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1. Event-by-event direction reconstruction of solar neutrinos in a high light-yield liquid scintillator

Author

Allega, A, Anderson, MR, Andringa, S, Antunes, J, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Bacon, A, Baker, J, Barros, N, Barão, F, Bayes, R, Beier, EW, Bezerra, TS, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Caden, E, Callaghan, EJ, Chen, M, Cheng, S, Cleveland, B, Cookman, D, Corning, J, Cox, MA, Dehghani, R, Deloye, J, Depatie, MM, Di Lodovico, F, Dittmer, J, Dixon, KH, Falk, E, Fatemighomi, N, Ford, R, Gaur, A, González-Reina, OI, Gooding, D, Grant, C, Grove, J, Hall, S, Hallin, AL, Heintzelman, WJ, Helmer, RL, Hewitt, C, Hreljac, B, Howard, V, Hu, J, Hunt-Stokes, R, Hussain, SMA, Inácio, AS, Jillings, CJ, Kaluzienski, S, Kaptanoglu, T, Khaghani, P, Khan, H, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Krar, B, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kroupová, T, Lake, C, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lefebvre, C, Lin, YH, Lozza, V, Luo, M, Maio, A, Manecki, S, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, Mills, C, Milton, G, Morton-Blake, I, Mubasher, M, Colina, A Molina, Morris, D, Naugle, S, Nolan, LJ, O’Keeffe, HM, Gann, GD Orebi, Page, J, Paleshi, K, Parker, W, Paton, J, Peeters, SJM, Pickard, L, Ravi, P, Reichold, A, Riccetto, S, Rigan, M, Rose, J, Rosero, R, Rumleskie, J, Semenec, I, Skensved, P, Smiley, M, and Smith, J

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Physical Sciences
Abstract

The direction of individual B8 solar neutrinos has been reconstructed using the SNO+ liquid scintillator detector. Prompt, directional Cherenkov light was separated from the slower, isotropic scintillation light using time information, and a maximum likelihood method was used to reconstruct the direction of individual scattered electrons. A clear directional signal was observed, correlated with the solar angle. The observation was aided by a period of low primary fluor concentration that resulted in a slower scintillator decay time. This is the first time that event-by-event direction reconstruction in high light-yield liquid scintillator has been demonstrated in a large-scale detector.

Published
2024

2. Evidence of Antineutrinos from Distant Reactors Using Pure Water at SNO+

Author

Allega, A, Anderson, MR, Andringa, S, Antunes, J, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Bacon, A, Barros, N, Barão, F, Bayes, R, Beier, EW, Bezerra, TS, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Caden, E, Callaghan, EJ, Cheng, S, Chen, M, Cleveland, B, Cookman, D, Corning, J, Cox, MA, Dehghani, R, Deloye, J, Deluce, C, Depatie, MM, Dittmer, J, Dixon, KH, Di Lodovico, F, Falk, E, Fatemighomi, N, Ford, R, Frankiewicz, K, Gaur, A, González-Reina, OI, Gooding, D, Grant, C, Grove, J, Hallin, AL, Hallman, D, Heintzelman, WJ, Helmer, RL, Hu, J, Hunt-Stokes, R, Hussain, SMA, Inácio, AS, Jillings, CJ, Kaluzienski, S, Kaptanoglu, T, Khaghani, P, Khan, H, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Krar, B, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kroupová, T, Lam, I, Land, BJ, Lawson, I, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lefebvre, C, Lidgard, J, Lin, YH, Lozza, V, Luo, M, Maio, A, Manecki, S, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, Mills, C, Morton-Blake, I, Naugle, S, Nolan, LJ, O’Keeffe, HM, Gann, GD Orebi, Page, J, Parker, W, Paton, J, Peeters, SJM, Pickard, L, Ravi, P, Reichold, A, Riccetto, S, Richardson, R, Rigan, M, Rose, J, Rosero, R, Rumleskie, J, Semenec, I, Skensved, P, Smiley, M, Svoboda, R, Tam, B, Tseng, J, and Turner, E

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Physical Sciences, SNO+ Collaboration, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

The SNO+ Collaboration reports the first evidence of reactor antineutrinos in a Cherenkov detector. The nearest nuclear reactors are located 240 km away in Ontario, Canada. This analysis uses events with energies lower than in any previous analysis with a large water Cherenkov detector. Two analytical methods are used to distinguish reactor antineutrinos from background events in 190 days of data and yield consistent evidence for antineutrinos with a combined significance of 3.5σ.

Published
2023

3. Improved search for invisible modes of nucleon decay in water with the SNO+detector

Author

Allega, A, Anderson, MR, Andringa, S, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Bacon, A, Barros, N, Barão, F, Bayes, R, Beier, EW, Bezerra, TS, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Caden, E, Callaghan, EJ, Cheng, S, Chen, M, Chkvorets, O, Cleveland, B, Cookman, D, Corning, J, Cox, MA, Dehghani, R, Deluce, C, Depatie, MM, Dittmer, J, Dixon, KH, Di Lodovico, F, Falk, E, Fatemighomi, N, Ford, R, Frankiewicz, K, Gaur, A, González-Reina, OI, Gooding, D, Grant, C, Grove, J, Hallin, AL, Hallman, D, Hartnell, J, Heintzelman, WJ, Helmer, RL, Hu, J, Hunt-Stokes, R, Hussain, SMA, Inácio, AS, Jillings, CJ, Kaptanoglu, T, Khaghani, P, Khan, H, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Krar, B, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kroupová, T, Lam, I, Land, BJ, Lawson, I, Lebanowski, L, Lee, J, Lefebvre, C, Lidgard, J, Lin, YH, Lozza, V, Luo, M, Maio, A, Manecki, S, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, Meyer, M, Mills, C, Morton-Blake, I, Naugle, S, Nolan, LJ, O’Keeffe, HM, Gann, GD Orebi, Page, J, Parker, W, Paton, J, Peeters, SJM, Pickard, L, Ravi, P, Reichold, A, Riccetto, S, Richardson, R, Rigan, M, Rose, J, Rumleskie, J, Semenec, I, Skensved, P, Smiley, M, Svoboda, R, Tam, B, Tseng, J, Turner, E, and Valder, S

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

This paper reports results from a search for single and multinucleon disappearance from the O16 nucleus in water within the SNO+ detector using all of the available data. These so-called "invisible"decays do not directly deposit energy within the detector but are instead detected through their subsequent nuclear deexcitation and gamma-ray emission. New limits are given for the partial lifetimes: τ(n→inv)>9.0×1029 years, τ(p→inv)>9.6×1029 years, τ(nn→inv)>1.5×1028 years, τ(np→inv)>6.0×1028 years, and τ(pp→inv)>1.1×1029 years at 90% Bayesian credibility level (with a prior uniform in rate). All but the (nn→inv) results improve on existing limits by a factor of about 3.

Published
2022

4. Optical calibration of the SNO+ detector in the water phase with deployed sources

Author

Anderson, MR, Andringa, S, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Barão, F, Barros, N, Bayes, R, Beier, EW, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Boulay, M, Caden, E, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Chen, M, Chkvorets, O, Cleveland, B, Cookman, D, Corning, J, Cox, MA, Deluce, C, Depatie, MM, Di Lodovico, F, Dittmer, J, Falk, E, Fatemighomi, N, Fischer, V, Ford, R, Frankiewicz, K, Gaur, A, Gilje, K, González-Reina, OI, Gooding, D, Grant, C, Grove, J, Hallin, AL, Hallman, D, Hartnell, J, Heintzelman, WJ, Helmer, RL, Hu, J, Hunt-Stokes, R, Hussain, SMA, Inácio, AS, Jillings, CJ, Kaptanoglu, T, Khaghani, P, Khan, H, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Krar, B, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kroupová, T, Lam, I, Land, BJ, LaTorre, A, Lawson, I, Lebanowski, L, Lefebvre, C, Li, A, Lidgard, J, Lin, YH, Liu, Y, Lozza, V, Luo, M, Maio, A, Manecki, S, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, Meyer, M, Mills, C, Morton-Blake, I, Nae, S, Nirkko, M, Nolan, LJ, O'Keeffe, HM, Gann, GD Orebi, Page, J, Parker, W, Paton, J, Peeters, SJM, Pershing, T, Pickard, L, Prior, G, Ravi, P, Reichold, A, Riccetto, S, Richardson, R, Rigan, M, Rose, J, Rumleskie, J, Semenec, I, Shaker, F, Sharma, MK, Skensved, P, and Smiley, M

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences, Analysis and statistical methods, Cherenkov detectors, Detector alignment and calibration methods, Neutrino detectors, Engineering, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Physical sciences
Abstract

SNO+ is a large-scale liquid scintillator experiment with the primary goal of searching for neutrinoless double beta decay, and is located approximately 2 km underground in SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada. The detector acquired data for two years as a pure water Cherenkov detector, starting in May 2017. During this period, the optical properties of the detector were measured in situ using a deployed light diffusing sphere, with the goal of improving the detector model and the energy response systematic uncertainties. The measured parameters included the water attenuation coefficients, effective attenuation coefficients for the acrylic vessel, and the angular response of the photomultiplier tubes and their surrounding light concentrators, all across different wavelengths. The calibrated detector model was validated using a deployed tagged gamma source, which showed a 0.6% variation in energy scale across the primary target volume.

Published
2021

5. Development, characterisation, and deployment of the SNO+ liquid scintillator

Author

Anderson, MR, Andringa, S, Anselmo, L, Arushanova, E, Asahi, S, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Back, AR, Barnard, Z, Barros, N, Bartlett, D, Barão, F, Bayes, R, Beier, EW, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Bonventre, R, Boulay, M, Braid, D, Caden, E, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Carvalho, J, Cavalli, L, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Chkvorets, O, Clark, KJ, Cleveland, B, Cookman, D, Connors, C, Coulter, IT, Cox, MA, Cressy, D, Dai, X, Darrach, C, Davis-Purcell, B, Deluce, C, Depatie, MM, Descamps, F, Dittmer, J, Di Lodovico, F, Duhaime, N, Duncan, F, Dunger, J, Earle, AD, Fabris, D, Falk, E, Farrugia, A, Fatemighomi, N, Fischer, V, Fletcher, E, Ford, R, Frankiewicz, K, Gagnon, N, Gaur, A, Gilje, K, González-Reina, OI, Gooding, D, Gorel, P, Graham, K, Grant, C, Grove, J, Grullon, S, Guillian, E, Hall, S, Hallin, AL, Hallman, D, Hans, S, Hartnell, J, Harvey, P, Hedayatipour, M, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Horne, D, Hreljac, B, Hu, J, Hussain, SMA, Iida, T, Inácio, AS, Jackson, CM, Jelley, NA, Jillings, CJ, Jones, C, Jones, PG, Kamdin, K, Kaptanoglu, T, Kaspar, J, Keeter, K, Kefelian, C, Khaghani, P, Kippenbrock, L, Klein, JR, Knapik, R, Kofron, J, Kormos, LL, Korte, S, and Krar, B

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Physical Sciences, Double-beta decay detectors, Neutrino detectors, Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators), Engineering, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Physical sciences
Abstract

A liquid scintillator consisting of linear alkylbenzene as the solvent and 2,5-diphenyloxazole as the fluor was developed for the SNO+ experiment. This mixture was chosen as it is compatible with acrylic and has a competitive light yield to pre-existing liquid scintillators while conferring other advantages including longer attenuation lengths, superior safety characteristics, chemical simplicity, ease of handling, and logistical availability. Its properties have been extensively characterized and are presented here. This liquid scintillator is now used in several neutrino physics experiments in addition to SNO+.

Published
2021

6. Search for hep solar neutrinos and the diffuse supernova neutrino background using all three phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Author

Aharmim, B, Ahmed, SN, Anthony, AE, Barros, N, Beier, EW, Bellerive, A, Beltran, B, Bergevin, M, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Bonventre, R, Boudjemline, K, Boulay, MG, Cai, B, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Chan, YD, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Cleveland, BT, Cox, GA, Dai, X, Deng, H, Descamps, FB, Detwiler, JA, Doe, PJ, Doucas, G, Drouin, PL, Dunford, M, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Fleurot, F, Ford, RJ, Formaggio, JA, Gagnon, N, Gilje, K, Goon, JTM, Graham, K, Guillian, E, Habib, S, Hahn, RL, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hime, A, Howard, C, Huang, M, Jagam, P, Jamieson, B, Jelley, NA, Jerkins, M, Keeter, KJ, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Kos, M, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Krüger, A, Kutter, T, Kyba, CCM, Labe, K, Land, BJ, Lange, R, Latorre, A, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Loach, JC, Maclellan, R, Majerus, S, Mak, HB, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, Mastbaum, A, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McGee, SR, Miller, ML, Monreal, B, Monroe, J, Nickel, BG, Noble, AJ, O'Keeffe, HM, Oblath, NS, Okada, CE, Ollerhead, RW, Orebi Gann, GD, Oser, SM, Ott, RA, Peeters, SJM, and Poon, AWP

Subjects
hep-ex, nucl-ex
Abstract

A search has been performed for neutrinos from two sources, the hep reaction in the solar pp fusion chain and the νe component of the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB), using the full dataset of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory with a total exposure of 2.47 kton-years after fiducialization. The hep search is performed using both a single-bin counting analysis and a likelihood fit. We find a best-fit flux that is compatible with solar model predictions while remaining consistent with zero flux, and set a one-sided upper limit of φhep

Published
2020

7. Measurement of neutron-proton capture in the SNO+ water phase

Author

Anderson, MR, Andringa, S, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Barros, N, Barão, F, Bayes, R, Beier, EW, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Bonventre, R, Boulay, M, Caden, E, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Chkvorets, O, Cleveland, B, Cox, MA, Depatie, MM, Dittmer, J, Di Lodovico, F, Earle, AD, Falk, E, Fatemighomi, N, Fischer, V, Fletcher, E, Ford, R, Frankiewicz, K, Gilje, K, Gooding, D, Grant, C, Grove, J, Hallin, AL, Hallman, D, Hans, S, Hartnell, J, Harvey, P, Heintzelman, WJ, Helmer, RL, Horne, D, Hreljac, B, Hu, J, Hussain, ASM, Inácio, AS, Jillings, CJ, Kaptanoglu, T, Khaghani, P, Klein, JR, Knapik, R, Kormos, LL, Krar, B, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kroupova, T, Lam, I, Land, BJ, Latorre, A, Lawson, I, Lebanowski, L, Leming, EJ, Li, A, Lidgard, J, Liggins, B, Lin, YH, Liu, Y, Lozza, V, Luo, M, Maguire, S, Maio, A, Manecki, S, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, Marzec, E, Mastbaum, A, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, Mekarski, P, Meyer, M, Mills, C, Morton-Blake, I, Nae, S, Nirkko, M, Nolan, LJ, O'Keeffe, HM, Orebi Gann, GD, Parnell, MJ, Paton, J, Peeters, SJM, Pershing, T, Pickard, L, Prior, G, Reichold, A, Riccetto, S, Richardson, R, Rigan, M, Rose, J, and Rosero, R

Subjects
physics.ins-det, hep-ex, nucl-ex, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

The SNO+ experiment collected data as a low-threshold water Cherenkov detector from September 2017 to July 2019. Measurements of the 2.2-MeV γ's produced by neutron capture on hydrogen were made using an Am-Be calibration source, for which a large fraction of emitted neutrons are produced simultaneously with a 4.4-MeV γ. Analysis of the delayed coincidence between the 4.4-MeV γ and the 2.2-MeV capture γ revealed a neutron detection efficiency that is centered around 50% and varies at the level of 1% across the inner region of the detector, which to our knowledge is the highest efficiency achieved among pure water Cherenkov detectors. In addition, the neutron capture time constant was measured and converted to a thermal neutron-proton capture cross section of 336.3-1.5+1.2mb.

Published
2020

8. Cosmogenic neutron production at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Author

Aharmim, B, Ahmed, SN, Anthony, AE, Barros, N, Beier, EW, Bellerive, A, Beltran, B, Bergevin, M, Biller, SD, Bonventre, R, Boudjemline, K, Boulay, MG, Cai, B, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Chan, YD, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Cleveland, BT, Cox, GA, Curley, R, Dai, X, Deng, H, Descamps, FB, Detwiler, JA, Doe, PJ, Doucas, G, Drouin, PL, Dunford, M, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Fleurot, F, Ford, RJ, Formaggio, JA, Gagnon, N, Gilje, K, Goon, JTM, Graham, K, Guillian, E, Habib, S, Hahn, RL, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hime, A, Howard, C, Huang, M, Jagam, P, Jamieson, B, Jelley, NA, Jerkins, M, Kéfélian, C, Keeter, KJ, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Kos, M, Krüger, A, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kutter, T, Kyba, CCM, Land, BJ, Lange, R, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Loach, JC, MacLellan, R, Majerus, S, Mak, HB, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, Mastbaum, A, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McGee, SR, Miller, ML, Monreal, B, Monroe, J, Nickel, BG, Noble, AJ, O'Keeffe, HM, Oblath, NS, Okada, CE, Ollerhead, RW, Orebi Gann, GD, Oser, SM, Ott, RA, Peeters, SJM, Poon, AWP, and Prior, G

Subjects
hep-ex, nucl-ex
Abstract

Neutrons produced in nuclear interactions initiated by cosmic-ray muons present an irreducible background to many rare-event searches, even in detectors located deep underground. Models for the production of these neutrons have been tested against previous experimental data, but the extrapolation to deeper sites is not well understood. Here we report results from an analysis of cosmogenically produced neutrons at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. A specific set of observables are presented, which can be used to benchmark the validity of geant4 physics models. In addition, the cosmogenic neutron yield, in units of 10-4 cm2/(g·μ), is measured to be 7.28±0.09(stat)-1.12+1.59(syst) in pure heavy water and 7.30±0.07(stat)-1.02+1.40(syst) in NaCl-loaded heavy water. These results provide unique insights into this potential background source for experiments at SNOLAB.

Published
2019

9. Measurement of neutron production in atmospheric neutrino interactions at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Author

Aharmim, B, Ahmed, SN, Anthony, AE, Barros, N, Beier, EW, Bellerive, A, Beltran, B, Bergevin, M, Biller, SD, Bonventre, R, Boudjemline, K, Boulay, MG, Cai, B, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Chan, YD, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Cleveland, BT, Cox, GA, Dai, X, Deng, H, Descamps, FB, Detwiler, JA, Doe, PJ, Doucas, G, Drouin, P-L, Dunford, M, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Fleurot, F, Ford, RJ, Formaggio, JA, Gagnon, N, Gilje, K, Goon, JTM, Graham, K, Guillian, E, Habib, S, Hahn, RL, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hime, A, Howard, C, Huang, M, Jagam, P, Jamieson, B, Jelley, NA, Jerkins, M, Keeter, KJ, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Kos, M, Kruger, A, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kutter, T, Kyba, CCM, Land, BJ, Lange, R, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Loach, JC, MacLellan, R, Majerus, S, Mak, HB, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, Mastbaum, A, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McGee, SR, Miller, ML, Monreal, B, Monroe, J, Nickel, BG, Noble, AJ, O'Keeffe, HM, Oblath, NS, Okada, CE, Ollerhead, RW, Gann, GD Orebi, Oser, SM, Ott, RA, Peeters, SJM, Poon, AWP, Prior, G, Reitzner, SD, and Rielage, K

Subjects
hep-ex
Abstract

Neutron production in GeV-scale neutrino interactions is a poorly studiedprocess. We have measured the neutron multiplicities in atmospheric neutrinointeractions in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment and compared themto the prediction of a Monte Carlo simulation using GENIE and a minimallymodified version of GEANT4. We analyzed 837 days of exposure corresponding toPhase I, using pure heavy water, and Phase II, using a mixture of Cl in heavywater. Neutrons produced in atmospheric neutrino interactions were identifiedwith an efficiency of $15.3\%$ and $44.3\%$, for Phase I and II respectively.The neutron production is measured as a function of the visible energy of theneutrino interaction and, for charged current quasi-elastic interactioncandidates, also as a function of the neutrino energy. This study is alsoperformed classifying the complete sample into two pairs of event categories:charged current quasi-elastic and non charged current quasi-elastic, and$\nu_{\mu}$ and $\nu_e$. Results show good overall agreement between data andMonte Carlo for both phases, with some small tension with a statisticalsignificance below $2\sigma$ for some intermediate energies.

Published
2019

10. Constraints on neutrino lifetime from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Author

Aharmim, B, Ahmed, SN, Anthony, AE, Barros, N, Beier, EW, Bellerive, A, Beltran, B, Bergevin, M, Biller, SD, Bonventre, R, Boudjemline, K, Boulay, MG, Cai, B, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Chan, YD, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Cleveland, BT, Cox, GA, Dai, X, Deng, H, Descamps, FB, Detwiler, JA, Doe, PJ, Doucas, G, Drouin, P-L, Dunford, M, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Fleurot, F, Ford, RJ, Formaggio, JA, Gagnon, N, Gilje, K, Goon, J TM, Graham, K, Guillian, E, Habib, S, Hahn, RL, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hime, A, Howard, C, Huang, M, Jagam, P, Jamieson, B, Jelley, NA, Jerkins, M, Kéfélian, C, Keeter, KJ, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Kos, M, Krüger, A, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kutter, T, Kyba, CCM, Land, BJ, Lange, R, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Loach, JC, MacLellan, R, Majerus, S, Mak, HB, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, Mastbaum, A, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McGee, SR, Miller, ML, Monreal, B, Monroe, J, Nickel, BG, Noble, AJ, O’Keeffe, HM, Oblath, NS, Okada, CE, Ollerhead, RW, Gann, GD Orebi, Oser, SM, Ott, RA, Peeters, SJM, Poon, AWP, Prior, G, and Reitzner, SD

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

The long baseline between Earth and the Sun makes solar neutrinos an excellent test beam for exploring possible neutrino decay. The signature of such decay would be an energy-dependent distortion of the traditional survival probability which can be fit for using well-developed and high-precision analysis methods. Here a model including neutrino decay is fit to all three phases of B8 solar neutrino data taken by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). This fit constrains the lifetime of neutrino mass state ν2 to be >8.08×10-5 s/eV at 90% confidence. An analysis combining this SNO result with those from other solar neutrino experiments results in a combined limit for the lifetime of mass state ν2 of >1.92×10-3 s/eV at 90% confidence.

Published
2019

11. Search for invisible modes of nucleon decay in water with the SNO+ detector

Author

Anderson, M, Andringa, S, Arushanova, E, Asahi, S, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Back, AR, Barnard, Z, Barros, N, Bartlett, D, Barão, F, Bayes, R, Beier, EW, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Bonventre, R, Boulay, M, Braid, D, Caden, E, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Carvalho, J, Cavalli, L, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Chkvorets, O, Clark, KJ, Cleveland, B, Connors, C, Coulter, IT, Cressy, D, Dai, X, Darrach, C, Davis-Purcell, B, Depatie, MM, Descamps, F, Di Lodovico, F, Duhaime, N, Duncan, F, Dunger, J, Falk, E, Fatemighomi, N, Fischer, V, Fletcher, E, Ford, R, Gagnon, N, Gilje, K, Gorel, P, Graham, K, Grant, C, Grove, J, Grullon, S, Guillian, E, Hallin, AL, Hallman, D, Hans, S, Hartnell, J, Harvey, P, Hedayatipour, M, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hernández-Hernández, JL, Hreljac, B, Hu, J, Iida, T, Inácio, AS, Jackson, CM, Jelley, NA, Jillings, CJ, Jones, C, Jones, PG, Kamdin, K, Kaptanoglu, T, Kaspar, J, Keeter, K, Kefelian, C, Khaghani, P, Kippenbrock, L, Klein, JR, Knapik, R, Kofron, J, Kormos, LL, Krar, B, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kroupova, T, Labe, K, Lam, I, Lan, C, Land, BJ, Lane, R, Langrock, S, LaTorre, A, Lawson, I, Lebanowski, L, Lefeuvre, GM, Leming, EJ, and Li, A

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, physics.ins-det
Abstract

This paper reports results from a search for nucleon decay through invisible modes, where no visible energy is directly deposited during the decay itself, during the initial water phase of SNO+. However, such decays within the oxygen nucleus would produce an excited daughter that would subsequently deexcite, often emitting detectable gamma rays. A search for such gamma rays yields limits of 2.5×1029 y at 90% Bayesian credibility level (with a prior uniform in rate) for the partial lifetime of the neutron, and 3.6×1029 y for the partial lifetime of the proton, the latter a 70% improvement on the previous limit from SNO. We also present partial lifetime limits for invisible dinucleon modes of 1.3×1028 y for nn, 2.6×1028 y for pn and 4.7×1028 y for pp, an improvement over existing limits by close to 3 orders of magnitude for the latter two.

Published
2019

12. Measurement of the B8 solar neutrino flux in SNO+ with very low backgrounds

Author

Anderson, M, Andringa, S, Asahi, S, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Barros, N, Bartlett, D, Barão, F, Bayes, R, Beier, EW, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Bonventre, R, Boulay, M, Caden, E, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Chkvorets, O, Cleveland, B, Connors, C, Coulter, IT, Depatie, MM, Di Lodovico, F, Duncan, F, Dunger, J, Falk, E, Fischer, V, Fletcher, E, Ford, R, Gagnon, N, Gilje, K, Grant, C, Grove, J, Hallin, AL, Hallman, D, Hans, S, Hartnell, J, Heintzelman, WJ, Helmer, RL, Hernández-Hernández, JL, Hreljac, B, Hu, J, Inácio, AS, Jillings, CJ, Kaptanoglu, T, Khaghani, P, Klein, JR, Knapik, R, Kormos, LL, Krar, B, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kroupova, T, Lam, I, Land, BJ, Lane, R, LaTorre, A, Lawson, I, Lebanowski, L, Leming, EJ, Li, A, Lidgard, J, Liggins, B, Liu, Y, Lozza, V, Luo, M, Maguire, S, Maio, A, Manecki, S, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, Marzec, E, Mastbaum, A, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, Mekarski, P, Meyer, M, Mlejnek, M, Morton-Blake, I, Nae, S, Nirkko, M, O’Keeffe, HM, Gann, GD Orebi, Parnell, MJ, Paton, J, Peeters, SJM, Pershing, T, Pickard, L, Pracsovics, D, Prior, G, Reichold, A, Richardson, R, Rigan, M, Rose, J, Rosero, R, Rumleskie, J, and Semenec, I

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

A measurement of the B8 solar neutrino flux has been made using a 69.2 kt-day dataset acquired with the SNO+ detector during its water commissioning phase. At energies above 6 MeV the dataset is an extremely pure sample of solar neutrino elastic scattering events, owing primarily to the detector's deep location, allowing an accurate measurement with relatively little exposure. In that energy region the best fit background rate is 0.25-0.07+0.09 events/kt-day, significantly lower than the measured solar neutrino event rate in that energy range, which is 1.03-0.12+0.13 events/kt-day. Also using data below this threshold, down to 5 MeV, fits of the solar neutrino event direction yielded an observed flux of 2.53-0.28+0.31(stat)-0.10+0.13(syst)×106 cm-2 s-1, assuming no neutrino oscillations. This rate is consistent with matter enhanced neutrino oscillations and measurements from other experiments.

Published
2019

13. Measurement of the B 8 solar neutrino flux in SNO+ with very low backgrounds

Author

Anderson, M, Andringa, S, Asahi, S, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Barros, N, Bartlett, D, Barão, F, Bayes, R, Beier, EW, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Bonventre, R, Boulay, M, Caden, E, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Chkvorets, O, Cleveland, B, Connors, C, Coulter, IT, Depatie, MM, Di Lodovico, F, Duncan, F, Dunger, J, Falk, E, Fischer, V, Fletcher, E, Ford, R, Gagnon, N, Gilje, K, Grant, C, Grove, J, Hallin, AL, Hallman, D, Hans, S, Hartnell, J, Heintzelman, WJ, Helmer, RL, Hernández-Hernández, JL, Hreljac, B, Hu, J, Inácio, AS, Jillings, CJ, Kaptanoglu, T, Khaghani, P, Klein, JR, Knapik, R, Kormos, LL, Krar, B, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kroupova, T, Lam, I, Land, BJ, Lane, R, Latorre, A, Lawson, I, Lebanowski, L, Leming, EJ, Li, A, Lidgard, J, Liggins, B, Liu, Y, Lozza, V, Luo, M, Maguire, S, Maio, A, Manecki, S, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, Marzec, E, Mastbaum, A, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, Mekarski, P, Meyer, M, Mlejnek, M, Morton-Blake, I, Nae, S, Nirkko, M, O'Keeffe, HM, Orebi Gann, GD, Parnell, MJ, Paton, J, Peeters, SJM, Pershing, T, Pickard, L, Pracsovics, D, Prior, G, Reichold, A, Richardson, R, Rigan, M, Rose, J, Rosero, R, Rumleskie, J, and Semenec, I

Subjects
hep-ex
Abstract

A measurement of the B8 solar neutrino flux has been made using a 69.2 kt-day dataset acquired with the SNO+ detector during its water commissioning phase. At energies above 6 MeV the dataset is an extremely pure sample of solar neutrino elastic scattering events, owing primarily to the detector's deep location, allowing an accurate measurement with relatively little exposure. In that energy region the best fit background rate is 0.25-0.07+0.09 events/kt-day, significantly lower than the measured solar neutrino event rate in that energy range, which is 1.03-0.12+0.13 events/kt-day. Also using data below this threshold, down to 5 MeV, fits of the solar neutrino event direction yielded an observed flux of 2.53-0.28+0.31(stat)-0.10+0.13(syst)×106 cm-2 s-1, assuming no neutrino oscillations. This rate is consistent with matter enhanced neutrino oscillations and measurements from other experiments.

Published
2019

14. Tests of Lorentz invariance at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Author

Aharmim, B, Ahmed, SN, Anthony, AE, Barros, N, Beier, EW, Bellerive, A, Beltran, B, Bergevin, M, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Bonventre, R, Boudjemline, K, Boulay, MG, Cai, B, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Chan, YD, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Cleveland, BT, Cox, GA, Dai, X, Deng, H, Descamps, FB, Detwiler, JA, Doe, PJ, Doucas, G, Drouin, P-L, Dunford, M, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Fleurot, F, Ford, RJ, Formaggio, JA, Gagnon, N, Gilje, K, Goon, J TM, Graham, K, Guillian, E, Habib, S, Hahn, RL, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hime, A, Howard, C, Huang, M, Jagam, P, Jamieson, B, Jelley, NA, Jerkins, M, Kéfélian, C, Keeter, KJ, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Kos, M, Krüger, A, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kutter, T, Kyba, CCM, Labe, K, Land, BJ, Lange, R, LaTorre, A, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Loach, JC, MacLellan, R, Majerus, S, Mak, HB, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, Mastbaum, A, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McGee, SR, Miller, ML, Monreal, B, Monroe, J, Nickel, BG, Noble, AJ, O’Keeffe, HM, Oblath, NS, Okada, CE, Ollerhead, RW, Gann, GD Orebi, Oser, SM, Ott, RA, and Peeters, SJM

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

Experimental tests of Lorentz symmetry in systems of all types are critical for ensuring that the basic assumptions of physics are well founded. Data from all phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, a kiloton-scale heavy water Cherenkov detector, are analyzed for possible violations of Lorentz symmetry in the neutrino sector. Such violations would appear as one of eight possible signal types in the detector: six seasonal variations in the solar electron neutrino survival probability differing in energy and time dependence and two shape changes to the oscillated solar neutrino energy spectrum. No evidence for such signals is observed, and limits on the size of such effects are established in the framework of the standard model extension, including 38 limits on previously unconstrained operators and improved limits on 16 additional operators. This makes limits on all minimal, Dirac-type Lorentz violating operators in the neutrino sector available for the first time.

Published
2018

15. Search for neutron-Antineutron oscillations at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Author

Aharmim, B, Ahmed, SN, Anthony, AE, Barros, N, Beier, EW, Bellerive, A, Beltran, B, Bergevin, M, Biller, SD, Boudjemline, K, Boulay, MG, Cai, B, Chan, YD, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Cleveland, BT, Cox, GA, Dai, X, Deng, H, Detwiler, JA, Doe, PJ, Doucas, G, Drouin, PL, Duncan, FA, Dunford, M, Earle, ED, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Fleurot, F, Ford, RJ, Formaggio, JA, Gagnon, N, Goon, JT, Graham, K, Guillian, E, Habib, S, Hahn, RL, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hime, A, Howard, C, Huang, M, Jagam, P, Jamieson, B, Jelley, NA, Jerkins, M, Keeter, KJ, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Kos, M, Krüger, A, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kutter, T, Kyba, CCM, Lange, R, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Loach, JC, Maclellan, R, Majerus, S, Mak, HB, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McGee, SR, Miller, ML, Monreal, B, Monroe, J, Nickel, BG, Noble, AJ, O'Keeffe, HM, Oblath, NS, Okada, CE, Ollerhead, RW, Orebi Gann, GD, Oser, SM, Ott, RA, Peeters, SJM, Poon, AWP, Prior, G, Reitzner, SD, Rielage, K, Robertson, BC, Robertson, RGH, Schwendener, MH, Secrest, JA, and Seibert, SR

Subjects
hep-ex, nucl-ex, physics.ins-det
Abstract

Tests on B-L symmetry breaking models are important probes to search for new physics. One proposed model with Δ(B-L)=2 involves the oscillations of a neutron to an antineutron. In this paper, a new limit on this process is derived for the data acquired from all three operational phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment. The search concentrated on oscillations occurring within the deuteron, and 23 events were observed against a background expectation of 30.5 events. These translated to a lower limit on the nuclear lifetime of 1.48×1031 yr at 90% C.L. when no restriction was placed on the signal likelihood space (unbounded). Alternatively, a lower limit on the nuclear lifetime was found to be 1.18×1031 yr at 90% C.L. when the signal was forced into a positive likelihood space (bounded). Values for the free oscillation time derived from various models are also provided in this article. This is the first search for neutron-Antineutron oscillation with the deuteron as a target.

Published
2017

16. Current Status and Future Prospects of the SNO+ Experiment

Author

Andringa, S, Arushanova, E, Asahi, S, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Back, AR, Barnard, Z, Barros, N, Beier, EW, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Bonventre, R, Braid, D, Caden, E, Callaghan, E, Caravaca, J, Carvalho, J, Cavalli, L, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Chkvorets, O, Clark, K, Cleveland, B, Coulter, IT, Cressy, D, Dai, X, Darrach, C, Davis-Purcell, B, Deen, R, Depatie, MM, Descamps, F, Di Lodovico, F, Duhaime, N, Duncan, F, Dunger, J, Falk, E, Fatemighomi, N, Ford, R, Gorel, P, Grant, C, Grullon, S, Guillian, E, Hallin, AL, Hallman, D, Hans, S, Hartnell, J, Harvey, P, Hedayatipour, M, Heintzelman, WJ, Helmer, RL, Hreljac, B, Hu, J, Iida, T, Jackson, CM, Jelley, NA, Jillings, C, Jones, C, Jones, PG, Kamdin, K, Kaptanoglu, T, Kaspar, J, Keener, P, Khaghani, P, Kippenbrock, L, Klein, JR, Knapik, R, Kofron, JN, Kormos, LL, Korte, S, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Labe, K, Lam, I, Lan, C, Land, BJ, Langrock, S, LaTorre, A, Lawson, I, Lefeuvre, GM, Leming, EJ, Lidgard, J, Liu, X, Liu, Y, Lozza, V, Maguire, S, Maio, A, Majumdar, K, Manecki, S, Maneira, J, Marzec, E, Mastbaum, A, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McMillan, JE, Mekarski, P, Miller, C, Mohan, Y, Mony, E, and Mottram, MJ

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, physics.ins-det, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

SNO+ is a large liquid scintillator-based experiment located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada. It reuses the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory detector, consisting of a 12 m diameter acrylic vessel which will be filled with about 780 tonnes of ultra-pure liquid scintillator. Designed as a multipurpose neutrino experiment, the primary goal of SNO+ is a search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay (0ββ) of 130Te. In Phase I, the detector will be loaded with 0.3% natural tellurium, corresponding to nearly 800 kg of 130Te, with an expected effective Majorana neutrino mass sensitivity in the region of 55-133 meV, just above the inverted mass hierarchy. Recently, the possibility of deploying up to ten times more natural tellurium has been investigated, which would enable SNO+ to achieve sensitivity deep into the parameter space for the inverted neutrino mass hierarchy in the future. Additionally, SNO+ aims to measure reactor antineutrino oscillations, low energy solar neutrinos, and geoneutrinos, to be sensitive to supernova neutrinos, and to search for exotic physics. A first phase with the detector filled with water will begin soon, with the scintillator phase expected to start after a few months of water data taking. The 0νββ Phase I is foreseen for 2017.

Published
2016

17. Recent Results from the T2K Experiment

Author

Abe, K, Abgrall, N, Aihara, H, Akiri, T, Andreopoulos, C, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Assylbekov, S, Autiero, D, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Bass, M, Batkiewicz, M, Bay, F, Bentham, SW, Berardi, V, Berger, BE, Berkman, S, Bertram, I, Bhadra, S, Blaszczyk, FDM, Blondel, A, Bojechko, C, Boyd, SB, Brailsford, D, Bravar, A, Bronner, C, Buchanan, N, Calland, RG, Rodríguez, J Caravaca, Cartwright, SL, Castillo, R, Catanesi, MG, Cervera, A, Cherdack, D, Christodoulou, G, Clifton, A, Coleman, J, Coleman, SJ, Collazuol, G, Connolly, K, Cremonesi, L, Curioni, A, Dabrowska, A, Danko, I, Das, R, Davis, S, de Perio, P, De Rosa, G, Dealtry, T, Dennis, SR, Densham, C, Di Lodovico, F, Di Luise, S, Drapier, O, Duboyski, T, Dufour, F, Dumarchez, J, Dytman, S, Dziewiecki, M, Emery, S, Ereditato, A, Escudero, L, Finch, AJ, Frank, E, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, Y, Furmanski, AP, Galymov, V, Gaudin, A, Giffin, S, Giganti, C, Gilje, K, Golan, T, Gomez-Cadenas, JJ, Gonin, M, Grant, N, Gudin, D, Hadley, DR, Haesler, A, Haigh, MD, Hamilton, P, Hansen, D, Hara, T, Hartz, M, Hasegawa, T, Hastings, NC, Hayato, Y, Hearty, C, Helmer, RL, Hierholzer, M, Hignight, J, Hillairet, A, Himmel, A, Hiraki, T, Hirota, S, and Holeczek, J

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Neutrino Oscillation, theta(13), Long Baseline, T2K, hep-ph
Abstract

The Tokai to Kamioka (T2K) experiment studies neutrino oscillations using a beam of muon neutrinos produced by an accelerator. The neutrinos travel from J-PARC on the east coast of Japan and are detected 295 kilometers further away in the Super-Kamiokande detector. A complex of near detectors located 280 meters away from the neutrino production target is used to better characterize the neutrino beam and reduce systematic uncertainties. The experiment aims at measuring electronic neutrino appearance (νμ→νe oscillation) to measure the neutrino mixing angle θ13, and muon neutrino disappearance to measure the neutrino mixing angle θ23 and mass splitting |δm322|. We report here electron neutrino appearance results using three years of data, recorded until the 2012 summer, as well as muon neutrino disappearance results based on the data coming from the first two years of the experiment. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.

Published
2014

18. Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters from Muon Neutrino Disappearance with an Off-Axis Beam

Author

Abe, K, Adam, J, Aihara, H, Akiri, T, Andreopoulos, C, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Assylbekov, S, Autiero, D, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Bass, M, Batkiewicz, M, Bay, F, Bentham, SW, Berardi, V, Berger, BE, Berkman, S, Bertram, I, Bhadra, S, Blaszczyk, FDM, Blondel, A, Bojechko, C, Bordoni, S, Boyd, SB, Brailsford, D, Bravar, A, Bronner, C, Buchanan, N, Calland, RG, Rodríguez, J Caravaca, Cartwright, SL, Castillo, R, Catanesi, MG, Cervera, A, Cherdack, D, Christodoulou, G, Clifton, A, Coleman, J, Coleman, SJ, Collazuol, G, Connolly, K, Cremonesi, L, Curioni, A, Dabrowska, A, Danko, I, Das, R, Davis, S, de Perio, P, De Rosa, G, Dealtry, T, Dennis, SR, Densham, C, Di Lodovico, F, Di Luise, S, Drapier, O, Duboyski, T, Duffy, K, Dufour, F, Dumarchez, J, Dytman, S, Dziewiecki, M, Emery, S, Ereditato, A, Escudero, L, Finch, AJ, Frank, E, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, Y, Furmanski, AP, Galymov, V, Gaudin, A, Giffin, S, Giganti, C, Gilje, K, Golan, T, Gomez-Cadenas, JJ, Gonin, M, Grant, N, Gudin, D, Hadley, DR, Haesler, A, Haigh, MD, Hamilton, P, Hansen, D, Hara, T, Hartz, M, Hasegawa, T, Hastings, NC, Hayato, Y, Hearty, C, Helmer, RL, Hierholzer, M, Hignight, J, Hillairet, A, Himmel, A, and Hiraki, T

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, T2K Collaboration, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

The T2K Collaboration reports a precision measurement of muon neutrino disappearance with an off-axis neutrino beam with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV. Near detector measurements are used to constrain the neutrino flux and cross section parameters. The Super-Kamiokande far detector, which is 295 km downstream of the neutrino production target, collected data corresponding to 3.01×10(20) protons on target. In the absence of neutrino oscillations, 205±17 (syst) events are expected to be detected while only 58 muon neutrino event candidates are observed. A fit to the neutrino rate and energy spectrum, assuming three neutrino flavors and normal mass hierarchy yields a best-fit mixing angle sin2(θ23)=0.514±0.082 and mass splitting |Δm(32)(2)|=2.44(-0.15)(+0.17)×10(-3) eV2/c4. Our result corresponds to the maximal oscillation disappearance probability.

Published
2013

19. Evidence of electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam

Author

Abe, K, Abgrall, N, Aihara, H, Akiri, T, Albert, JB, Andreopoulos, C, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Assylbekov, S, Autiero, D, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Bass, M, Batkiewicz, M, Bay, F, Bentham, SW, Berardi, V, Berger, BE, Berkman, S, Bertram, I, Beznosko, D, Bhadra, S, Blaszczyk, FDM, Blondel, A, Bojechko, C, Boyd, S, Brailsford, D, Bravar, A, Bronner, C, Brook-Roberge, DG, Buchanan, N, Calland, RG, Caravaca Rodríguez, J, Cartwright, SL, Castillo, R, Catanesi, MG, Cervera, A, Cherdack, D, Christodoulou, G, Clifton, A, Coleman, J, Coleman, SJ, Collazuol, G, Connolly, K, Cremonesi, L, Curioni, A, Dabrowska, A, Danko, I, Das, R, Davis, S, Day, M, De André, JPAM, De Perio, P, De Rosa, G, Dealtry, T, Dennis, S, Densham, C, Di Lodovico, F, Di Luise, S, Dobson, J, Drapier, O, Duboyski, T, Dufour, F, Dumarchez, J, Dytman, S, Dziewiecki, M, Dziomba, M, Emery, S, Ereditato, A, Escudero, L, Finch, AJ, Frank, E, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, Y, Furmanski, A, Galymov, V, Gaudin, A, Giffin, S, Giganti, C, Gilje, K, Golan, T, Gomez-Cadenas, JJ, Gonin, M, Grant, N, Gudin, D, Hadley, DR, Haesler, A, Haigh, MD, Hamilton, P, Hansen, D, Hara, T, Hartz, M, Hasegawa, T, Hastings, NC, Hayato, Y, Hearty, C, and Helmer, RL

Subjects
hep-ex, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

The T2K Collaboration reports evidence for electron neutrino appearance at the atmospheric mass splitting, |Δm322|≈2.4×10-3 eV2. An excess of electron neutrino interactions over background is observed from a muon neutrino beam with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV at the Super-Kamiokande (SK) detector 295 km from the beam's origin. Signal and background predictions are constrained by data from near detectors located 280 m from the neutrino production target. We observe 11 electron neutrino candidate events at the SK detector when a background of 3.3±0.4(syst) events is expected. The background-only hypothesis is rejected with a p value of 0.0009 (3.1σ), and a fit assuming νμ→νe oscillations with sinâ¡22θ23=1, δCP=0 and |Δm322|=2.4×10-3 eV2 yields sinâ¡22θ13=0.088-0.039+0. 049(stat+syst). © 2013 American Physical Society.

Published
2013

20. The SNO+ Experiment

Author

Collaboration, SNO, Albanese, V, Alves, R, Anderson, MR, Andringa, S, Anselmo, L, Arushanova, E, Asahi, S, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Back, AR, Back, S, Barão, F, Barnard, Z, Barr, A, Barros, N, Bartlett, D, Bayes, R, Beaudoin, C, Beier, EW, Berardi, G, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Bonventre, R, Boulay, M, Braid, D, Caden, E, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Carvalho, J, Cavalli, L, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Chkvorets, O, Clark, KJ, Cleveland, B, Connors, C, Cookman, D, Coulter, IT, Cox, MA, Cressy, D, Dai, X, Darrach, C, Davis-Purcell, B, Deluce, C, Depatie, MM, Descamps, F, Lodovico, F Di, Dittmer, J, Doxtator, A, Duhaime, N, Duncan, F, Dunger, J, Earle, AD, Fabris, D, Falk, E, Farrugia, A, Fatemighomi, N, Felber, C, Fischer, V, Fletcher, E, Ford, R, Frankiewicz, K, Gagnon, N, Gaur, A, Gauthier, J, Gibson-Foster, A, Gilje, K, González-Reina, OI, Gooding, D, Gorel, P, Graham, K, Grant, C, Grove, J, Grullon, S, Guillian, E, Hall, S, Hallin, AL, Hallman, D, Hans, S, Hartnell, J, Harvey, P, Hedayatipour, M, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hodak, B, Hodak, M, Hood, M, Horne, D, Hreljac, B, Hu, J, Hussain, SMA, Iida, T, Inácio, AS, Jackson, CM, Jelley, NA, Jillings, CJ, Jones, C, Jones, PG, Kamdin, K, Kaptanoglu, T, Kaspar, J, Keeter, K, Kefelian, C, Khaghani, P, Kippenbrock, L, Klein, JR, Knapik, R, Kofron, J, Kormos, LL, Korte, S, Krar, B, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kroupová, T, Labe, K, Lafleur, F, Lam, I, Lan, C, Land, BJ, Lane, R, Langrock, S, Larochelle, P, Larose, S, LaTorre, A, Lawson, I, Lebanowski, L, Lefeuvre, GM, Leming, EJ, Li, A, Li, O, Lidgard, J, Liggins, B, Liimatainen, P, Lin, YH, Liu, X, Liu, Y, Lozza, V, Luo, M, Maguire, S, Maio, A, Majumdar, K, Manecki, S, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, Marzec, E, Mastbaum, A, Mathewson, A, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McFarlane, K, Mekarski, P, Meyer, M, Miller, C, Mills, C, Mlejnek, M, Mony, E, Morissette, B, Morton-Blake, I, Mottram, MJ, Nae, S, Nirkko, M, Nolan, LJ, Novikov, VM, O'Keeffe, HM, O'Sullivan, E, Gann, GD Orebi, Parnell, MJ, Paton, J, Peeters, SJM, Pershing, T, Petriw, Z, Petzoldt, J, Pickard, L, Pracsovics, D, Prior, G, Prouty, JC, Quirk, S, Read, S, Reichold, A, Riccetto, S, Richardson, R, Rigan, M, Ritchie, I, Robertson, A, Robertson, BC, Rose, J, Rosero, R, Rost, PM, Rumleskie, J, Schumaker, MA, Schwendener, MH, Scislowski, D, Secrest, J, Seddighin, M, Segui, L, Seibert, S, Semenec, I, Shaker, F, Shantz, T, Sharma, MK, Shokair, TM, Sibley, L, Sinclair, JR, Singh, K, Skensved, P, Smiley, M, Sonley, T, Sörensen, A, St-Amant, M, Stainforth, R, Stankiewicz, S, Strait, M, Stringer, MI, Stripay, A, Svoboda, R, Tacchino, S, Tam, B, Tanguay, C, Tatar, J, Tian, L, Tolich, N, Tseng, J, Tseung, HWC, Turner, E, Berg, R Van, Vázquez-Jáuregui, E, Veinot, JGC, Virtue, CJ, Krosigk, B von, Walker, JMG, Walker, M, Wallig, J, Walton, SC, Wang, J, Ward, M, Wasalski, O, Waterfield, J, Weigand, JJ, White, RF, Wilson, JR, Winchester, TJ, Woosaree, P, Wright, A, Yanez, JP, Yeh, M, Zhang, T, Zhang, Y, Zhao, T, Zuber, K, and Zummo, A

Abstract

The SNO+ experiment is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada. A low background search for neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay will be conducted using 780 tonnes of liquid scintillator loaded with 3.9 tonnes of natural tellurium, corresponding to 1.3 tonnes of $^{130}$Te. This paper provides a general overview of the SNO+ experiment, including detector design, construction of process plants, commissioning efforts, electronics upgrades, data acquisition systems, and calibration techniques. The SNO+ collaboration is reusing the acrylic vessel, PMT array, and electronics of the SNO detector, having made a number of experimental upgrades and essential adaptations for use with the liquid scintillator. With low backgrounds and a low energy threshold, the SNO+ collaboration will also pursue a rich physics program beyond the search for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay, including studies of geo- and reactor antineutrinos, supernova and solar neutrinos, and exotic physics such as the search for invisible nucleon decay. The SNO+ approach to the search for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay is scalable: a future phase with high $^{130}$Te-loading is envisioned to probe an effective Majorana mass in the inverted mass ordering region.

Published
2021

21. Development, characterisation, and deployment of the SNO+ liquid scintillator

Author

Anderson, Anderson, MR, Andringa, S, Anselmo, L, Arushanova, E, Asahi, S, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Back, AR, Barnard, Z, Barros, N, Bartlett, D, Barao, F, Bayes, R, Beier, EW, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Bonventre, R, Boulay, M, Braid, D, Caden, E, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Carvalho, J, Cavalli, L, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Chkvorets, O, Clark, KJ, Cleveland, B, Cookman, D, Connors, C, Coulter, IT, Cox, MA, Cressy, D, Dai, X, Darrach, C, Davis-Purcell, B, Deluce, C, Depatie, MM, Descamps, F, Dittmer, J, Di Lodovico, F, Duhaime, N, Duncan, F, Dunger, J, Earle, AD, Fabris, D, Falk, E, Farrugia, A, Fatemighomi, N, Fischer, V, Fletcher, E, Ford, R, Frankiewicz, K, Gagnon, N, Gaur, A, Gilje, K, González-Reina, OI, Gooding, D, Gorel, P, Graham, K, Grant, C, Grove, J, Grullon, S, Guillian, E, Hall, S, Hallin, AL, Hallman, D, Hans, S, Hartnell, J, Harvey, P, Hedayatipour, M, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Horne, D, Hreljac, B, Hu, J, Hussain, SMA, Iida, T, Inácio, AS, Jackson, CM, Jelley, NA, Jillings, CJ, Jones, C, Jones, PG, Kamdin, K, Kaptanoglu, T, Kaspar, J, Keeter, K, Kefelian, C, Khaghani, P, Kippenbrock, L, Klein, JR, Knapik, R, Kofron, J, Kormos, LL, Korte, S, Krar, B, Anderson, Anderson, MR, Andringa, S, Anselmo, L, Arushanova, E, Asahi, S, Askins, M, Auty, DJ, Back, AR, Barnard, Z, Barros, N, Bartlett, D, Barao, F, Bayes, R, Beier, EW, Bialek, A, Biller, SD, Blucher, E, Bonventre, R, Boulay, M, Braid, D, Caden, E, Callaghan, EJ, Caravaca, J, Carvalho, J, Cavalli, L, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Chkvorets, O, Clark, KJ, Cleveland, B, Cookman, D, Connors, C, Coulter, IT, Cox, MA, Cressy, D, Dai, X, Darrach, C, Davis-Purcell, B, Deluce, C, Depatie, MM, Descamps, F, Dittmer, J, Di Lodovico, F, Duhaime, N, Duncan, F, Dunger, J, Earle, AD, Fabris, D, Falk, E, Farrugia, A, Fatemighomi, N, Fischer, V, Fletcher, E, Ford, R, Frankiewicz, K, Gagnon, N, Gaur, A, Gilje, K, González-Reina, OI, Gooding, D, Gorel, P, Graham, K, Grant, C, Grove, J, Grullon, S, Guillian, E, Hall, S, Hallin, AL, Hallman, D, Hans, S, Hartnell, J, Harvey, P, Hedayatipour, M, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Horne, D, Hreljac, B, Hu, J, Hussain, SMA, Iida, T, Inácio, AS, Jackson, CM, Jelley, NA, Jillings, CJ, Jones, C, Jones, PG, Kamdin, K, Kaptanoglu, T, Kaspar, J, Keeter, K, Kefelian, C, Khaghani, P, Kippenbrock, L, Klein, JR, Knapik, R, Kofron, J, Kormos, LL, Korte, S, and Krar, B

Abstract

A liquid scintillator consisting of linear alkylbenzene as the solvent and 2,5-diphenyloxazole as the fluor was developed for the SNO+ experiment. This mixture was chosen as it is compatible with acrylic and has a competitive light yield to pre-existing liquid scintillators while conferring other advantages including longer attenuation lengths, superior safety characteristics, chemical simplicity, ease of handling, and logistical availability. Its properties have been extensively characterized and are presented here. This liquid scintillator is now used in several neutrino physics experiments in addition to SNO+.

Published
2021

22. Measurement of the νμ charged-current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the ND280 detector at T2K

Author

Abe, K, Adam, J, Aihara, H, Akiri, T, Andreopoulos, C, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Assylbekov, S, Autiero, D, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Bartet-Friburg, P, Bass, M, Batkiewicz, M, Bay, F, Berardi, V, Berger, BE, Berkman, S, Bhadra, S, Blaszczyk, FDM, Blondel, A, Bojechko, C, Bolognesi, S, Bordoni, S, Boyd, SB, Brailsford, D, Bravar, A, Bronner, C, Calland, RG, Caravaca Rodriguez, J, Cartwright, SL, Castillo, R, Catanesi, MG, Cervera, A, Cherdack, D, Chikuma, N, Christodoulou, G, Clifton, A, Coleman, J, Coleman, SJ, Collazuol, G, Connolly, K, Cremonesi, L, Dabrowska, A, De Rosa, G, Danko, I, Das, R, Davis, S, de Perio, P, Dealtry, T, Dennis, SR, Densham, C, Dewhurst, D, Di Lodovico, F, Di Luise, S, Dolan, S, Drapier, O, Duboyski, T, Duffy, K, Dumarchez, J, Dytman, S, Dziewiecki, M, Emery-Schrenk, S, Ereditato, A, Escudero, L, Feusels, T, Finch, AJ, Fiorentini, GA, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, Y, Furmanski, AP, Galymov, V, Garcia, A, Giffin, S, Giganti, C, Gilje, K, Goeldi, D, Golan, T, Gonin, M, Grant, N, Gudin, D, Hadley, DR, Haegel, L, Haesler, A, Haigh, MD, Hamilton, P, Hansen, D, Hara, T, Hartz, M, Hasegawa, T, Hastings, NC, Hayashino, T, Hayato, Y, Hearty, C, Helmer, RL, Hierholzer, M, Hignight, J, Hillairet, A, Himmel, A, Hiraki, T, Hirota, S, Holeczek, J, Horikawa, S, Huang, K, Hosomi, F, Ichikawa, AK, Ieki, K, Ieva, M, Ikeda, M, Imber, J, Insler, J, Intonti, RA, Irvine, TJ, Ishida, T, Ishii, T, Iwai, E, Iwamoto, K, Iyogi, K, Izmaylov, A, Jacob, A, Jamieson, B, Jiang, M, Johnson, S, Jo, JH, Jonsson, P, Jung, CK, Kabirnezhad, M, Kaboth, AC, Kajita, T, Kakuno, H, Kameda, J, Kanazawa, Y, Karlen, D, Karpikov, I, Katori, T, Kearns, E, Khabibullin, M, Khotjantsev, A, Kielczewska, D, Kikawa, T, Kilinski, A, Kim, J, King, S, Kisiel, J, Kitching, P, Kobayashi, T, Koch, L, Kolaceke, A, Koga, T, Konaka, A, Kopylov, A, Kormos, LL, Korzenev, A, Koshio, Y, Kropp, W, Kubo, H, Kudenko, Y, Kurjata, R, Kutter, T, Lagoda, J, Lamont, I, Larkin, E, Laveder, M, Lawe, M, Lazos, M, Lindner, T, Lister, C, Litchfield, RP, Longhin, A, Lopez, JP, Ludovici, L, Magaletti, L, Mahn, K, Malek, M, Manly, S, Marino, AD, Marteau, J, Martin, JF, Martins, P, Martynenko, S, Maruyama, T, Matveev, V, Mavrokoridis, K, Ma, WY, Mazzucato, E, McCarthy, M, McCauley, N, McFarland, KS, McGrew, C, Mefodiev, A, Metelko, C, Mezzetto, M, Mijakowski, P, Miller, CA, Minamino, A, Mineev, O, Mine, S, Missert, A, Miura, M, Moriyama, S, Mueller, Th A, Murakami, A, Murdoch, M, Murphy, S, Myslik, J, Nakadaira, T, Nakahata, M, Nakamura, KG, Nakamura, K, Nakamura, KD, Nakayama, S, Nakaya, T, Nakayoshi, K, Nantais, C, Nielsen, C, Nirkko, M, Nishikawa, K, Nishimura, Y, Nowak, J, O'Keeffe, HM, Ohta, R, Okumura, K, Okusawa, T, Oryszczak, W, Oser, SM, Ovsyannikova, T, Owen, RA, Oyama, Y, Palladino, V, Palomino, JL, Paolone, V, Payne, D, Perevozchikov, O, Perkin, JD, Petrov, Y, Pickard, L, Pickering, L, Guerra, ES Pinzon, Pistillo, C, Plonski, P, Poplawska, E, Popov, B, Posiadala-Zezula, M, Poutissou, J-M, Poutissou, R, Przewlocki, P, Quilain, B, Radicioni, E, Ratoff, PN, Ravonel, M, Rayner, MAM, Redij, A, Reeves, M, Reinherz-Aronis, E, Riccio, C, Rodrigues, PA, Rojas, P, Rondio, E, Roth, S, Rubbia, A, Ruterbories, D, Rychter, A, Sacco, R, Sakashita, K, Sanchez, F, Sato, F, Scantamburlo, E, Scholberg, K, Schoppmann, S, Schwehr, JD, Scott, M, Seiya, Y, Sekiguchi, T, Sekiya, H, Sgalaberna, D, Shah, R, Shaikhiev, A, Shaker, F, Shaw, D, Shiozawa, M, Shirahige, T, Short, S, Shustrov, Y, Sinclair, P, Smith, B, Smy, M, Sobczyk, JT, Sobel, H, Sorel, M, Southwell, L, Stamoulis, P, Steinmann, J, Still, B, Stewart, T, Suda, Y, Suzuki, A, Suzuki, K, Suzuki, SY, Suzuki, Y, Tacik, R, Tada, M, Takahashi, S, Takeda, A, Takeuchi, Y, Tanaka, HK, Tanaka, HA, Tanaka, MM, Terhorst, D, Terri, R, Thompson, LF, Thorley, A, Tobayama, S, Toki, W, Tomura, T, Touramanis, C, Tsukamoto, T, Tzanov, M, Uchida, Y, Vacheret, A, Vagins, M, Vallari, Z, Vasseur, G, Wachala, T, Wakamatsu, K, Walter, CW, Wark, D, Warzycha, W, Wascko, MO, Weber, A, Wendell, R, Wilkes, RJ, Wilking, MJ, Wilkinson, C, Williamson, Z, Wilson, JR, Wilson, RJ, Wongjirad, T, Yamada, Y, Yamamoto, K, Yanagisawa, C, Yano, T, Yen, S, Yershov, N, Yokoyama, M, Yoo, J, Yoshida, K, Yuan, T, Yu, M, Zalewska, A, Zalipska, J, Zambelli, L, Zaremba, K, Ziembicki, M, Zimmerman, ED, Zito, M, Zmuda, J, Abe, K., Adam, J., Aihara, H., Akiri, T., Andreopoulos, C., Aoki, S., Ariga, A., Assylbekov, S., Autiero, D., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Bartet-Friburg, P., Bass, M., Batkiewicz, M., Bay, F., Berardi, V., Berger, B. E., Berkman, S., Bhadra, S., Blaszczyk, F. D. M., Blondel, A., Bojechko, C., Bolognesi, S., Bordoni, S., Boyd, S. B., Brailsford, D., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Calland, R. G., Caravaca Rodríguez, J., Cartwright, S. L., Castillo, R., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Cherdack, D., Chikuma, N., Christodoulou, G., Clifton, A., Coleman, J., Coleman, S. J., Collazuol, G., Connolly, K., Cremonesi, L., Dabrowska, A., Danko, I., Das, R., Davis, S., De Perio, P., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Dennis, S. R., Densham, C., Dewhurst, D., Di Lodovico, F., Di Luise, S., Dolan, S., Drapier, O., Duboyski, T., Duffy, K., Dumarchez, J., Dytman, S., Dziewiecki, M., Emery-Schrenk, S., Ereditato, A., Escudero, L., Feusels, T., Finch, A. J., Fiorentini, G. A., Fiorillo, G., Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fukuda, Y., Furmanski, A. P., Galymov, V., Garcia, A., Giffin, S., Giganti, C., Gilje, K., Goeldi, D., Golan, T., Gonin, M., Grant, N., Gudin, D., Hadley, D. R., Haegel, L., Haesler, A., Haigh, M. D., Hamilton, P., Hansen, D., Hara, T., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hastings, N. C., Hayashino, T., Hayato, Y., Hearty, C., Helmer, R. L., Hierholzer, M., Hignight, J., Hillairet, A., Himmel, A., Hiraki, T., Hirota, S., Holeczek, J., Horikawa, S., Huang, K., Hosomi, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ieki, K., Ieva, M., Ikeda, M., Imber, J., Insler, J., Intonti, R. A., Irvine, T. J., Ishida, T., Ishii, T., Iwai, E., Iwamoto, K., Iyogi, K., Izmaylov, A., Jacob, A., Jamieson, B., Jiang, M., Johnson, S., Jo, J. H., Jonsson, P., Jung, C. K., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Kanazawa, Y., Karlen, D., Karpikov, I., Katori, T., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kielczewska, D., Kikawa, T., Kilinski, A., Kim, J., King, S., Kisiel, J., Kitching, P., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Kolaceke, A., Koga, T., Konaka, A., Kopylov, A., Kormos, L. L., Korzenev, A., Koshio, Y., Kropp, W., Kubo, H., Kudenko, Y., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Lagoda, J., Lamont, I., Larkin, E., Laveder, M., Lawe, M., Lazos, M., Lindner, T., Lister, C., Litchfield, R. P., Longhin, A., Lopez, J. P., Ludovici, L., Nascimento Machado, L., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Manly, S., Marino, A. D., Marteau, J., Martin, J. F., Martins, P., Martynenko, S., Maruyama, 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., Mijakowski, P., Miller, C. A., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Missert, A., Miura, M., Moriyama, S., Mueller, Th. A., Murakami, A., Murdoch, M., Murphy, S., Myslik, J., Nakadaira, T., Nakahata, M., Nakamura, K. G., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, K. D., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Nantais, C., Nielsen, C., Nirkko, M., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, Y., Nowak, J., O'Keeffe, H. M., Ohta, R., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Oryszczak, W., Oser, S. M., Ovsyannikova, T., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Payne, D., Perevozchikov, O., Perkin, J. D., Petrov, Y., Pickard, L., Pickering, L., Pinzon Guerra, E. S., Pistillo, C., Plonski, P., Poplawska, E., Popov, B., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Poutissou, J. -M., Poutissou, R., Przewlocki, P., Quilain, B., Radicioni, E., Ratoff, P. N., Ravonel, M., Rayner, M. A. M., Redij, A., Reeves, M., Reinherz-Aronis, E., Riccio, C., Rodrigues, P. A., Rojas, P., Rondio, E., Roth, S., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Ruterbories, D., Rychter, A., Sacco, R., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Sato, F., Scantamburlo, E., Scholberg, K., Schoppmann, S., Schwehr, J. D., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shah, R., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaw, D., Shiozawa, M., Shirahige, T., Short, S., Shustrov, Y., Sinclair, P., Smith, B., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Sorel, M., Southwell, L., Stamoulis, P., Steinmann, J., Still, B., Stewart, T., Suda, Y., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, K., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Tacik, R., Tada, M., Takahashi, S., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Tanaka, H. K., Tanaka, H. A., Tanaka, M. M., Terhorst, D., Terri, R., Thompson, L. F., Thorley, A., Tobayama, S., Toki, W., Tomura, T., Touramanis, C., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Vacheret, A., Vagins, M., Vallari, Z., Vasseur, G., Wachala, T., Wakamatsu, K., Walter, C. W., Wark, D., Warzycha, W., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilkes, R. J., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Williamson, Z., Wilson, J. R., Wilson, R. J., Wongjirad, T., Yamada, Y., Yamamoto, K., Yanagisawa, C., Yano, T., Yen, S., Yershov, N., Yokoyama, M., Yoo, J., Yoshida, K., Yuan, T., Yu, M., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zambelli, L., Zaremba, K., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., and Żmuda, J.

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

This paper reports a measurement by the T2K experiment of the ν μ charged current quasielastic (CCQE) cross section on a carbon target with the off-axis detector based on the observed distribution of muon momentum ( p μ ) and angle with respect to the incident neutrino beam ( θ μ ). The flux-integrated CCQE cross section was measured to be ⟨ σ ⟩ = ( 0.83 ± 0.12 ) × 10 − 38 cm 2 . The energy dependence of the CCQE cross section is also reported. The axial mass, M QE A , of the dipole axial form factor was extracted assuming the Smith-Moniz CCQE model with a relativistic Fermi gas nuclear model. Using the absolute (shape-only) p μ − cos θ μ distribution, the effective M QE A parameter was measured to be 1.2 6 + 0.21 − 0.18 GeV / c 2 ( 1.4 3 + 0.28 − 0.22 GeV / c 2 ).

Published
2019

23. Search for Lorentz and violation using sidereal time dependence of neutrino flavor transitions over a short baseline

Author

Abe, K, Amey, J, Andreopoulos, C, Antonova, M, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Assylbekov, S, Autiero, D, Ban, S, Barbato, FCT, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Barry, C, Bartet-Friburg, P, Batkiewicz, M, Berardi, V, Berkman, S, Bhadra, S, Bienstock, S, Blondel, A, Bolognesi, S, Bordoni, S, Boyd, SB, Brailsford, D, Bravar, A, Bronner, C, Avanzini, M, Calland, RG, Campbell, T, Cao, S, Cartwright, SL, Castillo, R, Catanesi, MG, Cervera, A, Chappell, A, Checchia, C, Cherdack, D, Chikuma, N, Christodoulou, G, Clifton, A, Coleman, J, Collazuol, G, Coplowe, D, Cremonesi, L, Cudd, A, Dabrowska, A, De Rosa, G, Dealtry, T, Denner, PF, Dennis, SR, Densham, C, Dewhurst, D, Di Lodovico, F, Di Luise, S, Dolan, S, Drapier, O, Duffy, KE, Dumarchez, J, Dunkman, M, Dziewiecki, M, Emery-Schrenk, S, Ereditato, A, Feusels, T, Finch, AJ, Fiorentini, GA, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, D, Fukuda, Y, Furmanski, AP, Galymov, V, Garcia, A, Giffin, SG, Giganti, C, Gizzarelli, F, Golan, T, Gonin, M, Grant, N, Hadley, DR, Haegel, L, Haigh, JT, Hamilton, P, Hansen, D, Harada, J, Hara, T, Hartz, M, Hasegawa, T, Hastings, NC, Hayashino, T, Hayato, Y, Helmer, RL, Hierholzer, M, Hillairet, A, Himmel, A, Hiraki, T, Hiramoto, A, Hirota, S, Hogan, M, Holeczek, J, Hosomi, F, Huang, K, Ichikawa, AK, Ieki, K, Ikeda, M, Imber, J, Insler, J, Intonti, RA, Irvine, TJ, Ishida, T, Ishii, T, Iwai, E, Iwamoto, K, Izmaylov, A, Jacob, A, Jamieson, B, Jiang, M, Johnson, S, Jo, JH, Jonsson, P, Jung, CK, Kabirnezhad, M, Kaboth, AC, Kajita, T, Kakuno, H, Kameda, J, Karlen, D, Karpikov, I, Katori, T, Kearns, E, Khabibullin, M, Khotjantsev, A, Kielczewska, D, Kikawa, T, Kim, H, Kim, J, King, S, Kisiel, J, Knight, A, Knox, A, Kobayashi, T, Koch, L, Koga, T, Konaka, A, Kondo, K, Kopylov, A, Kormos, LL, Korzenev, A, Koshio, Y, Kowalik, K, Kropp, W, Kudenko, Y, Kurjata, R, Kutter, T, Lagoda, J, Lamont, I, Lamoureux, M, Larkin, E, Lasorak, P, Laveder, M, Lawe, M, Lazos, M, Licciardi, M, Lindner, T, Liptak, ZJ, Litchfield, RP, Li, X, Longhin, A, Lopez, JP, Lou, T, Ludovici, L, Lu, X, Magaletti, L, Mahn, K, Malek, M, Manly, S, Maret, L, Marino, AD, Marteau, J, Martin, JF, Martins, P, Martynenko, S, Maruyama, T, Matveev, V, Mavrokoridis, K, Ma, WY, Mazzucato, E, McCarthy, M, McCauley, N, McFarland, KS, McGrew, C, Mefodiev, A, Metelko, C, Mezzetto, M, Mijakowski, P, Minamino, A, Mineev, O, Mine, S, Missert, A, Miura, M, Moriyama, S, Morrison, J, Mueller, TA, Murphy, S, Myslik, J, Nakadaira, T, Nakahata, M, Nakamura, KG, Nakamura, K, Nakamura, KD, Nakanishi, Y, Nakayama, S, Nakaya, T, Nakayoshi, K, Nantais, C, Nielsen, C, Nirkko, M, Nishikawa, K, Nishimura, Y, Novella, P, Nowak, J, O’Keeffe, HM, Ohta, R, Okumura, K, Okusawa, T, Oryszczak, W, Oser, SM, Ovsyannikova, T, Owen, RA, Oyama, Y, Palladino, V, Palomino, JL, Paolone, V, Patel, ND, Paudyal, P, Pavin, M, Payne, D, Perkin, JD, Petrov, Y, Pickard, L, Pickering, L, Guerra, ES, Pistillo, C, Popov, B, Posiadala-Zezula, M, Poutissou, J-M, Poutissou, R, Przewlocki, P, Quilain, B, Radermacher, T, Radicioni, E, Ratoff, PN, Ravonel, M, Rayner, MA, Redij, A, Reinherz-Aronis, E, Riccio, C, Rojas, P, Rondio, E, Rossi, B, Roth, S, Rubbia, A, Ruggeri, AC, Rychter, A, Sacco, R, Sakashita, K, Sánchez, F, Sato, F, Scantamburlo, E, Scholberg, K, Schwehr, J, Scott, M, Seiya, Y, Sekiguchi, T, Sekiya, H, Sgalaberna, D, Shah, R, Shaikhiev, A, Shaker, F, Shaw, D, Shiozawa, M, Shirahige, T, Short, S, Smy, M, Sobczyk, JT, Sobel, H, Sorel, M, Southwell, L, Stamoulis, P, Steinmann, J, Stewart, T, Stowell, P, Suda, Y, Suvorov, S, Suzuki, A, Suzuki, K, Suzuki, SY, Suzuki, Y, Tacik, R, Tada, M, Takahashi, S, Takeda, A, Takeuchi, Y, Tamura, R, Tanaka, HK, Tanaka, HA, Terhorst, D, Terri, R, Thakore, T, Thompson, LF, Tobayama, S, Toki, W, Tomura, T, Touramanis, C, Tsukamoto, T, Tzanov, M, Uchida, Y, Vacheret, A, Vagins, M, Vallari, Z, Vasseur, G, Vilela, C, Vladisavljevic, T, Wachala, T, Wakamatsu, K, Walter, CW, Wark, DL, Warzycha, W, Wascko, MO, Weber, A, Wendell, R, Wilkes, RJ, Wilking, MJ, Wilkinson, C, Wilson, JR, Wilson, RJ, Wret, C, Yamada, Y, Yamamoto, K, Yamamoto, M, Yanagisawa, C, Yano, T, Yen, S, Yershov, N, Yokoyama, M, Yoo, J, Yoshida, K, Yuan, T, Yu, M, Zalewska, A, Zalipska, J, Zambelli, L, Zaremba, K, Ziembicki, M, Zimmerman, ED, Zito, M, and Żmuda, J

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

A class of extensions of the Standard Model allows Lorentz and CPT violations, which can be identified by the observation of sidereal modulations in the neutrino interaction rate. A search for such modulations was performed using the T2K on-axis near detector. Two complementary methods were used in this study, both of which resulted in no evidence of a signal. Limits on associated Lorentz and CPT-violating terms from the Standard Model extension have been derived by taking into account their correlations in this model for the first time. These results imply such symmetry violations are suppressed by a factor of more than 1020 at the GeV scale.

Published
2018

24. Measurement of the single $\pi^0$ production rate in neutral current neutrino interactions on water

Author

Abe, K, Amey, J, Andreopoulos, C, Antonova, M, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ashida, Y, Assylbekov, S, Autiero, D, Ban, S, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Barry, C, Bartet-Friburg, P, Batkiewicz, M, Berardi, V, Berkman, S, Bhadra, S, Bienstock, S, Blondel, A, Bolognesi, S, Bordoni, S, Boyd, SB, Brailsford, D, Bravar, A, Bronner, C, Avanzini, MB, Calland, RG, Campbell, T, Cao, S, Cartwright, SL, Castillo, R, Catanesi, MG, Cervera, A, Chappell, A, Checchia, C, Cherdack, D, Chikuma, N, Christodoulou, G, Clifton, A, Coleman, J, Collazuol, G, Coplowe, D, Cremonesi, L, Cudd, A, Dabrowska, A, De Rosa, G, Dealtry, T, Denner, PF, Dennis, SR, Densham, C, Dewhurst, D, Di Lodovico, F, Di Luise, S, Dolan, S, Drapier, O, Duffy, KE, Dumarchez, J, Dunkman, M, Dunne, P, Dziewiecki, M, Emery-Schrenk, S, Ereditato, A, Feusels, T, Finch, AJ, Fiorentini, GA, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, D, Fukuda, Y, Furmanski, AP, Galymov, V, Garcia, A, Giffin, SG, Giganti, C, Gilje, K, Gizzarelli, F, Golan, T, Gonin, M, Grant, N, Hadley, DR, Haegel, L, Haigh, JT, Hamilton, P, Hansen, D, Harada, J, Hara, T, Hartz, M, Hasegawa, T, Hastings, NC, Hayashino, T, Hayato, Y, Helmer, RL, Hierholzer, M, Hillairet, A, Himmel, A, Hiraki, T, Hiramoto, A, Hirota, S, Hogan, M, Holeczek, J, Hosomi, F, Huang, K, Ichikawa, AK, Ieki, K, Ikeda, M, Imber, J, Insler, J, Intonti, RA, Irvine, TJ, Ishida, T, Ishii, T, Iwai, E, Iwamoto, K, Izmaylov, A, Jacob, A, Jamieson, B, Jiang, M, Johnson, S, Jo, JH, Jonsson, P, Jung, CK, Kabirnezhad, M, Kaboth, AC, Kajita, T, Kakuno, H, Kameda, J, Karlen, D, Karpikov, I, Katori, T, Kearns, E, Khabibullin, M, Khotjantsev, A, Kielczewska, D, Kikawa, T, Kim, H, Kim, J, King, S, Kisiel, J, Knight, A, Knox, A, Kobayashi, T, Koch, L, Koga, T, Koller, PP, Konaka, A, Kondo, K, Kopylov, A, Kormos, LL, Korzenev, A, Koshio, Y, Kowalik, K, Kropp, W, Kudenko, Y, Kurjata, R, Kutter, T, Lagoda, J, Lamont, I, Lamoureux, M, Larkin, E, Lasorak, P, Laveder, M, Lawe, M, Lazos, M, Licciardi, M, Lindner, T, Liptak, ZJ, Litchfield, RP, Li, X, Longhin, A, Lopez, JP, Lou, T, Ludovici, L, Lu, X, Magaletti, L, Mahn, K, Malek, M, Manly, S, Maret, L, Marino, AD, Marteau, J, Martin, JF, Martins, P, Martynenko, S, Maruyama, T, Matveev, V, Mavrokoridis, K, Ma, WY, Mazzucato, E, McCarthy, M, McCauley, N, McFarland, KS, McGrew, C, Mefodiev, A, Metelko, C, Mezzetto, M, Mijakowski, P, Minamino, A, Mineev, O, Mine, S, Missert, A, Miura, M, Moriyama, S, Morrison, J, Mueller, TA, Murphy, S, Myslik, J, Nakadaira, T, Nakahata, M, Nakamura, KG, Nakamura, K, Nakamura, KD, Nakanishi, Y, Nakayama, S, Nakaya, T, Nakayoshi, K, Nantais, C, Nielsen, C, Nirkko, M, Nishikawa, K, Nishimura, Y, Novella, P, Nowak, J, O'Keeffe, HM, Ohta, R, Okumura, K, Okusawa, T, Oryszczak, W, Oser, SM, Ovsyannikova, T, Owen, RA, Oyama, Y, Palladino, V, Palomino, JL, Paolone, V, Patel, ND, Paudyal, P, Pavin, M, Payne, D, Perkin, JD, Petrov, Y, Pickard, L, Pickering, L, Guerra, ESP, Pistillo, C, Popov, B, Posiadala-Zezula, M, Poutissou, J-M, Poutissou, R, Pritchard, A, Przewlocki, P, Quilain, B, Radermacher, T, Radicioni, E, Ratoff, PN, Ravonel, M, Rayner, MA, Redij, A, Reinherz-Aronis, E, Riccio, C, Rojas, P, Rondio, E, Rossi, B, Roth, S, Rubbia, A, Ruggeri, AC, Rychter, A, Sacco, R, Sakashita, K, Sanchez, F, Sato, F, Scantamburlo, E, Scholberg, K, Schwehr, J, Scott, M, Seiya, Y, Sekiguchi, T, Sekiya, H, Sgalaberna, D, Shah, R, Shaikhiev, A, Shaker, F, Shaw, D, Shiozawa, M, Shirahige, T, Short, S, Smy, M, Sobczyk, JT, Sobel, H, Sorel, M, Southwell, L, Stamoulis, P, Steinmann, J, Stewart, T, Stowell, P, Suda, Y, Suvorov, S, Suzuki, A, Suzuki, K, Suzuki, SY, Suzuki, Y, Tacik, R, Tada, M, Takahashi, S, Takeda, A, Takeuchi, Y, Tamura, R, Tanaka, HK, Tanaka, HA, Terhorst, D, Terri, R, Thakore, T, Thompson, LF, Tobayama, S, Toki, W, Tomura, T, Touramanis, C, Tsukamoto, T, Tzanov, M, Uchida, Y, Vacheret, A, Vagins, M, Vallari, Z, Vasseur, G, Vilela, C, Vladisavljevic, T, Wachala, T, Wakamatsu, K, Walter, CW, Wark, D, Warzycha, W, Wascko, MO, Weber, A, Wendell, R, Wilkes, RJ, Wilking, MJ, Wilkinson, C, Wilson, JR, Wilson, RJ, Wret, C, Yamada, Y, Yamamoto, K, Yamamoto, M, Yanagisawa, C, Yano, T, Yen, S, Yershov, N, Yokoyama, M, Yoo, J, Yoshida, K, Yuan, T, Yu, M, Zalewska, A, Zalipska, J, Zambelli, L, Zaremba, K, Ziembicki, M, Zimmerman, ED, Zito, M, Zmuda, J, Collaboration, T, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), T2K, Abe, K., T2K Collaboration, Blondel, Alain, Bravar, Alessandro, Haegel, Leïla, Korzenev, Alexander, Maret, Lucie, Ravonel Salzgeber, Melody, Rayner, Mark, Scantamburlo, Enrico, Sgalaberna, Davide, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon ( IPNL ), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ( UCBL ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies ( LPNHE ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers ( IRFU ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet ( LLR ), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -École polytechnique ( X ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Nutrino physics, neutral current, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, neutrinoproduction [pi0], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, water, pi0: neutrinoproduction, cross section: ratio, ddc:500.2, KAMIOKANDE, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, Particles & Fields, High Energy Physics - Experiment, pi0: momentum spectrum, energy: interaction, mass spectrum, near detector, neutrino: energy, [ PHYS.HEXP ] Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], secondary beam [neutrino/mu], [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], ddc:530, Nuclear Experiment, DETECTOR, Science & Technology, hep-ex, Physics, momentum spectrum [pi0], J-PARC Lab, interaction [neutrino nucleus], neutrino nucleus: inclusive reaction, Monte Carlo [numerical calculations], neutrino nucleus: interaction, neutrino/mu: secondary beam, energy [neutrino], Physical Sciences, inclusive reaction [neutrino nucleus], High Energy Physics::Experiment, ratio [cross section], interaction [energy], numerical calculations: Monte Carlo, experimental results
Abstract

The single $\pi^0$ production rate in neutral current neutrino interactions on water in a neutrino beam with a peak neutrino energy of 0.6 GeV has been measured using the P{\O}D, one of the subdetectors of the T2K near detector. The production rate was measured for data taking periods when the P{\O}D contained water ($2.64\times{}10^{20}$ protons-on-target) and also periods without water ($3.49 \times 10^{20}$ protons-on-target). A measurement of the neutral current single $\pi^0$ production rate on water is made using appropriate subtraction of the production rate with water in from the rate with water out of the target region. The subtraction analysis yields 106 $\pm$ 41 (stat.) $\pm$ 69 (sys.) signal events, which is consistent with the prediction of 157 events from the nominal simulation. The measured to expected ratio is 0.68 $\pm$ 0.26 (stat.) $\pm$ 0.44 (sys.) $\pm$ 0.12 (flux). The nominal simulation uses a flux integrated cross section of $7.63\times{}10^{-39}$ cm${}^2$ per nucleon with an average neutrino interaction energy of 1.3 GeV., Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures

Published
2018

25. Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 1.5 x 10(21) protons on target

Author

Abe, K, Amey, J, Andreopoulos, C, Antonova, M, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ashida, Y, Autiero, D, Ban, S, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Barry, C, Bartet-Friburg, P, Batkiewicz, M, Berardi, V, Berkman, S, Bhadra, S, Bienstock, S, Blondel, A, Bolognesi, S, Bordoni, S, Boyd, SB, Brailsford, D, Bravar, A, Bronner, C, Avanzini, MB, Calland, RG, Campbell, T, Cao, S, Cartwright, SL, Catanesi, MG, Cervera, A, Chappell, A, Checchia, C, Cherdack, D, Chikuma, N, Christodoulou, G, Clifton, A, Coleman, J, Collazuol, G, Coplowe, D, Cudd, A, Dabrowska, A, De Rosa, G, Dealtry, T, Denner, PF, Dennis, SR, Densham, C, Dewhurst, D, Di Lodovico, F, Dolan, S, Drapier, O, Duffy, KE, Dumarchez, J, Dunne, P, Dziewiecki, M, Emery-Schrenk, S, Ereditato, A, Feusels, T, Finch, AJ, Fiorentini, GA, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, D, Fukuda, Y, Galymov, V, Garcia, A, Giganti, C, Gizzarelli, F, Golan, T, Gonin, M, Hadley, DR, Haegel, L, Haigh, JT, Hansen, D, Harada, J, Hartz, M, Hasegawa, T, Hastings, NC, Hayashino, T, Hayato, Y, Helmer, RL, Hillairet, A, Hiraki, T, Hiramoto, A, Hirota, S, Hogan, M, Holeczek, J, Hosomi, F, Huang, K, Ichikawa, AK, Ikeda, M, Imber, J, Insler, J, Intonti, RA, Ishida, T, Ishii, T, Iwai, E, Iwamoto, K, Izmaylov, A, Jamieson, B, Jiang, M, Johnson, S, Jonsson, P, Jung, CK, Kabirnezhad, M, Kaboth, AC, Kajita, T, Kakuno, H, Kameda, J, Karlen, D, Katori, T, 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, PP, Konaka, A, Kormos, LL, Korzenev, A, Koshio, Y, Kowalik, K, Kropp, W, Kudenko, Y, Kurjata, R, Kutter, T, Lagoda, J, Lamont, I, Lamoureux, M, Larkin, E, Lasorak, P, Laveder, M, Lawe, M, Licciardi, M, Lindner, T, Liptak, ZJ, Litchfield, RP, Li, X, Longhin, A, Lopez, JP, Lou, T, Ludovici, L, Lu, X, Magaletti, L, Mahn, K, Malek, M, Manly, S, Maret, L, Marino, AD, Martin, JF, Martins, P, Martynenko, S, Maruyama, T, Matveev, V, Mavrokoridis, K, Ma, WY, Mazzucato, E, McCarthy, M, McCauley, N, McFarland, KS, McGrew, C, Mefodiev, A, Metelko, C, Mezzetto, M, Mijakowski, P, Minamino, A, Mineev, O, Mine, S, Missert, A, Miura, M, Moriyama, S, Morrison, J, Mueller, TA, Myslik, J, Nakadaira, T, Nakahata, M, Nakamura, KG, Nakamura, K, Nakamura, KD, Nakanishi, Y, Nakayama, S, Nakaya, T, Nakayoshi, K, Nantais, C, Nielsen, C, Nirkko, M, Nishikawa, K, Nishimura, Y, Novella, P, Nowak, J, O'Keeffe, HM, Okumura, K, Okusawa, T, Oryszczak, W, Oser, SM, Ovsyannikova, T, Owen, RA, Oyama, Y, Palladino, V, Palomino, JL, Paolone, V, Patel, ND, Paudyal, P, Pavin, M, Payne, D, Perkin, JD, Petrov, Y, Pickard, L, Pickering, L, Guerra, ESP, Pistillo, C, Popov, B, Posiadala-Zezula, M, Poutissou, J-M, Poutissou, R, Pritchard, A, Przewlocki, P, Quilain, B, Radermacher, T, Radicioni, E, Ratoff, PN, Ravonel, M, Rayner, MA, Redij, A, Reinherz-Aronis, E, Riccio, C, Rondio, E, Rossi, B, Roth, S, Rubbia, A, Ruggeri, AC, Rychter, A, Sakashita, K, Sanchez, F, Scantamburlo, E, Scholberg, K, Schwehr, J, Scott, M, Seiya, Y, Sekiguchi, T, Sekiya, H, Sgalaberna, D, Shah, R, Shaikhiev, A, Shaker, F, Shaw, D, Shiozawa, M, Shirahige, T, Short, S, Smy, M, Sobczyk, JT, Sobel, H, Sorel, M, Southwell, L, Steinmann, J, Stewart, T, Stowell, P, Suda, Y, Suvorov, S, Suzuki, A, Suzuki, SY, Suzuki, Y, Tacik, R, Tada, M, Takeda, A, Takeuchi, Y, Tamura, R, Tanaka, HK, Tanaka, HA, Terhorst, D, Terri, R, Thakore, T, Thompson, LF, Tobayama, S, Toki, W, Tomura, T, Touramanis, C, Tsukamoto, T, Tzanov, M, Uchida, Y, Vagins, M, Vallari, Z, Vasseur, G, Vilela, C, Vladisavljevic, T, Wachala, T, Walter, CW, Wark, D, Wascko, MO, Weber, A, Wendell, R, Wilkes, RJ, Wilking, MJ, Wilkinson, C, Wilson, JR, Wilson, RJ, Wret, C, Yamada, Y, Yamamoto, K, Yamamoto, M, Yanagisawa, C, Yano, T, Yen, S, Yershov, N, Yokoyama, M, Yoshida, K, Yuan, T, Yu, M, Zalewska, A, Zalipska, J, Zambelli, L, Zaremba, K, Ziembicki, M, Zimmerman, ED, Zito, M, Zmuda, J, and Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Subjects
SUPER-KAMIOKANDE DETECTOR, SUPER KAMIOKANDE DETECTOR, AXIS, Science & Technology, hep-ex, SUPER KAMIOKANDE DETECTOR, Physics, Physical Sciences, AXIS, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, Particles & Fields
Abstract

We report measurements by the T2K experiment of the parameters θ 23 and Δ m 2 32 governing the disappearance of muon neutrinos and antineutrinos in the three-flavor neutrino oscillation model. Utilizing the ability of the experiment to run with either a mainly neutrino or a mainly antineutrino beam, the parameters are measured separately for neutrinos and antineutrinos. Using 7.482 × 1 0 20 POT in neutrino running mode and 7.471 × 1 0 20 POT in antineutrino mode, T2K obtained sin 2 ( θ 23 ) = 0.5 1 + 0.08 − 0.07 and Δ m 2 32 = 2.5 3 + 0.15 − 0.13 × 10 − 3 eV 2 / c 4 for neutrinos, and sin 2 ( ¯ θ 23 ) = 0.4 2 + 0.25 − 0.07 and Δ ¯ m 2 32 = 2.5 5 + 0.33 − 0.27 × 10 − 3 eV 2 / c 4 for antineutrinos (assuming normal mass ordering). No significant differences between the values of the parameters describing the disappearance of muon neutrinos and antineutrinos were observed.

Published
2017

26. Precise Measurement of the Neutrino Mixing Parameter from Muon Neutrino Disappearance in an Off-Axis Beam

Author

Abe, K, Adam, J, Aihara, H, Akiri, T, Andreopoulos, C, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Assylbekov, S, Autiero, D, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Bass, M, Batkiewicz, M, Bay, F, Bentham, SW, Berardi, V, Berger, BE, Berkman, S, Bertram, I, Bhadra, S, Blaszczyk, FDM, Blondel, A, Bojechko, C, Bordoni, S, Boyd, SB, Brailsford, D, Bravar, A, Bronner, C, Buchanan, N, Calland, RG, Caravaca Rodríguez, J, Cartwright, SL, Castillo, R, Catanesi, MG, Cervera, A, Cherdack, D, Christodoulou, G, Clifton, A, Coleman, J, Coleman, SJ, Collazuol, G, Connolly, K, Cremonesi, L, Dabrowska, A, Danko, I, Das, R, Davis, S, de Perio, P, De Rosa, G, Dealtry, T, Dennis, SR, Densham, C, Di Lodovico, F, Di Luise, S, Drapier, O, Duboyski, T, Duffy, K, Dufour, F, Dumarchez, J, Dytman, S, Dziewiecki, M, Emery, S, Ereditato, A, Escudero, L, Finch, AJ, Floetotto, L, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, Y, Furmanski, AP, Galymov, V, Giffin, S, Giganti, C, Gilje, K, Goeldi, D, Golan, T, Gonin, M, Grant, N, Gudin, D, Hadley, DR, Haesler, A, Haigh, MD, Hamilton, P, Hansen, D, Hara, T, Hartz, M, Hasegawa, T, Hastings, NC, Hayato, Y, Hearty, C, Helmer, RL, Hierholzer, M, Hignight, J, Hillairet, A, Himmel, A, Hiraki, T, Hirota, S, Holeczek, J, Horikawa, S, Huang, K, Ichikawa, AK, Ieki, K, Ieva, M, Ikeda, M, Imber, J, Insler, J, Irvine, TJ, Ishida, T, Ishii, T, Ives, SJ, Iwai, E, Iyogi, K, Izmaylov, A, Jacob, A, Jamieson, B, Johnson, RA, Jo, JH, Jonsson, P, Jung, CK, Kabirnezhad, M, Kaboth, AC, Kajita, T, Kakuno, H, Kameda, J, Kanazawa, Y, Karlen, D, Karpikov, I, Kearns, E, Khabibullin, M, Khotjantsev, A, Kielczewska, D, Kikawa, T, Kilinski, A, Kim, J, Kisiel, J, Kitching, P, Kobayashi, T, Koch, L, Kolaceke, A, Konaka, A, Kormos, LL, Korzenev, A, Koseki, K, Koshio, Y, Kreslo, I, Kropp, W, Kubo, H, Kudenko, Y, Kumaratunga, S, Kurjata, R, Kutter, T, Lagoda, J, Laihem, K, Lamont, I, Laveder, M, Lawe, M, Lazos, M, Lee, KP, Lindner, T, Lister, C, Litchfield, RP, Longhin, A, Ludovici, L, Macaire, M, Magaletti, L, Mahn, K, Malek, M, Manly, S, Marino, AD, Marteau, J, Martin, JF, Maruyama, T, Marzec, J, Mathie, EL, Matveev, V, Mavrokoridis, K, Mazzucato, E, McCarthy, M, McCauley, N, McFarland, KS, McGrew, C, Metelko, C, Mezzetto, M, Mijakowski, P, Miller, CA, Minamino, A, Mineev, O, Mine, S, Missert, A, Miura, M, Monfregola, L, Moriyama, S, Mueller, TA, Murakami, A, Murdoch, M, Murphy, S, Myslik, J, Nagasaki, T, Nakadaira, T, Nakahata, M, Nakai, T, Nakamura, K, Nakayama, S, Nakaya, T, Nakayoshi, K, Naples, D, Nielsen, C, Nirkko, M, Nishikawa, K, Nishimura, Y, O’Keeffe, HM, Ohta, R, Okumura, K, Okusawa, T, Oryszczak, W, Oser, SM, Owen, RA, Oyama, Y, Palladino, V, Palomino, J, Paolone, V, Payne, D, Perevozchikov, O, Perkin, JD, Petrov, Y, Pickard, L, Pinzon Guerra, ES, Pistillo, C, Plonski, P, Poplawska, E, Popov, B, Posiadala, M, Poutissou, J-M, Poutissou, R, Przewlocki, P, Quilain, B, Radicioni, E, Ratoff, PN, Ravonel, M, Rayner, MAM, Redij, A, Reeves, M, Reinherz-Aronis, E, Retiere, F, Robert, A, Rodrigues, PA, Rojas, P, Rondio, E, Roth, S, Rubbia, A, Ruterbories, D, Sacco, R, Sakashita, K, Sánchez, F, Sato, F, Scantamburlo, E, Scholberg, K, Schoppmann, S, Schwehr, J, Scott, M, Seiya, Y, Sekiguchi, T, Sekiya, H, Sgalaberna, D, Shiozawa, M, Short, S, Shustrov, Y, Sinclair, P, Smith, B, Smith, RJ, Smy, M, Sobczyk, JT, Sobel, H, Sorel, M, Southwell, L, Stamoulis, P, Steinmann, J, Still, B, Suda, Y, Suzuki, A, Suzuki, K, Suzuki, SY, Suzuki, Y, Szeglowski, T, Tacik, R, Tada, M, Takahashi, S, Takeda, A, Takeuchi, Y, Tanaka, HK, Tanaka, HA, Tanaka, MM, Terhorst, D, Terri, R, Thompson, LF, Thorley, A, Tobayama, S, Toki, W, Tomura, T, Totsuka, Y, Touramanis, C, Tsukamoto, T, Tzanov, M, Uchida, Y, Ueno, K, Vacheret, A, Vagins, M, Vasseur, G, Wachala, T, Waldron, AV, Walter, CW, Wark, D, Wascko, MO, Weber, A, Wendell, R, Wilkes, RJ, Wilking, MJ, Wilkinson, C, Williamson, Z, Wilson, JR, Wilson, RJ, Wongjirad, T, Yamada, Y, Yamamoto, K, Yanagisawa, C, Yen, S, Yershov, N, Yokoyama, M, Yuan, T, Yu, M, Zalewska, A, Zalipska, J, Zambelli, L, Zaremba, K, Ziembicki, M, Zimmerman, ED, Zito, M, and Żmuda, J

Published
2014

27. Publisher's Note: T2K neutrino flux prediction

Author

Abe, K, Abgrall, N, Aihara, H, Akiri, T, Albert, JB, Andreopoulos, C, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Assylbekov, S, Autiero, D, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Bass, M, Batkiewicz, M, Bay, F, Bentham, SW, Berardi, V, Berger, BE, Berkman, S, Bertram, I, Beznosko, D, Bhadra, S, Blaszczyk, FDM, Blondel, A, Bojechko, C, Boyd, S, Bravar, A, Bronner, C, Brook-Roberge, DG, Buchanan, N, Calland, RG, Caravaca Rodriguez, J, Cartwright, SL, Castillo, R, Catanesi, M-G, Cervera, A, Cherdack, D, Christodoulou, G, Clifton, A, Coleman, J, Coleman, SJ, Collazuol, G, Connolly, K, Curioni, A, Dabrowska, A, Danko, I, Das, R, Davis, S, Day, M, De Andre, JPAM, De Perio, P, De Rosa, G, Dealtry, T, Densham, C, Di Lodovico, F, Di Luise, S, Dobson, J, Duboyski, T, Dufour, F, Dumarchez, J, Dytman, S, Dziewiecki, M, Dziomba, M, Emery, S, Ereditato, A, Escudero, L, Esposito, LS, Finch, AJ, Frank, E, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, Y, Galymov, V, Gaudin, A, Giffin, S, Giganti, C, Gilje, K, Golan, T, Gomez-Cadenas, JJ, Gonin, M, Grant, N, Gudin, D, Guzowski, P, Hadley, DR, Haesler, A, Haigh, MD, Hansen, D, Hara, T, Hartz, M, Hasegawa, T, Hastings, NC, Hayato, Y, Hearty, C, Helmer, RL, Hignight, J, Hillairet, A, Himmel, A, Hiraki, T, Holeczek, J, Horikawa, S, Huang, K, Hyndman, A, Ichikawa, AK, Ieki, K, Ieva, M, Ikeda, M, Imber, J, Insler, J, Ishida, T, Ishii, T, Ives, SJ, Iyogi, K, Izmaylov, A, Jamieson, B, Johnson, RA, Jo, JH, Jonsson, P, Joo, KK, Jover-Manas, GV, Jung, CK, Kaji, H, Kajita, T, Kakuno, H, Kameda, J, Kanazawa, Y, Karlen, D, Karpikov, I, Kearns, E, Khabibullin, M, Khanam, F, Khotjantsev, A, Kielczewska, D, Kikawa, T, Kilinski, A, Kim, JY, Kim, J, Kim, SB, Kirby, B, Kisiel, J, Kitching, P, Kobayashi, T, Kogan, G, Konaka, A, Kormos, LL, Korzenev, A, Koseki, K, Koshio, Y, Kowalik, K, Kreslo, I, Kropp, W, Kubo, H, Kudenko, Y, Kumaratunga, S, Kurjata, R, Kutter, T, Lagoda, J, Laihem, K, Laing, A, Laveder, M, Lawe, M, Lee, KP, Licciardi, C, Lim, IT, Lindner, T, Lister, C, Litchfield, RP, Longhin, A, Lopez, GD, Ludovici, L, MacAire, M, Magaletti, L, Mahn, K, Malek, M, Manly, S, Marchionni, A, Marino, AD, Marteau, J, Martin, JF, Maruyama, T, Marzec, J, Masliah, P, Mathie, EL, Matsumura, C, Matsuoka, K, Matveev, V, Mavrokoridis, K, Mazzucato, E, McCauley, N, McFarland, KS, McGrew, C, McLachlan, T, Messina, M, Metelko, C, Mezzetto, M, Mijakowski, P, Miller, CA, Minamino, A, Mineev, O, Mine, S, Missert, A, Miura, M, Monfregola, L, Moriyama, S, Mueller, TA, Murakami, A, Murdoch, M, Murphy, S, Myslik, J, Nagasaki, T, Nakadaira, T, Nakahata, M, Nakai, T, Nakajima, K, Nakamura, K, Nakayama, S, Nakaya, T, Nakayoshi, K, Naples, D, Nicholls, TC, Nielsen, C, Nishikawa, K, Nishimura, Y, O'Keeffe, HM, Obayashi, Y, Ohta, R, Okumura, K, Oryszczak, W, Oser, SM, Otani, M, Owen, RA, Oyama, Y, Pac, MY, Palladino, V, Paolone, V, Payne, D, Pearce, GF, Perevozchikov, O, Perkin, JD, Pinzon Guerra, ES, Plonski, P, Poplawska, E, Popov, B, Posiadala, M, Poutissou, J-M, Poutissou, R, Przewlocki, P, Quilain, B, Radicioni, E, Ratoff, PN, Ravonel, M, Rayner, MA, Reeves, M, Reinherz-Aronis, E, Retiere, F, Rodrigues, PA, Rondio, E, Rossi, B, Roth, S, Rubbia, A, Ruterbories, D, Sacco, R, Sakashita, K, Sánchez, F, Scantamburlo, E, Scholberg, K, Schwehr, J, Scott, M, Scully, DI, Seiya, Y, Sekiguchi, T, Sekiya, H, Shibata, M, Shiozawa, M, Short, S, Shustrov, Y, Sinclair, P, Smith, B, Smith, RJ, Smy, M, Sobczyk, JT, Sobel, H, Sorel, M, Southwell, L, Stamoulis, P, Steinmann, J, Still, B, Sulej, R, Suzuki, A, Suzuki, K, Suzuki, SY, Suzuki, Y, Szeglowski, T, Szeptycka, M, Tacik, R, Tada, M, Takahashi, S, Takeda, A, Takeuchi, Y, Tanaka, HA, Tanaka, M, Tanaka, MM, Taylor, IJ, Terhorst, D, Terri, R, Thompson, LF, Thorley, A, Tobayama, S, Toki, W, Tomura, T, Totsuka, Y, Touramanis, C, Tsukamoto, T, Tzanov, M, Uchida, Y, Ueno, K, Vacheret, A, Vagins, M, Vasseur, G, Wachala, T, Waldron, AV, Walter, CW, Wang, J, Wark, D, Wascko, MO, Weber, A, Wendell, R, Wikström, G, Wilkes, RJ, Wilking, MJ, Wilkinson, C, Williamson, Z, Wilson, JR, Wilson, RJ, Wongjirad, T, Yamada, Y, Yamamoto, K, Yanagisawa, C, Yano, T, Yen, S, Yershov, N, Yokoyama, M, Yuan, T, Zalewska, A, Zambelli, L, Zaremba, K, Ziembicki, M, Zimmerman, ED, Zito, M, and Åmuda, J

Published
2013

28. Measurement of the nu(mu) charged-current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the ND280 detector at T2K

Author

Abe, K, Adam, J, Aihara, H, Akiri, T, Andreopoulos, C, Aoki, S, Ariga, A, Assylbekov, S, Autiero, D, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Bartet-Friburg, P, Bass, M, Batkiewicz, M, Bay, F, Berardi, V, Berger, BE, Berkman, S, Bhadra, S, Blaszczyk, FDM, Blondel, A, Bojechko, C, Bolognesi, S, Bordoni, S, Boyd, SB, Brailsford, D, Bravar, A, Bronner, C, Calland, RG, Caravaca Rodriguez, J, Cartwright, SL, Castillo, R, Catanesi, MG, Cervera, A, Cherdack, D, Chikuma, N, Christodoulou, G, Clifton, A, Coleman, J, Coleman, SJ, Collazuol, G, Connolly, K, Cremonesi, L, Dabrowska, A, De Rosa, G, Danko, I, Das, R, Davis, S, de Perio, P, Dealtry, T, Dennis, SR, Densham, C, Dewhurst, D, Di Lodovico, F, Di Luise, S, Dolan, S, Drapier, O, Duboyski, T, Duffy, K, Dumarchez, J, Dytman, S, Dziewiecki, M, Emery-Schrenk, S, Ereditato, A, Escudero, L, Feusels, T, Finch, AJ, Fiorentini, GA, Friend, M, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, Y, Furmanski, AP, Galymov, V, Garcia, A, Giffin, S, Giganti, C, Gilje, K, Goeldi, D, Golan, T, Gonin, M, Grant, N, Gudin, D, Hadley, DR, Haegel, L, Haesler, A, Haigh, MD, Hamilton, P, Hansen, D, Hara, T, Hartz, M, Hasegawa, T, Hastings, NC, Hayashino, T, Hayato, Y, Hearty, C, Helmer, RL, Hierholzer, M, Hignight, J, Hillairet, A, Himmel, A, Hiraki, T, Hirota, S, Holeczek, J, Horikawa, S, Huang, K, Hosomi, F, Ichikawa, AK, Ieki, K, Ieva, M, Ikeda, M, Imber, J, Insler, J, Intonti, RA, Irvine, TJ, Ishida, T, Ishii, T, Iwai, E, Iwamoto, K, Iyogi, K, Izmaylov, A, Jacob, A, Jamieson, B, Jiang, M, Johnson, S, Jo, JH, Jonsson, P, Jung, CK, Kabirnezhad, M, Kaboth, AC, Kajita, T, Kakuno, H, Kameda, J, Kanazawa, Y, Karlen, D, Karpikov, I, Katori, T, Kearns, E, Khabibullin, M, Khotjantsev, A, Kielczewska, D, Kikawa, T, Kilinski, A, Kim, J, King, S, Kisiel, J, Kitching, P, Kobayashi, T, Koch, L, Kolaceke, A, Koga, T, Konaka, A, Kopylov, A, Kormos, LL, Korzenev, A, Koshio, Y, Kropp, W, Kubo, H, Kudenko, Y, Kurjata, R, Kutter, T, Lagoda, J, Lamont, I, Larkin, E, Laveder, M, Lawe, M, Lazos, M, Lindner, T, Lister, C, Litchfield, RP, Longhin, A, Lopez, JP, Ludovici, L, Magaletti, L, Mahn, K, Malek, M, Manly, S, Marino, AD, Marteau, J, Martin, JF, Martins, P, Martynenko, S, Maruyama, T, Matveev, V, Mavrokoridis, K, Ma, WY, Mazzucato, E, McCarthy, M, McCauley, N, McFarland, KS, McGrew, C, Mefodiev, A, Metelko, C, Mezzetto, M, Mijakowski, P, Miller, CA, Minamino, A, Mineev, O, Mine, S, Missert, A, Miura, M, Moriyama, S, Mueller, TA, Murakami, A, Murdoch, M, Murphy, S, Myslik, J, Nakadaira, T, Nakahata, M, Nakamura, KG, Nakamura, K, Nakamura, KD, Nakayama, S, Nakaya, T, Nakayoshi, K, Nantais, C, Nielsen, C, Nirkko, M, Nishikawa, K, Nishimura, Y, Nowak, J, O'Keeffe, HM, Ohta, R, Okumura, K, Okusawa, T, Oryszczak, W, Oser, SM, Ovsyannikova, T, Owen, RA, Oyama, Y, Palladino, V, Palomino, JL, Paolone, V, Payne, D, Perevozchikov, O, Perkin, JD, Petrov, Y, Pickard, L, Pickering, L, Guerra, ESP, Pistillo, C, Plonski, P, Poplawska, E, Popov, B, Posiadala-Zezula, M, Poutissou, J-M, Poutissou, R, Przewlocki, P, Quilain, B, Radicioni, E, Ratoff, PN, Ravonel, M, Rayner, MAM, Redij, A, Reeves, M, Reinherz-Aronis, E, Riccio, C, Rodrigues, PA, Rojas, P, Rondio, E, Roth, S, Rubbia, A, Ruterbories, D, Rychter, A, Sacco, R, Sakashita, K, Sanchez, F, Sato, F, Scantamburlo, E, Scholberg, K, Schoppmann, S, Schwehr, JD, Scott, M, Seiya, Y, Sekiguchi, T, Sekiya, H, Sgalaberna, D, Shah, R, Shaikhiev, A, Shaker, F, Shaw, D, Shiozawa, M, Shirahige, T, Short, S, Shustrov, Y, Sinclair, P, Smith, B, Smy, M, Sobczyk, JT, Sobel, H, Sorel, M, Southwell, L, Stamoulis, P, Steinmann, J, Still, B, Stewart, T, Suda, Y, Suzuki, A, Suzuki, K, Suzuki, SY, Suzuki, Y, Tacik, R, Tada, M, Takahashi, S, Takeda, A, Takeuchi, Y, Tanaka, HK, Tanaka, HA, Tanaka, MM, Terhorst, D, Terri, R, Thompson, LF, Thorley, A, Tobayama, S, Toki, W, Tomura, T, Touramanis, C, Tsukamoto, T, Tzanov, M, Uchida, Y, Vacheret, A, Vagins, M, Vallari, Z, Vasseur, G, Wachala, T, Wakamatsu, K, Walter, CW, Wark, D, Warzycha, W, Wascko, MO, Weber, A, Wendell, R, Wilkes, RJ, Wilking, MJ, Wilkinson, C, Williamson, Z, Wilson, JR, Wilson, RJ, Wongjirad, T, Yamada, Y, Yamamoto, K, Yanagisawa, C, Yano, T, Yen, S, Yershov, N, Yokoyama, M, Yoo, J, Yoshida, K, Yuan, T, Yu, M, Zalewska, A, Zalipska, J, Zambelli, L, Zaremba, K, Ziembicki, M, Zimmerman, ED, Zito, M, Zmuda, J, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), The Royal Society (UK), and Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Subjects
Science & Technology, hep-ex, Physics, Delta resonance, Astronomy & Astrophysics, nucl-ex, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Physics, Particles & Fields, High Energy Physics - Experiment, 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences, 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics, GEV-C, SINGLE PION-PRODUCTION, NUCLEAR TARGETS, DELTA-RESONANCE, Physical Sciences, EXCITATION, RESONANCE REGION, Single-pion-production, SCATTERING, High Energy Physics::Experiment, EXCHANGE, 0206 Quantum Physics, Nuclear Experiment, TRUE ABSORPTION
Abstract

The Charged-Current Quasi-Elastic (CCQE) interaction, $\nu_{l} + n \rightarrow l^{-} + p$, is the dominant CC process at $E_\nu \sim 1$ GeV and contributes to the signal in accelerator-based long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments operating at intermediate neutrino energies. This paper reports a measurement by the T2K experiment of the $\nu_{\mu}$ CCQE cross section on a carbon target with the off-axis detector based on the observed distribution of muon momentum ($p_\mu$) and angle with respect to the incident neutrino beam ($\theta_\mu$). The flux-integrated CCQE cross section was measured to be $(0.83 \pm 0.12) \times 10^{-38}\textrm{ cm}^{2}$ in good agreement with NEUT MC value of ${0.88 \times 10^{-38}} \textrm{ cm}^{2}$. The energy dependence of the CCQE cross section is also reported. The axial mass, $M_A^{QE}$, of the dipole axial form factor was extracted assuming the Smith-Moniz CCQE model with a relativistic Fermi gas nuclear model. Using the absolute (shape-only) $p_{\mu}cos\theta_\mu$ distribution, the effective $M_A^{QE}$ parameter was measured to be ${1.26^{+0.21}_{-0.18} \textrm{ GeV}/c^{2}}$ (${1.43^{+0.28}_{-0.22} \textrm{ GeV}/c^{2}}$).

Published
2015

29. The T2K experiment

Author

Abe, K, Abgrall, N, Aihara, H, Ajima, Y, Albert, JB, Allan, D, Amaudruz, P-A, Andreopoulos, C, Andrieu, B, Anerella, MD, Angelsen, C, Aoki, S, Araoka, O, Argyriades, J, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Assylbekov, S, de André, JPAM, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Ballester, O, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Baron, P, Barr, G, Bartoszek, L, Batkiewicz, M, Bay, F, Bentham, S, Berardi, V, Berger, BE, Berns, H, Bertram, I, Besnier, M, Beucher, J, Beznosko, D, Bhadra, S, Birney, P, Bishop, D, Blackmore, E, Blaszczyk, FDM, Blocki, J, Blondel, A, Bodek, A, Bojechko, C, Bouchez, J, Boussuge, T, Boyd, SB, Boyer, M, Braam, N, Bradford, R, Bravar, A, Briggs, K, Brinson, JD, Bronner, C, Brook-Roberge, DG, Bryant, M, Buchanan, N, Budd, H, Cadabeschi, M, Calland, RG, Calvet, D, Caravaca Rodríguez, J, Carroll, J, Cartwright, SL, Carver, A, Castillo, R, Catanesi, MG, Cavata, C, Cazes, A, Cervera, A, Charrier, JP, Chavez, C, Choi, S, Chollet, S, Christodoulou, G, Colas, P, Coleman, J, Coleman, W, Collazuol, G, Connolly, K, Cooke, P, Curioni, A, Dabrowska, A, Danko, I, Das, R, Davies, GS, Davis, S, Day, M, De La Broise, X, de Perio, P, De Rosa, G, Dealtry, T, Debraine, A, Delagnes, E, Delbart, A, Densham, C, Di Lodovico, F, Di Luise, S, Dinh Tran, P, Dobson, J, Doornbos, J, Dore, U, Drapier, O, Druillole, F, Dufour, F, Dumarchez, J, Durkin, T, Dytman, S, Dziewiecki, M, Dziomba, M, Ellison, B, Emery, S, Ereditato, A, Escallier, JE, Escudero, L, Esposito, LS, Faszer, W, Fechner, M, Ferrero, A, Finch, A, Fisher, C, Fitton, M, Flight, R, Forbush, D, Frank, E, Fransham, K, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, Y, Gallop, M, Galymov, V, Ganetis, GL, Gannaway, FC, Gaudin, A, Gaweda, J, Gendotti, A, George, M, Giffin, S, Giganti, C, Gilje, K, Giomataris, I, Giraud, J, Ghosh, AK, Golan, T, Goldhaber, M, Gomez-Cadenas, JJ, Gomi, S, Gonin, M, Goyette, M, Grant, A, Grant, N, Grañena, F, Greenwood, S, Gumplinger, P, Guzowski, P, Haigh, MD, Hamano, K, Hansen, C, Hara, T, Harrison, PF, Hartfiel, B, Hartz, M, Haruyama, T, Hasanen, R, Hasegawa, T, Hastings, NC, Hastings, S, Hatzikoutelis, A, Hayashi, K, Hayato, Y, Haycock, TDJ, Hearty, C, Helmer, RL, Henderson, R, Herlant, S, Higashi, N, Hignight, J, Hiraide, K, Hirose, E, Holeczek, J, Honkanen, N, Horikawa, S, Hyndman, A, Ichikawa, AK, Ieki, K, Ieva, M, Iida, M, Ikeda, M, Ilic, J, Imber, J, Ishida, T, Ishihara, C, Ishii, T, Ives, SJ, Iwasaki, M, Iyogi, K, Izmaylov, A, Jamieson, B, Johnson, RA, Joo, KK, Jover-Manas, G, Jung, CK, Kaji, H, Kajita, T, Kakuno, H, Kameda, J, Kaneyuki, K, Karlen, D, Kasami, K, Kasey, V, Kato, I, Kawamuko, H, Kearns, E, Kellet, L, Khabibullin, M, Khaleeq, M, Khan, N, Khotjantsev, A, Kielczewska, D, Kikawa, T, Kim, JY, Kim, S-B, Kimura, N, Kirby, B, Kisiel, J, Kitching, P, Kobayashi, T, Kogan, G, Koike, S, Komorowski, T, Konaka, A, Kormos, LL, Korzenev, A, Koseki, K, Koshio, Y, Kouzuma, Y, Kowalik, K, Kravtsov, V, Kreslo, I, Kropp, W, Kubo, H, Kubota, J, Kudenko, Y, Kulkarni, N, Kurchaninov, L, Kurimoto, Y, Kurjata, R, Kurosawa, Y, Kutter, T, Lagoda, J, Laihem, K, Langstaff, R, Laveder, M, Lawson, TB, Le, PT, Le Coguie, A, Le Ross, M, Lee, KP, Lenckowski, M, Licciardi, C, Lim, IT, Lindner, T, Litchfield, RP, Longhin, A, Lopez, GD, Lu, P, Ludovici, L, Lux, T, Macaire, M, Magaletti, L, Mahn, K, Makida, Y, Malafis, CJ, Malek, M, Manly, S, Marchionni, A, Mark, C, Marino, AD, Marone, AJ, Marteau, J, Martin, JF, Maruyama, T, Maryon, T, Marzec, J, Masliah, P, Mathie, EL, Matsumura, C, Matsuoka, K, Matveev, V, Mavrokoridis, K, Mazzucato, E, McCauley, N, McFarland, KS, McGrew, C, McLachlan, T, Mercer, I, Messina, M, Metcalf, W, Metelko, C, Mezzetto, M, Mijakowski, P, Miller, CA, Minamino, A, Mineev, O, Mine, S, Minvielle, RE, Mituka, G, Miura, M, Mizouchi, K, Mols, J-P, Monfregola, L, Monmarthe, E, Moreau, F, Morgan, B, Moriyama, S, Morris, D, Muir, A, Murakami, A, Muratore, JF, Murdoch, M, Murphy, S, Myslik, J, Nagashima, G, Nakadaira, T, Nakahata, M, Nakamoto, T, Nakamura, K, Nakayama, S, Nakaya, T, Naples, D, Nelson, B, Nicholls, TC, Nishikawa, K, Nishino, H, Nitta, K, Nizery, F, Nowak, JA, Noy, M, Obayashi, Y, Ogitsu, T, Ohhata, H, Okamura, T, Okumura, K, Okusawa, T, Ohlmann, C, Olchanski, K, Openshaw, R, Oser, SM, Otani, M, Owen, RA, Oyama, Y, Ozaki, T, Pac, MY, Palladino, V, Paolone, V, Paul, P, Payne, D, Pearce, GF, Pearson, C, Perkin, JD, Pfleger, M, Pierre, F, Pierrepont, D, Plonski, P, Poffenberger, P, Poplawska, E, Popov, B, Posiadala, M, Poutissou, J-M, Poutissou, R, Preece, R, Przewlocki, P, Qian, W, Raaf, JL, Radicioni, E, Ramos, K, Ratoff, P, Raufer, TM, Ravonel, M, Raymond, M, Retiere, F, Richards, D, Ritou, J-L, Robert, A, Rodrigues, PA, Rondio, E, Roney, M, Rooney, M, Ross, D, Rossi, B, Roth, S, Rubbia, A, Ruterbories, D, Sacco, R, Sadler, S, Sakashita, K, Sanchez, F, Sarrat, A, Sasaki, K, Schaack, P, Schmidt, J, Scholberg, K, Schwehr, J, Scott, M, Scully, DI, Seiya, Y, Sekiguchi, T, Sekiya, H, Sheffer, G, Shibata, M, Shimizu, Y, Shiozawa, M, Short, S, Siyad, M, Smith, D, Smith, RJ, Smy, M, Sobczyk, J, Sobel, H, Sooriyakumaran, S, Sorel, M, Spitz, J, Stahl, A, Stamoulis, P, Star, O, Statter, J, Stawnyczy, L, Steinmann, J, Steffens, J, Still, B, Stodulski, M, Stone, J, Strabel, C, Strauss, T, Sulej, R, Sutcliffe, P, Suzuki, A, Suzuki, K, Suzuki, S, Suzuki, SY, Suzuki, Y, Swierblewski, J, Szeglowski, T, Szeptycka, M, Tacik, R, Tada, M, Tadepalli, AS, Taguchi, M, Takahashi, S, Takeda, A, Takenaga, Y, Takeuchi, Y, Tanaka, HA, Tanaka, K, Tanaka, M, Tanaka, MM, Tanimoto, N, Tashiro, K, Taylor, IJ, Terashima, A, Terhorst, D, Terri, R, Thompson, LF, Thorley, A, Thorpe, M, Toki, W, Tomaru, T, Totsuka, Y, Touramanis, C, Tsukamoto, T, Tvaskis, V, Tzanov, M, Uchida, Y, Ueno, K, Usseglio, M, Vacheret, A, Vagins, M, Van Schalkwyk, JF, Vanel, J-C, Vasseur, G, Veledar, O, Vincent, P, Wachala, T, Waldron, AV, Walter, CW, Wanderer, PJ, Ward, MA, Ward, GP, Wark, D, Warner, D, Wascko, MO, Weber, A, Wendell, R, Wendland, J, West, N, Whitehead, LH, Wikström, G, Wilkes, RJ, Wilking, MJ, Williamson, Z, Wilson, JR, Wilson, RJ, Wong, K, Wongjirad, T, Yamada, S, Yamada, Y, Yamamoto, A, Yamamoto, K, Yamanoi, Y, Yamaoka, H, Yanagisawa, C, Yano, T, Yen, S, Yershov, N, Yokoyama, M, Zalewska, A, Zalipska, J, Zaremba, K, Ziembicki, M, Zimmerman, ED, Zito, M, and Zmuda, J

Published
2011

30. Determination of the nu(e) and total B-8 solar neutrino fluxes using the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Phase I data set

Author

Aharmim, B, Ahmad, QR, Ahmed, SN, Allen, RC, Andersen, TC, Anglin, JD, Buehler, G, Barton, JC, Beier, EW, Bercovitch, M, Bergevin, M, Bigu, J, Biller, SD, Black, RA, Blevis, I, Boardman, RJ, Boger, J, Bonvin, E, Boulay, MG, Bowler, MG, Bowles, TJ, Brice, SJ, Browne, MC, Bullard, TV, Burritt, TH, Cameron, J, Chan, YD, Chen, HH, Chen, M, Chen, X, Cleveland, BT, Cowan, JHM, Cowen, DF, Cox, GA, Currat, CA, Dai, X, Dalnoki-Veress, F, Davidson, WF, Deng, H, DiMarco, M, Doe, PJ, Doucas, G, Dragowsky, MR, Duba, CA, Duncan, FA, Dunford, M, Dunmore, JA, Earle, ED, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Ferraris, AP, Fleurot, F, Ford, RJ, Formaggio, JA, Fowler, MM, Frame, K, Frank, ED, Frati, W, Gagnon, N, Germani, JV, Gil, S, Goldschmidt, A, Goon, JTM, Graham, K, Grant, DR, Guillian, E, Hahn, RL, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Hamer, AS, Hamian, AA, Handler, WB, Haq, RU, Hargrove, CK, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heeger, KM, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Henning, R, Hepburn, JD, Heron, H, Hewett, J, Hime, A, Howard, C, Howe, MA, Huang, M, Hykaway, JG, Isaac, MCP, Jagam, P, Jamieson, B, Jelley, NA, Jillings, C, Jonkmans, G, Kazkaz, K, Keener, PT, Kirch, K, Klein, JR, Knox, AB, Komar, RJ, Kormos, LL, Kos, M, Kouzes, R, Krueger, A, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kutter, T, Kyba, CCM, Labranche, H, Lange, R, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lay, M, Lee, HW, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Loach, JC, Locke, W, Luoma, S, Lyon, J, MacLellan, R, Majerus, S, Mak, HB, Maneira, J, Marino, AD, Martin, R, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McDonald, DS, McFarlane, K, McGee, S, McGregor, G, Drees, RM, Mes, H, Mifflin, C, Miknaitis, KKS, Miller, ML, Milton, G, Moffat, BA, Monreal, B, Moorhead, M, Morrissette, B, Nally, CW, Neubauer, MS, Newcomer, FM, Ng, HS, Nickel, BG, Noble, AJ, Norman, EB, Novikov, VM, Oblath, NS, Okada, CE, O'Keeffe, HM, Ollerhead, RW, Omori, M, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Ott, R, Peeters, SJM, Poon, AWP, Prior, G, Reitzner, SD, Rielage, K, Roberge, A, Robertson, BC, Robertson, RGH, Rosendahl, SSE, Rowley, JK, Rusu, VL, Saettler, E, Schulke, A, Schwendener, MH, Secrest, JA, Seifert, H, Shatkay, M, Simpson, JJ, Sims, CJ, Sinclair, D, Skensved, P, Smith, AR, Smith, MWE, Starinsky, N, Steiger, TD, Stokstad, RG, Stonehill, LC, Storey, RS, Sur, B, Tafirout, R, Tagg, N, Takeuchi, Y, Tanner, NW, Taplin, RK, Thorman, M, Thornewell, PM, Tolich, N, Trent, PT, Tserkovnyak, YI, Tsui, T, Tunnell, CD, Van Berg, R, De Water, RGV, Virtue, CJ, Walker, TJ, Wall, BL, Waltham, CE, Tseung, HWC, Wang, J-X, Wark, DL, Wendland, J, West, N, Wilhelmy, JB, Wilkerson, JF, Wilson, JR, Wittich, P, Wouters, JM, Wright, A, Yeh, M, Zuber, K, and Collaboration, SNO

Published
2007

31. Electron energy spectra, fluxes, and day-night asymmetries of B-8 solar neutrinos from measurements with NaCl dissolved in the heavy-water detector at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Author

Aharmim, B, Ahmed, SN, Anthony, AE, Beier, EW, Bellerive, A, Bergevin, M, Biller, SD, Boger, J, Boulay, MG, Bowler, MG, Bullard, TV, Chan, YD, Chen, M, Chen, X, Cleveland, BT, Cox, GA, Currat, CA, Dai, X, Dalnoki-Veress, F, Deng, H, Doe, PJ, Dosanjh, RS, Doucas, G, Duba, CA, Duncan, FA, Dunford, M, Dunmore, JA, Earle, ED, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Fleurot, F, Formaggio, JA, Frame, K, Frati, W, Fulsom, BG, Gagnon, N, Graham, K, Grant, DR, Hahn, RL, Hall, JC, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Handler, WB, Hargrove, CK, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heeger, KM, Heelan, L, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hemingway, RJ, Hime, A, Howard, C, Howe, MA, Huang, M, Jagam, P, Jelley, NA, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Kos, MS, Kruger, A, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Krumins, AV, Kutter, T, Kyba, CCM, Labranche, H, Lange, R, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Loach, JC, Luoma, S, MacLellan, R, Majerus, S, Mak, HB, Maneira, J, Marino, AD, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McGee, S, McGregor, G, Mifflin, C, Miknaitis, KKS, Moffat, BA, Nally, CW, Neubauer, MS, Nickel, BG, Noble, AJ, Norman, EB, Oblath, NS, Okada, CE, Ollerhead, RW, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Ouellet, C, Peeters, SJM, Poon, AWP, Rielage, K, Robertson, BC, Robertson, RGH, Rollin, E, Rosendahl, SSE, Rusu, VL, Schwendener, MH, Seibert, SR, Simard, O, Simpson, JJ, Sims, CJ, Sinclair, D, Skensved, P, Smith, MWE, Starinsky, N, Stokstad, RG, Stonehill, LC, Tafirout, R, Takeuchi, Y, Tesic, G, Thomson, M, Thorman, M, Tsui, T, Van Berg, R, Van de Water, RG, Virtue, CJ, Wall, BL, Waller, D, Waltham, CE, Tseung, HWC, Wark, DL, Wendland, J, West, N, Wilkerson, JF, Wilson, JR, Wittich, P, Wouters, JM, Wright, A, Yeh, M, Zuber, K, and Collaboration, SNO

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Results are reported from the complete salt phase of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment in which NaCl was dissolved in the H22O ("D2O") target. The addition of salt enhanced the signal from neutron capture as compared to the pure D2O detector. By making a statistical separation of charged-current events from other types based on event-isotropy criteria, the effective electron recoil energy spectrum has been extracted. In units of 106cm-2s-1, the total flux of active-flavor neutrinos from B8 decay in the Sun is found to be 4.94-0.21+0.21(stat)-0.34+0.38(syst) and the integral flux of electron neutrinos for an undistorted B8 spectrum is 1.68-0.06+0.06(stat)-0. 09+0.08(syst); the signal from (νx,e) elastic scattering is equivalent to an electron-neutrino flux of 2.35-0.22+0.22(stat)-0.15+0.15(syst). These results are consistent with those expected for neutrino oscillations with the so-called large mixing angle parameters and also with an undistorted spectrum. A search for matter-enhancement effects in the Earth through a possible day-night asymmetry in the charged-current integral rate is consistent with no asymmetry. Including results from other experiments, the best-fit values for two-neutrino mixing parameters are Δm2=(8.0-0.4+0.6)×10-5 eV2 and θ=33.9-2.2+2.4 degrees. © 2005 The American Physical Society.

Published
2005

32. Search for periodicities in the B8 solar neutrino flux measured by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Author

Aharmim, B, Ahmed, SN, Anthony, AE, Beier, EW, Bellerive, A, Bergevin, M, Biller, SD, Boulay, MG, Bowler, MG, Chan, YD, Chen, M, Chen, X, Cleveland, BT, Costin, T, Cox, GA, Currat, CA, Dai, X, Deng, H, Detwiler, J, Doe, PJ, Dosanjh, RS, Doucas, G, Duba, CA, Duncan, FA, Dunford, M, Dunmore, JA, Earle, ED, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Fleurot, F, Formaggio, JA, Frati, W, Fulsom, BG, Gagnon, N, Goon, JTM, Graham, K, Hahn, RL, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Handler, WB, Hargrove, CK, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heeger, KM, Heelan, L, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hemingway, RJ, Hime, A, Howe, MA, Huang, M, Inrig, E, Jagam, P, Jelley, NA, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Kos, MS, Krüger, A, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Krumins, AV, Kutter, T, Kyba, CCM, Labranche, H, Lange, R, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Loach, JC, Luoma, S, MacLellan, R, Majerus, S, Maneira, J, Marino, AD, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McGee, S, Mifflin, C, Miknaitis, KKS, Nickel, BG, Noble, AJ, Norman, EB, Oblath, NS, Okada, CE, O'Keeffe, HM, Ollerhead, RW, Gann, GDO, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Ouvarova, T, Peeters, SJM, Poon, AWP, Pun, CSJ, Rielage, K, Robertson, BC, Robertson, RGH, Rollin, E, Rosendahl, SSE, Schwendener, MH, Seibert, SR, Simard, O, Simpson, JJ, Sims, CJ, Sinclair, D, Sinclair, L, Skensved, P, Smith, MWE, Stokstad, RG, Stonehill, LC, Tafirout, R, Takeuchi, Y, Tešić, G, Thomson, M, Tsang, KV, Tsui, T, Berg, RV, Virtue, CJ, Wall, BL, Waller, D, Waltham, CE, Tseung, HWC, Wark, DL, Wendland, J, West, N, Wilkerson, JF, Wilson, JR, Wouters, JM, Yeh, M, and Zuber, K

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

A search has been made for sinusoidal periodic variations in the B8 solar neutrino flux using data collected by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory over a 4-year time interval. The variation at a period of 1 yr is consistent with modulation of the B8 neutrino flux by the Earth's orbital eccentricity. No significant sinusoidal periodicities are found with periods between 1 d and 10 years with either an unbinned maximum likelihood analysis or a Lomb-Scargle periodogram analysis. The data are inconsistent with the hypothesis that the results of the recent analysis by Sturrock et al., based on elastic scattering events in Super-Kamiokande, can be attributed to a 7% sinusoidal modulation of the total B8 neutrino flux. © 2005 The American Physical Society.

Published
2005

33. Search for periodicities in the B-8 solar neutrino flux measured by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Author

Aharmim, B, Ahmed, SN, Anthony, AE, Beier, EW, Bellerive, A, Bergevin, M, Biller, SD, Boulay, MG, Bowler, MG, Chan, YD, Chen, M, Chen, X, Cleveland, BT, Costin, T, Cox, GA, Currat, CA, Dai, X, Deng, H, Detwiler, J, Doe, PJ, Dosanjh, RS, Doucas, G, Duba, CA, Duncan, FA, Dunford, M, Dunmore, JA, Earle, ED, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Fleurot, F, Formaggio, JA, Frati, W, Fulsom, BG, Gagnon, N, Goon, JT, Graham, K, Hahn, RL, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Handler, WB, Hargrove, CK, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heeger, KM, Heelan, L, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hemingway, RJ, Hime, A, Howe, MA, Huang, M, Inrig, E, Jagam, P, Jelley, NA, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Kos, MS, Kruger, A, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Krumins, AV, Kutter, T, Kyba, CCM, Labranche, H, Lange, R, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Loach, JC, Luoma, S, MacLellan, R, Majerus, S, Maneira, J, Marino, AD, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McGee, S, Mifflin, C, Miknaitis, KKS, Nickel, BG, Noble, AJ, Norman, EB, Oblath, NS, Okada, CE, O'Keeffe, HM, Ollerhead, RW, Gann, GDO, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Ouvarova, T, Peeters, SJM, Poon, AWP, Pun, CSJ, Rielage, K, Robertson, BC, Robertson, RGH, Rollin, E, Rosendahl, SSE, Schwendener, MH, Seibert, SR, Simard, O, Simpson, JJ, Sims, CJ, Sinclair, D, Sinclair, L, Skensved, P, Smith, MWE, Stokstad, RG, Stonehill, LC, Tafirout, R, Takeuchi, Y, Tesic, G, Thomson, M, Tsang, KV, Tsui, T, Van Berg, R, Virtue, CJ, Wall, BL, Waller, D, Waltham, CE, Tseung, HWC, Wark, DL, Wendland, J, West, N, Wilkerson, JF, Wilson, JR, Wouters, JM, Yeh, M, Zuber, K, and Collaboration, SNO

Published
2005

34. Measurement of the rate of nu(e) + d --p + p + e(-) interactions produced by (8)B solar neutrinos at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Author

Ahmad, QR, Allen, RC, Andersen, TC, Anglin, JD, Bühler, G, Barton, JC, Beier, EW, Bercovitch, M, Bigu, J, Biller, S, Black, RA, Blevis, I, Boardman, RJ, Boger, J, Bonvin, E, Boulay, MG, Bowler, MG, Bowles, TJ, Brice, SJ, Browne, MC, Bullard, TV, Burritt, TH, Cameron, K, Cameron, J, Chan, YD, Chen, M, Chen, HH, Chen, X, Chon, MC, Cleveland, BT, Clifford, ET, Cowan, JH, Cowen, DF, Cox, GA, Dai, Y, Dai, X, Dalnoki-Veress, F, Davidson, WF, Doe, PJ, Doucas, G, Dragowsky, MR, Duba, CA, Duncan, FA, Dunmore, J, Earle, ED, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Ferraris, AP, Ford, RJ, Fowler, MM, Frame, K, Frank, ED, Frati, W, Germani, JV, Gil, S, Goldschmidt, A, Grant, DR, Hahn, RL, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Hamer, A, Hamian, AA, Haq, RU, Hargrove, CK, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heaton, R, Heeger, KM, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hepburn, JD, Heron, H, Hewett, J, Hime, A, Howe, M, Hykawy, JG, Isaac, MC, Jagam, P, Jelley, NA, Jillings, C, Jonkmans, G, Karn, J, Keener, PT, Kirch, K, Klein, JR, Knox, AB, Komar, RJ, Kouzes, R, Kutter, T, Kyba, CC, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lay, M, Lee, HW, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Locke, W, Lowry, MM, Luoma, S, Lyon, J, Majerus, S, Mak, HB, Marino, AD, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McDonald, DS, McFarlane, K, McGregor, G, McLatchie, W, Meijer Drees, R, Mes, H, Mifflin, C, Miller, GG, Milton, G, Moffat, BA, Moorhead, M, Nally, CW, Neubauer, MS, Newcomer, FM, Ng, HS, Noble, AJ, Norman, EB, Novikov, VM, O'Neill, M, Okada, CE, Ollerhead, RW, Omori, M, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Poon, AW, Radcliffe, TJ, Roberge, A, Robertson, BC, Robertson, RG, Rowley, JK, Rusu, VL, Saettler, E, Schaffer, KK, Schuelke, A, Schwendener, MH, Seifert, H, Shatkay, M, Simpson, JJ, Sinclair, D, Skensved, P, Smith, AR, Smith, MW, Starinsky, N, Steiger, TD, Stokstad, RG, Storey, RS, Sur, B, Tafirout, R, Tagg, N, Tanner, NW, Taplin, RK, Thorman, M, Thornewell, P, Trent, PT, Tserkovnyak, YI, Van Berg, R, Van de Water, RG, Virtue, CJ, Waltham, CE, Wang, JX, Wark, DL, West, N, Wilhelmy, JB, Wilkerson, JF, Wilson, J, Wittich, P, Wouters, JM, and Yeh, M

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

Solar neutrinos from (8)B decay have been detected at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory via the charged current (CC) reaction on deuterium and the elastic scattering (ES) of electrons. The flux of nu(e)'s is measured by the CC reaction rate to be straight phi(CC)(nu(e)) = 1.75 +/- 0.07(stat)(+0.12)(-0.11)(syst) +/- 0.05(theor) x 10(6) cm(-2) s(-1). Comparison of straight phi(CC)(nu(e)) to the Super-Kamiokande Collaboration's precision value of the flux inferred from the ES reaction yields a 3.3 sigma difference, assuming the systematic uncertainties are normally distributed, providing evidence of an active non- nu(e) component in the solar flux. The total flux of active 8B neutrinos is determined to be 5.44+/-0.99 x 10(6) cm(-2) s(-1).

Published
2001

35. The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Author

Boger, J, Hahn, RL, Rowley, JK, Carter, AL, Hollebone, B, Kessler, D, Blevis, I, Dalnoki-Veress, F, DeKok, A, Farine, J, Grant, DR, Hargrove, CK, Laberge, G, Levine, I, McFarlane, K, Mes, H, Noble, AT, Novikov, VM, O'Neill, M, Shatkay, M, Shewchuk, C, Sinclair, D, Clifford, ETH, Deal, R, Earle, ED, Gaudette, E, Milton, G, Sur, B, Bigu, J, Cowan, JHM, Cluff, DL, Hallman, ED, Haq, RU, Hewett, J, Hykawy, JG, Jonkmans, G, Michaud, R, Roberge, A, Roberts, J, Saettler, E, Schwendener, MH, Seifert, H, Sweezey, D, Tafirout, R, Virtue, CJ, Beck, DN, Chan, YD, Chen, X, Dragowsky, MR, Dycus, FW, Gonzalez, J, Isaac, MCP, Kajiyama, Y, Koehler, GW, Lesko, KT, Moebus, MC, Norman, EB, Okada, CE, Poon, AWP, Purgalis, P, Schuelke, A, Smith, AR, Stokstad, RG, Turner, S, Zlimen, I, Anaya, JM, Bowles, TJ, Brice, SJ, Esch, EI, Fowler, MM, Goldschmidt, A, Hime, A, McGirt, AF, Miller, GG, Teasdale, WA, Wilhelmy, JB, Wouters, JM, Anglin, JD, Bercovitch, M, Davidson, WF, Storey, RS, Biller, S, Black, RA, Boardman, RJ, Bowler, MG, Cameron, J, Cleveland, B, Ferraris, AP, Doucas, G, Heron, H, Howard, C, Jelley, NA, Knox, AB, Lay, M, Locke, W, Lyon, J, Majerus, S, Moorhead, M, Omori, M, Tanner, NW, Taplin, RK, Thorman, M, Wark, DL, West, N, Barton, JC, Trent, PT, Kouzes, R, Lowry, MM, Bell, AL, Bonvin, E, Boulay, M, Dayon, M, Duncan, F, Erhardt, LS, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Ford, R, Hallin, A, Hamer, A, Hart, PM, Harvey, PJ, Haslip, D, Hearns, CAW, Heaton, R, Hepburn, JD, Jillings, CJ, Korpach, EP, Lee, HW, Leslie, JR, Liu, MQ, Mak, HB, McDonald, AB, MacArthur, JD, McLatchie, W, Moffat, BA, Noel, S, Radcliffe, TJ, Robertson, BC, Skensved, P, Stevenson, RL, Zhu, X, Gil, S, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Komar, RJ, Nally, CW, Ng, HS, Waltham, CE, Allen, RC, Buhler, G, Chen, HH, Aardsma, G, Andersen, T, Cameron, K, Chon, MC, Hanson, RH, Jagam, P, Karn, J, Law, J, Ollerhead, RW, Simpson, JJ, Tagg, N, Wang, JX, Alexander, C, Beier, EW, Cook, JC, Cowen, DF, Frank, ED, Frati, W, Keener, PT, Klein, JR, Mayers, G, McDonald, DS, Neubauer, MS, Newcomer, FM, Pearce, RJ, Van de Water, RG, Van Berg, R, Wittich, P, Ahmad, QR, Beck, JM, Browne, MC, Burritt, TH, Doe, PJ, Duba, CA, Elliott, SR, Franklin, JE, Germani, JV, Green, P, Hamian, AA, Heeger, KM, Howe, M, Drees, RM, Myers, A, Robertson, RGH, Smith, MWE, Steiger, TD, Van Wechel, T, Wilkerson, JF, and Collaboration, SNO

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Instrumentation, Physics, Standard solar model, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Neutrino detector, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Electron neutrino, Lepton
Abstract

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is a second generation water Cherenkov detector designed to determine whether the currently observed solar neutrino deficit is a result of neutrino oscillations. The detector is unique in its use of D2O as a detection medium, permitting it to make a solar model-independent test of the neutrino oscillation hypothesis by comparison of the charged- and neutral-current interaction rates. In this paper the physical properties, construction, and preliminary operation of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory are described. Data and predicted operating parameters are provided whenever possible., 58 pages, 12 figures, submitted to Nucl. Inst. Meth. Uses elsart and epsf style files. For additional information about SNO see http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca . This version has some new references

Published
2000

36. First muon-neutrino disappearance study with an off-axis beam

Author

Abe, K, Abgrall, N, Ajima, Y, Aihara, H, Albert, JB, Andreopoulos, C, Andrieu, B, Anerella, MD, Aoki, S, Araoka, O, Argyriades, J, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Assylbekov, S, Autiero, D, Badertscher, A, Barbi, M, Barker, GJ, Barr, G, Bass, M, Batkiewicz, M, Bay, F, Bentham, S, Berardi, V, Berger, BE, Bertram, I, Besnier, M, Beucher, J, Beznosko, D, Bhadra, S, Blaszczyk, FDMM, Blondel, A, Bojechko, C, Bouchez, J, Boyd, SB, Bravar, A, Bronner, C, Brook-Roberge, DG, Buchanan, N, Budd, H, Calland, RG, Calvet, D, Caravaca Rodríguez, J, Cartwright, SL, Carver, A, Castillo, R, Catanesi, MG, Cazes, A, Cervera, A, Chavez, C, Choi, S, Christodoulou, G, Coleman, J, Collazuol, G, Coleman, W, Connolly, K, Curioni, A, Dabrowska, A, Danko, I, Das, R, Davies, GS, Davis, S, Day, M, De Rosa, G, De André, JPAM, De Perio, P, Dealtry, T, Delbart, A, Densham, C, Di Lodovico, F, Di Luise, S, Dinh Tran, P, Dobson, J, Dore, U, Drapier, O, Duboyski, T, Dufour, F, Dumarchez, J, Dytman, S, Dziewiecki, M, Dziomba, M, Emery, S, Ereditato, A, Escallier, JE, Escudero, L, Esposito, LS, Fechner, M, Ferrero, A, Finch, AJ, Frank, E, Fujii, Y, Fukuda, Y, Galymov, V, Ganetis, GL, Gannaway, FC, Gaudin, A, Gendotti, A, George, MA, Giffin, S, Giganti, C, Gilje, K, Ghosh, AK, Golan, T, Goldhaber, M, Gomez-Cadenas, JJ, Gomi, S, Gonin, M, Grant, N, Grant, A, Gumplinger, P, Guzowski, P, Hadley, DR, Haesler, A, Haigh, MD, Hamano, K, Hansen, C, Hansen, D, Hara, T, Harrison, PF, Hartfiel, B, Hartz, M, Haruyama, T, Hasegawa, T, Hastings, NC, Hatzikoutelis, A, Hayashi, K, Hayato, Y, Hearty, C, Helmer, RL, Henderson, R, Higashi, N, Hignight, J, Hillairet, A, Hiraki, T, Hirose, E, Holeczek, J, Horikawa, S, Huang, K, Hyndman, A, Ichikawa, AK, Ieki, K, Ieva, M, Iida, M, Ikeda, M, Ilic, J, Imber, J, Ishida, T, Ishihara, C, Ishii, T, Ives, SJ, Iwasaki, M, Iyogi, K, Izmaylov, A, Jamieson, B, Johnson, RA, Joo, KK, Jover-Manas, GV, Jung, CK, Kaji, H, Kajita, T, Kakuno, H, Kameda, J, Kaneyuki, K, Karlen, D, Kasami, K, Kato, I, Kawamuko, H, Kearns, E, Khabibullin, M, Khanam, F, Khotjantsev, A, Kielczewska, D, Kikawa, T, Kim, J, Kim, JY, Kim, SB, Kimura, N, Kirby, B, Kisiel, J, Kitching, P, Kobayashi, T, Kogan, G, Koike, S, Konaka, A, Kormos, LL, Korzenev, A, Koseki, K, Koshio, Y, Kouzuma, Y, Kowalik, K, Kravtsov, V, Kreslo, I, Kropp, W, Kubo, H, Kubota, J, Kudenko, Y, Kulkarni, N, Kurimoto, Y, Kurjata, R, Kutter, T, Lagoda, J, Laihem, K, Laveder, M, Lawe, M, Lee, KP, Le, PT, Levy, JM, Licciardi, C, Lim, IT, Lindner, T, Lister, C, Litchfield, RP, Litos, M, Longhin, A, Lopez, GD, Loverre, PF, Ludovici, L, Lux, T, MacAire, M, Magaletti, L, Mahn, K, Makida, Y, Malek, M, Manly, S, Marchionni, A, Marino, AD, Marone, AJ, Marteau, J, Martin, JF, Maruyama, T, Maryon, T, Marzec, J, Masliah, P, Mathie, EL, Matsumura, C, Matsuoka, K, Matveev, V, Mavrokoridis, K, Mazzucato, E, McCauley, N, McFarland, KS, McGrew, C, McLachlan, T, Messina, M, Metcalf, W, Metelko, C, Mezzetto, M, Mijakowski, P, Miller, CA, Minamino, A, Mineev, O, Mine, S, Missert, AD, Mituka, G, Miura, M, Mizouchi, K, Monfregola, L, Moreau, F, Morgan, B, Moriyama, S, Muir, A, Murakami, A, Muratore, JF, Murdoch, M, Murphy, S, Myslik, J, Nagai, N, Nakadaira, T, Nakahata, M, Nakai, T, Nakajima, K, Nakamoto, T, Nakamura, K, Nakayama, S, Nakaya, T, Naples, D, Navin, ML, Nicholls, TC, Nielsen, B, Nielsen, C, Nishikawa, K, Nishino, H, Nitta, K, Nobuhara, T, Nowak, JA, Obayashi, Y, Ogitsu, T, Ohhata, H, Okamura, T, Okumura, K, Okusawa, T, Oser, SM, Otani, M, Owen, RA, Oyama, Y, Ozaki, T, Pac, MY, Palladino, V, Paolone, V, Paul, P, Payne, D, Pearce, GF, Perkin, JD, Pettinacci, V, Pierre, F, Poplawska, E, Popov, B, Posiadala, M, Poutissou, J-M, Poutissou, R, Przewlocki, P, Qian, W, Raaf, JL, Radicioni, E, Ratoff, PN, Raufer, TM, Ravonel, M, Raymond, M, Reeves, M, Retiere, F, Robert, A, Rodrigues, PA, Rondio, E, Roney, JM, Rossi, B, Roth, S, Rubbia, A, Ruterbories, D, Sabouri, S, Sacco, R, Sakashita, K, Sánchez, F, Sarrat, A, Sasaki, K, Scholberg, K, Schwehr, J, Scott, M, Scully, DI, Seiya, Y, Sekiguchi, T, Sekiya, H, Shibata, M, Shimizu, Y, Shiozawa, M, Short, S, Sinclair, PD, Siyad, M, Smith, BM, Smith, RJ, Smy, M, Sobczyk, JT, Sobel, H, Sorel, M, Stahl, A, Stamoulis, P, Steinmann, J, Still, B, Stone, J, Strabel, C, Sulej, R, Suzuki, A, Suzuki, K, Suzuki, S, Suzuki, SY, Suzuki, Y, Szeglowski, T, Szeptycka, M, Tacik, R, Tada, M, Taguchi, M, Takahashi, S, Takeda, A, Takenaga, Y, Takeuchi, Y, Tanaka, K, Tanaka, HA, Tanaka, M, Tanaka, MM, Tanimoto, N, Tashiro, K, Taylor, I, Terashima, A, Terhorst, D, Terri, R, Thompson, LF, Thorley, A, Toki, W, Tobayama, S, Tomaru, T, Totsuka, Y, Touramanis, C, Tsukamoto, T, Tzanov, M, Uchida, Y, Ueno, K, Vacheret, A, Vagins, M, Vasseur, G, Veledar, O, Wachala, T, Walding, JJ, Waldron, AV, Walter, CW, Wanderer, PJ, Wang, J, Ward, MA, Ward, GP, Wark, D, Wascko, MO, Weber, A, Wendell, R, West, N, Whitehead, LH, Wikström, G, Wilkes, RJ, Wilking, MJ, Williamson, Z, Wilson, Wilson, RJ, Wongjirad, T, Yamada, S, Yamada, Y, Yamamoto, A, Yamamoto, K, Yamanoi, Y, Yamaoka, H, Yamauchi, T, Yanagisawa, C, Yano, T, Yen, S, Yershov, N, Yokoyama, M, Yuan, T, Zalewska, A, Zalipska, J, Zambelli, L, Zaremba, K, Ziembicki, M, Zimmerman, ED, Zito, M, and Zmuda, J

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, hep-ex, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, 7. Clean energy
Abstract

We report a measurement of muon-neutrino disappearance in the T2K experiment. The 295-km muon-neutrino beam from Tokai to Kamioka is the first implementation of the off-axis technique in a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment.

37. Combined Analysis of Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations at T2K.

Author

Abe K, Amey J, Andreopoulos C, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Autiero D, Ban S, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Barry C, Bartet-Friburg P, Batkiewicz M, Berardi V, Berkman S, Bhadra S, Bienstock S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bordoni S, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Buizza Avanzini M, Calland RG, Campbell T, Cao S, Cartwright SL, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Checchia C, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Christodoulou G, Clifton A, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Coplowe D, Cudd A, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Dewhurst D, Di Lodovico F, Di Luise S, Dolan S, Drapier O, Duffy KE, Dumarchez J, Dziewiecki M, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda D, Fukuda Y, Galymov V, Garcia A, Giganti C, Gizzarelli F, Golan T, Gonin M, Hadley DR, Haegel L, Haigh MD, Hansen D, Harada J, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Helmer RL, Hillairet A, Hiraki T, Hiramoto A, Hirota S, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Hosomi F, Huang K, Ichikawa AK, Ikeda M, Imber J, Insler J, Intonti RA, Ishida T, Ishii T, Iwai E, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jamieson B, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Katori T, 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, Kondo K, Kormos LL, Korzenev A, Koshio Y, Kowalik K, Kropp W, Kudenko Y, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Lamont I, Lamoureux M, Larkin E, Lasorak P, Laveder M, Lawe M, Licciardi M, Lindner T, Liptak ZJ, Litchfield RP, Li X, Longhin A, Lopez JP, Lou T, Ludovici L, Lu X, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Marino AD, Martin JF, Martins P, Martynenko S, Maruyama T, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Ma WY, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Mijakowski P, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Moriyama S, Mueller TA, Myslik J, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakamura KD, Nakanishi Y, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Nielsen C, Nirkko M, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, Novella P, Nowak J, O'Keeffe HM, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oryszczak W, Oser SM, Ovsyannikova T, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Patel ND, Paudyal P, Pavin M, Payne D, Perkin JD, Petrov Y, Pickard L, Pickering L, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Popov B, Posiadala-Zezula M, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Przewlocki P, Quilain B, Radermacher T, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Ravonel M, Rayner MA, Redij A, Reinherz-Aronis E, Riccio C, Rodrigues PA, Rondio E, Rossi B, Roth S, Rubbia A, Rychter A, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Scantamburlo E, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shah R, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaw D, Shiozawa M, Shirahige T, Short S, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Sorel M, Southwell L, Steinmann J, Stewart T, Stowell P, Suda Y, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Tacik R, Tada M, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Terhorst D, Terri R, Thakore T, Thompson LF, Tobayama S, Toki W, Tomura T, Touramanis C, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Vagins M, Vallari Z, Vasseur G, Vladisavljevic T, Wachala T, Walter CW, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilkes RJ, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wret C, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yamamoto M, Yanagisawa C, Yano T, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yoshida K, Yuan T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zambelli L, Zaremba K, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, and Żmuda J

Abstract

T2K reports its first results in the search for CP violation in neutrino oscillations using appearance and disappearance channels for neutrino- and antineutrino-mode beams. The data include all runs from January 2010 to May 2016 and comprise 7.482×10^{20} protons on target in neutrino mode, which yielded in the far detector 32 e-like and 135  μ-like events, and 7.471×10^{20} protons on target in antineutrino mode, which yielded 4 e-like and 66  μ-like events. Reactor measurements of sin^{2}2θ_{13} have been used as an additional constraint. The one-dimensional confidence interval at 90% for the phase δ_{CP} spans the range (-3.13, -0.39) for normal mass ordering. The CP conservation hypothesis (δ_{CP}=0, π) is excluded at 90% C.L.

Published
2017
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38. Measurement of Coherent π^{+} Production in Low Energy Neutrino-Carbon Scattering.

Author

Abe K, Andreopoulos C, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Assylbekov S, Autiero D, Ban S, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Bartet-Friburg P, Batkiewicz M, Bay F, Berardi V, Berkman S, Bhadra S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bordoni S, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Buizza Avanzini M, Calland RG, Campbell T, Cao S, Caravaca Rodríguez J, Cartwright SL, Castillo R, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Christodoulou G, Clifton A, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Coplowe D, Cremonesi L, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Dewhurst D, Di Lodovico F, Di Luise S, Dolan S, Drapier O, Duffy KE, Dumarchez J, Dytman S, Dziewiecki M, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda D, Fukuda Y, Furmanski AP, Galymov V, Garcia A, Giffin SG, Giganti C, Gizzarelli F, Gonin M, Grant N, Hadley DR, Haegel L, Haigh MD, Hamilton P, Hansen D, Harada J, Hara T, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Helmer RL, Hierholzer M, Hillairet A, Himmel A, Hiraki T, Hirota S, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Horikawa S, Hosomi F, Huang K, Ichikawa AK, Ieki K, Ikeda M, Imber J, Insler J, Intonti RA, Irvine TJ, Ishida T, Ishii T, Iwai E, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jacob A, Jamieson B, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jo JH, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Karpikov I, Katori T, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kikawa T, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Konaka A, Kondo K, Kopylov A, Kormos LL, Korzenev A, Koshio Y, Kropp W, Kudenko Y, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Lamont I, Larkin E, Lasorak P, Laveder M, Lawe M, Lazos M, Lindner T, Liptak ZJ, Litchfield RP, Li X, Longhin A, Lopez JP, Ludovici L, Lu X, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Marino AD, Marteau J, Martin JF, Martins P, Martynenko S, Maruyama T, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Ma WY, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Mijakowski P, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Moriyama S, Mueller TA, Murphy S, Myslik J, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakamura KD, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Nielsen C, Nirkko M, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, Novella P, Nowak J, O'Keeffe HM, Ohta R, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oryszczak W, Oser SM, Ovsyannikova T, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Patel ND, Pavin M, Payne D, Perkin JD, Petrov Y, Pickard L, Pickering L, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Popov B, Posiadala-Zezula M, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Przewlocki P, Quilain B, Radermacher T, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Ravonel M, Rayner MA, Redij A, Reinherz-Aronis E, Riccio C, Rojas P, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Rychter A, Sacco R, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Sato F, Scantamburlo E, Scholberg K, Schoppmann S, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shah R, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaw D, Shiozawa M, Shirahige T, Short S, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Sorel M, Southwell L, Stamoulis P, Steinmann J, Stewart T, Stowell P, Suda Y, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki K, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Tacik R, Tada M, Takahashi S, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Terhorst D, Terri R, Thakore T, Thompson LF, Tobayama S, Toki W, Tomura T, Touramanis C, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Vacheret A, Vagins M, Vallari Z, Vasseur G, Wachala T, Wakamatsu K, Walter CW, Wark D, Warzycha W, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilkes RJ, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yamamoto M, Yanagisawa C, Yano T, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yoo J, Yoshida K, Yuan T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zambelli L, Zaremba K, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, and Żmuda J

Abstract

We report the first measurement of the flux-averaged cross section for charged current coherent π^{+} production on carbon for neutrino energies less than 1.5 GeV, and with a restriction on the final state phase space volume in the T2K near detector, ND280. Comparisons are made with predictions from the Rein-Sehgal coherent production model and the model by Alvarez-Ruso et al., the latter representing the first implementation of an instance of the new class of microscopic coherent models in a neutrino interaction Monte Carlo event generator. We observe a clear event excess above background, disagreeing with the null results reported by K2K and SciBooNE in a similar neutrino energy region. The measured flux-averaged cross sections are below those predicted by both the Rein-Sehgal and Alvarez-Ruso et al.

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2016
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39. Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Oscillations with an Accelerator-Produced Off-Axis Beam.

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Abe K, Andreopoulos C, Antonova M, Aoki S, Ariga A, Assylbekov S, Autiero D, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Bartet-Friburg P, Batkiewicz M, Bay F, Berardi V, Berkman S, Bhadra S, Blondel A, Bolognesi S, Bordoni S, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Buizza Avanzini M, Calland RG, Cao S, Caravaca Rodríguez J, Cartwright SL, Castillo R, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Cherdack D, Chikuma N, Christodoulou G, Clifton A, Coleman J, Collazuol G, Cremonesi L, Dabrowska A, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Denner PF, Dennis SR, Densham C, Dewhurst D, Di Lodovico F, Di Luise S, Dolan S, Drapier O, Duffy KE, Dumarchez J, Dytman S, Dziewiecki M, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Feusels T, Finch AJ, Fiorentini GA, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda D, Fukuda Y, Furmanski AP, Galymov V, Garcia A, Giffin SG, Giganti C, Gizzarelli F, Gonin M, Grant N, Hadley DR, Haegel L, Haigh MD, Hamilton P, Hansen D, Hara T, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayashino T, Hayato Y, Helmer RL, Hierholzer M, Hillairet A, Himmel A, Hiraki T, Hirota S, Hogan M, Holeczek J, Horikawa S, Hosomi F, Huang K, Ichikawa AK, Ieki K, Ikeda M, Imber J, Insler J, Intonti RA, Irvine TJ, Ishida T, Ishii T, Iwai E, Iwamoto K, Izmaylov A, Jacob A, Jamieson B, Jiang M, Johnson S, Jo JH, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Karlen D, Karpikov I, Katori T, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kikawa T, Kim H, Kim J, King S, Kisiel J, Knight A, Knox A, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Koga T, Konaka A, Kondo K, Kopylov A, Kormos LL, Korzenev A, Koshio Y, Kropp W, Kudenko Y, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Lamont I, Larkin E, Laveder M, Lawe M, Lazos M, Lindner T, Liptak ZJ, Litchfield RP, Li X, Longhin A, Lopez JP, Ludovici L, Lu X, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Marino AD, Marteau J, Martin JF, Martins P, Martynenko S, Maruyama T, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Ma WY, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Mefodiev A, Mezzetto M, Mijakowski P, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Moriyama S, Mueller TA, Murphy S, Myslik J, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakamura KG, Nakamura K, Nakamura KD, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nantais C, Nielsen C, Nirkko M, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, Nowak J, O'Keeffe HM, Ohta R, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oryszczak W, Oser SM, Ovsyannikova T, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Patel ND, Pavin M, Payne D, Perkin JD, Petrov Y, Pickard L, Pickering L, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Popov B, Posiadala-Zezula M, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Przewlocki P, Quilain B, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Ravonel M, Rayner MA, Redij A, Reinherz-Aronis E, Riccio C, Rojas P, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Rychter A, Sacco R, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Sato F, Scantamburlo E, Scholberg K, Schoppmann S, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shah R, Shaikhiev A, Shaker F, Shaw D, Shiozawa M, Shirahige T, Short S, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sorel M, Southwell L, Stamoulis P, Steinmann J, Stewart T, Suda Y, Suvorov S, Suzuki A, Suzuki K, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Tacik R, Tada M, Takahashi S, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Terhorst D, Terri R, Thakore T, Thompson LF, Tobayama S, Toki W, Tomura T, Touramanis C, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Vacheret A, Vagins M, Vallari Z, Vasseur G, Wachala T, Wakamatsu K, Walter CW, Wark D, Warzycha W, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilkes RJ, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yamamoto M, Yanagisawa C, Yano T, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yoo J, Yoshida K, Yuan T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zambelli L, Zaremba K, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, and Żmuda J

Abstract

T2K reports its first measurements of the parameters governing the disappearance of ν[over ¯]_{μ} in an off-axis beam due to flavor change induced by neutrino oscillations. The quasimonochromatic ν[over ¯]_{μ} beam, produced with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV at J-PARC, is observed at the far detector Super-Kamiokande, 295 km away, where the ν[over ¯]_{μ} survival probability is expected to be minimal. Using a data set corresponding to 4.01×10^{20} protons on target, 34 fully contained μ-like events were observed. The best-fit oscillation parameters are sin^{2}(θ[over ¯]_{23})=0.45 and |Δm[over ¯]_{32}^{2}|=2.51×10^{-3}  eV^{2} with 68% confidence intervals of 0.38-0.64 and 2.26-2.80×10^{-3}  eV^{2}, respectively. These results are in agreement with existing antineutrino parameter measurements and also with the ν_{μ} disappearance parameters measured by T2K.

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2016
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40. Measurement of the inclusive electron neutrino charged current cross section on carbon with the T2K near detector.

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Abe K, Adam J, Aihara H, Akiri T, Andreopoulos C, Aoki S, Ariga A, Assylbekov S, Autiero D, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Bass M, Batkiewicz M, Bay F, Berardi V, Berger BE, Berkman S, Bhadra S, Blaszczyk Fd, Blondel A, Bojechko C, Bordoni S, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Buchanan N, Calland RG, Caravaca Rodríguez J, Cartwright SL, Castillo R, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Cherdack D, Christodoulou G, Clifton A, Coleman J, Coleman SJ, Collazuol G, Connolly K, Cremonesi L, Dabrowska A, Danko I, Das R, Davis S, de Perio P, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Dennis SR, Densham C, Dewhurst D, Di Lodovico F, Di Luise S, Drapier O, Duboyski T, Duffy K, Dumarchez J, Dytman S, Dziewiecki M, Emery-Schrenk S, Ereditato A, Escudero L, Finch AJ, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda Y, Furmanski AP, Galymov V, Giffin S, Giganti C, Gilje K, Goeldi D, Golan T, Gonin M, Grant N, Gudin D, Hadley DR, Haesler A, Haigh MD, Hamilton P, Hansen D, Hara T, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayato Y, Hearty C, Helmer RL, Hierholzer M, Hignight J, Hillairet A, Himmel A, Hiraki T, Hirota S, Holeczek J, Horikawa S, Huang K, Ichikawa AK, Ieki K, Ieva M, Ikeda M, Imber J, Insler J, Irvine TJ, Ishida T, Ishii T, Iwai E, Iwamoto K, Iyogi K, Izmaylov A, Jacob A, Jamieson B, Johnson RA, Jo JH, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Kanazawa Y, Karlen D, Karpikov I, Katori T, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kikawa T, Kilinski A, Kim J, Kisiel J, Kitching P, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Kolaceke A, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Korzenev A, Koshio Y, Kropp W, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Lamont I, Larkin E, Laveder M, Lawe M, Lazos M, Lindner T, Lister C, Litchfield RP, Longhin A, Ludovici L, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Marino AD, Marteau J, Martin JF, Martynenko S, Maruyama T, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Metelko C, Mijakowski P, Miller CA, Minamino A, Mineev O, Missert A, Miura M, Moriyama S, Mueller TA, Murakami A, Murdoch M, Murphy S, Myslik J, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakamura K, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Nielsen C, Nirkko M, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, O'Keeffe HM, Ohta R, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oryszczak W, Oser SM, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino JL, Paolone V, Payne D, Perevozchikov O, Perkin JD, Petrov Y, Pickard L, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Plonski P, Poplawska E, Popov B, Posiadala M, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Przewlocki P, Quilain B, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Ravonel M, Rayner MA, Redij A, Reeves M, Reinherz-Aronis E, Rodrigues PA, Rojas P, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruterbories D, Sacco R, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Sato F, Scantamburlo E, Scholberg K, Schoppmann S, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shiozawa M, Short S, Shustrov Y, Sinclair P, Smith B, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Sorel M, Southwell L, Stamoulis P, Steinmann J, Still B, Suda Y, Suzuki A, Suzuki K, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Tacik R, Tada M, Takahashi S, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Tanaka MM, Terhorst D, Terri R, Thompson LF, Thorley A, Tobayama S, Toki W, Tomura T, Totsuka Y, Touramanis C, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Vacheret A, Vagins M, Vasseur G, Wachala T, Waldron AV, Walter CW, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilkes RJ, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Williamson Z, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wongjirad T, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yanagisawa C, Yano T, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yuan T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zambelli L, Zaremba K, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, and Żmuda J

Abstract

The T2K off-axis near detector ND280 is used to make the first differential cross-section measurements of electron neutrino charged current interactions at energies ∼1  GeV as a function of electron momentum, electron scattering angle, and four-momentum transfer of the interaction. The total flux-averaged ν(e) charged current cross section on carbon is measured to be ⟨σ⟩(ϕ)=1.11±0.10(stat)±0.18(syst)×10⁻³⁸ cm²/nucleon. The differential and total cross-section measurements agree with the predictions of two leading neutrino interaction generators, NEUT and GENIE. The NEUT prediction is 1.23×10⁻³⁸ cm²/nucleon and the GENIE prediction is 1.08×10⁻³⁸ cm²/nucleon. The total ν(e) charged current cross-section result is also in agreement with data from the Gargamelle experiment.

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2014
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41. Precise measurement of the neutrino mixing parameter θ23 from muon neutrino disappearance in an off-axis beam.

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Abe K, Adam J, Aihara H, Akiri T, Andreopoulos C, Aoki S, Ariga A, Ariga T, Assylbekov S, Autiero D, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Bass M, Batkiewicz M, Bay F, Bentham SW, Berardi V, Berger BE, Berkman S, Bertram I, Bhadra S, Blaszczyk Fd, Blondel A, Bojechko C, Bordoni S, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Buchanan N, Calland RG, Caravaca Rodríguez J, Cartwright SL, Castillo R, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Cherdack D, Christodoulou G, Clifton A, Coleman J, Coleman SJ, Collazuol G, Connolly K, Cremonesi L, Dabrowska A, Danko I, Das R, Davis S, de Perio P, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Dennis SR, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Di Luise S, Drapier O, Duboyski T, Duffy K, Dufour F, Dumarchez J, Dytman S, Dziewiecki M, Emery S, Ereditato A, Escudero L, Finch AJ, Floetotto L, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda Y, Furmanski AP, Galymov V, Giffin S, Giganti C, Gilje K, Goeldi D, Golan T, Gonin M, Grant N, Gudin D, Hadley DR, Haesler A, Haigh MD, Hamilton P, Hansen D, Hara T, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayato Y, Hearty C, Helmer RL, Hierholzer M, Hignight J, Hillairet A, Himmel A, Hiraki T, Hirota S, Holeczek J, Horikawa S, Huang K, Ichikawa AK, Ieki K, Ieva M, Ikeda M, Imber J, Insler J, Irvine TJ, Ishida T, Ishii T, Ives SJ, Iwai E, Iyogi K, Izmaylov A, Jacob A, Jamieson B, Johnson RA, Jo JH, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kabirnezhad M, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Kanazawa Y, Karlen D, Karpikov I, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kikawa T, Kilinski A, Kim J, Kisiel J, Kitching P, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Kolaceke A, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Korzenev A, Koseki K, Koshio Y, Kreslo I, Kropp W, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kumaratunga S, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Laihem K, Lamont I, Laveder M, Lawe M, Lazos M, Lee KP, Lindner T, Lister C, Litchfield RP, Longhin A, Ludovici L, Macaire M, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Marino AD, Marteau J, Martin JF, Maruyama T, Marzec J, Mathie EL, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Mijakowski P, Miller CA, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Monfregola L, Moriyama S, Mueller TA, Murakami A, Murdoch M, Murphy S, Myslik J, Nagasaki T, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakai T, Nakamura K, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Naples D, Nielsen C, Nirkko M, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, O'Keeffe HM, Ohta R, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oryszczak W, Oser SM, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Palomino J, Paolone V, Payne D, Perevozchikov O, Perkin JD, Petrov Y, Pickard L, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Plonski P, Poplawska E, Popov B, Posiadala M, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Przewlocki P, Quilain B, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Ravonel M, Rayner MA, Redij A, Reeves M, Reinherz-Aronis E, Retiere F, Robert A, Rodrigues PA, Rojas P, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruterbories D, Sacco R, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Sato F, Scantamburlo E, Scholberg K, Schoppmann S, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shiozawa M, Short S, Shustrov Y, Sinclair P, Smith B, Smith RJ, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Sorel M, Southwell L, Stamoulis P, Steinmann J, Still B, Suda Y, Suzuki A, Suzuki K, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Szeglowski T, Tacik R, Tada M, Takahashi S, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Tanaka MM, Terhorst D, Terri R, Thompson LF, Thorley A, Tobayama S, Toki W, Tomura T, Totsuka Y, Touramanis C, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Ueno K, Vacheret A, Vagins M, Vasseur G, Wachala T, Waldron AV, Walter CW, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilkes RJ, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Williamson Z, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wongjirad T, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yanagisawa C, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yuan T, Yu M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zambelli L, Zaremba K, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, and Żmuda J

Abstract

New data from the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment produce the most precise measurement of the neutrino mixing parameter θ23. Using an off-axis neutrino beam with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV and a data set corresponding to 6.57×10(20) protons on target, T2K has fit the energy-dependent νμ oscillation probability to determine oscillation parameters. The 68% confidence limit on sin(2)(θ23) is 0.514(-0.056)(+0.055) (0.511±0.055), assuming normal (inverted) mass hierarchy. The best-fit mass-squared splitting for normal hierarchy is Δm32(2)=(2.51±0.10)×10(-3)  eV(2)/c(4) (inverted hierarchy: Δm13(2)=(2.48±0.10)×10(-3)  eV(2)/c(4)). Adding a model of multinucleon interactions that affect neutrino energy reconstruction is found to produce only small biases in neutrino oscillation parameter extraction at current levels of statistical uncertainty.

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2014
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42. Observation of electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam.

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Abe K, Adam J, Aihara H, Akiri T, Andreopoulos C, Aoki S, Ariga A, Ariga T, Assylbekov S, Autiero D, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Bass M, Batkiewicz M, Bay F, Bentham SW, Berardi V, Berger BE, Berkman S, Bertram I, Bhadra S, Blaszczyk FD, Blondel A, Bojechko C, Bordoni S, Boyd SB, Brailsford D, Bravar A, Bronner C, Buchanan N, Calland RG, Caravaca Rodríguez J, Cartwright SL, Castillo R, Catanesi MG, Cervera A, Cherdack D, Christodoulou G, Clifton A, Coleman J, Coleman SJ, Collazuol G, Connolly K, Cremonesi L, Dabrowska A, Danko I, Das R, Davis S, de Perio P, De Rosa G, Dealtry T, Dennis SR, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Di Luise S, Drapier O, Duboyski T, Duffy K, Dufour F, Dumarchez J, Dytman S, Dziewiecki M, Emery S, Ereditato A, Escudero L, Finch AJ, Floetotto L, Friend M, Fujii Y, Fukuda Y, Furmanski AP, Galymov V, Gaudin A, Giffin S, Giganti C, Gilje K, Goeldi D, Golan T, Gomez-Cadenas JJ, Gonin M, Grant N, Gudin D, Hadley DR, Haesler A, Haigh MD, Hamilton P, Hansen D, Hara T, Hartz M, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hayato Y, Hearty C, Helmer RL, Hierholzer M, Hignight J, Hillairet A, Himmel A, Hiraki T, Hirota S, Holeczek J, Horikawa S, Huang K, Ichikawa AK, Ieki K, Ieva M, Ikeda M, Imber J, Insler J, Irvine TJ, Ishida T, Ishii T, Ives SJ, Iyogi K, Izmaylov A, Jacob A, Jamieson B, Johnson RA, Jo JH, Jonsson P, Jung CK, Kaboth AC, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Kanazawa Y, Karlen D, Karpikov I, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kikawa T, Kilinski A, Kim J, Kisiel J, Kitching P, Kobayashi T, Koch L, Kolaceke A, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Korzenev A, Koseki K, Koshio Y, Kreslo I, Kropp W, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kumaratunga S, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Laihem K, Lamont I, Laveder M, Lawe M, Lazos M, Lee KP, Licciardi C, Lindner T, Lister C, Litchfield RP, Longhin A, Ludovici L, Macaire M, Magaletti L, Mahn K, Malek M, Manly S, Marino AD, Marteau J, Martin JF, Maruyama T, Marzec J, Mathie EL, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCarthy M, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Mijakowski P, Miller CA, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert A, Miura M, Monfregola L, Moriyama S, Mueller TA, Murakami A, Murdoch M, Murphy S, Myslik J, Nagasaki T, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakai T, Nakamura K, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Nakayoshi K, Naples D, Nielsen C, Nirkko M, Nishikawa K, Nishimura Y, O'Keeffe HM, Ohta R, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oryszczak W, Oser SM, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Palladino V, Paolone V, Payne D, Pearce GF, Perevozchikov O, Perkin JD, Petrov Y, Pickard LJ, Pinzon Guerra ES, Pistillo C, Plonski P, Poplawska E, Popov B, Posiadala M, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Przewlocki P, Quilain B, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Ravonel M, Rayner MA, Redij A, Reeves M, Reinherz-Aronis E, Retiere F, Robert A, Rodrigues PA, Rojas P, Rondio E, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruterbories D, Sacco R, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Sato F, Scantamburlo E, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Sgalaberna D, Shiozawa M, Short S, Shustrov Y, Sinclair P, Smith B, Smith RJ, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Sorel M, Southwell L, Stamoulis P, Steinmann J, Still B, Suda Y, Suzuki A, Suzuki K, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Szeglowski T, Tacik R, Tada M, Takahashi S, Takeda A, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka HK, Tanaka HA, Tanaka MM, Terhorst D, Terri R, Thompson LF, Thorley A, Tobayama S, Toki W, Tomura T, Totsuka Y, Touramanis C, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Ueno K, Vacheret A, Vagins M, Vasseur G, Wachala T, Waldron AV, Walter CW, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, Wilkes RJ, Wilking MJ, Wilkinson C, Williamson Z, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wongjirad T, Yamada Y, Yamamoto K, Yanagisawa C, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Yuan T, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zambelli L, Zaremba K, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, and Zmuda J

Abstract

The T2K experiment has observed electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam produced 295 km from the Super-Kamiokande detector with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV. A total of 28 electron neutrino events were detected with an energy distribution consistent with an appearance signal, corresponding to a significance of 7.3σ when compared to 4.92±0.55 expected background events. In the Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata mixing model, the electron neutrino appearance signal depends on several parameters including three mixing angles θ12, θ23, θ13, a mass difference Δm(32)(2) and a CP violating phase δ(CP). In this neutrino oscillation scenario, assuming |Δm(32)(2)|=2.4×10(-3)  eV(2), sin(2)θ(23)=0.5, and Δm322>0 (Δm(32)(2)<0), a best-fit value of sin(2)2θ(13)=0.140(-0.032)(+0.038) (0.170(-0.037)(+0.045)) is obtained at δ(CP)=0. When combining the result with the current best knowledge of oscillation parameters including the world average value of θ(13) from reactor experiments, some values of δ(CP) are disfavored at the 90% C.L.

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2014
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43. Indication of electron neutrino appearance from an accelerator-produced off-axis muon neutrino beam.

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Abe K, Abgrall N, Ajima Y, Aihara H, Albert JB, Andreopoulos C, Andrieu B, Aoki S, Araoka O, Argyriades J, Ariga A, Ariga T, Assylbekov S, Autiero D, Badertscher A, Barbi M, Barker GJ, Barr G, Bass M, Bay F, Bentham S, Berardi V, Berger BE, Bertram I, Besnier M, Beucher J, Beznosko D, Bhadra S, Blaszczyk Fd, Blondel A, Bojechko C, Bouchez J, Boyd SB, Bravar A, Bronner C, Brook-Roberge DG, Buchanan N, Budd H, Calvet D, Cartwright SL, Carver A, Castillo R, Catanesi MG, Cazes A, Cervera A, Chavez C, Choi S, Christodoulou G, Coleman J, Coleman W, Collazuol G, Connolly K, Curioni A, Dabrowska A, Danko I, Das R, Davies GS, Davis S, Day M, De Rosa G, de André JP, de Perio P, Delbart A, Densham C, Di Lodovico F, Di Luise S, Dinh Tran P, Dobson J, Dore U, Drapier O, Dufour F, Dumarchez J, Dytman S, Dziewiecki M, Dziomba M, Emery S, Ereditato A, Escudero L, Esposito LS, Fechner M, Ferrero A, Finch AJ, Frank E, Fujii Y, Fukuda Y, Galymov V, Gannaway FC, Gaudin A, Gendotti A, George MA, Giffin S, Giganti C, Gilje K, Golan T, Goldhaber M, Gomez-Cadenas JJ, Gonin M, Grant N, Grant A, Gumplinger P, Guzowski P, Haesler A, Haigh MD, Hamano K, Hansen C, Hansen D, Hara T, Harrison PF, Hartfiel B, Hartz M, Haruyama T, Hasegawa T, Hastings NC, Hastings S, Hatzikoutelis A, Hayashi K, Hayato Y, Hearty C, Helmer RL, Henderson R, Higashi N, Hignight J, Hirose E, Holeczek J, Horikawa S, Hyndman A, Ichikawa AK, Ieki K, Ieva M, Iida M, Ikeda M, Ilic J, Imber J, Ishida T, Ishihara C, Ishii T, Ives SJ, Iwasaki M, Iyogi K, Izmaylov A, Jamieson B, Johnson RA, Joo KK, Jover-Manas GV, Jung CK, Kaji H, Kajita T, Kakuno H, Kameda J, Kaneyuki K, Karlen D, Kasami K, Kato I, Kearns E, Khabibullin M, Khanam F, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kikawa T, Kim J, Kim JY, Kim SB, Kimura N, Kirby B, Kisiel J, Kitching P, Kobayashi T, Kogan G, Koike S, Konaka A, Kormos LL, Korzenev A, Koseki K, Koshio Y, Kouzuma Y, Kowalik K, Kravtsov V, Kreslo I, Kropp W, Kubo H, Kudenko Y, Kulkarni N, Kurjata R, Kutter T, Lagoda J, Laihem K, Laveder M, Lee KP, Le PT, Levy JM, Licciardi C, Lim IT, Lindner T, Litchfield RP, Litos M, Longhin A, Lopez GD, Loverre PF, Ludovici L, Lux T, Macaire M, Mahn K, Makida Y, Malek M, Manly S, Marchionni A, Marino AD, Marteau J, Martin JF, Maruyama T, Maryon T, Marzec J, Masliah P, Mathie EL, Matsumura C, Matsuoka K, Matveev V, Mavrokoridis K, Mazzucato E, McCauley N, McFarland KS, McGrew C, McLachlan T, Messina M, Metcalf W, Metelko C, Mezzetto M, Mijakowski P, Miller CA, Minamino A, Mineev O, Mine S, Missert AD, Mituka G, Miura M, Mizouchi K, Monfregola L, Moreau F, Morgan B, Moriyama S, Muir A, Murakami A, Murdoch M, Murphy S, Myslik J, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakai T, Nakajima K, Nakamoto T, Nakamura K, Nakayama S, Nakaya T, Naples D, Navin ML, Nelson B, Nicholls TC, Nishikawa K, Nishino H, Nowak JA, Noy M, Obayashi Y, Ogitsu T, Ohhata H, Okamura T, Okumura K, Okusawa T, Oser SM, Otani M, Owen RA, Oyama Y, Ozaki T, Pac MY, Palladino V, Paolone V, Paul P, Payne D, Pearce GF, Perkin JD, Pettinacci V, Pierre F, Poplawska E, Popov B, Posiadala M, Poutissou JM, Poutissou R, Przewlocki P, Qian W, Raaf JL, Radicioni E, Ratoff PN, Raufer TM, Ravonel M, Raymond M, Retiere F, Robert A, Rodrigues PA, Rondio E, Roney JM, Rossi B, Roth S, Rubbia A, Ruterbories D, Sabouri S, Sacco R, Sakashita K, Sánchez F, Sarrat A, Sasaki K, Scholberg K, Schwehr J, Scott M, Scully DI, Seiya Y, Sekiguchi T, Sekiya H, Shibata M, Shimizu Y, Shiozawa M, Short S, Siyad M, Smith RJ, Smy M, Sobczyk JT, Sobel H, Sorel M, Stahl A, Stamoulis P, Steinmann J, Still B, Stone J, Strabel C, Sulak LR, Sulej R, Sutcliffe P, Suzuki A, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Suzuki Y, Suzuki Y, Szeglowski T, Szeptycka M, Tacik R, Tada M, Takahashi S, Takeda A, Takenaga Y, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka K, Tanaka HA, Tanaka M, Tanaka MM, Tanimoto N, Tashiro K, Taylor I, Terashima A, Terhorst D, Terri R, Thompson LF, Thorley A, Toki W, Tomaru T, Totsuka Y, Touramanis C, Tsukamoto T, Tzanov M, Uchida Y, Ueno K, Vacheret A, Vagins M, Vasseur G, Wachala T, Walding JJ, Waldron AV, Walter CW, Wanderer PJ, Wang J, Ward MA, Ward GP, Wark D, Wascko MO, Weber A, Wendell R, West N, Whitehead LH, Wikström G, Wilkes RJ, Wilking MJ, Wilson JR, Wilson RJ, Wongjirad T, Yamada S, Yamada Y, Yamamoto A, Yamamoto K, Yamanoi Y, Yamaoka H, Yanagisawa C, Yano T, Yen S, Yershov N, Yokoyama M, Zalewska A, Zalipska J, Zambelli L, Zaremba K, Ziembicki M, Zimmerman ED, Zito M, and Żmuda J

Abstract

The T2K experiment observes indications of ν(μ) → ν(e) appearance in data accumulated with 1.43×10(20) protons on target. Six events pass all selection criteria at the far detector. In a three-flavor neutrino oscillation scenario with |Δm(23)(2)| = 2.4×10(-3)  eV(2), sin(2)2θ(23) = 1 and sin(2)2θ(13) = 0, the expected number of such events is 1.5±0.3(syst). Under this hypothesis, the probability to observe six or more candidate events is 7×10(-3), equivalent to 2.5σ significance. At 90% C.L., the data are consistent with 0.03(0.04) < sin(2)2θ(13) < 0.28(0.34) for δ(CP) = 0 and a normal (inverted) hierarchy.

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2011
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44. Independent measurement of the total active 8B solar neutrino flux using an array of 3He proportional counters at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.

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Aharmim B, Ahmed SN, Amsbaugh JF, Anthony AE, Banar J, Barros N, Beier EW, Bellerive A, Beltran B, Bergevin M, Biller SD, Boudjemline K, Boulay MG, Bowles TJ, Browne MC, Bullard TV, Burritt TH, Cai B, Chan YD, Chauhan D, Chen M, Cleveland BT, Cox-Mobrand GA, Currat CA, Dai X, Deng H, Detwiler J, DiMarco M, Doe PJ, Doucas G, Drouin PL, Duba CA, Duncan FA, Dunford M, Earle ED, Elliott SR, Evans HC, Ewan GT, Farine J, Fergani H, Fleurot F, Ford RJ, Formaggio JA, Fowler MM, Gagnon N, Germani JV, Goldschmidt A, Goon JT, Graham K, Guillian E, Habib S, Hahn RL, Hallin AL, Hallman ED, Hamian AA, Harper GC, Harvey PJ, Hazama R, Heeger KM, Heintzelman WJ, Heise J, Helmer RL, Henning R, Hime A, Howard C, Howe MA, Huang M, Jagam P, Jamieson B, Jelley NA, Keeter KJ, Klein JR, Kormos LL, Kos M, Krüger A, Kraus C, Krauss CB, Kutter T, Kyba CC, Lange R, Law J, Lawson IT, Lesko KT, Leslie JR, Loach JC, MacLellan R, Majerus S, Mak HB, Maneira J, Martin R, McBryde K, McCauley N, McDonald AB, McGee S, Mifflin C, Miller GG, Miller ML, Monreal B, Monroe J, Morissette B, Myers A, Nickel BG, Noble AJ, Oblath NS, O'Keeffe HM, Ollerhead RW, Gann GD, Oser SM, Ott RA, Peeters SJ, Poon AW, Prior G, Reitzner SD, Rielage K, Robertson BC, Robertson RG, Rollin E, Schwendener MH, Secrest JA, Seibert SR, Simard O, Simpson JJ, Sinclair L, Skensved P, Smith MW, Steiger TD, Stonehill LC, Tesić G, Thornewell PM, Tolich N, Tsui T, Tunnell CD, Van Wechel T, Van Berg R, VanDevender BA, Virtue CJ, Walker TJ, Wall BL, Waller D, Tseung HW, Wendland J, West N, Wilhelmy JB, Wilkerson JF, Wilson JR, Wouters JM, Wright A, Yeh M, Zhang F, and Zuber K

Abstract

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) used an array of 3He proportional counters to measure the rate of neutral-current interactions in heavy water and precisely determined the total active (nu&#95;x) 8B solar neutrino flux. This technique is independent of previous methods employed by SNO. The total flux is found to be 5.54&#95;-0.31;+0.33(stat)-0.34+0.36(syst)x10(6) cm(-2) s(-1), in agreement with previous measurements and standard solar models. A global analysis of solar and reactor neutrino results yields Deltam2=7.59&#95;-0.21;+0.19x10(-5) eV2 and theta=34.4&#95;-1.2;+1.3 degrees. The uncertainty on the mixing angle has been reduced from SNO's previous results.

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2008
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45. Improved search for nu(mu) --> nu(e) oscillation in a long-baseline accelerator experiment.

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Yamamoto S, Zalipska J, Aliu E, Andringa S, Aoki S, Argyriades J, Asakura K, Ashie R, Berghaus F, Berns H, Bhang H, Blondel A, Borghi S, Bouchez J, Burguet-Castell J, Casper D, Catala J, Cavata C, Cervera A, Chen SM, Cho KO, Choi JH, Dore U, Espinal X, Fechner M, Fernandez E, Fukuda Y, Gomez-Cadenas J, Gran R, Hara T, Hasegawa M, Hasegawa T, Hayashi K, Hayato Y, Helmer RL, Hiraide K, Hosaka J, Ichikawa AK, Iinuma M, Ikeda A, Inagaki T, Ishida T, Ishihara K, Ishii T, Ishitsuka M, Itow Y, Iwashita T, Jang HI, Jeon EJ, Jeong IS, Joo KK, Jover G, Jung CK, Kajita T, Kameda J, Kaneyuki K, Kato I, Kearns E, Kerr D, Kim CO, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kim JY, Kim SB, Kitching P, Kobayashi K, Kobayashi T, Konaka A, Koshio Y, Kropp W, Kubota J, Kudenko Y, Kuno Y, Kurimoto Y, Kutter T, Learned J, Likhoded S, Lim IT, Loverre PF, Ludovici L, Maesaka H, Mallet J, Mariani C, Matsuno S, Matveev V, McConnel K, McGrew C, Mikheyev S, Minamino A, Mine S, Mineev O, Mitsuda C, Miura M, Moriguchi Y, Morita T, Moriyama S, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakamura K, Nakano I, Nakaya T, Nakayama S, Namba T, Nambu R, Nawang S, Nishikawa K, Nitta K, Nova F, Novella P, Obayashi Y, Okada A, Okumura K, Oser SM, Oyama Y, Pac MY, Pierre F, Rodriguez A, Saji C, Sakuda M, Sanchez F, Sarrat A, Sasaki T, Sato H, Scholberg K, Schroeter R, Sekiguchi M, Shiozawa M, Shiraishi K, Sitjes G, Smy M, Sobel H, Sorel M, Stone J, Sulak L, Suzuki A, Suzuki Y, Takahashi T, Takenaga Y, Takeuchi Y, Taki K, Takubo Y, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Terri R, T'jampens S, Tornero-Lopez A, Totsuka Y, Ueda S, Vagins M, Whitehead L, Walter CW, Wang W, Wilkes RJ, Yamada S, Yanagisawa C, Yershov N, Yokoyama H, Yokoyama M, Yoo J, and Yoshida M

Abstract

We performed an improved search for nu(mu) --> nu(e) oscillation with the KEK to Kamioka (K2K) long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment, using the full data sample of 9.2 x 10(19) protons on target. No evidence for a nu(e) appearance signal was found, and we set bounds on the nu(mu) --> nu(e) oscillation parameters. At Deltam(2)=2.8 x 10(-3) eV(2), the best-fit value of the K2Knu(mu) disappearance analysis, we set an upper limit of sin(2)2theta(mue) < 0.13 at a 90% confidence level.

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2006
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46. Search for coherent charged pion production in neutrino-carbon interactions.

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Hasegawa M, Aliu E, Andringa S, Aoki S, Argyriades J, Asakura K, Ashie R, Berns H, Bhang H, Blondel A, Borghi S, Bouchez J, Burguet-Castell J, Casper D, Cavata C, Cervera A, Chen SM, Cho KO, Choi JH, Dore U, Espinal X, Fechner M, Fernandez E, Fukuda Y, Gomez-Cadenas J, Gran R, Hara T, Hasegawa T, Hayashi K, Hayato Y, Helmer RL, Hill J, Hiraide K, Hosaka J, Ichikawa AK, Iinuma M, Ikeda A, Inagaki T, Ishida T, Ishihara K, Ishii T, Ishitsuka M, Itow Y, Iwashita T, Jang HI, Jeon EJ, Jeong IS, Joo KK, Jover G, Jung CK, Kajita T, Kameda J, Kaneyuki K, Kato I, Kearns E, Kerr D, Kim CO, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kim JY, Kim SB, Kitching P, Kobayashi K, Kobayashi T, Konaka A, Koshio Y, Kropp W, Kubota J, Kudenko Y, Kuno Y, Kutter T, Learned J, Likhoded S, Lim IT, Loverre PF, Ludovici L, Maesaka H, Mallet J, Mariani C, Maruyama T, Matsuno S, Matveev V, Mauger C, McConnel K, McGrew C, Mikheyev S, Minamino A, Mine S, Mineev O, Mitsuda C, Miura M, Moriguchi Y, Morita T, Moriyama S, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakamura K, Nakano I, Nakaya T, Nakayama S, Namba T, Nambu R, Nawang S, Nishikawa K, Nitta K, Nova F, Novella P, Obayashi Y, Okada A, Okumura K, Oser SM, Oyama Y, Pac MY, Pierre F, Rodriguez A, Saji C, Sakuda M, Sanchez F, Sarrat A, Sasaki T, Sato H, Scholberg K, Schroeter R, Sekiguchi M, Sharkey E, Shiozawa M, Shiraishi K, Sitjes G, Smy M, Sobel H, Stone J, Sulak L, Suzuki A, Suzuki Y, Takahashi T, Takenaga Y, Takeuchi Y, Taki K, Takubo Y, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Terri R, T'jampens S, Tornero-Lopez A, Totsuka Y, Ueda S, Vagins M, Whitehead L, Walter CW, Wang W, Wilkes RJ, Yamada S, Yamamoto S, Yanagisawa C, Yershov N, Yokoyama H, Yokoyama M, Yoo J, Yoshida M, and Zalipska J

Abstract

We report the result from a search for charged-current coherent pion production induced by muon neutrinos with a mean energy of 1.3 GeV. The data are collected with a fully active scintillator detector in the K2K long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. No evidence for coherent pion production is observed, and an upper limit of is set on the cross section ratio of coherent pion production to the total charged-current interaction at 90% confidence level. This is the first experimental limit for coherent charged pion production in the energy region of a few GeV.

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2005
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47. Evidence for muon neutrino oscillation in an accelerator-based experiment.

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Aliu E, Andringa S, Aoki S, Argyriades J, Asakura K, Ashie R, Berns H, Bhang H, Blondel A, Borghi S, Bouchez J, Burguet-Castell J, Casper D, Cavata C, Cervera A, Cho KO, Choi JH, Dore U, Espinal X, Fechner M, Fernandez E, Fukuda Y, Gomez-Cadenas J, Gran R, Hara T, Hasegawa M, Hasegawa T, Hayashi K, Hayato Y, Helmer RL, Hill J, Hiraide K, Hosaka J, Ichikawa AK, Iinuma M, Ikeda A, Inagaki T, Ishida T, Ishihara K, Ishii T, Ishitsuka M, Itow Y, Iwashita T, Jang HI, Jeon EJ, Jeong IS, Joo K, Jover G, Jung CK, Kajita T, Kameda J, Kaneyuki K, Kato I, Kearns E, Kerr D, Kim CO, Khabibullin M, Khotjantsev A, Kielczewska D, Kim JY, Kim S, Kitching P, Kobayashi K, Kobayashi T, Konaka A, Koshio Y, Kropp W, Kubota J, Kudenko Y, Kuno Y, Kutter T, Learned J, Likhoded S, Lim IT, Loverre PF, Ludovici L, Maesaka H, Mallet J, Mariani C, Maruyama T, Matsuno S, Matveev V, Mauger C, McConnel K, McGrew C, Mikheyev S, Minamino A, Mine S, Mineev O, Mitsuda C, Miura M, Moriguchi Y, Morita T, Moriyama S, Nakadaira T, Nakahata M, Nakamura K, Nakano I, Nakaya T, Nakayama S, Namba T, Nambu R, Nawang S, Nishikawa K, Nitta K, Nova F, Novella P, Obayashi Y, Okada A, Okumura K, Oser SM, Oyama Y, Pac MY, Pierre F, Rodriguez A, Saji C, Sakuda M, Sanchez F, Sarrat A, Sasaki T, Scholberg K, Schroeter R, Sekiguchi M, Sharkey E, Shiozawa M, Shiraishi K, Sitjes G, Smy M, Sobel H, Stone J, Sulak L, Suzuki A, Suzuki Y, Takahashi T, Takenaga Y, Takeuchi Y, Taki K, Takubo Y, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Terri R, T'Jampens S, Tornero-Lopez A, Totsuka Y, Ueda S, Vagins M, Walter CW, Wang W, Wilkes RJ, Yamada S, Yamamoto S, Yanagisawa C, Yershov N, Yokoyama H, Yokoyama M, Yoo J, Yoshida M, and Zalipska J

Abstract

We present results for nu(mu) oscillation in the KEK to Kamioka (K2K) long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. K2K uses an accelerator-produced nu(mu) beam with a mean energy of 1.3 GeV directed at the Super-Kamiokande detector. We observed the energy-dependent disappearance of nu(mu), which we presume have oscillated to nu(tau). The probability that we would observe these results if there is no neutrino oscillation is 0.0050% (4.0 sigma).

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2005
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48. Measurement of the total active 8B solar neutrino flux at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory with enhanced neutral current sensitivity.

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Ahmed SN, Anthony AE, Beier EW, Bellerive A, Biller SD, Boger J, Boulay MG, Bowler MG, Bowles TJ, Brice SJ, Bullard TV, Chan YD, Chen M, Chen X, Cleveland BT, Cox GA, Dai X, Dalnoki-Veress F, Doe PJ, Dosanjh RS, Doucas G, Dragowsky MR, Duba CA, Duncan FA, Dunford M, Dunmore JA, Earle ED, Elliott SR, Evans HC, Ewan GT, Farine J, Fergani H, Fleurot F, Formaggio JA, Fowler MM, Frame K, Fulsom BG, Gagnon N, Graham K, Grant DR, Hahn RL, Hall JC, Hallin AL, Hallman ED, Hamer AS, Handler WB, Hargrove CK, Harvey PJ, Hazama R, Heeger KM, Heintzelman WJ, Heise J, Helmer RL, Hemingway RJ, Hime A, Howe MA, Jagam P, Jelley NA, Klein JR, Kos MS, Krumins AV, Kutter T, Kyba CC, Labranche H, Lange R, Law J, Lawson IT, Lesko KT, Leslie JR, Levine I, Luoma S, MacLellan R, Majerus S, Mak HB, Maneira J, Marino AD, McCauley N, McDonald AB, McGee S, McGregor G, Mifflin C, Miknaitis KK, Miller GG, Moffat BA, Nally CW, Nickel BG, Noble AJ, Norman EB, Oblath NS, Okada CE, Ollerhead RW, Orrell JL, Oser SM, Ouellet C, Peeters SJ, Poon AW, Robertson BC, Robertson RG, Rollin E, Rosendahl SS, Rusu VL, Schwendener MH, Simard O, Simpson JJ, Sims CJ, Sinclair D, Skensved P, Smith MW, Starinsky N, Stokstad RG, Stonehill LC, Tafirout R, Takeuchi Y, Tesić G, Thomson M, Thorman M, Van Berg R, Van de Water RG, Virtue CJ, Wall BL, Waller D, Waltham CE, Tseung HW, Wark DL, West N, Wilhelmy JB, Wilkerson JF, Wilson JR, Wouters JM, Yeh M, and Zuber K

Abstract

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory has precisely determined the total active (nu(x)) 8B solar neutrino flux without assumptions about the energy dependence of the nu(e) survival probability. The measurements were made with dissolved NaCl in heavy water to enhance the sensitivity and signature for neutral-current interactions. The flux is found to be 5.21 +/- 0.27(stat)+/-0.38(syst) x 10(6) cm(-2) s(-1), in agreement with previous measurements and standard solar models. A global analysis of these and other solar and reactor neutrino results yields Deltam(2)=7.1(+1.2)(-0.6) x 10(-5) eV(2) and theta=32.5(+2.4)(-2.3) degrees. Maximal mixing is rejected at the equivalent of 5.4 standard deviations.

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2004
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49. Constraints on nucleon decay via invisible modes from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory.

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Ahmed SN, Anthony AE, Beier EW, Bellerive A, Biller SD, Boger J, Boulay MG, Bowler MG, Bowles TJ, Brice SJ, Bullard TV, Chan YD, Chen M, Chen X, Cleveland BT, Cox GA, Dai X, Dalnoki-Veress F, Doe PJ, Dosanjh RS, Doucas G, Dragowsky MR, Duba CA, Duncan FA, Dunford M, Dunmore JA, Earle ED, Elliott SR, Evans HC, Ewan GT, Farine J, Fergani H, Fleurot F, Formaggio JA, Fowler MM, Frame K, Frati W, Fulsom BG, Gagnon N, Graham K, Grant DR, Hahn RL, Hall JC, Hallin AL, Hallman ED, Hamer AS, Handler WB, Hargrove CK, Harvey PJ, Hazama R, Heeger KM, Heintzelman WJ, Heise J, Helmer RL, Hemingway RJ, Hime A, Howe MA, Jagam P, Jelley NA, Klein JR, Kos MS, Krumins AV, Kutter T, Kyba CC, Labranche H, Lange R, Law J, Lawson IT, Lesko KT, Leslie JR, Levine I, Luoma S, MacLellan R, Majerus S, Mak HB, Maneira J, Marino AD, McCauley N, McDonald AB, McGee S, McGregor G, Mifflin C, Miknaitis KK, Miller GG, Moffat BA, Nally CW, Neubauer MS, Nickel BG, Noble AJ, Norman EB, Oblath NS, Okada CE, Ollerhead RW, Orrell JL, Oser SM, Ouellet C, Peeters SJ, Poon AW, Robertson BC, Robertson RG, Rollin E, Rosendahl SS, Rusu VL, Schwendener MH, Simard O, Simpson JJ, Sims CJ, Sinclair D, Skensved P, Smith MW, Starinsky N, Stokstad RG, Stonehill LC, Tafirout R, Takeuchi Y, Tesić G, Thomson M, Thorman M, Van Berg R, Van de Water RG, Virtue CJ, Wall BL, Waller D, Waltham CE, Tseung HW, Wark DL, West N, Wilhelmy JB, Wilkerson JF, Wilson JR, Wittich P, Wouters JM, Yeh M, and Zuber K

Abstract

Data from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory have been used to constrain the lifetime for nucleon decay to "invisible" modes, such as n-->3nu. The analysis was based on a search for gamma rays from the deexcitation of the residual nucleus that would result from the disappearance of either a proton or neutron from 16O. A limit of tau(inv)>2 x 10(29) yr is obtained at 90% confidence for either neutron- or proton-decay modes. This is about an order of magnitude more stringent than previous constraints on invisible proton-decay modes and 400 times more stringent than similar neutron modes.

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2004
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50. Measurement of day and night neutrino energy spectra at SNO and constraints on neutrino mixing parameters.

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Ahmad QR, Allen RC, Andersen TC, Anglin JD, Barton JC, Beier EW, Bercovitch M, Bigu J, Biller SD, Black RA, Blevis I, Boardman RJ, Boger J, Bonvin E, Boulay MG, Bowler MG, Bowles TJ, Brice SJ, Browne MC, Bullard TV, Bühler G, Cameron J, Chan YD, Chen HH, Chen M, Chen X, Cleveland BT, Clifford ET, Cowan JH, Cowen DF, Cox GA, Dai X, Dalnoki-Veress F, Davidson WF, Doe PJ, Doucas G, Dragowsky MR, Duba CA, Duncan FA, Dunford M, Dunmore JA, Earle ED, Elliott SR, Evans HC, Ewan GT, Farine J, Fergani H, Ferraris AP, Ford RJ, Formaggio JA, Fowler MM, Frame K, Frank ED, Frati W, Gagnon N, Germani JV, Gil S, Graham K, Grant DR, Hahn RL, Hallin AL, Hallman ED, Hamer AS, Hamian AA, Handler WB, Haq RU, Hargrove CK, Harvey PJ, Hazama R, Heeger KM, Heintzelman WJ, Heise J, Helmer RL, Hepburn JD, Heron H, Hewett J, Hime A, Howe M, Hykawy JG, Isaac MC, Jagam P, Jelley NA, Jillings C, Jonkmans G, Kazkaz K, Keener PT, Klein JR, Knox AB, Komar RJ, Kouzes R, Kutter T, Kyba CC, Law J, Lawson IT, Lay M, Lee HW, Lesko KT, Leslie JR, Levine I, Locke W, Luoma S, Lyon J, Majerus S, Mak HB, Maneira J, Manor J, Marino AD, McCauley N, McDonald AB, McDonald DS, McFarlane K, McGregor G, Meijer Drees R, Mifflin C, Miller GG, Milton G, Moffat BA, Moorhead M, Nally CW, Neubauer MS, Newcomer FM, Ng HS, Noble AJ, Norman EB, Novikov VM, O'Neill M, Okada CE, Ollerhead RW, Omori M, Orrell JL, Oser SM, Poon AW, Radcliffe TJ, Roberge A, Robertson BC, Robertson RG, Rosendahl SS, Rowley JK, Rusu VL, Saettler E, Schaffer KK, Schwendener MH, Schülke A, Seifert H, Shatkay M, Simpson JJ, Sims CJ, Sinclair D, Skensved P, Smith AR, Smith MW, Spreitzer T, Starinsky N, Steiger TD, Stokstad RG, Stonehill LC, Storey RS, Sur B, Tafirout R, Tagg N, Tanner NW, Taplin RK, Thorman M, Thornewell PM, Trent PT, Tserkovnyak YI, Van Berg R, Van de Water RG, Virtue CJ, Waltham CE, Wang JX, Wark DL, West N, Wilhelmy JB, Wilkerson JF, Wilson JR, Wittich P, Wouters JM, and Yeh M

Abstract

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) has measured day and night solar neutrino energy spectra and rates. For charged current events, assuming an undistorted 8B spectrum, the night minus day rate is 14.0%+/-6.3%(+1.5%)(-1.4%) of the average rate. If the total flux of active neutrinos is additionally constrained to have no asymmetry, the nu(e) asymmetry is found to be 7.0%+/-4.9%(+1.3%)(-1.2%). A global solar neutrino analysis in terms of matter-enhanced oscillations of two active flavors strongly favors the large mixing angle solution.

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2002
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