimedia, Computer Science - Digital Libraries, Computer Science - Sound, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Audio and Speech Processing, H.5.5, I.2.m, H.3.7, J.5
Abstract

This paper describes an open-source Python framework for handling datasets for music processing tasks, built with the aim of improving the reproducibility of research projects in music computing and assessing the generalization abilities of machine learning models. The framework enables the automatic download and installation of several commonly used datasets for multimodal music processing. Specifically, we provide a Python API to access the datasets through Boolean set operations based on particular attributes, such as intersections and unions of composers, instruments, and so on. The framework is designed to ease the inclusion of new datasets and the respective ground-truth annotations so that one can build, convert, and extend one's own collection as well as distribute it by means of a compliant format to take advantage of the API. All code and ground-truth are released under suitable open licenses., Comment: Accepted at the Sound and Music Computing Conference 2020

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2020
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113. Measurement of the charged-current electron (anti-)neutrino inclusive cross-sections at the T2K off-axis near detector ND280

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Abe, K., Akhlaq, N., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Arihara, T., Asada, Y., Ashida, Y., Atkin, E. T., Awataguchi, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barrow, D., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Beloshapkin, A., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bonus, T., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Berguño, D. Bravo, Bronner, C., Bron, S., Bubak, A., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Cicerchia, M., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Cook, L., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Doyle, T. A., Drapier, O., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Eguchi, A., Eklund, L., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, R., Fukuda, Y., Fusshoeller, K., Giganti, C., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Gorin, A., Guigue, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hassani, S., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Van, N. T. Hong, Honjo, T., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Izumi, N., Jakkapu, M., Jamieson, B., Jenkins, S. J., Jesús-Valls, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Jurj, P. B., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Kasetti, S. P., Kataoka, Y., Katayama, Y., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kikawa, T., Kikutani, H., Kim, H., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobata, T., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kostin, A., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kukita, N., Kuribayashi, S., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Last, D., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Litchfield, R. P., Liu, S. L., Li, X., Longhin, A., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Machado, L. N., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Marti-Magro, L., Martin, J. F., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matsushita, K., Matveev, V., Mauger, C., Mavrokoridis, K., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McElwee, J., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Munteanu, L., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakano, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Naseby, C. E. R., Ngoc, T. V., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Noah, E., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Nova, F., Novella, P., Nowak, J., Nugent, J. C., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Odagawa, T., Ogawa, T., Okada, R., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Pari, M., Parker, W. C., Parsa, S., Pasternak, J., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Penn, G. C., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Pintaudi, G., Guerra, E. S. Pinzon, Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Ruggles, C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Santucci, G., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Shorrock, W., Shvartsman, A., Skwarczynski, K., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Soler, F. J. P., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tada, M., Tajima, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Tanaka, S., Tanihara, Y., Tani, M., Teshima, N., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Towstego, T., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Vagins, M., Valder, S., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vinning, W. G. S., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Walsh, J. G., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wood, K., Wret, C., Xia, J., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., and Zykova, A.

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High Energy Physics - Experiment
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The electron (anti-)neutrino component of the T2K neutrino beam constitutes the largest background in the measurement of electron (anti-)neutrino appearance at the far detector. The electron neutrino scattering is measured directly with the T2K off-axis near detector, ND280. The selection of the electron (anti-)neutrino events in the plastic scintillator target from both neutrino and anti-neutrino mode beams is discussed in this paper. The flux integrated single differential charged-current inclusive electron (anti-)neutrino cross-sections, $d\sigma/dp$ and $d\sigma/d\cos(\theta)$, and the total cross-sections in a limited phase-space in momentum and scattering angle ($p > 300$ MeV/c and $\theta \leq 45^{\circ}$) are measured using a binned maximum likelihood fit and compared to the neutrino Monte Carlo generator predictions, resulting in good agreement.

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2020
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114. First combined measurement of the muon neutrino and antineutrino charged-current cross section without pions in the final state at T2K

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Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Arihara, T., Asada, Y., Ashida, Y., Atkin, E. T., Awataguchi, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barrow, D., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Beloshapkin, A., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Berguño, D. Bravo, Bronner, C., Bron, S., Bubak, A., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Cicerchia, M., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Cook, L., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Doyle, T. A., Drapier, O., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Eguchi, A., Eklund, L., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, R., Fukuda, Y., Fusshoeller, K., Giganti, C., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Gorin, A., Guigue, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hassani, S., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Van, N. T. Hong, Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jakkapu, M., Jamieson, B., Jenkins, S. J., Jesús-Valls, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Junjie, X., Jurj, P. B., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Kasetti, K., Kataoka, Y., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kikawa, T., Kikutani, H., Kim, H., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kostin, A., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kukita, N., Kuribayashi, S., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Litchfield, R. P., Liu, S. L., Li, X., Longhin, A., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Machado, L. N., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Marti-Magro, L., Martin, J. F., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matsushita, K., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McElwee, J., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Munteanu, L., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Naseby, C. E. R., Ngoc, T. V., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Nova, F., Novella, P., Nowak, J., Nugent, J. C., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Odagawa, T., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Parsa, S., Pasternak, J., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Penn, G. C., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Pintaudi, G., Guerra, E. S. Pinzon, Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Ruggles, C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Santucci, G., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Shorrock, W., Shvartsman, A., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Soler, F. J. P., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tada, M., Tajima, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Tanaka, S., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Towstego, T., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Vagins, M., Valder, S., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vinning, W. G. S., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Walsh, J. G., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wood, K., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., and Zykova, A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

This paper presents the first combined measurement of the double-differential muon neutrino and antineutrino charged-current cross sections with no pions in the final state on hydrocarbon at the off-axis near detector of the T2K experiment. The data analyzed in this work comprise 5.8$\times$10$^{20}$ and 6.3$\times$10$^{20}$ protons on target in neutrino and antineutrino mode respectively, at a beam energy peak of 0.6 GeV. Using the two measured cross sections, the sum, difference and asymmetry were calculated with the aim of better understanding the nuclear effects involved in such interactions. The extracted measurements have been compared with the prediction from different Monte Carlo generators and theoretical models showing that the difference between the two cross sections have interesting sensitivity to nuclear effects.

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2020
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116. The ecological transition of the extreme energy events experiment

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Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cavazza, F., Cicaló, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Galante, L., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Liu, Z., Mandaglio, G., Margotti, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M.N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Paoletti, R., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinazza, O., Pinto, C., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifiró, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M.C.S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.

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2023
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117. Search for Electron Antineutrino Appearance in a Long-baseline Muon Antineutrino Beam

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Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Asada, Y., Ashida, Y., Atkin, E. T., Awataguchi, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barrow, D., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Beloshapkin, A., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Berguno, D. Bravo, Bronner, C., Bubak, A., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Cook, L., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., DeRosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., DiLodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Doyle, T. A., Drapier, O., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Eklund, L., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, R., Fukuda, Y., Fusshoeller, K., Gameil, K., Giganti, C., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Gorin, A., Guigue, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., HongVan, N. T., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jakkapu, M., Jamieson, B., Jenkins, S. J., Jesus-Valls, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Kasetti, S. P., Kataoka, Y., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kikawa, T., Kim, H., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kostin, A., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kukita, N., Kuribayashi, S., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Litchfield, R. P., Liu, S. L., Li, X., Longhin, A., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Machado, L. N., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Marti-Magro, L., Martin, J. F., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matsushita, K., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Munteanu, L., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Ngoc, T. V., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Nova, F., Novella, P., Nowak, J., Nugent, J. C., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Odagawa, T., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Pasternak, J., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Penn, G. C., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Pintaudi, G., PinzonGuerra, E. S., Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Ruggles, C. A., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sanchez, F., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Shorrock, W., Shvartsman, A., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Soler, F. J. P., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tada, M., Tajima, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Tanaka, S., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Towstego, T., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Uno, W., Vagins, M., Valder, S., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vinning, W. G. S., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Walsh, J. G., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wood, K., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., and Zykova, A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Electron antineutrino appearance is measured by the T2K experiment in an accelerator-produced antineutrino beam, using additional neutrino beam operation to constrain parameters of the PMNS mixing matrix. T2K observes 15 candidate electron antineutrino events with a background expectation of 9.3 events. Including information from the kinematic distribution of observed events, the hypothesis of no electron antineutrino appearance is disfavored with a significance of 2.40{\sigma} and no discrepancy between data and PMNS predictions is found. A complementary analysis that introduces an additional free parameter which allows non-PMNS values of electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance also finds no discrepancy between data and PMNS predictions., Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1910.09439

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2019
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118. Chemical Cloaking

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Avanzini, Francesco, Falasco, Gianmaria, and Esposito, Massimiliano

Subjects
Physics - Chemical Physics, Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
Abstract

Hiding an object in a chemical gradient requires to suppress the distortions it would naturally cause on it. To do so, we propose a strategy based on coating the object with a chemical reaction-diffusion network which can act as an active cloaking device. By controlling the concentration of some species in its immediate surrounding, the chemical reactions redirect the gradient as if the object was not there. We also show that a substantial fraction of the energy required to cloak can be extracted from the chemical gradient itself., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures

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2019
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119. Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino neutral-current quasielastic-like interactions on oxygen by detecting nuclear de-excitation $\gamma$-rays

Author

Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ashida, Y., Atkin, E. T., Awataguchi, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Beloshapkin, A., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Berguño, D. Bravo, Bronner, C., Bubak, A., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Cook, L., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Drapier, O., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Eklund, L., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, R., Fukuda, Y., Gameil, K., Giganti, C., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Gorin, A., Guigue, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Van, N. T. Hong, Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jenkins, S. J., Jesús-Valls, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Kasetti, S. P., Kataoka, Y., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kikawa, T., Kim, H., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kukita, N., Kuribayashi, S., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Litchfield, R. P., Liu, S. L., Li, X., Longhin, A., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Machado, L. N., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Martin, J. F., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matsushita, K., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Munteanu, L., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Ngoc, T. V., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Nova, F., Novella, P., Nowak, J., Nugent, J. C., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Odagawa, T., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Penn, G. C., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Guerra, E. S. Pinzon, Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Shorrock, W., Shvartsman, A., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Soler, F. J. P., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tada, M., Tajima, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Tanaka, S., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Uno, W., Vagins, M., Valder, S., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vinning, W. G. S., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Walsh, J. G., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wood, K., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., and Zykova, A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Neutrino- and antineutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic-like interactions are measured at Super-Kamiokande using nuclear de-excitation $\gamma$-rays to identify signal-like interactions in data from a $14.94 \ (16.35)\times 10^{20}$ protons-on-target exposure of the T2K neutrino (antineutrino) beam. The measured flux-averaged cross sections on oxygen nuclei are $\langle \sigma_{\nu {\rm -NCQE}} \rangle = 1.70 \pm 0.17 ({\rm stat.}) ^{+ {\rm 0.51}}_{- {\rm 0.38}} ({\rm syst.}) \times 10^{-38} \ {\rm cm^2/oxygen}$ with a flux-averaged energy of 0.82 GeV and $\langle \sigma_{\bar{\nu} {\rm -NCQE}} \rangle = 0.98 \pm 0.16 ({\rm stat.}) ^{+ {\rm 0.26}}_{- {\rm 0.19}} ({\rm syst.}) \times 10^{-38} \ {\rm cm^2/oxygen}$ with a flux-averaged energy of 0.68 GeV, for neutrinos and antineutrinos, respectively. These results are the most precise to date, and the antineutrino result is the first cross section measurement of this channel. They are compared with various theoretical predictions. The impact on evaluation of backgrounds to searches for supernova relic neutrinos at present and future water Cherenkov detectors is also discussed., Comment: 19 pages, 16 figures, 4 tables

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2019
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120. Constraint on the Matter-Antimatter Symmetry-Violating Phase in Neutrino Oscillations

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Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Asada, Y., Ashida, Y., Atkin, E. T., Awataguchi, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Beloshapkin, A., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Berguño, D. Bravo, Bronner, C., Bubak, A., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Cook, L., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Drapier, O., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Eklund, L., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, R., Fukuda, Y., Gameil, K., Giganti, C., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Gorin, A., Guigue, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Van, N. T. Hong, Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jenkins, S. J., Jesús-Valls, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Kasetti, S. P., Kataoka, Y., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kikawa, T., Kim, H., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kukita, N., Kuribayashi, S., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Litchfield, R. P., Liu, S. L., Li, X., Longhin, A., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Machado, L. N., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Martin, J. F., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matsushita, K., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Munteanu, L., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Ngoc, T. V., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Nova, F., Novella, P., Nowak, J., Nugent, J. C., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Odagawa, T., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Penn, G. C., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Pintaudi, G., Guerra, E. S. Pinzon, Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Shorrock, W., Shvartsman, A., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Soler, F. J. P., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tada, M., Tajima, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Tanaka, S., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Uno, W., Vagins, M., Valder, S., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vinning, W. G. S., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Walsh, J. G., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wood, K., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., and Zykova, A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The current laws of physics do not explain the observed imbalance of matter and antimatter in the universe. Sakharov proposed that an explanation would require the violation of CP symmetry between matter and antimatter. The only CP violation observed so far is in the weak interactions of quarks, and it is too small to explain the matter-antimatter imbalance of the universe. It has been shown that CP violation in the lepton sector could generate the matter-antimatter disparity through the process called leptogenesis. The quantum mixing of neutrinos, the neutral leptons in the Standard Model, provides a potential source of CP violation through a complex phase dCP, which may have consequences for theoretical models of leptogenesis. This CP violation can be measured in muon neutrino to electron neutrino oscillations and the corresponding antineutrino oscillations, which are experimentally accessible with accelerator-produced beams as established by the T2K experiment. Until now, the value of dCP has not been significantly constrained by neutrino oscillation experiments. Here the T2K collaboration reports a measurement that favors large enhancement of the neutrino oscillation probability, excluding values of dCP which result in a large enhancement of the observed anti-neutrino oscillation probability at three standard deviations (3 sigma). The 3 sigma confidence level interval for dCP, which is cyclic and repeats every 2pi, is [-3.41,-0.03] for the so-called normal mass ordering, and [-2.54,-0.32] for the inverted mass ordering. Our results show an indication of CP violation in the lepton sector. Herein we establish methods for sensitive searches for matter-antimatter asymmetry in neutrino oscillations using accelerator-produced neutrino beams. Future measurements with larger data samples will determine whether the leptonic CP violation is larger than the quark sector CP violation.

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2019
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121. Measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current single $\pi^+$ production on hydrocarbon using the T2K off-axis near detector ND280

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Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alt, C., Amey, J., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ashida, Y., Atkin, E. T., Awataguchi, Y., Azuma, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Beloshapkin, A., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berner, R. M., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bordoni, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Calcutt, J., Calland, R. G., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Castillo, R., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Cook, L., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Drapier, O., Duy, K. E., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Eklund, L., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, R., Fukuda, Y., Gameil, K., Garcia, A., Giganti, C., Gizzarelli, F., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Gorin, A., Guigue, M., Hadley, D. R., Haegel, L., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hansen, D., Harada, J., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hillairet, A., Hiraki, T., Hiramoto, A., Hirota, S., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Van, N. T. Hong, Hosomi, F., Huang, K., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Imber, J., Inoue, T., Insler, J., Intonti, R. A., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwai, E., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jenkins, S. J., Jesus-Valls, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Kataoka, Y., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kim, H., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Koller, P. P., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kukita, N., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamont, I., Lamoureux, M., Lasorak, P., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Liptak, Z. J., Litcheld, R. P., Liu, S. L., Li, X., Longhin, A., Lopez, J. P., Lou, T., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Machado, L. N., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Martin, J. F., Martins, P., Martynenko, S., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matsushita, K., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Ma, W. Y., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Missert, A., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Munteanu, L., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, K. D., Nakanishi, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Ngoc, T. V., Nielsen, C., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Nova, F., Novella, P., Nowak, J., Nugent, J. C., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oryszczak, W., Ovsyannikova, S. M. Oser T., Owen, R. A., Oyam, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Patel, N. D., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Penn, G. C., Pickering, Y. Petrov L., Pidcott, C., Guerra, E. S. Pinzon, Pistillo, C., Porwit, B. Popov K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Poutissou, J. M., Pritchard, A., Przewlocki, P., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Rato, P. N., Rayner, M. A., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Rossi, B., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sanchez, F., Sasaki, S., Scantamburlo, E., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaw, D., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Shirahige, T., Shorrock, W., Shvartsman, A., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Soler, F. J. P., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Stewart, T., Stowell, P., Suda, Y., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tacik, R., Tada, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tamura, R., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Tanaka, S., Thakore, T., Thompson, L. F., Tobayama, S., Toki, W., Tomura, T., Touramanis, C., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Uno, W., Vagins, M., Valder, S., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vinning, W. G. S., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Walsh, J. G., Walter, C. W., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wood, K., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yamasu, S., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zambelli, L., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., and Zykova, A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We report the measurements of single and double differential cross section of muon neutrino charged-current interactions on carbon with a single positively charged pion in the final state at the T2K off-axis near detector using $5.56\times10^{20}$ protons on target. The analysis uses data control samples for the background subtraction and the cross section signal, defined as a single negatively charged muon and a single positively charged pion exiting from the target nucleus, is extracted using an unfolding method. The model dependent cross section, integrated over the T2K off-axis neutrino beam spectrum peaking at $0.6$~GeV, is measured to be $\sigma = (11.76 \pm 0.44 \text{(stat)} \pm 2.39 \text{(syst)}) \times 10^{-40} \text{cm}^2$~$\text{nucleon}^{-1}$. Various differential cross sections are measured, including the first measurement of the Adler angles for single charged pion production in neutrino interactions with heavy nuclei target.

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2019
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122. First Measurement of the Charged Current $\overline{\nu}_{\mu}$ Double Differential Cross Section on a Water Target without Pions in the final state

Author

Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ashida, Y., Atkin, E. T., Awataguchi, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Beloshapkin, A., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Cook, L., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Drapier, O., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Eklund, L., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, R., Fukuda, Y., Gameil, K., Giganti, C., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Gorin, A., Guigue, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Van, N. T. Hong, Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jenkins, S. J., Jesús-Valls, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Kataoka, Y., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kim, H., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kukita, N., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Litchfield, R. P., Liu, S. L., Li, X., Longhin, A., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Martin, J. F., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matsushita, K., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Munteanu, L., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Ngoc, T. V., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Nova, F., Novella, P., Nowak, J., Nugent, J. C., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Penn, G. C., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Guerra, E. S. Pinzon, Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Shorrock, W., Shvartsman, A., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Soler, F. J. P., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tada, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Tanaka, S., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Uno, W., Vagins, M., Valder, S., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vinning, W. G. S., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Walsh, J. G., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wood, K., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., and Zykova, A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

This paper reports the first differential measurement of the charged-current $\overline{\nu}_{\mu}$ interaction cross section on water with no pions in the final state. The unfolded flux-averaged measurement using the T2K off-axis near detector is given in double differential bins of $\mu^+$ momentum and angle. The integrated cross section in a restricted phase space is $\sigma=\left(1.11\pm0.18\right)\times10^{-38}$ cm$^{2}$ per water molecule. Comparisons with several nuclear models are also presented., Comment: 19 pages, 10 figures

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2019
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123. Modular Runtime Complexity Analysis of Probabilistic While Programs

Author

Avanzini, Martin, Schaper, Michael, and Moser, Georg

Subjects
Computer Science - Programming Languages, Computer Science - Logic in Computer Science
Abstract

We are concerned with the average case runtime complexity analysis of a prototypical imperative language endowed with primitives for sampling and probabilistic choice. Taking inspiration from known approaches from to the modular resource analysis of non-probabilistic programs, we investigate how a modular runtime analysis is obtained for probabilistic programs.

Published
2019

124. J-PARC Neutrino Beamline Upgrade Technical Design Report

Author

Abe, K., Aihara, H., Ajmi, A., Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Asada, Y., Ashida, Y., Atherton, A., Atkin, E., Ban, S., Barbato, F. C. T., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Batkiewicz, M., Beloshapkin, A., Berardi, V., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bian, J., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Borg, J., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Bron, S., Bronner, C., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Calabria, N. F., Calcutt, J., Calland, R. G., Calvet, D., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Cicerchia, M., Clifton, A., Cogo, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., Delbart, A., De Roeck, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Dell'acqua, A., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Dewhurst, D., Di Lodovico, F., Dolan, S., Dokania, N., Doqua, D., Drapier, O., Duffy, K. E., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P. J., Dziewiecki, M., Eklund, L., Emery-Schrenk, S., Fedotov, S., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Fitton, M., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, R., Fukuda, Y., Fusshoeller, K., Gendotti, A., Giganti, C., Gizzarelli, F., Gonin, M., Gorin, A., Gramegna, F., Guigue, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hallsjö, S. -P., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hansen, D., Harada, J., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Imber, J., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwai, E., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Kasetti, S., Kataoka, Y., Katori, T., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kikawa, T., Kim, H., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Korzenev, A., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kropp, W., Kudenko, Y., Kuribayashi, S., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamont, I., Lamoureux, M., Last, D., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Lindner, T., Liptak, Z. J., Litchfield, R. P., Liu, S., Long, K. R., Longhin, A., Lopez, J. P., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Magaletti, L., Magro, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Marchi, T., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Martin, J. F., Martynenko, S., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matsushita, K., Matveev, V., Mauger, C., Mavrokoridis, K., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Mijakowski, P., Mijakowski, J., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Missert, A., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Ngoc, T. V., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T., Nova, F., Novella, P., Nowak, J., Nugent, J. C., O'Keeffe, H. M., Odagawa, T., Ohta, R., Okamoto, K., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Ovsyannikova, T., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Paolone, V., Pari, M., Parker, W., Parsa, S., Pasternak, J., Pastore, C., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Perkin, J. D., Pickard, L., Pickering, L., Guerra, E. S. Pinzon, Popov, B., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Poutissou, J. -M., Poutissou, R., Pozimski, J., Przewlocki, P., Przybilsk, H., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rojas, P., Rondio, E., Rossi, B., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Ruggles, C. A., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shaikina, A., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaw, D., Shiozawa, M., Shirahige, T., Shorrock, W., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Soler, F. J. P., Southwell, L., Spina, R., Steinmann, J., Stewart, T., Stowell, P., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Swierblewski, J., Szeptycka, M., Szoldos, S., Sztuc, A., Tacik, R., Tada, M., Tajima, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Tomura, T., Touramanis, C., Tsui, K., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, M. A., Uchida, Y., Vagins, M., Van, N. H., Vasseur, G., Viant, T., Vilela, C., Wachala, T., Walter, C. W., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilkes, R. J., Wilking, M. J., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wood, K., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yuan, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zambelli, L., Zaremba, K., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Hamada, E., Higashi, N., Hirose, E., Igarashi, Y., Iida, M., Iio, M., Ikeno, M., Kimura, N., Kurosawa, N., Makida, Y., Nakamoto, T., Ogitsu, T., Ohhata, H., Okada, R., Okamura, T., Onaka, M., Sasaki, K., Shimazaki, S., Shoji, M., Sugano, M., Tanaka, K., Tanaka, M., Terashima, A., Tomaru, T., Uchida, T., and Yoshida, M.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

In this document, technical details of the upgrade plan of the J-PARC neutrino beamline for the extension of the T2K experiment are described. T2K has proposed to accumulate data corresponding to $2\times{}10^{22}$ protons-on-target in the next decade, aiming at an initial observation of CP violation with $3\sigma$ or higher significance in the case of maximal CP violation. Methods to increase the neutrino beam intensity, which are necessary to achieve the proposed data increase, are described.

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2019

125. Measurement of the $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, iron, and their ratios with the T2K on-axis detectors

Author

Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ashida, Y., Awataguchi, Y., Azuma, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berner, R. M., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondely, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulouy, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Drapier, O., Duffy, K. E., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, Y., Gameil, K., Giganti, C., Gizzarelli, F., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Van, N. T. Hong, Hosomi, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Inoue, T., Intonti, R. A., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jesus, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kim, H., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Lasorak, P., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Litchfield, R. P., Li, X., Longhin, A., Lopez, J. P., Lou, T., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Martin, J. F., Martins, P., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Ma, W. Y., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, K. D., Nakanishi, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Novella, P., Nowak, J., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Guerra, E. S. Pinzon, Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Rossi, B., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sanchez, F., Sasaki, S., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaw, D., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Stewart, T., Stowell, P., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tacik, R., Tada, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tamura, R., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Uno, W., Vagins, M., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yamasu, S., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., and Zykova, A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

We report a measurement of the flux-integrated $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, and iron in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam with a mean neutrino energy of 1.5 GeV. The measured cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, and iron are $\sigma^{\rm{H_{2}O}}_{\rm{CC}}$ = (0.840$\pm 0.010$(stat.)$^{+0.10}_{-0.08}$(syst.))$\times$10$^{-38}$cm$^2$/nucleon, $\sigma^{\rm{CH}}_{\rm{CC}}$ = (0.817$\pm 0.007$(stat.)$^{+0.11}_{-0.08}$(syst.))$\times$10$^{-38}$cm$^2$/nucleon, and $\sigma^{\rm{Fe}}_{\rm{CC}}$ = (0.859$\pm 0.003$(stat.) $^{+0.12}_{-0.10}$(syst.))$\times$10$^{-38}$cm$^2$/nucleon respectively, for a restricted phase space of induced muons: $\theta_{\mu}<45^{\circ}$ and $p_{\mu}>$0.4 GeV/$c$ in the laboratory frame. The measured cross section ratios are ${\sigma^{\rm{H_{2}O}}_{\rm{CC}}}/{\sigma^{\rm{CH}}_{\rm{CC}}}$ = 1.028$\pm 0.016$(stat.)$\pm 0.053$(syst.), ${\sigma^{\rm{Fe}}_{\rm{CC}}}/{\sigma^{\rm{H_{2}O}}_{\rm{CC}}}$ = 1.023$\pm 0.012$(stat.)$\pm 0.058$(syst.), and ${\sigma^{\rm{Fe}}_{\rm{CC}}}/{\sigma^{\rm{CH}}_{\rm{CC}}}$ = 1.049$\pm 0.010$(stat.)$\pm 0.043$(syst.). These results, with an unprecedented precision for the measurements of neutrino cross sections on water in the studied energy region, show good agreement with the current neutrino interaction models used in the T2K oscillation analyses.

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2019
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126. Thermodynamics of Chemical Waves

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Avanzini, Francesco, Falasco, Gianmaria, and Esposito, Massimiliano

Subjects
Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics, Nonlinear Sciences - Pattern Formation and Solitons, Physics - Chemical Physics
Abstract

Chemical waves constitute a known class of dissipative structures emerging in reaction-diffusion systems. They play a crucial role in biology, spreading information rapidly to synchronize and coordinate biological events. We develop a rigorous thermodynamic theory of reaction-diffusion systems to characterize chemical waves. Our main result is the definition of the proper thermodynamic potential of the local dynamics as a nonequilibrium free energy density and establishing its balance equation. This enables us to identify the dynamics of the free energy, of the dissipation, and of the work spent to sustain the wave propagation. Two prototypical classes of chemical waves are examined. From a thermodynamic perspective, the first is sustained by relaxation towards equilibrium and the second by nonconservative forces generated by chemostats. We analytically study step-like waves, called wavefronts, using the Fisher-Kolmogorov equation as representative of the first class and oscillating waves in the Brusselator model as representative of the second. Given the fundamental role of chemical waves as message carriers in biosystems, our thermodynamic theory constitutes an important step toward an understanding of information transfers and processing in biology., Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures

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2019
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128. The capacity of action observation to drag the trainees' motor pattern toward the observed model

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Maria Chiara Bazzini, Arturo Nuara, Giulio Branchini, Doriana De Marco, Laura Ferrari, Maria Chiara Lanini, Simone Paolini, Emilia Scalona, Pietro Avanzini, and Maddalena Fabbri-Destro

Subjects
Medicine, Science
Abstract

Abstract Action Observation Training (AOT) promotes the acquisition of motor abilities. However, while the cortical modulations associated with the AOT efficacy are well known, few studies investigated the AOT peripheral neural correlates and whether their dynamics move towards the observed model during the training. We administered seventy-two participants (randomized into AOT and Control groups) with training for learning to grasp marbles with chopsticks. Execution practice was preceded by an observation session, in which AOT participants observed an expert performing the task, whereas controls observed landscape videos. Behavioral indices were measured, and three hand muscles' electromyographic (EMG) activity was recorded and compared with the expert. Behaviorally, both groups improved during the training, with AOT outperforming controls. The EMG trainee-model similarity also increased during the training, but only for the AOT group. When combining behavioral and EMG similarity findings, no global relationship emerged; however, behavioral improvements were "locally" predicted by the similarity gain in muscles and action phases more related to the specific motor act. These findings reveal that AOT plays a magnetic role in motor learning, attracting the trainee's motor pattern toward the observed model and paving the way for developing online monitoring tools and neurofeedback protocols.

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2023
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129. Multimodal investigation of melanopsin retinal ganglion cells in Alzheimer's disease

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Chiara La Morgia, Micaela Mitolo, Martina Romagnoli, Michelangelo Stanzani Maserati, Stefania Evangelisti, Maddalena De Matteis, Sabina Capellari, Claudio Bianchini, Claudia Testa, Gilles Vandewalle, Aurelia Santoro, Michele Carbonelli, Pietro D'Agati, Marco Filardi, Pietro Avanzini, Piero Barboni, Corrado Zenesini, Flavia Baccari, Rocco Liguori, Caterina Tonon, Raffaele Lodi, and Valerio Carelli

Subjects
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
Abstract

Abstract Objective In Alzheimer's disease (AD), the presence of circadian dysfunction is well‐known and may occur early in the disease course. The melanopsin retinal ganglion cell (mRGC) system may play a relevant role in contributing to circadian dysfunction. In this study, we aimed at evaluating, through a multimodal approach, the mRGC system in AD at an early stage of disease. Methods We included 29 mild–moderate AD (70.9 ± 11 years) and 26 (70.5 ± 8 years) control subjects. We performed an extensive neurophtalmological evaluation including optical coherence tomography with ganglion cell layer segmentation, actigraphic evaluation of the rest‐activity rhythm, chromatic pupillometry analyzed with a new data‐fitting approach, and brain functional MRI combined with light stimuli assessing the mRGC system. Results We demonstrated a significant thinning of the infero‐temporal sector of the ganglion cell layer in AD compared to controls. Moreover, we documented by actigraphy the presence of a circadian‐impaired AD subgroup. Overall, circadian measurements worsened by age. Chromatic pupillometry evaluation highlighted the presence of a pupil‐light response reduction in the rod condition pointing to mRGC dendropathy. Finally, brain fMRI showed a reduced occipital cortex activation with blue light particularly for the sustained responses. Interpretation Overall, the results of this multimodal innovative approach clearly document a dysfunctional mRGC system at early stages of disease as a relevant contributing factor for circadian impairment in AD providing also support to the use of light therapy in AD.

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2023
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130. Measurement of the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in the latitude range 35 $$^{\circ }$$ ∘ $$\div $$ ÷ 82 $$^{\circ }$$ ∘ N with the PolarquEEEst experiment

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M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini, L. Baldini, R. Baldini Ferroli, G. Batignani, M. Battaglieri, S. Boi, E. Bossini, F. Carnesecchi, D. Cavazza, C. Cicalò, L. Cifarelli, F. Coccetti, E. Coccia, A. Corvaglia, D. De Gruttola, S. De Pasquale, L. Galante, M. Garbini, G. Gemme, I. Gnesi, E. Gramstad, S. Grazzi, E. S. Håland, D. Hatzifotiadou, P. La Rocca, Z. Liu, L. Lombardo, G. Mandaglio, A. Margotti, G. Maron, M. N. Mazziotta, A. Mulliri, R. Nania, F. Noferini, F. Nozzoli, F. Ould-Saada, F. Palmonari, M. Panareo, M. P. Panetta, R. Paoletti, M. Parvis, C. Pellegrino, L. Perasso, O. Pinazza, C. Pinto, S. Pisano, F. Riggi, G. Righini, C. Ripoli, M. Rizzi, G. Sartorelli, E. Scapparone, M. Schioppa, G. Scioli, A. Scribano, M. Selvi, M. Taiuti, G. Terreni, A. Trifirò, M. Trimarchi, C. Vistoli, L. Votano, M. C. S. Williams, A. Zichichi, and R. Zuyeuski

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract After its successful campaign of measurements beyond the Polar Arctic Circle, the PolarquEEEst experiment measured the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in a latitude interval between 35 $$^{\circ }$$ ∘ N and 82 $$^{\circ }$$ ∘ N. In this paper, these measurements are described and the corresponding results are discussed.

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2023
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140. Language lateralization mapping (reversibly) masked by non-dominant focal epilepsy: a case report

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Belén Abarrategui, Valeria Mariani, Michele Rizzi, Luca Berta, Pina Scarpa, Flavia Maria Zauli, Silvia Squarza, Paola Banfi, Piergiorgio d’Orio, Francesco Cardinale, Maria Del Vecchio, Fausto Caruana, Pietro Avanzini, and Ivana Sartori

Subjects
epilepsy, case report, functional MRI, stereo-EEG, language mapping, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571
Abstract

Language lateralization in patients with focal epilepsy frequently diverges from the left-lateralized pattern that prevails in healthy right-handed people, but the mechanistic explanations are still a matter of debate. Here, we debate the complex interaction between focal epilepsy, language lateralization, and functional neuroimaging techniques by introducing the case of a right-handed patient with unaware focal seizures preceded by aphasia, in whom video-EEG and PET examination suggested the presence of focal cortical dysplasia in the right superior temporal gyrus, despite a normal structural MRI. The functional MRI for language was inconclusive, and the neuropsychological evaluation showed mild deficits in language functions. A bilateral stereo-EEG was proposed confirming the right superior temporal gyrus origin of seizures, revealing how ictal aphasia emerged only once seizures propagated to the left superior temporal gyrus and confirming, by cortical mapping, the left lateralization of the posterior language region. Stereo-EEG-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulations of the (right) focal cortical dysplasia not only reduced seizure frequency but led to the normalization of the neuropsychological assessment and the “restoring” of a classical left-lateralized functional MRI pattern of language. This representative case demonstrates that epileptiform activity in the superior temporal gyrus can interfere with the functioning of the contralateral homologous cortex and its associated network. In the case of presurgical evaluation in patients with epilepsy, this interference effect must be carefully taken into consideration. The multimodal language lateralization assessment reported for this patient further suggests the sensitivity of different explorations to this interference effect. Finally, the neuropsychological and functional MRI changes after thermocoagulations provide unique cues on the network pathophysiology of focal cortical dysplasia and the role of diverse techniques in indexing language lateralization in complex scenarios.

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2023
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141. Effects of Action Observation Plus Motor Imagery Administered by Immersive Virtual Reality on Hand Dexterity in Healthy Subjects

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Paola Adamo, Gianluca Longhi, Federico Temporiti, Giorgia Marino, Emilia Scalona, Maddalena Fabbri-Destro, Pietro Avanzini, and Roberto Gatti

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action observation, motor imagery, virtual reality, manual dexterity, Technology, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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Action observation and motor imagery (AOMI) are commonly delivered through a laptop screen. Immersive virtual reality (VR) may enhance the observer’s embodiment, a factor that may boost AOMI effects. The study aimed to investigate the effects on manual dexterity of AOMI delivered through immersive VR compared to AOMI administered through a laptop. To evaluate whether VR can enhance the effects of AOMI, forty-five young volunteers were enrolled and randomly assigned to the VR-AOMI group, who underwent AOMI through immersive VR, the AOMI group, who underwent AOMI through a laptop screen, or the control group, who observed landscape video clips. All participants underwent a 5-day treatment, consisting of 12 min per day. We investigated between and within-group differences after treatments relative to functional manual dexterity tasks using the Purdue Pegboard Test (PPT). This test included right hand (R), left hand (L), both hands (B), R + L + B, and assembly tasks. Additionally, we analyzed kinematics parameters including total and sub-phase duration, peak and mean velocity, and normalized jerk, during the Nine-Hole Peg Test to examine whether changes in functional scores may also occur through specific kinematic patterns. Participants were assessed at baseline (T0), after the first training session (T1), and at the end of training (T2). A significant time by group interaction and time effects were found for PPT, where both VR-AOMI and AOMI groups improved at the end of training. Larger PPT-L task improvements were found in the VR-AOMI group (d: 0.84, CI95: 0.09–1.58) compared to the AOMI group from T0 to T1. Immersive VR used for the delivery of AOMI speeded up hand dexterity improvements.

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2024
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142. Search for heavy neutrinos with the T2K near detector ND280

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Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ashida, Y., Awataguchi, Y., Azuma, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berner, R. M., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Drapier, O., Duffy, K. E., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, Y., Gameil, K., Giganti, C., Gizzarelli, F., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Hadley, D. R., Haegel, L., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Van, N. T. Hong, Hosomi, F., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Inoue, T., Intonti, R. A., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jesus, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kim, H., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Koller, P. P., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Lasorak, P., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Liptak, Z. J., Litchfield, R. P., Li, X., Longhin, A., Lopez, J. P., Lou, T., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Martin, J. F., Martins, P., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Ma, W. Y., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, K. D., Nakanishi, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Novella, P., Nowak, J., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oryszczak, W., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Guerra, E. S. Pinzon, Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Rossi, B., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Sasaki, S., Scantamburlo, E., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaw, D., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Stewart, T., Stowell, P., Suda, Y., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tacik, R., Tada, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tamura, R., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Thakore, T., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Uno, W., Vagins, M., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yamasu, S., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., and Zykova, A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

This paper reports on the search for heavy neutrinos with masses in the range $140 < M_N < 493$ MeV/c$^2$ using the off-axis near detector ND280 of the T2K experiment. These particles can be produced from kaon decays in the standard neutrino beam and then subsequently decay in ND280. The decay modes under consideration are $N \to \ell^{\pm}_{\alpha} \pi^{\mp}$ and $N \to \ell^+_{\alpha} \ell^-_{\beta} \nu (\bar\nu)$ ($\alpha,\beta=e,\mu$). A search for such events has been made using the Time Projection Chambers of ND280, where the background has been reduced to less than two events in the current dataset in all channels. No excess has been observed in the signal region. A combined Bayesian statistical approach has been applied to extract upper limits on the mixing elements of heavy neutrinos to electron-, muon- and tau- flavoured currents ($U_e^2$, $U_{\mu}^2$, $U_{\tau}^2$) as a function of the heavy neutrino mass, e.g. $U_e^2 < 10^{-9}$ at $90\%$ C.L. for a mass of $390$ MeV/c$^2$. These constraints are competitive with previous experiments., Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures Version submitted to PRD: https://journals.aps.org/prd/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.052006

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2019
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143. Search for light sterile neutrinos with the T2K far detector Super-Kamiokande at a baseline of 295 km

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Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ashida, Y., Awataguchi, Y., Azuma, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berner, R. M., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Drapier, O., Duffy, K. E., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, Y., Gameil, K., Giganti, C., Gizzarelli, F., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Van, N. T. Hong, Hosomi, F., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Inoue, T., Intonti, R. A., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jesus, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kim, H., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Lasorak, P., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Litchfield, R. P., Li, X., Longhin, A., Lopez, J. P., Lou, T., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Martin, J. F., Martins, P., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Ma, W. Y., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, K. D., Nakanishi, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Novella, P., Nowak, J., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Guerra, E. S. Pinzon, Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Rossi, B., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Sasaki, S., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaw, D., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Stewart, T., Stowell, P., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tacik, R., Tada, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tamura, R., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Uno, W., Vagins, M., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yamasu, S., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., and Zykova, A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We perform a search for light sterile neutrinos using the data from the T2K far detector at a baseline of 295 km, with an exposure of 14.7 (7.6)$\times 10^{20}$ protons on target in neutrino (antineutrino) mode. A selection of neutral current interaction samples are also used to enhance the sensitivity to sterile mixing. No evidence of sterile neutrino mixing in the 3+1 model was found from a simultaneous fit to the charged-current muon, electron and neutral current neutrino samples. We set the most stringent limit on the sterile oscillation amplitude $\sin^2\theta_{24}$ for the sterile neutrino mass splitting $\Delta m^2_{41}<3\times 10^{-3}$ eV$^2/c^4$., Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures

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2019
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144. Multimodal music information processing and retrieval: survey and future challenges

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Simonetta, Federico, Ntalampiras, Stavros, and Avanzini, Federico

Subjects
Computer Science - Multimedia, Computer Science - Information Retrieval, Computer Science - Sound, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Audio and Speech Processing, H.5.5, H.3.3
Abstract

Towards improving the performance in various music information processing tasks, recent studies exploit different modalities able to capture diverse aspects of music. Such modalities include audio recordings, symbolic music scores, mid-level representations, motion, and gestural data, video recordings, editorial or cultural tags, lyrics and album cover arts. This paper critically reviews the various approaches adopted in Music Information Processing and Retrieval and highlights how multimodal algorithms can help Music Computing applications. First, we categorize the related literature based on the application they address. Subsequently, we analyze existing information fusion approaches, and we conclude with the set of challenges that Music Information Retrieval and Sound and Music Computing research communities should focus in the next years.

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2019
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145. Cancer recurrence times from a branching process model

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Avanzini, Stefano and Antal, Tibor

Subjects
Quantitative Biology - Populations and Evolution
Abstract

As cancer advances, cells often spread from the primary tumor to other parts of the body and form metastases. This is the main cause of cancer related mortality. Here we investigate a conceptually simple model of metastasis formation where metastatic lesions are initiated at a rate which depends on the size of the primary tumor. The evolution of each metastasis is described as an independent branching process. We assume that the primary tumor is resected at a given size and study the earliest time at which any metastasis reaches a minimal detectable size. The parameters of our model are estimated independently for breast, colorectal, headneck, lung and prostate cancers. We use these estimates to compare predictions from our model with values reported in clinical literature. For some cancer types, we find a remarkably wide range of resection sizes such that metastases are very likely to be present, but none of them are detectable. Our model predicts that only very early resections can prevent recurrence, and that small delays in the time of surgery can significantly increase the recurrence probability., Comment: 26 pages, 9 figures, 4 tables

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2019
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146. Search for neutral-current induced single photon production at the ND280 near detector in T2K

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Abe, K., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Andreopoulos, C., Anthony, L., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Ashida, Y., Awataguchi, Y., Azuma, Y., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barry, C., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berkman, S., Berner, R. M., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Calcutt, J., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Checchia, C., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Drapier, O., Duffy, K. E., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Francois, C., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, Y., Gameil, K., Giganti, C., Gizzarelli, F., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Van, N. T. Hong, Hosomi, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Inoue, T., Intonti, R. A., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jesus, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Karlen, D., Katori, T., Kato, Y., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kim, H., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Knight, A., Knox, A., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Koga, T., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kowalik, K., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., Labarga, L., Lagoda, J., Lamoureux, M., Lasorak, P., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Licciardi, M., Lindner, T., Litchfield, R. P., Li, X., Longhin, A., Lopez, J. P., Lou, T., Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Maret, L., Marino, A. D., Martin, J. F., Martins, P., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matveev, V., Mavrokoridis, K., Ma, W. Y., Mazzucato, E., McCarthy, M., McCauley, N., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., Mefodiev, A., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Moriyama, S., Morrison, J., Mueller, Th. A., Murphy, S., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, K. D., Nakanishi, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Niewczas, K., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nonnenmacher, T. S., Novella, P., Nowak, J., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oser, S. M., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Parker, W. C., Paudyal, P., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Guerra, E. S. Pinzon, Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Pritchard, A., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Ratoff, P. N., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Rossi, B., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Sasaki, S., Scholberg, K., Schwehr, J., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaw, D., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Smirnov, A., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Sonoda, Y., Steinmann, J., Stewart, T., Stowell, P., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tacik, R., Tada, M., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tamura, R., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Uno, W., Vagins, M., Vallari, Z., Vargas, D., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Vladisavljevic, T., Volkov, V. V., Wachala, T., Walker, J., Wang, Y., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wret, C., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yamasu, S., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoshida, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., Zsoldos, S., and Zykova, A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Neutrino neutral-current induced single photon production is a sub-leading order process for accelerator-based neutrino beam experiments including T2K. It is, however, an important process to understand because it is a background for electron (anti)neutrino appearance oscillation experiments. Here, we performed the first search of this process below 1 GeV using the fine-grained detector at the T2K ND280 off-axis near detector. By reconstructing single photon kinematics from electron-positron pairs, we achieved 95\% pure gamma ray sample from 5.738$\times 10^{20}$ protons-on-targets neutrino mode data. We do not find positive evidence of neutral current induced single photon production in this sample. We set the model-dependent upper limit on the cross-section for this process, at 0.114$\times 10^{-38}$ cm$^2$ (90\% C.L.) per nucleon, using the J-PARC off-axis neutrino beam with an average energy of $\left\sim 0.6$ GeV. This is the first limit on this process below 1 GeV which is important for current and future oscillation experiments looking for electron neutrino appearance oscillation signals., Comment: 5 figures, 1 table

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2019
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147. T2K ND280 Upgrade -- Technical Design Report

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Abe, K., Aihara, H., Ajmi, A., Andreopoulos, C., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Asada, Y., Ashida, Y., Atherton, A., Atkin, E., Attié, D., Ban, S., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Batkiewicz, M., Beloshapkin, A., Berardi, V., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Bian, J., Bienstock, S., Blondel, A., Boix, J., Bolognesi, S., Borg, J., Bordoni, S., Bourguille, B., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Browning, D., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Cadoux, F., Calabria, N. F., Calcutt, J., Calland, R. G., Calvet, D., Campbell, T., Cao, S., Cartwright, S. L., Castillo, R., Catanesi, M. G., Ceria, W., Cervera, A., Chappell, A., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Cicerchia, M., Clifton, A., Cogo, G., Colas, P., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Coplowe, D., Cudd, A., Dabrowska, A., Delbart, A., De Roeck, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Denner, P. F., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., de Oliveira, R., Dewhurst, D., Di Lodovico, F., Dokania, N., Dolan, S., Douqa, D., Drapier, O., Duffy, K. E., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P. J., Dziewiecki, M., Emery-Schrenk, S., Evangelisti, A., Favre, Y., Fedotov, S., Fernandez, P., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Fitton, M., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fujita, R., Fukuda, D., Fukuda, R., Fukuda, Y., Garcia, A., Giganti, C., Gizzarelli, F., Gonin, M., Gorin, A., Gramegna, F., Guida, M., Guigue, M., Hadley, D. R., Haegel, L., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Hansen, D., Harada, J., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayato, Y., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Howell, R., Holeczek, J., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Imber, J., Intonti, R. A., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Ishitsuka, M., Iwai, E., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Jamieson, B., Jesus-Valls, C., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jo, J. H., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. 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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

In this document, we present the Technical Design Report of the Upgrade of the T2K Near Detector ND280. The goal of this upgrade is to improve the Near Detector performance to measure the neutrino interaction rate and to constrain the neutrino interaction cross-sections so that the uncertainty in the number of predicted events at Super-Kamiokande is reduced to about 4%. This will allow to improve the physics reach of the T2K-II project. This goal is achieved by modifying the upstream part of the detector, adding a new highly granular scintillator detector (Super-FGD), two new TPCs (High-Angle TPC) and six TOF planes. Details about the detector concepts, design and construction methods are presented, as well as a first look at the test-beam data taken in Summer 2018. An update of the physics studies is also presented., Comment: 196 pages

Published
2019

150. Learning Tonal Harmony Through Augmented Reality: Bridging the Gap Between Music Embodiment and Digital Experiences

Author

Avanzini, Federico, Baratè, Adriano, Cottini, Mauro, Ludovico, Luca Andrea, Mandanici, Marcella, Filipe, Joaquim, Editorial Board Member, Ghosh, Ashish, Editorial Board Member, Prates, Raquel Oliveira, Editorial Board Member, Zhou, Lizhu, Editorial Board Member, Holzinger, Andreas, editor, Silva, Hugo Plácido, editor, Helfert, Markus, editor, and Constantine, Larry, editor

Published
2022
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