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1. Measurement of the distribution of 207Bi depositions on calibration sources for SuperNEMO

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Arnold, R, Augier, C, Barabash, AS, Basharina-Freshville, A, Birdsall, E, Blondel, S, Bongrand, M, Boursette, D, Breier, R, Brudanin, V, Busto, J, Calvez, S, Cerna, C, Cesar, JP, Ceschia, M, Chapon, A, Chauveau, E, Chopra, A, Dawson, L, Capua, SD, Duchesneau, D, Durand, D, Eurin, G, Evans, JJ, Filosofov, D, Flack, R, Franchini, P, Girard-Carillo, C, Gómez, H, Guillon, B, Guzowski, P, Hoballah, M, Hodák, R, Hussain, MH, Jeremie, A, Jullian, S, Kaizer, J, Klimenko, A, Kochetov, O, Konovalov, SI, Kovalenko, V, Lalanne, D, Lang, K, Lemière, Y, Noblet, TL, Liptak, Z, Liu, XR, Loaiza, P, Macko, M, Macolino, C, Marquet, C, Mauger, F, Minotti, A, Mora, Y, Morgan, B, Mott, J, Nemchenok, I, Nomachi, M, Nova, F, Nowacki, F, Ohsumi, H, Oliviéro, G, Pahlka, RB, Palušová, V, Patrick, C, Perrot, F, Pin, A, Piquemal, F, Povinec, P, Proga, M, Quinn, WS, Ramachers, YA, Remoto, A, Reyss, JL, Saakyan, R, Salamatin, A, Salazar, R, Sarazin, X, Sedgbeer, J, Shitov, Y, Simard, L, Šimkovic, F, Smolnikov, A, Söldner-Rembold, S, Štekl, I, Suhonen, J, Sutton, CS, Szklarz, G, Tedjditi, H, Thomas, J, Timkin, V, Torre, S, Tretyak, VI, Umatov, VI, Vilela, C, Vorobel, V, Waters, D, Xie, F, and Žemlička, J

Subjects
physics.ins-det
Abstract

The SuperNEMO experiment will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$), and study the Standard-Model double-beta decay process ($2\nu\beta\beta$). The SuperNEMO technology can measure the energy of each of the electrons produced in a double-beta ($\beta\beta$) decay, and can reconstruct the topology of their individual tracks. The study of the double-beta decay spectrum requires very accurate energy calibration to be carried out periodically. The SuperNEMO Demonstrator Module will be calibrated using 42 calibration sources, each consisting of a droplet of $^{207}$Bi within a frame assembly. The quality of these sources, which depends upon the entire $^{207}$Bi droplet being contained within the frame, is key for correctly calibrating SuperNEMO's energy response. In this paper, we present a novel method for precisely measuring the exact geometry of the deposition of $^{207}$Bi droplets within the frames, using Timepix pixel detectors. We studied 49 different sources and selected 42 high-quality sources with the most central source positioning.

Published
2021

2. Search for Sterile Neutrinos in MINOS and MINOS+ Using a Two-Detector Fit

Author

Adamson, P, Anghel, I, Aurisano, A, Barr, G, Bishai, M, Blake, A, Bock, GJ, Bogert, D, Cao, SV, Carroll, TJ, Castromonte, CM, Chen, R, Childress, S, Coelho, JAB, Corwin, L, Cronin-Hennessy, D, de Jong, JK, De Rijck, S, Devan, AV, Devenish, NE, Diwan, MV, Escobar, CO, Evans, JJ, Falk, E, Feldman, GJ, Flanagan, W, Frohne, MV, Gabrielyan, M, Gallagher, HR, Germani, S, Gomes, RA, Goodman, MC, Gouffon, P, Graf, N, Gran, R, Grzelak, K, Habig, A, Hahn, SR, Hartnell, J, Hatcher, R, Holin, A, Huang, J, Hylen, J, Irwin, GM, Isvan, Z, James, C, Jensen, D, Kafka, T, Kasahara, SMS, Koerner, LW, Koizumi, G, Kordosky, M, Kreymer, A, Lang, K, Ling, J, Litchfield, PJ, Lucas, P, Mann, WA, Marshak, ML, Mayer, N, McGivern, C, Medeiros, MM, Mehdiyev, R, Meier, JR, Messier, MD, Miller, WH, Mishra, SR, Moed Sher, S, Moore, CD, Mualem, L, Musser, J, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Newman, HB, Nichol, RJ, Nowak, JA, O'Connor, J, Orchanian, M, Pahlka, RB, Paley, J, Patterson, RB, Pawloski, G, Perch, A, Pfützner, MM, Phan, DD, Phan-Budd, S, Plunkett, RK, Poonthottathil, N, Qiu, X, Radovic, A, Rebel, B, Rosenfeld, C, Rubin, HA, Sail, P, Sanchez, MC, Schneps, J, Schreckenberger, A, Schreiner, P, Sharma, R, Sousa, A, Tagg, N, Talaga, RL, Thomas, J, Thomson, MA, Tian, X, Timmons, A, Todd, J, Tognini, SC, Toner, R, Torretta, D, Tzanakos, G, Urheim, J, Vahle, P, Viren, B, Weber, A, Webb, RC, White, C, Whitehead, LH, Wojcicki, SG, Zwaska, R, MINOS+ Collaboration, Thomson, Mark [0000-0002-2654-9005], Whitehead, Leigh [0000-0002-3327-2534], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, High Energy Physics::Experiment, MINOS+ Collaboration
Abstract

A search for mixing between active neutrinos and light sterile neutrinos has been performed by looking for muon neutrino disappearance in two detectors at baselines of 1.04 and 735 km, using a combined MINOS and MINOS+ exposure of 16.36×10^{20} protons on target. A simultaneous fit to the charged-current muon neutrino and neutral-current neutrino energy spectra in the two detectors yields no evidence for sterile neutrino mixing using a 3+1 model. The most stringent limit to date is set on the mixing parameter sin^{2}θ_{24} for most values of the sterile neutrino mass splitting Δm_{41}^{2}>10^{-4} eV^{2}.

Published
2019
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3. Constraints on large extra dimensions from the MINOS experiment

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Adamson, P, Anghel, I, Aurisano, A, Barr, G, Bishai, M, Blake, A, Bock, GJ, Bogert, D, Cao, SV, Carroll, TJ, Castromonte, CM, Chen, R, Childress, S, Coelho, JAB, Corwin, L, Cronin-Hennessy, D, de Jong, JK, De Rijck, S, Devan, AV, Devenish, NE, Diwan, MV, Escobar, CO, Evans, JJ, Falk, E, Feldman, GJ, Flanagan, W, Frohne, MV, Gabrielyan, M, Gallagher, HR, Germani, S, Gomes, RA, Goodman, MC, Gouffon, P, Graf, N, Gran, R, Grzelak, K, Habig, A, Hahn, SR, Hartnell, J, Hatcher, R, Holin, A, Huang, J, Hylen, J, Irwin, GM, Isvan, Z, James, C, Jensen, D, Kafka, T, Kasahara, SMS, Koizumi, G, Kordosky, M, Kreymer, A, Lang, K, Ling, J, Litchfield, PJ, Lucas, P, Mann, WA, Marshak, ML, Mayer, N, McGivern, C, Medeiros, MM, Mehdiyev, R, Meier, JR, Messier, MD, Miller, WH, Mishra, SR, Sher, S, Moore, CD, Mualem, L, Musser, J, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Newman, HB, Nichol, RJ, Nowak, JA, O’Connor, J, Orchanian, M, Pahlka, RB, Paley, J, Patterson, RB, Pawloski, G, Perch, A, Pfützner, MM, Phan, DD, Phan-Budd, S, Plunkett, RK, Poonthottathil, N, Qiu, X, Radovic, A, Rebel, B, Rosenfeld, C, Rubin, HA, Sail, P, Sanchez, MC, Schneps, J, Schreckenberger, A, Schreiner, P, Sharma, R, Sousa, A, Tagg, N, Talaga, RL, Thomas, J, Thomson, MA, Tian, X, Timmons, A, Todd, J, Tognini, SC, Toner, R, Torretta, D, Tzanakos, G, Urheim, J, Vahle, P, Viren, B, Weber, A, Webb, RC, White, C, Whitehead, L, Whitehead, LH, Wojcicki, SG, and Zwaska, R

Subjects
Physics, Sterile neutrino, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, Solar neutrino problem, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), MINOS, 0103 physical sciences, Measurements of neutrino speed, Large extra dimension, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermilab, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, QC
Abstract

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

Published
2016

4. Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS near detector

Author

Adamson, P, Anghel, I, Aurisano, A, Barr, G, Bishai, M, Blake, A, Bock, GJ, Bogert, D, Cao, SV, Castromonte, CM, Childress, S, Coelho, JAB, Corwin, L, Cronin-Hennessy, D, de Jong, JK, Devan, AV, Devenish, NE, Diwan, MV, Escobar, CO, Evans, JJ, Falk, E, Feldman, GJ, Fields, TH, Frohne, MV, Gallagher, HR, Gomes, RA, Goodman, MC, Gouffon, P, Graf, N, Gran, R, Grzelak, K, Habig, A, Hahn, SR, Hartnell, J, Hatcher, R, Holin, A, Huang, J, Hylen, J, Irwin, GM, Isvan, Z, James, C, Jensen, D, Kafka, T, Kasahara, SMS, Koizumi, G, Kordosky, M, Kreymer, A, Lang, K, Ling, J, Litchfield, PJ, Lucas, P, Mann, WA, Marshak, ML, Mathis, M, Mayer, N, McGivern, C, Medeiros, MM, Mehdiyev, R, Meier, JR, Messier, MD, Miller, WH, Mishra, SR, Sher, SM, Moore, CD, Mualem, L, Musser, J, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Newman, HB, Nichol, RJ, Nowak, JA, O'Connor, J, Orchanian, M, Osprey, S, Pahlka, RB, Paley, J, Patterson, RB, Pawloski, G, Perch, A, Phan-Budd, S, Plunkett, RK, Poonthottathil, N, Qiu, X, Radovic, A, Rebel, B, Rosenfeld, C, Rubin, HA, Sanchez, MC, Schneps, J, Schreckenberger, A, Schreiner, P, Sharma, R, Sousa, A, Tagg, N, Talaga, RL, Thomas, J, Thomson, MA, Tian, X, Timmons, A, Tognini, SC, Toner, R, Torretta, D, Urheim, J, Vahle, P, Viren, B, Weber, A, Webb, RC, White, C, Whitehead, L, Whitehead, LH, Wojcicki, SG, Zwaska, R, and Collaboration, MINOS

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), QC, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

A sample of 1.53$\times$10$^{9}$ cosmic-ray-induced single muon events has been recorded at 225 meters-water-equivalent using the MINOS Near Detector. The underground muon rate is observed to be highly correlated with the effective atmospheric temperature. The coefficient $\alpha_{T}$, relating the change in the muon rate to the change in the vertical effective temperature, is determined to be 0.428$\pm$0.003(stat.)$\pm$0.059(syst.). An alternative description is provided by the weighted effective temperature, introduced to account for the differences in the temperature profile and muon flux as a function of zenith angle. Using the latter estimation of temperature, the coefficient is determined to be 0.352$\pm$0.003(stat.)$\pm$0.046(syst.)., Comment: 9 pages 10 figures

Published
2016

5. Electron Neutrino and Antineutrino Appearance in the Full MINOS Data Sample

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Adamson, P, Anghel, I, Backhouse, C, Barr, G, Bishai, M, Blake, A, Bock, GJ, Bogert, D, Cao, SV, Cherdack, D, Childress, S, Coelho, JA, Corwin, L, Cronin-Hennessy, D, de Jong, JK, Devan, AV, Devenish, NE, Diwan, MV, Escobar, CO, Evans, JJ, Falk, E, Feldman, GJ, Frohne, MV, Gallagher, HR, Gomes, RA, Goodman, MC, Gouffon, P, Graf, N, Gran, R, Grzelak, K, Habig, A, Hahn, SR, Hartnell, J, Hatcher, R, Himmel, A, Holin, A, Hylen, J, Irwin, GM, Isvan, Z, Jaffe, DE, James, C, Jensen, D, Kafka, T, Kasahara, SM, Koizumi, G, Kordosky, M, Kreymer, A, Lang, K, Ling, J, Litchfield, PJ, Lucas, P, Mann, WA, Marshak, ML, Mathis, M, Mayer, N, Medeiros, MM, Mehdiyev, R, Meier, JR, Messier, MD, Michael, DG, Miller, WH, Mishra, SR, Moed Sher, S, Moore, CD, Mualem, L, Musser, J, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Newman, HB, Nichol, RJ, Nowak, JA, Ochoa-Ricoux, JP, O'Connor, J, Oliver, WP, Orchanian, M, Pahlka, RB, Paley, J, Patterson, RB, Pawloski, G, Phan-Budd, S, Plunkett, RK, Qiu, X, Radovic, A, Rebel, B, Rosenfeld, C, Rubin, HA, Sanchez, MC, Schneps, J, Schreckenberger, A, Schreiner, P, Sharma, R, Sousa, A, Tagg, N, Talaga, RL, Thomas, J, Thomson, MA, Tinti, G, Toner, R, Torretta, D, Tzanakos, G, Urheim, J, Vahle, P, Viren, B, Weber, A, Webb, RC, White, C, Whitehead, L, Wojcicki, SG, Yang, T, and Zwaska, R

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Octant (solid geometry), Physics and Astronomy(all), Space (mathematics), Measure (mathematics), High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), MINOS, CP violation, Mass hierarchy, Electron neutrino
Abstract

We report on v(e) and (v) over bar (e) appearance in v(mu) and (v) over bar (mu) beams using the full MINOS data sample. The comparison of these v(e) and (v) over bar (e) appearance data at a 735 km baseline with theta(13) measurements by reactor experiments probes delta, the theta(23) octant degeneracy, and the mass hierarchy. This analysis is the first use of this technique and includes the first accelerator long-baseline search for (v) over bar (mu) -> (v) over bar (e). Our data disfavor 31% (5%) of the three-parameter space defined by delta, the octant of the theta(23), and the mass hierarchy at the 68% (90%) C.L. We measure a value of 2sin(2)(2 theta(13))sin(2)(theta(23)) that is consistent with reactor experiments. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.171801

Published
2013

6. Chest CT for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Esophageal Foreign Bodies.

Author

Sammer MBK, Kan JH, Somcio R, Sher AC, Hansen CM, Pahlka RB, Guillerman RP, and Seghers VJ

Subjects
Child, Child, Preschool, Esophagus diagnostic imaging, Humans, Infant, Radiography, Retrospective Studies, Foreign Bodies diagnostic imaging, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Abstract

Foreign body ingestion is a common problem in children. Radiography is the mainstay of imaging, but many radiolucent items go undetected without further imaging by fluoroscopic esophagram. While studies in adults support the use of computed tomography (CT) for esophageal foreign body ingestion, CT has historically not been used in children given the typically higher radiation doses on CT compared with fluoroscopy. In distinction to an esophagram, CT does not require oral contrast nor presence of an onsite radiologist and can be interpreted remotely. At our institution, a dedicated CT protocol has been used for airway foreign bodies since 2015. Given the advantages of CT over esophagram, we retrospectively reviewed institutional radiation dose data from 2017 to 2020 for esophagrams, airway foreign body CT (FB-CT), and routine CT Chest to compare effective doses for each modality. For ages 1+ years, effective dose was lowest using the FB-CT protocol; esophagram mean dose showed the most variability, and was over double the dose of FB-CT for ages 5+ years. Routine CT chest doses were uniformly highest across all age ranges. Given these findings, we instituted a CT foreign body imaging protocol as the first-line imaging modality for radiolucent esophageal foreign body at our institution., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Published
2021
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7. Precision Constraints for Three-Flavor Neutrino Oscillations from the Full MINOS+ and MINOS Dataset.

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Adamson P, Anghel I, Aurisano A, Barr G, Blake A, Cao SV, Carroll TJ, Castromonte CM, Chen R, Childress S, Coelho JAB, De Rijck S, Evans JJ, Feldman GJ, Flanagan W, Gabrielyan M, Germani S, Gomes RA, Gouffon P, Graf N, Grzelak K, Habig A, Hahn SR, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, Holin A, Huang J, Koerner LW, Kordosky M, Kreymer A, Lang K, Lucas P, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Mayer N, Mehdiyev R, Meier JR, Miller WH, Mills G, Naples D, Nelson JK, Nichol RJ, O'Connor J, Pahlka RB, Pavlović Ž, Pawloski G, Perch A, Pfützner MM, Phan DD, Plunkett RK, Poonthottathil N, Qiu X, Radovic A, Sail P, Sanchez MC, Schneps J, Schreckenberger A, Sharma R, Sousa A, Tagg N, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Timmons A, Todd J, Tognini SC, Toner R, Torretta D, Vahle P, Weber A, Whitehead LH, and Wojcicki SG

Abstract

We report the final measurement of the neutrino oscillation parameters Δm_{32}^{2} and sin^{2}θ_{23} using all data from the MINOS and MINOS+ experiments. These data were collected using a total exposure of 23.76×10^{20} protons on target producing ν_{μ} and ν[over ¯]_{μ} beams and 60.75 kt yr exposure to atmospheric neutrinos. The measurement of the disappearance of ν_{μ} and the appearance of ν_{e} events between the Near and Far detectors yields |Δm_{32}^{2}|=2.40_{-0.09}^{+0.08}(2.45_{-0.08}^{+0.07})×10^{-3}  eV^{2} and sin^{2}θ_{23}=0.43_{-0.04}^{+0.20}(0.42_{-0.03}^{+0.07}) at 68% C.L. for normal (inverted) hierarchy.

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

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Adamson P, An FP, Anghel I, Aurisano A, Balantekin AB, Band HR, Barr G, Bishai M, Blake A, Blyth S, Cao GF, Cao J, Cao SV, Carroll TJ, Castromonte CM, Chang JF, Chang Y, Chen HS, Chen R, Chen SM, Chen Y, Chen YX, Cheng J, Cheng ZK, Cherwinka JJ, Childress S, Chu MC, Chukanov A, Coelho JAB, Cummings JP, Dash N, De Rijck S, Deng FS, Ding YY, Diwan MV, Dohnal T, Dolzhikov D, Dove J, Dvořák M, Dwyer DA, Evans JJ, Feldman GJ, Flanagan W, Gabrielyan M, Gallo JP, Germani S, Gomes RA, Gonchar M, Gong GH, Gong H, Gouffon P, Graf N, Grzelak K, Gu WQ, Guo JY, Guo L, Guo XH, Guo YH, Guo Z, Habig A, Hackenburg RW, Hahn SR, Hans S, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, He M, Heeger KM, Heng YK, Higuera A, Holin A, Hor YK, Hsiung YB, Hu BZ, Hu JR, Hu T, Hu ZJ, Huang HX, Huang J, Huang XT, Huang YB, Huber P, Jaffe DE, Jen KL, Ji XL, Ji XP, Johnson RA, Jones D, Kang L, Kettell SH, Koerner LW, Kohn S, Kordosky M, Kramer M, Kreymer A, Lang K, Langford TJ, Lee J, Lee JHC, Lei RT, Leitner R, Leung JKC, Li F, Li HL, Li JJ, Li QJ, Li S, Li SC, Li SJ, Li WD, Li XN, Li XQ, Li YF, Li ZB, Liang H, Lin CJ, Lin GL, Lin S, Ling JJ, Link JM, Littenberg L, Littlejohn BR, Liu JC, Liu JL, Liu Y, Liu YH, Lu C, Lu HQ, Lu JS, Lucas P, Luk KB, Ma XB, Ma XY, Ma YQ, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Marshall C, Martinez Caicedo DA, Mayer N, McDonald KT, McKeown RD, Mehdiyev R, Meier JR, Meng Y, Miller WH, Mills G, Mora Lepin L, Naples D, Napolitano J, Naumov D, Naumova E, Nelson JK, Nichol RJ, O'Connor J, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Olshevskiy A, Pahlka RB, Pan HR, Park J, Patton S, Pavlović Ž, Pawloski G, Peng JC, Perch A, Pfützner MM, Phan DD, Plunkett RK, Poonthottathil N, Pun CSJ, Qi FZ, Qi M, Qian X, Qiu X, Radovic A, Raper N, Ren J, Reveco CM, Rosero R, Roskovec B, Ruan XC, Sail P, Sanchez MC, Schneps J, Schreckenberger A, Shaheed N, Sharma R, Sousa A, Steiner H, Sun JL, Tagg N, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Timmons A, Tmej T, Todd J, Tognini SC, Toner R, Torretta D, Treskov K, Tse WH, Tull CE, Vahle P, Viren B, Vorobel V, Wang CH, Wang J, Wang M, Wang NY, Wang RG, Wang W, Wang W, Wang X, Wang Y, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang Z, Wang ZM, Weber A, Wei HY, Wei LH, Wen LJ, Whisnant K, White C, Whitehead LH, Wojcicki SG, Wong HLH, Wong SCF, Worcester E, Wu DR, Wu FL, Wu Q, Wu WJ, Xia DM, Xie ZQ, Xing ZZ, Xu JL, Xu T, Xue T, Yang CG, Yang L, Yang YZ, Yao HF, Ye M, Yeh M, Young BL, Yu HZ, Yu ZY, Yue BB, Zeng S, Zeng Y, Zhan L, Zhang C, Zhang FY, Zhang HH, Zhang JW, Zhang QM, Zhang XT, Zhang YM, Zhang YX, Zhang YY, Zhang ZJ, Zhang ZP, Zhang ZY, Zhao J, Zhou L, and Zhuang HL

Abstract

Searches for electron antineutrino, muon neutrino, and muon antineutrino disappearance driven by sterile neutrino mixing have been carried out by the Daya Bay and MINOS+ collaborations. This Letter presents the combined results of these searches, along with exclusion results from the Bugey-3 reactor experiment, framed in a minimally extended four-neutrino scenario. Significantly improved constraints on the θ&#95;{μe} mixing angle are derived that constitute the most constraining limits to date over five orders of magnitude in the mass-squared splitting Δm&#95;{41}^{2}, excluding the 90% C.L. sterile-neutrino parameter space allowed by the LSND and MiniBooNE observations at 90% CL&#95;{s} for Δm&#95;{41}^{2}<13  eV^{2}. Furthermore, the LSND and MiniBooNE 99% C.L. allowed regions are excluded at 99% CL&#95;{s} for Δm&#95;{41}^{2}<1.6 eV^{2}.

Published
2020
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9. Effects of alterations in positron emission tomography imaging parameters on radiomics features.

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Ger RB, Meier JG, Pahlka RB, Gay S, Mumme R, Fuller CD, Li H, Howell RM, Layman RR, Stafford RJ, Zhou S, Mawlawi O, and Court LE

Subjects
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Radiopharmaceuticals, Retrospective Studies, Algorithms, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung diagnostic imaging, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted methods, Lung Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Phantoms, Imaging, Positron-Emission Tomography methods
Abstract

Radiomics studies require large patient cohorts, which often include patients imaged using different imaging protocols. We aimed to determine the impact of variability in imaging protocol parameters and interscanner variability using a phantom that produced feature values similar to those of patients. Positron emission tomography (PET) scans of a Hoffman brain phantom were acquired on GE Discovery 710, Siemens mCT, and Philips Vereos scanners. A standard-protocol scan was acquired on each machine, and then each parameter that could be changed was altered individually. The phantom was contoured with 10 regions of interest (ROIs). Values for 45 features with 2 different preprocessing techniques were extracted for each image. To determine the impact of each parameter on the reliability of each radiomics feature, the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was calculated with the ROIs as the subjects and the parameter values as the raters. For interscanner comparisons, we compared the standard deviation of each radiomics feature value from the standard-protocol images to the standard deviation of the same radiomics feature from PET scans of 224 patients with non-small cell lung cancer. When the pixel size was resampled prior to feature extraction, all features had good reliability (ICC > 0.75) for the field of view and matrix size. The time per bed position had excellent reliability (ICC > 0.9) on all features. When the filter cutoff was restricted to values below 6 mm, all features had good reliability. Similarly, when subsets and iterations were restricted to reasonable values used in clinics, almost all features had good reliability. The average ratio of the standard deviation of features on the phantom scans to that of the NSCLC patient scans was 0.73 using fixed-bin-width preprocessing and 0.92 using 64-level preprocessing. Most radiomics feature values had at least good reliability when imaging protocol parameters were within clinically used ranges. However, interscanner variability was about equal to interpatient variability; therefore, caution must be used when combining patients scanned on equipment from different vendors in radiomics data sets., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Published
2019
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10. Search for Sterile Neutrinos in MINOS and MINOS+ Using a Two-Detector Fit.

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Adamson P, Anghel I, Aurisano A, Barr G, Bishai M, Blake A, Bock GJ, Bogert D, Cao SV, Carroll TJ, Castromonte CM, Chen R, Childress S, Coelho JAB, Corwin L, Cronin-Hennessy D, de Jong JK, De Rijck S, Devan AV, Devenish NE, Diwan MV, Escobar CO, Evans JJ, Falk E, Feldman GJ, Flanagan W, Frohne MV, Gabrielyan M, Gallagher HR, Germani S, Gomes RA, Goodman MC, Gouffon P, Graf N, Gran R, Grzelak K, Habig A, Hahn SR, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, Holin A, Huang J, Hylen J, Irwin GM, Isvan Z, James C, Jensen D, Kafka T, Kasahara SMS, Koerner LW, Koizumi G, Kordosky M, Kreymer A, Lang K, Ling J, Litchfield PJ, Lucas P, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Mayer N, McGivern C, Medeiros MM, Mehdiyev R, Meier JR, Messier MD, Miller WH, Mishra SR, Moed Sher S, Moore CD, Mualem L, Musser J, Naples D, Nelson JK, Newman HB, Nichol RJ, Nowak JA, O'Connor J, Orchanian M, Pahlka RB, Paley J, Patterson RB, Pawloski G, Perch A, Pfützner MM, Phan DD, Phan-Budd S, Plunkett RK, Poonthottathil N, Qiu X, Radovic A, Rebel B, Rosenfeld C, Rubin HA, Sail P, Sanchez MC, Schneps J, Schreckenberger A, Schreiner P, Sharma R, Sousa A, Tagg N, Talaga RL, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Tian X, Timmons A, Todd J, Tognini SC, Toner R, Torretta D, Tzanakos G, Urheim J, Vahle P, Viren B, Weber A, Webb RC, White C, Whitehead LH, Wojcicki SG, and Zwaska R

Abstract

A search for mixing between active neutrinos and light sterile neutrinos has been performed by looking for muon neutrino disappearance in two detectors at baselines of 1.04 and 735 km, using a combined MINOS and MINOS+ exposure of 16.36×10^{20} protons on target. A simultaneous fit to the charged-current muon neutrino and neutral-current neutrino energy spectra in the two detectors yields no evidence for sterile neutrino mixing using a 3+1 model. The most stringent limit to date is set on the mixing parameter sin^{2}θ&#95;{24} for most values of the sterile neutrino mass splitting Δm&#95;{41}^{2}>10^{-4}  eV^{2}.

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2019
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11. Search for Neutrinoless Quadruple-β Decay of ^{150}Nd with the NEMO-3 Detector.

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Arnold R, Augier C, Barabash AS, Basharina-Freshville A, Blondel S, Blot S, Bongrand M, Boursette D, Brudanin V, Busto J, Caffrey AJ, Calvez S, Cascella M, Cerna C, Cesar JP, Chapon A, Chauveau E, Chopra A, Dawson L, Duchesneau D, Durand D, Egorov V, Eurin G, Evans JJ, Fajt L, Filosofov D, Flack R, Garrido X, Gómez H, Guillon B, Guzowski P, Hodák R, Huber A, Hubert P, Hugon C, Jullian S, Klimenko A, Kochetov O, Konovalov SI, Kovalenko V, Lalanne D, Lang K, Lemière Y, Le Noblet T, Liptak Z, Liu XR, Loaiza P, Lutter G, Macko M, Macolino C, Mamedov F, Marquet C, Mauger F, Morgan B, Mott J, Nemchenok I, Nomachi M, Nova F, Nowacki F, Ohsumi H, Patrick C, Pahlka RB, Perrot F, Piquemal F, Povinec P, Přidal P, Ramachers YA, Remoto A, Reyss JL, Riddle CL, Rukhadze E, Saakyan R, Salazar R, Sarazin X, Shitov Y, Simard L, Šimkovic F, Smetana A, Smolek K, Smolnikov A, Söldner-Rembold S, Soulé B, Štefánik D, Štekl I, Suhonen J, Sutton CS, Szklarz G, Thomas J, Timkin V, Torre S, Tretyak VI, Tretyak VI, Umatov VI, Vanushin I, Vilela C, Vorobel V, Waters D, Xie F, and Žukauskas A

Abstract

We report the results of a first experimental search for lepton number violation by four units in the neutrinoless quadruple-β decay of ^{150}Nd using a total exposure of 0.19 kg yr recorded with the NEMO-3 detector at the Modane Underground Laboratory. We find no evidence of this decay and set lower limits on the half-life in the range T&#95;{1/2}>(1.1-3.2)×10^{21}  yr at the 90% C.L., depending on the model used for the kinematic distributions of the emitted electrons.

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2017
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12. The BiPo-3 detector.

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Loaiza P, Barabash AS, Basharina-Freshville A, Birdsall E, Blondel S, Blot S, Bongrand M, Boursette D, Brudanin V, Busto J, Caffrey AJ, Calvez S, Cascella M, Cerna C, Chauveau E, Chopra A, Capua S, Duchesneau D, Durand D, Egorov V, Eurin G, Evans JJ, Fajt L, Filosofov D, Flack R, Garrido X, Gómez H, Guillon B, Guzowski P, Holý K, Hodák R, Huber A, Hugon C, Jeremie A, Jullian S, Kauer M, Klimenko A, Kochetov O, Konovalov SI, Kovalenko V, Lang K, Lemière Y, Noblet TL, Liptak Z, Liu XR, Lutter G, Macko M, Mamedov F, Marquet C, Mauger F, Morgan B, Mott J, Nemchenok I, Nomachi M, Nova F, Ohsumi H, Oliviéro G, Pahlka RB, Pater J, Perrot F, Piquemal F, Povinec P, Přidal P, Ramachers YA, Remoto A, Richards B, Riddle CL, Rukhadze E, Saakyan R, Sarazin X, Shitov Y, Simard L, Šimkovic F, Smetana A, Smolek K, Smolnikov A, Söldner-Rembold S, Soulé B, Štekl I, Thomas J, Timkin V, Torre S, Tretyak VI, Tretyak VI, Umatov VI, Vilela C, Vorobel V, Waters D, and Žukauskas A

Abstract

The BiPo-3 detector is a low radioactive detector dedicated to measuring ultra-low natural contaminations of 208 Tl and 214 Bi in thin materials, initially developed to measure the radiopurity of the double β decay source foils of the SuperNEMO experiment at the μBq/kg level. The BiPo-3 technique consists in installing the foil of interest between two thin ultra-radiopure scintillators coupled to low radioactive photomultipliers. The design and performances of the detector are presented. In this paper, the final results of the 208 Tl and 214 Bi activity measurements of the first enriched 82 Se foils are reported for the first time, showing the capability of the detector to reach sensitivities in the range of some μBq/kg., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

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2017
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13. Limits on Active to Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments.

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Adamson P, An FP, Anghel I, Aurisano A, Balantekin AB, Band HR, Barr G, Bishai M, Blake A, Blyth S, Bock GJ, Bogert D, Cao D, Cao GF, Cao J, Cao SV, Carroll TJ, Castromonte CM, Cen WR, Chan YL, Chang JF, Chang LC, Chang Y, Chen HS, Chen QY, Chen R, Chen SM, Chen Y, Chen YX, Cheng J, Cheng JH, Cheng YP, Cheng ZK, Cherwinka JJ, Childress S, Chu MC, Chukanov A, Coelho JA, Corwin L, Cronin-Hennessy D, Cummings JP, de Arcos J, De Rijck S, Deng ZY, Devan AV, Devenish NE, Ding XF, Ding YY, Diwan MV, Dolgareva M, Dove J, Dwyer DA, Edwards WR, Escobar CO, Evans JJ, Falk E, Feldman GJ, Flanagan W, Frohne MV, Gabrielyan M, Gallagher HR, Germani S, Gill R, Gomes RA, Gonchar M, Gong GH, Gong H, Goodman MC, Gouffon P, Graf N, Gran R, Grassi M, Grzelak K, Gu WQ, Guan MY, Guo L, Guo RP, Guo XH, Guo Z, Habig A, Hackenburg RW, Hahn SR, Han R, Hans S, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, He M, Heeger KM, Heng YK, Higuera A, Holin A, Hor YK, Hsiung YB, Hu BZ, Hu T, Hu W, Huang EC, Huang HX, Huang J, Huang XT, Huber P, Huo W, Hussain G, Hylen J, Irwin GM, Isvan Z, Jaffe DE, Jaffke P, James C, Jen KL, Jensen D, Jetter S, Ji XL, Ji XP, Jiao JB, Johnson RA, de Jong JK, Joshi J, Kafka T, Kang L, Kasahara SM, Kettell SH, Kohn S, Koizumi G, Kordosky M, Kramer M, Kreymer A, Kwan KK, Kwok MW, Kwok T, Lang K, Langford TJ, Lau K, Lebanowski L, Lee J, Lee JH, Lei RT, Leitner R, Leung JK, Li C, Li DJ, Li F, Li GS, Li QJ, Li S, Li SC, Li WD, Li XN, Li YF, Li ZB, Liang H, Lin CJ, Lin GL, Lin S, Lin SK, Lin YC, Ling JJ, Link JM, Litchfield PJ, Littenberg L, Littlejohn BR, Liu DW, Liu JC, Liu JL, Loh CW, Lu C, Lu HQ, Lu JS, Lucas P, Luk KB, Lv Z, Ma QM, Ma XB, Ma XY, Ma YQ, Malyshkin Y, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Martinez Caicedo DA, Mayer N, McDonald KT, McGivern C, McKeown RD, Medeiros MM, Mehdiyev R, Meier JR, Messier MD, Miller WH, Mishra SR, Mitchell I, Mooney M, Moore CD, Mualem L, Musser J, Nakajima Y, Naples D, Napolitano J, Naumov D, Naumova E, Nelson JK, Newman HB, Ngai HY, Nichol RJ, Ning Z, Nowak JA, O'Connor J, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Olshevskiy A, Orchanian M, Pahlka RB, Paley J, Pan HR, Park J, Patterson RB, Patton S, Pawloski G, Pec V, Peng JC, Perch A, Pfützner MM, Phan DD, Phan-Budd S, Pinsky L, Plunkett RK, Poonthottathil N, Pun CS, Qi FZ, Qi M, Qian X, Qiu X, Radovic A, Raper N, Rebel B, Ren J, Rosenfeld C, Rosero R, Roskovec B, Ruan XC, Rubin HA, Sail P, Sanchez MC, Schneps J, Schreckenberger A, Schreiner P, Sharma R, Moed Sher S, Sousa A, Steiner H, Sun GX, Sun JL, Tagg N, Talaga RL, Tang W, Taychenachev D, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Tian X, Timmons A, Todd J, Tognini SC, Toner R, Torretta D, Treskov K, Tsang KV, Tull CE, Tzanakos G, Urheim J, Vahle P, Viaux N, Viren B, Vorobel V, Wang CH, Wang M, Wang NY, Wang RG, Wang W, Wang X, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang ZM, Webb RC, Weber A, Wei HY, Wen LJ, Whisnant K, White C, Whitehead L, Whitehead LH, Wise T, Wojcicki SG, Wong HL, Wong SC, Worcester E, Wu CH, Wu Q, Wu WJ, Xia DM, Xia JK, Xing ZZ, Xu JL, Xu JY, Xu Y, Xue T, Yang CG, Yang H, Yang L, Yang MS, Yang MT, Ye M, Ye Z, Yeh M, Young BL, Yu ZY, Zeng S, Zhan L, Zhang C, Zhang HH, Zhang JW, Zhang QM, Zhang XT, Zhang YM, Zhang YX, Zhang ZJ, Zhang ZP, Zhang ZY, Zhao J, Zhao QW, Zhao YB, Zhong WL, Zhou L, Zhou N, Zhuang HL, and Zou JH

Abstract

Searches for a light sterile neutrino have been performed independently by the MINOS and the Daya Bay experiments using the muon (anti)neutrino and electron antineutrino disappearance channels, respectively. In this Letter, results from both experiments are combined with those from the Bugey-3 reactor neutrino experiment to constrain oscillations into light sterile neutrinos. The three experiments are sensitive to complementary regions of parameter space, enabling the combined analysis to probe regions allowed by the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) and MiniBooNE experiments in a minimally extended four-neutrino flavor framework. Stringent limits on sin^{2}2θ&#95;{μe} are set over 6 orders of magnitude in the sterile mass-squared splitting Δm&#95;{41}^{2}. The sterile-neutrino mixing phase space allowed by the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments is excluded for Δm&#95;{41}^{2}<0.8  eV^{2} at 95%  CL&#95;{s}.

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2016
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14. Search for Sterile Neutrinos Mixing with Muon Neutrinos in MINOS.

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Adamson P, Anghel I, Aurisano A, Barr G, Bishai M, Blake A, Bock GJ, Bogert D, Cao SV, Carroll TJ, Castromonte CM, Chen R, Childress S, Coelho JA, Corwin L, Cronin-Hennessy D, de Jong JK, De Rijck S, Devan AV, Devenish NE, Diwan MV, Escobar CO, Evans JJ, Falk E, Feldman GJ, Flanagan W, Frohne MV, Gabrielyan M, Gallagher HR, Germani S, Gomes RA, Goodman MC, Gouffon P, Graf N, Gran R, Grzelak K, Habig A, Hahn SR, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, Holin A, Huang J, Hylen J, Irwin GM, Isvan Z, James C, Jensen D, Kafka T, Kasahara SM, Koizumi G, Kordosky M, Kreymer A, Lang K, Ling J, Litchfield PJ, Lucas P, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Mayer N, McGivern C, Medeiros MM, Mehdiyev R, Meier JR, Messier MD, Miller WH, Mishra SR, Moed Sher S, Moore CD, Mualem L, Musser J, Naples D, Nelson JK, Newman HB, Nichol RJ, Nowak JA, O'Connor J, Orchanian M, Pahlka RB, Paley J, Patterson RB, Pawloski G, Perch A, Pfützner MM, Phan DD, Phan-Budd S, Plunkett RK, Poonthottathil N, Qiu X, Radovic A, Rebel B, Rosenfeld C, Rubin HA, Sail P, Sanchez MC, Schneps J, Schreckenberger A, Schreiner P, Sharma R, Sousa A, Tagg N, Talaga RL, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Tian X, Timmons A, Todd J, Tognini SC, Toner R, Torretta D, Tzanakos G, Urheim J, Vahle P, Viren B, Weber A, Webb RC, White C, Whitehead L, Whitehead LH, Wojcicki SG, and Zwaska R

Abstract

We report results of a search for oscillations involving a light sterile neutrino over distances of 1.04 and 735 km in a ν&#95;{μ}-dominated beam with a peak energy of 3 GeV. The data, from an exposure of 10.56×10^{20} protons on target, are analyzed using a phenomenological model with one sterile neutrino. We constrain the mixing parameters θ&#95;{24} and Δm&#95;{41}^{2} and set limits on parameters of the four-dimensional Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata matrix, |U&#95;{μ4}|^{2} and |U&#95;{τ4}|^{2}, under the assumption that mixing between ν&#95;{e} and ν&#95;{s} is negligible (|U&#95;{e4}|^{2}=0). No evidence for ν&#95;{μ}→ν&#95;{s} transitions is found and we set a world-leading limit on θ&#95;{24} for values of Δm&#95;{41}^{2}≲1  eV^{2}.

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2016
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15. Combined analysis of νμ disappearance and νμ→νe appearance in MINOS using accelerator and atmospheric neutrinos.

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Adamson P, Anghel I, Aurisano A, Barr G, Bishai M, Blake A, Bock GJ, Bogert D, Cao SV, Castromonte CM, Cherdack D, Childress S, Coelho JA, Corwin L, Cronin-Hennessy D, de Jong JK, Devan AV, Devenish NE, Diwan MV, Escobar CO, Evans JJ, Falk E, Feldman GJ, Frohne MV, Gallagher HR, Gomes RA, Goodman MC, Gouffon P, Graf N, Gran R, Grzelak K, Habig A, Hahn SR, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, Himmel A, Holin A, Huang J, Hylen J, Irwin GM, Isvan Z, James C, Jensen D, Kafka T, Kasahara SM, Koizumi G, Kordosky M, Kreymer A, Lang K, Ling J, Litchfield PJ, Lucas P, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Mayer N, McGivern C, Medeiros MM, Mehdiyev R, Meier JR, Messier MD, Michael DG, Miller WH, Mishra SR, Moed Sher S, Moore CD, Mualem L, Musser J, Naples D, Nelson JK, Newman HB, Nichol RJ, Nowak JA, O'Connor J, Orchanian M, Pahlka RB, Paley J, Patterson RB, Pawloski G, Perch A, Phan-Budd S, Plunkett RK, Poonthottathil N, Qiu X, Radovic A, Rebel B, Rosenfeld C, Rubin HA, Sanchez MC, Schneps J, Schreckenberger A, Schreiner P, Sharma R, Sousa A, Tagg N, Talaga RL, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Tian X, Timmons A, Tognini SC, Toner R, Torretta D, Tzanakos G, Urheim J, Vahle P, Viren B, Weber A, Webb RC, White C, Whitehead L, Whitehead LH, Wojcicki SG, and Zwaska R

Abstract

We report on a new analysis of neutrino oscillations in MINOS using the complete set of accelerator and atmospheric data. The analysis combines the ν(μ) disappearance and ν(e) appearance data using the three-flavor formalism. We measure |Δm(32)(2)| = [2.28-2.46] × 10(-3) eV(2) (68% C.L.) and sin(2)θ(23) = 0.35-0.65 (90% C.L.) in the normal hierarchy, and |Δm(32)(2)| = [2.32-2.53] × 10(-3) eV(2) (68% C.L.) and sin(2)θ(23) = 0.34-0.67 (90% C.L.) in the inverted hierarchy. The data also constrain δ(CP), the θ(23} octant degeneracy and the mass hierarchy; we disfavor 36% (11%) of this three-parameter space at 68% (90%) C.L.

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2014
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16. Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations using beam and atmospheric data in MINOS.

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Adamson P, Anghel I, Backhouse C, Barr G, Bishai M, Blake A, Bock GJ, Bogert D, Cao SV, Castromonte CM, Childress S, Coelho JA, Corwin L, Cronin-Hennessy D, de Jong JK, Devan AV, Devenish NE, Diwan MV, Escobar CO, Evans JJ, Falk E, Feldman GJ, Frohne MV, Gallagher HR, Gomes RA, Goodman MC, Gouffon P, Graf N, Gran R, Grzelak K, Habig A, Hahn SR, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, Himmel A, Holin A, Hylen J, Irwin GM, Isvan Z, James C, Jensen D, Kafka T, Kasahara SM, Koizumi G, Kordosky M, Kreymer A, Lang K, Ling J, Litchfield PJ, Lucas P, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Mathis M, Mayer N, McGowan AM, Medeiros MM, Mehdiyev R, Meier JR, Messier MD, Michael DG, Miller WH, Mishra SR, Moed Sher S, Moore CD, Mualem L, Musser J, Naples D, Nelson JK, Newman HB, Nichol RJ, Nowak JA, O'Connor J, Oliver WP, Orchanian M, Pahlka RB, Paley J, Patterson RB, Pawloski G, Phan-Budd S, Plunkett RK, Qiu X, Radovic A, Rebel B, Rosenfeld C, Rubin HA, Sanchez MC, Schneps J, Schreckenberger A, Schreiner P, Sharma R, Sousa A, Tagg N, Talaga RL, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Tinti G, Tognini SC, Toner R, Torretta D, Tzanakos G, Urheim J, Vahle P, Viren B, Weber A, Webb RC, White C, Whitehead L, Whitehead LH, Wojcicki SG, and Zwaska R

Abstract

We report measurements of oscillation parameters from ν(μ) and ν(μ) disappearance using beam and atmospheric data from MINOS. The data comprise exposures of 10.71×10(20) protons on target in the ν(μ)-dominated beam, 3.36×10(20) protons on target in the ν(μ)-enhanced beam, and 37.88 kton yr of atmospheric neutrinos. Assuming identical ν and ν oscillation parameters, we measure |Δm2| = (2.41(-0.10)(+0.09))×10(-3)  eV2 and sin2(2θ) = 0.950(-0.036)(+0.035). Allowing independent ν and ν oscillations, we measure antineutrino parameters of |Δm2| = (2.50(-0.25)(+0.23))×10(-3)  eV2 and sin2(2θ) = 0.97(-0.08)(+0.03), with minimal change to the neutrino parameters.

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2013
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17. Electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance in the full MINOS data sample.

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Adamson P, Anghel I, Backhouse C, Barr G, Bishai M, Blake A, Bock GJ, Bogert D, Cao SV, Cherdack D, Childress S, Coelho JA, Corwin L, Cronin-Hennessy D, de Jong JK, Devan AV, Devenish NE, Diwan MV, Escobar CO, Evans JJ, Falk E, Feldman GJ, Frohne MV, Gallagher HR, Gomes RA, Goodman MC, Gouffon P, Graf N, Gran R, Grzelak K, Habig A, Hahn SR, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, Himmel A, Holin A, Hylen J, Irwin GM, Isvan Z, Jaffe DE, James C, Jensen D, Kafka T, Kasahara SM, Koizumi G, Kordosky M, Kreymer A, Lang K, Ling J, Litchfield PJ, Lucas P, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Mathis M, Mayer N, Medeiros MM, Mehdiyev R, Meier JR, Messier MD, Michael DG, Miller WH, Mishra SR, Moed Sher S, Moore CD, Mualem L, Musser J, Naples D, Nelson JK, Newman HB, Nichol RJ, Nowak JA, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, O'Connor J, Oliver WP, Orchanian M, Pahlka RB, Paley J, Patterson RB, Pawloski G, Phan-Budd S, Plunkett RK, Qiu X, Radovic A, Rebel B, Rosenfeld C, Rubin HA, Sanchez MC, Schneps J, Schreckenberger A, Schreiner P, Sharma R, Sousa A, Tagg N, Talaga RL, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Tinti G, Toner R, Torretta D, Tzanakos G, Urheim J, Vahle P, Viren B, Weber A, Webb RC, White C, Whitehead L, Wojcicki SG, Yang T, and Zwaska R

Abstract

We report on ν(e) and ν(e) appearance in ν(μ) and ν(μ) beams using the full MINOS data sample. The comparison of these ν(e) and ν(e) appearance data at a 735 km baseline with θ13 measurements by reactor experiments probes δ, the θ23 octant degeneracy, and the mass hierarchy. This analysis is the first use of this technique and includes the first accelerator long-baseline search for ν(μ) → ν(e). Our data disfavor 31% (5%) of the three-parameter space defined by δ, the octant of the θ23, and the mass hierarchy at the 68% (90%) C.L. We measure a value of 2sin(2)(2θ13)sin(2)(θ23) that is consistent with reactor experiments.

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2013
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18. Improved measurement of muon antineutrino disappearance in MINOS.

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Adamson P, Ayres DS, Backhouse C, Barr G, Bishai M, Blake A, Bock GJ, Boehnlein DJ, Bogert D, Cao SV, Childress S, Coelho JA, Corwin L, Cronin-Hennessy D, Danko IZ, de Jong JK, Devenish NE, Diwan MV, Escobar CO, Evans JJ, Falk E, Feldman GJ, Frohne MV, Gallagher HR, Gomes RA, Goodman MC, Gouffon P, Graf N, Gran R, Grzelak K, Habig A, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, Himmel A, Holin A, Huang X, Hylen J, Irwin GM, Isvan Z, Jaffe DE, James C, Jensen D, Kafka T, Kasahara SM, Koizumi G, Kopp S, Kordosky M, Kreymer A, Lang K, Ling J, Litchfield PJ, Loiacono L, Lucas P, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Mathis M, Mayer N, Mehdiyev R, Meier JR, Messier MD, Michael DG, Miller WH, Mishra SR, Mitchell J, Moore CD, Mualem L, Mufson S, Musser J, Naples D, Nelson JK, Newman HB, Nichol RJ, Nowak JA, Oliver WP, Orchanian M, Pahlka RB, Paley J, Patterson RB, Pawloski G, Phan-Budd S, Plunkett RK, Qiu X, Radovic A, Ratchford J, Rebel B, Rosenfeld C, Rubin HA, Sanchez MC, Schneps J, Schreckenberger A, Schreiner P, Sharma R, Sousa A, Strait M, Tagg N, Talaga RL, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Tinti G, Toner R, Torretta D, Tzanakos G, Urheim J, Vahle P, Viren B, Walding JJ, Weber A, Webb RC, White C, Whitehead L, Wojcicki SG, and Zwaska R

Abstract

We report an improved measurement of ν(μ) disappearance over a distance of 735 km using the MINOS detectors and the Fermilab Main Injector neutrino beam in a ν(μ)-enhanced configuration. From a total exposure of 2.95×10(20) protons on target, of which 42% have not been previously analyzed, we make the most precise measurement of Δm2=[2.62(-0.28)(+0.31)(stat)±0.09(syst)]×10(-3)  eV2 and constrain the ν(μ) mixing angle sin2(2θ)>0.75 (90% C.L.). These values are in agreement with Δm2 and sin2(2θ) measured for ν(μ), removing the tension reported in [P. Adamson et al. (MINOS), Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 021801 (2011).].

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2012
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19. Measurement of the ββ decay half-life of 130Te with the NEMO-3 detector.

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Arnold R, Augier C, Baker J, Barabash AS, Basharina-Freshville A, Blondel S, Bongrand M, Broudin-Bay G, Brudanin V, Caffrey AJ, Chapon A, Chauveau E, Durand D, Egorov V, Flack R, Garrido X, Grozier J, Guillon B, Hubert P, Hugon C, Jackson CM, Jullian S, Kauer M, Klimenko A, Kochetov O, Konovalov SI, Kovalenko V, Lalanne D, Lamhamdi T, Lang K, Liptak Z, Lutter G, Mamedov F, Marquet Ch, Martin-Albo J, Mauger F, Mott J, Nachab A, Nemchenok I, Nguyen CH, Nova F, Novella P, Ohsumi H, Pahlka RB, Perrot F, Piquemal F, Reyss JL, Richards B, Ricol JS, Saakyan R, Sarazin X, Simard L, Simkovic F, Shitov Y, Smolnikov A, Söldner-Rembold S, Stekl I, Suhonen J, Sutton CS, Szklarz G, Thomas J, Timkin V, Torre S, Tretyak VI, Umatov V, Vála L, Vanyushin I, Vasiliev V, Vorobel V, Vylov Ts, and Zukauskas A

Abstract

We report results from the NEMO-3 experiment based on an exposure of 1275 days with 661 g of (130)Te in the form of enriched and natural tellurium foils. The ββ decay rate of (130)Te is found to be greater than zero with a significance of 7.7 standard deviations and the half-life is measured to be T(½)(2ν) = [7.0 ± 0.9(stat) ± 1.1(syst)] × 10(20) yr. This represents the most precise measurement of this half-life yet published and the first real-time observation of this decay.

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2011
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20. The effects of dialysis on 131I kinetics and dosimetry in thyroid cancer patients--a pharmacokinetic model.

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Pahlka RB and Sonnad JR

Subjects
Bone Marrow radiation effects, Humans, Iodine Radioisotopes adverse effects, Iodine Radioisotopes pharmacokinetics, Radiotherapy Dosage, Software, Thyroid Gland metabolism, Thyroid Gland radiation effects, Thyroid Neoplasms complications, Iodine Radioisotopes therapeutic use, Kidney Failure, Chronic complications, Models, Biological, Renal Dialysis, Thyroid Neoplasms radiotherapy
Abstract

Currently, an accepted post-surgical treatment of patients with thyroid carcinoma is administration of an ablative dose of I. This treatment is well established based on extensive experience and modeling. However, for patients with renal disease, reduced iodine removal rates result in controversial thyroid doses and potentially excessive red bone marrow doses. There are differences of opinion regarding I dose recommendations ranging from a reduction in dose to an increase in dose compared with conventional amounts. Determination of suitable doses must take into account varying dialysis protocols and absorbed dose considerations to the thyroid and sensitive tissues such as red bone marrow. The specific aim of this study was to develop a simple yet comprehensive compartmental model for I kinetics in patients with thyroid carcinoma and end stage renal disease, which accounts for dialysis and provides absorbed dose estimates for the thyroid as well as the red bone marrow. STELLA, a compartmental modeling software program, was used to develop a kinetic model that includes the blood pool, thyroid, gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, bladder, and a conventional dialysis machine. Benchmarking was performed to demonstrate the validity of the model with data obtained from ICRP 30 and MIRD Dose Estimate Report No. 5. Iodine kinetics were simulated for normal patients, thyroid cancer patients, and patients with thyroid cancer and renal failure undergoing two standard types of dialysis, hemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Results in this work show that thyroid doses to patients with thyroid cancer and renal failure on hemodialysis or CAPD are slightly higher than doses to patients with thyroid cancer and normal renal function. These results further indicate that red bone marrow doses to patients with thyroid cancer and renal failure on dialysis can be significantly higher than red bone marrow doses to patients with thyroid cancer and normal renal function, and thus these patients could benefit from a reduction in administered activity. Thyroid doses and red bone marrow doses to patients on standard hemodialysis depend on both dialysis frequency and the time interval between administration and first dialysis. The results in this study provide guidelines on how much activity a patient on dialysis should receive based on thyroid and red bone marrow absorbed dose (Gy MBq) considerations. This study should help to clarify some of the contradictory recommendations regarding I dose for thyroid carcinoma patients with renal failure.

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2006
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