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1. A Risk Assessment Model for Importation of United States Milling Wheat Containing Tilletia contraversa

Author: Thomas B. Whitaker, W. H. Martinez, J. S. Wu, R. J. Stefanski, Gary L. Peterson, E. V. Podleckis, and J. G. Phillips
Subjects: biology, Potential risk, business.industry, Tilletia, Distribution (economics), World trade, Plant Science, Pest Risk Analysis, biology.organism_classification, Biotechnology, Agricultural science, Agriculture, business, Trade barrier, Risk assessment, Agronomy and Crop Science
Abstract: Dwarf bunt of wheat, caused by the fungus Tilletia contraversa, is a pathogen historically limited in distribution by its very specific climatic requirements for establishment. In an effort to both address the need for adequate protection and eliminate unwarranted trade barriers, a number of countries have examined restrictions on importing milling wheat containing teliospores of T. contraversa. Pest risk analysis (PRA), under the guidelines of the World Trade Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization, has become an internationally accepted process for evaluating such issues. As a component of a dwarf bunt PRA, our objective was to develop a quantitative mathematical model to evaluate and communicate the potential risk of dwarf bunt establishment from the importation of U.S. milling wheat containing teliospores of T. contraversa. A T. contraversa–risk model (TCK-risk model) was developed using new data, historic literature, and industry statistics to estimate teliospore diversion from transport and milling processes, spore contamination levels, grain handling, and end-product usage. A climatic model was developed to identify potential regions where the environment was favorable for disease development. The likelihood of disease establishment and wheat yield loss was determined using the model to conduct Monte Carlo simulations of 100,000 wheat shipping-years. The model is dynamic in that individual components can be easily updated or modified in order to determine the effect of numerous scenarios (e.g., climate changes, shipping tonnage, contamination levels, mitigation strategies) on the probability of dwarf bunt establishment. TCK-risk model evaluation scenarios previously conducted for the People's Republic of China, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru are presented as examples.
Published: 2009

2. Search for Rare and Forbidden Charm Meson DecaysD0→Vℓ+ℓ−andhhℓℓ

Author: K. O'Shaughnessy, dos Reis Ac, K. C. Peng, A. K. Tripathi, S. M. Yang, N. R. Stanton, Alberto Santoro, A. J. Slaughter, A. Nguyen, P.A. Kasper, S. Yoshida, A. Napier, K. Denisenko, S. B. Bracker, A. Álvarez Fernández, M. Sheaff, S. Amato, D. Yi, D. C. Langs, R. Weiss-Babai, R. A. Burnstein, L. M. Cremaldi, E. Wolin, G. F. Fox, B. Quinn, A.B. d'Oliveira, A. Rafatian, E.M. Aitala, C. James, N. W. Reay, J. Leslie, N. Witchey, S. Takach, G. Hurvits, C. Zhang, S. Watanabe, de Mello Neto, M. V. Purohit, B. Lundberg, R. H. Milburn, H.S. Carvalho, A.K.S. Santha, A.M. Halling, S. Banerjee, Kevin Stenson, J. C. Anjos, J. A. Appel, R. A. Sidwell, J. Magnin, Sokoloff, R. Zaliznyak, D. J. Summers, K. Gounder, Daniel Ashery, T. Carter, A. J. Schwartz, D. A. Sanders, L. Perera, G. Blaylock, G. Herrera, K. Thorne, Simon Kwan, D. Mihalcea, S. Devmal, H. A. Rubin, S. Radeztsky, P. Gagnon, C. L. Darling, R. J. Stefanski, N. K. Copty, J. Solano, J. Wiener, J.J. Reidy, C. Göbel, S. MayTal-Beck, de Miranda Jm, B. T. Meadows, P. R. Burchat, and I. Bediaga
Subjects: Physics, Particle physics, Antiparticle, Muon, Meson, Neutral current, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, General Physics and Astronomy, Nuclear physics, Pseudoscalar, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Vector meson, Charm (quantum number), Lepton
Abstract: We report results of a search for flavor-changing neutral current (FCNC), lepton flavor, and lepton-number violating decays of the ${D}^{0}$ (and its antiparticle) into three and four bodies. Using data from Fermilab charm hadroproduction experiment E791, we examine modes with two leptons (muons or electrons) and a ${\ensuremath{\rho}}^{0}$, ${\overline{K}}^{*0}$, or $\ensuremath{\varphi}$ vector meson or a nonresonant $\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{\pi}$, $K\ensuremath{\pi}$, or $\mathrm{KK}$ pair of pseudoscalar mesons. No evidence for any of these decays is found. Therefore, we present branching-fraction upper limits at 90% confidence level for the 27 decay modes examined (18 new).
Published: 2001

3. Study of theDs+→π−π+π+Decay and Measurement off0Masses and Widths

Author: G. F. Fox, D. J. Summers, K. Gounder, J. M. De Miranda, B. T. Meadows, M. D. Sokoloff, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, P.A. Kasper, S. B. Bracker, S. Radeztsky, S. Watanabe, J.J. Reidy, M. Sheaff, R. J. Stefanski, S. Devmal, R. A. Sidwell, S. Takach, B. Lundberg, I. Bediaga, C. Zhang, A. J. Slaughter, J. A. Appel, A. Napier, Daniel Ashery, K. Denisenko, P. Gagnon, A.M. Halling, D. Yi, K. C. Peng, H.S. Carvalho, S. M. Yang, A. Nguyen, A. Massafferri, H. A. Rubin, N. K. Copty, S. MayTal-Beck, R. Zaliznyak, Simon Kwan, S. Yoshida, A. K. Tripathi, D. C. Langs, M. V. Purohit, C. L. Darling, K. O'Shaughnessy, G. Blaylock, A.K.S. Santha, J. Solano, C. James, S. Amato, A.B. d'Oliveira, E.M. Aitala, Alberto Santoro, J. C. Anjos, N. W. Reay, J. Leslie, J. Magnin, D. A. Sanders, J. Wiener, L. Perera, D. Mihalcea, A. C. dos Reis, R. Weiss-Babai, A. Álvarez Fernández, L. M. Cremaldi, K. Thorne, Patricia R. Burchat, E. Wolin, S. Banerjee, N. Witchey, C. Göbel, A. J. Schwartz, R. H. Milburn, R. A. Burnstein, N. R. Stanton, A. Rafatian, G. Hurvits, Kevin Stenson, G. Herrera, T. Carter, and B. Quinn
Subjects: Physics, Crystallography, Particle physics, Pi, General Physics and Astronomy, Dalitz plot
Abstract: From a sample of $848\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}44$ ${D}_{s}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$ decays, we find $\ensuremath{\Gamma}({D}_{s}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+})/\ensuremath{\Gamma}({D}_{s}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\varphi}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+})\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}0.245\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{0.028}_{\ensuremath{-}0.012}^{+0.019}$. Using a Dalitz plot analysis of this three body decay, we find significant contributions from the channels ${\ensuremath{\rho}}^{0}(770){\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$, ${\ensuremath{\rho}}^{0}(1450){\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$, ${f}_{0}(980){\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$, ${f}_{2}(1270){\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$, and ${f}_{0}(1370){\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$. We also present the values obtained for masses and widths of the resonances ${f}_{0}(980)$ and ${f}_{0}(1370)$.
Published: 2001

4. Experimental Evidence for a Light and Broad Scalar Resonance inD+→π−π+π+Decay

Author: N. R. Stanton, N. Witchey, D.C. Langs, S. Radeztsky, S. MayTal-Beck, A. Nguyen, Alberto Santoro, Kevin Stenson, J. Magnin, A.K. Tripathi, A.M. Halling, D. J. Summers, K. Gounder, R. H. Milburn, I. Bediaga, C. Zhang, R. A. Burnstein, J. A. Appel, G. F. Fox, S. M. Yang, S. Yoshida, P.A. Kasper, J.J. Reidy, A. Massafferri, A. Rafatian, J. Wiener, R. J. Stefanski, G. Blaylock, A. Napier, H.S. Carvalho, B. Lundberg, de Miranda Jm, K. Denisenko, D. Yi, Sokoloff, N. W. Reay, J. Leslie, G. Hurvits, C. Göbel, S. Takach, S. Watanabe, R. Weiss-Babai, B. T. Meadows, Daniel Ashery, M. Sheaff, C. L. Darling, S. B. Bracker, D. A. Sanders, A. J. Schwartz, Simon Kwan, Sudeshna Banerjee, J. C. Anjos, T. Carter, G. Herrera, P. Gagnon, C. James, R. Zaliznyak, N. K. Copty, S. Amato, B. Quinn, H. A. Rubin, de Mello Neto, J. Solano, D. Mihalcea, A. J. Slaughter, M. V. Purohit, A.K.S. Santha, K. O'Shaughnessy, dos Reis Ac, S. Devmal, L.P. Perera, R. A. Sidwell, Patricia R. Burchat, A.B. d'Oliveira, E.M. Aitala, A. Álvarez Fernández, L. M. Cremaldi, E. Wolin, K. C. Peng, and K. Thorne
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Amplitude, Scalar (mathematics), Analytical chemistry, Pi, General Physics and Astronomy, Dalitz plot, Resonance
Abstract: From a sample of 1172 +/- 61 D(+)-->pi(-)pi(+)pi(+) decays, we find gamma(D(+)-->pi(-)pi(+)pi(+))/gamma(D(+)-->K-pi(+)pi(+)) = 0.0311 +/- 0.0018(+0.0016)(-0.0026). Using a coherent amplitude analysis to fit the Dalitz plot of these decays, we find strong evidence that a scalar resonance of mass 478(+24)(-23) +/- 17 MeV/c(2) and width 324(+42)(-40) +/- 21 MeV/c(2) accounts for approximately half of all decays.
Published: 2001

5. Asymmetries in the production of Λc+ and Λc− baryons in 500 GeV/c π− nucleon interactions

Author: S. M. Yang, R. A. Burnstein, Kevin Stenson, S. Yoshida, A. Rafatian, C. Zhang, H.S. Carvalho, N. Witchey, M. V. Purohit, A. Nguyen, K. C. Peng, A.B. d'Oliveira, A. Fernandez, D.C. Langs, S. MayTal-Beck, B. Quinn, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, A.K.S. Santha, E.M. Aitala, A. Napier, K. Denisenko, D. Yi, R. Weiss-Babai, G. Hurvits, R. A. Sidwell, D. A. Sanders, R. J. Stefanski, N. K. Copty, A.K. Tripathi, I. Bediaga, G. Blaylock, K. Thorne, J. C. Anjos, A. J. Slaughter, T. Carter, L. M. Cremaldi, E. Wolin, D. Mihalcea, S. B. Bracker, N. R. Stanton, F.R.A. Simão, A. C. dos Reis, J. Magnin, A. J. Schwartz, C. L. Darling, J.J. Reidy, B. Lundberg, B. T. Meadows, R. Zaliznyak, M. Sheaff, M. D. Sokoloff, G. Herrera, P.A. Kasper, Sudeshna Banerjee, S. Devmal, P. R. Burchat, D. J. Summers, R. H. Milburn, L.P. Perera, K. Gounder, K. O'Shaughnessy, J. M. De Miranda, Alberto Santoro, J. Solano, Daniel Ashery, S. Amato, G. F. Fox, H. A. Rubin, S. Takach, S. Radeztsky, S. Watanabe, A.M. Halling, Simon Kwan, P. Gagnon, C. James, J. A. Appel, N. W. Reay, J. Leslie, J. Wiener, and C. Göbel
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Lambda, Asymmetry, Baryon, Nuclear physics, symbols.namesake, Pi, symbols, Feynman diagram, Production (computer science), Fermilab, Nucleon, media_common
Abstract: We present a measurement of asymmetries in the production of Λ c + and Λ c − baryons in 500 GeV/ c π − -nucleon interactions from the E791 experiment at Fermilab. The asymmetries were measured as functions of Feynman x ( x F ) and transverse momentum squared ( p T 2 ) using a sample of 1 819±62 Λ c 's observed in the decay channel Λ c + → pK − π + . We observe more Λ c + than Λ c − baryons, with an asymmetry of (12.7±3.4±1.3)% independent of x F and p T 2 in our kinematical range (−0.1⩽ x F ⩽0.6 and 0.0⩽ p T 2 ⩽8.0 (GeV/ c ) 2 ). This Λ c asymmetry measurement is the first with data in both the positive and negative x F regions.
Published: 2000

6. Correlations between D and $${\overline D}$$ mesons produced in 500 GeV/cπ−-nucleon interactions

Author: D. Ashery, Patricia R. Burchat, S. Radeztsky, K. O'Shaughnessy, J. A. Appel, J.J. Reidy, H.S. Carvalho, A.M. Halling, K. Gounder, J. M. De Miranda, B. Lundberg, A.B. d'Oliveira, David Sanders, C. Göbel, E.M. Aitala, K. C. Peng, Kevin Stenson, G. Blaylock, Don Summers, C.J. Solano Salinas, L.P. Perera, R.A. Burnstein, K. Thorne, S. Takach, Milind Purohit, I. Bediaga, Sudeshna Banerjee, S. MayTal-Beck, L. M. Cremaldi, E. Wolin, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, A.K.S. Santha, A. Napier, K. Denisenko, S. Amato, D. Yi, A.J. Slaughter, A.K. Tripathi, R. Weiss-Babai, G. F. Fox, J. C. Anjos, H. A. Rubin, D. Mihalcea, R. A. Sidwell, S. Watanabe, A. Nguyen, B. Quinn, S. M. Yang, C. Zhang, A. C. dos Reis, R. J. Stefanski, S. Yoshida, T. Carter, N. Witchey, A. Fernandez, D.C. Langs, M. Sheaff, Sokoloff, N. K. Copty, N. R. Stanton, C. James, Stephen B. Bracker, J. Wiener, R. Zaliznyak, P.A. Kasper, Simon Kwan, P. Gagnon, N. W. Reay, J. Leslie, C. L. Darling, A. Rafatian, G. Hurvits, Alberto Santoro, Brian Meadows, R. H. Milburn, A. J. Schwartz, and G. Herrera
Subjects: Physics, Quantum chromodynamics, Particle physics, Meson, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Order (ring theory), Nuclear physics, D meson, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Production (computer science), Charm (quantum number), Nuclear Experiment, Nucleon, Event generator
Abstract: We present a study of correlations between D and $${\overline D}$$ mesons produced in 500 GeV/cπ−-nucleon interactions, based on data from experiment E791 at Fermilab. We have fully reconstructed 791 ± 44 charm meson pairs to study correlations between the transverse and longitudinal momenta of the two D mesons and the relative production rates for different types of D meson pairs. We see slight correlations between the longitudinal momenta of the D and the $${\bar D}$$ , and significant correlations between the azimuthal angle of the D and the $${\bar D}$$ . The experimental distributions are compared to a next-to-leading-order QCD calculation and to predictions of the PYTHIA/JETSET Monte Carlo event generator. We observe less correlation between transverse momenta and different correlations between longitudinal momenta than these models predict for the default values of the model parameters. Better agreement between data and theory might be achieved by tuning the model parameters or by adding higher order perturbative terms, thus contributing to a better understanding of charm production. The relative production rates for the four sets of charm pairs, $$D^0{{\overline D}^0}, D^0 D^{-}, D^+{{\overline D}^0}, D^+ D^{-}$$ as calculated in the PYTHIA/JETSET event generator with the default parameters, agree with data as far as the relative ordering, but predict too many $$D^+ {{\overline D}^0}$$ pairs and too few $$D^+ D^{-}$$ pairs.
Published: 2000

7. Search for the pentaquark via the decay

Author: R. Zaliznyak, Sudeshna Banerjee, A. Napier, K. Denisenko, T. Carter, J.J. Reidy, D. Yi, J. A. Appel, R. Weiss-Babai, S. Takach, L.P. Perera, A. J. Schwartz, S. Amato, S. Radeztsky, Simon Kwan, G. F. Fox, P.A. Kasper, N. Witchey, S. M. Yang, L. M. Cremaldi, I. Bediaga, E. Wolin, S. MayTal-Beck, A. Fernandez, S. Yoshida, D.C. Langs, S. Gerzon, A.K. Tripathi, G. Herrera, J. Lichtenstadt, S. Watanabe, D. J. Summers, K. Gounder, P. Gagnon, J. M. De Miranda, A. J. Slaughter, B. T. Meadows, M. D. Sokoloff, P. R. Burchat, K. O'Shaughnessy, Kevin Stenson, R. A. Sidwell, R. J. Stefanski, N. W. Reay, J. Leslie, S. B. Bracker, Alberto Santoro, B. Quinn, M. V. Purohit, A.M. Halling, J. C. Anjos, H.S. Carvalho, D. Mihalcea, A.K.S. Santha, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, E.M. Aitala, K. C. Peng, Daniel Ashery, R. A. Burnstein, B. Lundberg, A. C. dos Reis, A. Rafatian, G. Hurvits, H. A. Rubin, N. K. Copty, J. Solano, J. Wiener, C. Göbel, C. Zhang, C. James, M. Sheaff, A. Nguyen, D. A. Sanders, K. Thorne, G. Blaylock, R. H. Milburn, N. R. Stanton, A. B. D'Oliveira, and C. L. Darling
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cross section (physics), Particle physics, Branching fraction, Fermilab, Beam (structure), Pentaquark
Abstract: We have searched for evidence of the production and decay of a neutral bound-state pentaquark, one of a predicted doublet of states: P 0 c s =| c suud〉 and P − c s =| c sddu〉 . Specifically, we have searched for the decay P 0 c s →K ∗0 K − p in data from Fermilab experiment E791, in which a 500 GeV/c π− beam interacted with nuclear targets. We find mass-dependent upper limits at the 90% confidence level for the ratio of cross section times branching fraction of this decay relative to that for the decay D s − →K ∗0 K − . The upper limits vary between 0.016 and 0.036 for M(P 0 c s ) between 2.75 and 2.91 GeV/c2, assuming a pentaquark lifetime of 0.4 ps.
Published: 1999

8. Measurement of the form-factor ratios for D→ℓν

Author: N. R. Stanton, S. Takach, A. Napier, K. Denisenko, D. Yi, R. Weiss-Babai, B. Lundberg, S. B. Bracker, S. M. Yang, S. Radeztsky, G. Blaylock, R. Zaliznyak, K. C. Peng, S. Yoshida, J.J. Reidy, Simon Kwan, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, R. H. Milburn, A.B. d'Oliveira, E.M. Aitala, P.A. Kasper, C. Zhang, D. C. Langs, D. J. Summers, K. Gounder, B. T. Meadows, A. Álvarez Fernández, J. M. De Miranda, Kevin Stenson, M. D. Sokoloff, L. M. Cremaldi, E. Wolin, S. MayTal-Beck, S. Amato, R. J. Stefanski, Pauline Gagnon, N. K. Copty, A. J. Slaughter, T. Carter, A. Nguyen, J. Wiener, R. A. Sidwell, S. Banerjee, C. Göbel, D. Mihalcea, C. James, A.M. Halling, J. A. Appel, A. C. dos Reis, M. V. Purohit, J. Solano, G. F. Fox, B. Quinn, D. A. Sanders, Daniel Ashery, I. Bediaga, A.K.S. Santha, S. Watanabe, N. W. Reay, J. Leslie, L. Perera, N. Witchey, C. L. Darling, K. Thorne, Patricia R. Burchat, R. A. Burnstein, A. Rafatian, G. Hurvits, K. O'Shaughnessy, Alberto Santoro, M. Sheaff, H. A. Rubin, H.S. Carvalho, J. C. Anjos, A. J. Schwartz, G. Herrera, and A. K. Tripathi
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, chemistry, Analytical chemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, Platinum, Carbon
Published: 1998

9. Measurement of and determination of the decay constant f

Author: Makoto Kobayashi, K Ehara, Kimio Niwa, K. Kodama, J. O. Wilcox, N. Ushida, H. Tajima, K. Okada, M. S. Park, P. M. Yager, James Russ, C. Zhang, B. G. Lundberg, M. Nomura, A. P. Freyberger, George R. Kalbfleisch, B. Baller, P. Skubic, K Suzuki, K Horie, Motoaki Miyanishi, M. Nakamura, S. E. Willis, S. H. Chung, J. Snow, K Teraoka, E. Niu, J. Y. Kim, R. M. Edelstein, H. I. Jang, S. Kuramata, William R. Nichols, T. Okusawa, T. Koya, Ron Lipton, R. J. Stefanski, K. Hoshino, S. Nakanishi, I.Tezuka, Y. Zhang, S Torikai, I. G. Park, S. Watanabe, Michiyuki Chikawa, N Ihara, Kouji Nakamura, G. A. Oleynik, S. Yoshida, Shigeki Aoki, M. Kazuno, K. Reibel, S. G. Frederiksen, V. Paolone, N. R. Stanton, D. B. Gibaut, T. Hara, R. A. Sidwell, Masahiro Komatsu, Tomoko Yoshida, Kazuma Nakazawa, J. S. Song, J. M. Dunlea, J. Yokota, N. Yasuda, D. M. Potter, A. Mokhtarani, Yoshihiro Sato, H. Okabe, N. W. Reay, M. Aryal, S. Ogawa, H. Shibuya, J. T. Volk, and C. S. Yoon
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Yield (chemistry), High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Exponential decay
Abstract: We have observed $23.2 \pm 6.0_{-0.9}^{+1.0}$ purely-leptonic decays of $D_s^+ -> \mu^+ \nu_\mu$ from a sample of muonic one prong decay events detected in the emulsion target of Fermilab experiment E653. Using the $D_s^+ -> \phi \mu^+ \nu_\mu$ yield measured previously in this experiment, we obtain $B(D_s^+ --> \mu^+ \nu_\mu) / B(D_s^+ --> \phi \mu^+ \nu_\mu) =0.16 \pm 0.06 \pm 0.03$. In addition, we extract the decay constant $f_{D_s}=194 \pm 35 \pm 20 \pm 14 MeV$.
Published: 1996

10. Demonstration of Communication using Neutrinos

Author: Daniel D. Stancil, K. Hurtado, R. Gran, N. Tagg, J. Devan, N. Ochoa, M. Kordosky, A. Pla-Dalmau, J. Grange, Sergey A. Kulagin, Steve Dytman, J. Chvojka, G. A. Fiorentini, C. J. Solano Salinas, G. Zavala, Howard Scott Budd, I. Vergalosova, C. Araujo Del Castillo, Michael Benjamin Andrews, R. Bradford, B. Eberly, L. Loiacono, William Brooks, R. J. Stefanski, T. Griffin, J. Mousseau, J. G. Morfín, T. Le, M. Lanari, M. Day, J. Voirin, J. Kilmer, J. L. Bazo Alba, B. G. Tice, D. J. Boehnlein, Cristian Pena, J. Wolcott, J. A. Niemiec-Gielata, R. G. Stevens, M. E. Christy, T. P. Wytock, L. Aliaga, D. A.M. Caicedo, P. Rubinov, A. Judd, A. Chamorro, Brian L. Hughes, K. Kephart, C. M. Castromonte, D. Zhang, Fedor Prokoshin, L. Y. Zhu, Jennifer Hobbs, J. Osta, D. Ruggiero, A. Mislivec, T. Kafka, V. Kuznetsov, O. S. Sands, Juan C. Felix, Brandon J. Walker, B. Osmanov, James Downey, P. D. Conrow, Kevin Scott McFarland, D. P. Capista, E. Schulte, B. P. Ziemer, M. Reyhan, A. M. Gago, V. Takhistov, V. Paolone, H. Schellman, Ha Youn Lee, H. da Motta, Ronald Ransome, Gabriel Perdue, J. L. Palomino, J. Park, J. S. Paradis, A. Higuera, E. Charlton, J. R. Fein, S. Manly, A. M. McGowan, E. Hahn, C. M. Marshall, L. Fields, E. Maher, P. Adamson, Joshua D. Griffin, W. A. Mann, Alison Peterman, J. Walding, C. E. Perez Lara, G. Maggi, D. W. Schmitz, J.P. Velásquez, J. K. Nelson, Anatoly Butkevich, C. Simon, L. Bagby, T. Walton, M. Alania, H. R. Gallagher, D. A. Harris, I. Z. Danko, Arie Bodek, R. N. Tilden, H. Ray, C. M. Hoffman, and B. Pollock
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Electrical engineering, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Data rate, 01 natural sciences, Communication with submarines, NuMI, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, Bit error rate, Interstellar communication, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermilab, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, business
Abstract: Beams of neutrinos have been proposed as a vehicle for communications under unusual circumstances, such as direct point-to-point global communication, communication with submarines, secure communications and interstellar communication. We report on the performance of a low-rate communications link established using the NuMI beam line and the MINERvA detector at Fermilab. The link achieved a decoded data rate of 0.1 bits/sec with a bit error rate of 1% over a distance of 1.035 km, including 240 m of earth., 10 pages, 7 figures, updated with final figures used in Modern Physics Letters A publication
Published: 2012

11. Dual baseline search for muon neutrino disappearance at0.5 eV2<Δm2<40 eV2

Author: L. Bugel, Panagiotis Spentzouris, D. Orme, S. Mizugashira, E. Hawker, T. A. Shibata, H. Ray, J. A. Green, H. B. White, B. J. P. Jones, R. G. Van de Water, Y. Kobayashi, W. Metcalf, J. A. Nowak, R. B. Patterson, J. J. Walding, J. Grange, J. L. Raaf, P. D. Meyers, G. Karagiorgi, P. Nienaber, J. Catala-Perez, G. P. Zeller, V. T. McGary, A. Curioni, R. Dharmapalan, I. Stancu, R. Imlay, G. Cheng, M. O. Wascko, Zelimir Djurcic, C. C. Polly, M. Sung, S. Ouedraogo, H. Takei, R. A. Johnson, C. Giganti, S. Masuike, R. Ford, T. L. Hart, A. O. Bazarko, C. Green, R. H. Nelson, Y. Uchida, A. D. Russell, Z. Pavlovic, M. H. Shaevitz, M. Soderberg, I. J. Taylor, I. Kourbanis, Yasuhiro Nakajima, David Smith, E. D. Zimmerman, G. Mitsuka, R. Napora, L. Ludovici, M. Sorel, Federico Sanchez, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, B. Osmanov, S. Koutsoliotas, F. Mills, D. A. Finley, Katsuki Hiraide, Jocelyn Monroe, C. E. Anderson, D. H. White, M. Tzanov, W. C. Louis, F. G. Garcia, Y. Miyachi, Y. L. Liu, W. Huelsnitz, T. Kobilarcik, B. C. Brown, B. P. Roe, C. Mariani, M. J. Wilking, Y. Hayato, J. Mousseau, S. J. Brice, D. W. Schmitz, E. M. Laird, R. J. Tesarek, D. C. Cox, Masashi Yokoyama, M. Tanaka, P. H. Kasper, G. McGregor, Andrew J. Hanson, A. J. Franke, Kodai Matsuoka, H. K. Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, U. Dore, V. D. Sandberg, Hidetoshi Kubo, C. Mauger, J. M. Link, Y. Kurimoto, C. D. Moore, H. A. Tanaka, H. J. Yang, G. Jover-Manas, P. Guzowski, Rex Tayloe, Janet Conrad, B. T. Fleming, S. K. Linden, E.J. Prebys, J. Spitz, R. J. Stefanski, L. Coney, R. Schirato, G. T. Garvey, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, Jun Cao, F. C. Shoemaker, D. Perevalov, J. L. Alcaraz-Aunion, G. B. Mills, Kendall Mahn, W. Marsh, Minoru Otani, Teppei Katori, and P. F. Loverre
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Cherenkov detector, Detector, law.invention, Nuclear physics, MiniBooNE, law, Muon neutrino, Fermilab, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Charged current
Abstract: The SciBooNE and MiniBooNE collaborations report the results of a νμ disappearance search in the Δ'm2 region of 0.5-40 eV2. The neutrino rate as measured by the SciBooNE tracking detectors is used to constrain the rate at the MiniBooNE Cherenkov detector in the first joint analysis of data from both collaborations. Two separate analyses of the combined data samples set 90% confidence level (CL) limits on νμ disappearance in the 0.5-40 eV2 Δm2 region, with an improvement over previous experimental constraints between 10 and 30 eV2
Published: 2012

12. Measurement ofK+production cross section by 8 GeV protons using high-energy neutrino interactions in the SciBooNE detector

Author: G. Jover-Manas, P. Guzowski, C. D. Moore, G. P. Zeller, Y. Nakajima, C. Mariani, P. F. Loverre, E. D. Zimmerman, H. B. White, R. J. Tesarek, Masashi Yokoyama, G. Karagiorgi, P. Nienaber, Z. Djurcic, Kendall Mahn, Y. Uchida, Janet Conrad, Andrew J. Hanson, A. J. Franke, J. J. Walding, M. O. Wascko, D. A. Finley, S. Masuike, S. Mizugashira, Minoru Otani, M. Tanaka, R. J. Stefanski, Katsuki Hiraide, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, L. Bugel, Teppei Katori, Y. Kobayashi, A. D. Russell, H. Takei, D. Orme, I. Taylor, Federico Sanchez, T. A. Shibata, G. Cheng, R. G. Van de Water, C. Giganti, R. Napora, H. Kubo, U. Dore, V. T. McGary, Y. Kurimoto, J. Catala-Perez, J. L. Alcaraz-Aunion, G. B. Mills, G. Mitsuka, Kodai Matsuoka, T. Kobilarcik, Y. Hayato, S. J. Brice, M. H. Shaevitz, L. Ludovici, M. Sorel, W. C. Louis, Rex Tayloe, W. Metcalf, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, H. K. Tanaka, and Y. Miyachi
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Proton, Meson, Hadron, Nuclear physics, Antimatter, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Muon neutrino, Fermilab, Neutrino, Nuclear Experiment, Lepton
Abstract: The SciBooNE Collaboration reports K+ production cross section and rate measurements using high energy daughter muon neutrino scattering data off the SciBar polystyrene (C8H8) target in the SciBooNE detector. The K+ mesons are produced by 8 GeV protons striking a beryllium target in Fermilab Booster Neutrino Beam line (BNB). Using observed neutrino and antineutrino events in SciBooNE, we measure d2σ/dpdΩ = (5.34 ±0.76) mb/(GeV/c x sr) for p + Be =K+ + X at mean K+ energy of 3.9 GeV and angle (with respect to the proton beam direction) of 3.7 degrees, corresponding to the selected K+ sample. Compared to Monte Carlo predictions using previous higher energy K+ production measurements, this measurement, which uses the NUANCE neutrino interaction generator, is consistent with a normalization factor of 0.85 ± 0.12. This agreement is evidence that the extrapolation of the higher energy K+ measurements to an 8 GeV beam energy using Feynman scaling is valid. This measurement reduces the error on the K+ production cross section from 40% to 14%.
Published: 2011

13. Measurement ofνμ-induced charged-current neutral pion production cross sections on mineral oil atEν∈0.5–2.0 GeV

Author: Janet Conrad, R. Ford, C. Green, B. T. Fleming, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, S. Koutsoliotas, R. J. Stefanski, F. Mills, M. Soderberg, S. K. Linden, J. Spitz, R. Dharmapalan, W. Marsh, E.J. Prebys, A. Curioni, W. Metcalf, B. P. Roe, M. Sung, David Smith, S. Ouedraogo, B. C. Brown, A. D. Russell, Teppei Katori, H. J. Yang, V. D. Sandberg, T. L. Hart, D. W. Schmitz, R. Schirato, M. H. Shaevitz, G. T. Garvey, J. M. Link, C. E. Anderson, M. J. Wilking, R. B. Patterson, R. H. Nelson, G. P. Zeller, D. Perevalov, M. Tzanov, Rex Tayloe, P. D. Meyers, F. G. Garcia, Jun Cao, Z. Djurcic, G. Karagiorgi, Jocelyn Monroe, P. H. Kasper, P. Nienaber, I. Stancu, Kendall Mahn, L. Bugel, D. H. White, G. B. Mills, R. Imlay, W. C. Louis, B. Osmanov, M. O. Wascko, D. C. Cox, G. McGregor, E. D. Zimmerman, T. Kobilarcik, Y. L. Liu, J. Grange, F. C. Shoemaker, S. J. Brice, A. O. Bazarko, M. Sorel, E. Hawker, H. Ray, R. G. Van de Water, V. T. McGary, J. A. Nowak, C. Mauger, C. D. Moore, H. A. Tanaka, J. Mousseau, E. M. Laird, J. A. Green, Panagiotis Spentzouris, J. L. Raaf, R. A. Johnson, C. C. Polly, I. Kourbanis, D. A. Finley, Z. Pavlovic, and L. Coney
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Meson, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear physics, Pion, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermilab, Neutrino, Energy source, Charged current, Lepton
Abstract: The authors would like to acknowledge the support of Fermilab, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation in the construction, operation, and data analysis of the Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment.
Published: 2011

14. Measurement of neutrino-induced charged-current charged pion production cross sections on mineral oil atEν∼1 GeV

Author: A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, C. E. Anderson, A. O. Bazarko, S. J. Brice, B. C. Brown, L. Bugel, J. Cao, L. Coney, J. M. Conrad, D. C. Cox, A. Curioni, R. Dharmapalan, Z. Djurcic, D. A. Finley, B. T. Fleming, R. Ford, F. G. Garcia, G. T. Garvey, J. Grange, C. Green, J. A. Green, T. L. Hart, E. Hawker, R. Imlay, R. A. Johnson, G. Karagiorgi, P. Kasper, T. Katori, T. Kobilarcik, I. Kourbanis, S. Koutsoliotas, E. M. Laird, S. K. Linden, J. M. Link, Y. Liu, W. C. Louis, K. B. M. Mahn, W. Marsh, C. Mauger, V. T. McGary, G. McGregor, W. Metcalf, P. D. Meyers, F. Mills, G. B. Mills, J. Monroe, C. D. Moore, J. Mousseau, R. H. Nelson, P. Nienaber, J. A. Nowak, B. Osmanov, S. Ouedraogo, R. B. Patterson, Z. Pavlovic, D. Perevalov, C. C. Polly, E. Prebys, J. L. Raaf, H. Ray, B. P. Roe, A. D. Russell, V. Sandberg, R. Schirato, D. Schmitz, M. H. Shaevitz, F. C. Shoemaker, D. Smith, M. Soderberg, M. Sorel, P. Spentzouris, J. Spitz, I. Stancu, R. J. Stefanski, M. Sung, H. A. Tanaka, R. Tayloe, M. Tzanov, R. Van de Water, M. O. Wascko, D. H. White, M. J. Wilking, H. J. Yang, G. P. Zeller, and E. D. Zimmerman
Subjects: MiniBooNE, Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Pion, Meson, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Energy source, Charged current, Lepton
Abstract: Using a high-statistics, high-purity sample of {nu}{sub {mu}-}induced charged current, charged pion events in mineral oil (CH{sub 2}), MiniBooNE reports a collection of interaction cross sections for this process. This includes measurements of the CC{pi}{sup +} cross section as a function of neutrino energy, as well as flux-averaged single- and double-differential cross sections of the energy and direction of both the final-state muon and pion. In addition, each of the single-differential cross sections are extracted as a function of neutrino energy to decouple the shape of the MiniBooNE energy spectrum from the results. In many cases, these cross sections are the first time such quantities have been measured on a nuclear target and in the 1 GeV energy range.
Published: 2011

15. Measurement of the neutrino component of an anti-neutrino beam observed by a non-magnetized detector

Author: G. T. Garvey, Rex Tayloe, D. H. White, R. H. Nelson, E. D. Zimmerman, G. P. Zeller, L. Bugel, G. Karagiorgi, P. Nienaber, R. Imlay, J. Spitz, V. Nguyen, W. Metcalf, J. Grange, J. A. Green, T. Kobilarcik, H. Ray, A. D. Russell, C. C. Polly, R. G. Van de Water, I. Stancu, D. Perevalov, J. A. Nowak, R. A. Johnson, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, Janet Conrad, Kendall Mahn, R. Ford, J. Mirabal, C. E. Anderson, M. Tzanov, F. G. Garcia, W. Marsh, Teppei Katori, R. J. Stefanski, S. J. Brice, C. D. Moore, Z. Pavlovic, M. Sorel, M. O. Wascko, W. C. Louis, M. J. Wilking, M. H. Shaevitz, G. B. Mills, R. Dharmapalan, C. Mauger, J. Mousseau, B. T. Fleming, S. K. Linden, B. P. Roe, B. Osmanov, A. Patch, B. C. Brown, and Z. Djurcic
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Meson, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, MiniBooNE, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, Antimatter, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Energy (signal processing), Lepton
Abstract: Two independent methods are employed to measure the neutrino flux of the anti-neutrino-mode beam observed by the MiniBooNE detector. The first method compares data to simulated event rates in a high purity $\numu$ induced charged-current single $\pip$ (CC1$\pip$) sample while the second exploits the difference between the angular distributions of muons created in $\numu$ and $\numub$ charged-current quasi-elastic (CCQE) interactions. The results from both analyses indicate the prediction of the neutrino flux component of the pre-dominately anti-neutrino beam is over-estimated - the CC1$\pip$ analysis indicates the predicted $\numu$ flux should be scaled by $0.76 \pm 0.11$, while the CCQE angular fit yields $0.65 \pm 0.23$. The energy spectrum of the flux prediction is checked by repeating the analyses in bins of reconstructed neutrino energy, and the results show that the spectral shape is well modeled. These analyses are a demonstration of techniques for measuring the neutrino contamination of anti-neutrino beams observed by future non-magnetized detectors., 15 pages, 7 figures, published in Physical Review D, latest version reflects changes from referee comments
Published: 2011

16. Measurement of the Lifetimes of Charged and Neutral Beauty Hadrons: Fermilab E653 Collaboration

Author: K. Kodama, N. Ushida, A. Mokhtarani, V. S. Paolone, J. T. Volk, J. O. Wilcox, P. M. Yager, R. M. Edelstein, A. P. Freyberger, D. B. Gibaut, R. J. Lipton, W. R. Nichols, D. M. Potter, J. S. Russ, C. Zhang, Y. Zhang, H. I. Jang, J. Y. Kim, T. I. Kim, I. T. Kim, M. Y. Pac, B. R. Baller, R. J. Stefanski, K. Nakazawa, K. S. Chung, S. H. Chung, D. C. Kim, I. G. Park, M. S. Park, J. S. Song, C. S. Yoon, M. Chikawa, T. Abe, T. Fujii, G. Fujioka, K. Fujiwara, H. Fukushima, T. Hara, Y. Takahashi, K. Taruma, Y. Tsuzuki, C. Yokohama, S. D. Chang, B. G. Cheon, J. H. Cho, J. S. Kang, C. O. Kim, K. Y. Kim, T. Y. Kim, J. C. Lee, S. B. Lee, G. Y. Lim, S. W. Nam, T. S. Shin, K. S. Sim, J. K. Woo, Y. Isokane, Y. Tsuneoka, S. Aoki, A. Gauthier, K. Hoshino, H. Kitamura, M. Kabayashi, M. Miyanishi, K. Nakamura, M. Nakamura, Y. Nakamura, S. Nakanishi, K. Niu, K. Niwa, M. Nomura, H. Tajima, S. Yoshida, M. Aryal, J. M. Dunlea, S. G. Freederiksen, S. Kuramata, B. G. Lundberg, G. A. Oleynik, N. W. Reay, K. Reibel, R. A. Sidwell, N. R. Stanton, K. Moriyama, H. Shibata, G. R. Kalbfleisch, P. Skubic, J. M. Snow, S. E. Willis, O. Kusumoto, T. Okusawa, M. Teranaka, T. Tominaga, T. Yoshida, H. Yuuki, H. Okabe, J. Yokota, M. Adachi, M. Kazuno, E. Niu, H. Shibuya, S. Watanabe, I. Ohtsuka, Y. Sato, I. Tezuka, S. Y. Bahk, and S. K. Kim
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear physics, Particle physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), media_common.quotation_subject, Hadron, Beauty, Fermilab, media_common
Published: 1993

17. Measurement of the neutrino neutral-current elastic differential cross section on mineral oil atEν∼1 GeV

Author: B. Osmanov, I. Kourbanis, D. Perevalov, J. A. Green, D. A. Finley, J. L. Raaf, R. A. Johnson, G. Karagiorgi, P. Nienaber, W. C. Louis, C. E. Anderson, M. Tzanov, F. G. Garcia, Kendall Mahn, E. D. Zimmerman, M. Soderberg, I. Stancu, E. Hawker, C. D. Moore, G. P. Zeller, W. Marsh, H. A. Tanaka, H. Ray, C. Green, Janet Conrad, T. L. Hart, F. Mills, R. G. Van de Water, M. H. Shaevitz, Teppei Katori, Y. L. Liu, J. Cao, R. J. Stefanski, V. T. McGary, D. W. Schmitz, L. Coney, S. Koutsoliotas, Rex Tayloe, G. B. Mills, J. A. Nowak, R. B. Patterson, D. H. White, Z. Djurcic, David Smith, M. O. Wascko, P. H. Kasper, A. D. Russell, B. C. Brown, R. Schirato, G. T. Garvey, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, R. Ford, L. Bugel, T. Kobilarcik, F. C. Shoemaker, R. H. Nelson, Z. Pavlovic, C. C. Polly, A. Curioni, M. Sung, J. Spitz, M. Sorel, B. T. Fleming, D. C. Cox, S. K. Linden, E.J. Prebys, G. McGregor, S. Ouedraogo, Panagiotis Spentzouris, J. Grange, A. O. Bazarko, J. Mousseau, E. M. Laird, R. Dharmapalan, R. Imlay, Jocelyn Monroe, W. Metcalf, H. J. Yang, S. J. Brice, P. D. Meyers, C. Mauger, M. J. Wilking, B. P. Roe, V. D. Sandberg, and J. M. Link
Subjects: Physics, Elastic scattering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Nuclear Theory, Form factor (quantum field theory), Nuclear physics, Baryon, MiniBooNE, Neutrino, Nuclear Experiment, Nucleon, Energy (signal processing), Lepton
Abstract: We report a measurement of the flux-averaged neutral-current elastic differential cross section for neutrinos scattering on mineral oil (CH{sub 2}) as a function of four-momentum transferred squared, Q{sup 2}. It is obtained by measuring the kinematics of recoiling nucleons with kinetic energy greater than 50 MeV which are readily detected in MiniBooNE. This differential cross-section distribution is fit with fixed nucleon form factors apart from an axial mass M{sub A} that provides a best fit for M{sub A}=1.39{+-}0.11 GeV. Using the data from the charged-current neutrino interaction sample, a ratio of neutral-current to charged-current quasielastic cross sections as a function of Q{sup 2} has been measured. Additionally, single protons with kinetic energies above 350 MeV can be distinguished from neutrons and multiple nucleon events. Using this marker, the strange quark contribution to the neutral-current axial vector form factor at Q{sup 2}=0, {Delta}s, is found to be {Delta}s=0.08{+-}0.26.
Published: 2010

18. Event Excess in the MiniBooNE Search forν¯μ→ν¯eOscillations

Author: M. Sorel, C. E. Anderson, W. C. Louis, M. O. Wascko, M. Tzanov, F. G. Garcia, L. Bugel, M. J. Wilking, C. C. Polly, Z. Pavlovic, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, R. Ford, J. Mousseau, J. A. Green, H. Ray, R. G. Van de Water, T. Kobilarcik, G. P. Zeller, J. A. Nowak, R. Imlay, C. D. Moore, D. H. White, S. J. Brice, A. D. Russell, R. Dharmapalan, R. H. Nelson, G. Karagiorgi, Janet Conrad, P. Nienaber, R. A. Johnson, Rex Tayloe, E. D. Zimmerman, M. H. Shaevitz, C. Mauger, R. J. Stefanski, J. Mirabal, B. P. Roe, W. Metcalf, V. T. Nguyen, R. Schirato, G. T. Garvey, J. Spitz, W. Marsh, B. T. Fleming, S. K. Linden, Teppei Katori, D. Perevalov, Kendall Mahn, J. Grange, G. B. Mills, B. Osmanov, Z. Djurcic, B. C. Brown, and I. Stancu
Subjects: Nuclear physics, MiniBooNE, Physics, Particle physics, Antiparticle, Antimatter, General Physics and Astronomy, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Particle identification, Energy (signal processing), Lepton
Abstract: The MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab reports results from a search for {nu}{sub {mu}{yields}{nu}e} oscillations, using a data sample corresponding to 5.66x10{sup 20} protons on target. An excess of 20.9{+-}14.0 events is observed in the energy range 475
Published: 2010

19. Event excess in the MiniBooNE search for ¯νμ→¯νe oscillations

Author: A A, Aguilar-Arevalo, C E, Anderson, S J, Brice, B C, Brown, L, Bugel, J M, Conrad, R, Dharmapalan, Z, Djurcic, B T, Fleming, R, Ford, F G, Garcia, G T, Garvey, J, Mirabal, J, Grange, J A, Green, R, Imlay, R A, Johnson, G, Karagiorgi, T, Katori, T, Kobilarcik, S K, Linden, W C, Louis, K B M, Mahn, W, Marsh, C, Mauger, W, Metcalf, G B, Mills, C D, Moore, J, Mousseau, R H, Nelson, V, Nguyen, P, Nienaber, J A, Nowak, B, Osmanov, Z, Pavlovic, D, Perevalov, C C, Polly, H, Ray, B P, Roe, A D, Russell, R, Schirato, M H, Shaevitz, M, Sorel, J, Spitz, I, Stancu, R J, Stefanski, R, Tayloe, M, Tzanov, R G, Van de Water, M O, Wascko, D H, White, M J, Wilking, G P, Zeller, and E D, Zimmerman
Abstract: The MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab reports results from a search for ¯ν_{μ}→¯ν_{e} oscillations, using a data sample corresponding to 5.66×10²⁰ protons on target. An excess of 20.9±14.0 events is observed in the energy range 475E_{ν}^{QE}1250 MeV, which, when constrained by the observed ¯ν_{μ} events, has a probability for consistency with the background-only hypothesis of 0.5%. On the other hand, fitting for ¯ν_{μ}→¯ν_{e} oscillations, the best-fit point has a χ² probability of 8.7%. The data are consistent with ¯ν_{μ}→¯ν_{e} oscillations in the 0.1 to 1.0 eV² Δm² range and with the evidence for antineutrino oscillations from the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Published: 2010

20. Publisher’s Note: Measurement of the Ratio of theνμCharged-Current Single-Pion Production to Quasielastic Scattering with a 0.8 GeV Neutrino Beam on Mineral Oil [Phys. Rev. Lett.103, 081801 (2009)]

Author: A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, C. E. Anderson, A. O. Bazarko, S. J. Brice, B. C. Brown, L. Bugel, J. Cao, L. Coney, J. M. Conrad, D. C. Cox, A. Curioni, Z. Djurcic, D. A. Finley, B. T. Fleming, R. Ford, F. G. Garcia, G. T. Garvey, C. Green, J. A. Green, T. L. Hart, E. Hawker, R. Imlay, R. A. Johnson, G. Karagiorgi, P. Kasper, T. Katori, T. Kobilarcik, I. Kourbanis, S. Koutsoliotas, E. M. Laird, S. K. Linden, J. M. Link, Y. Liu, W. C. Louis, K. B. M. Mahn, W. Marsh, V. T. McGary, G. McGregor, W. Metcalf, P. D. Meyers, F. Mills, G. B. Mills, J. Monroe, C. D. Moore, R. H. Nelson, P. Nienaber, J. A. Nowak, B. Osmanov, S. Ouedraogo, R. B. Patterson, D. Perevalov, C. C. Polly, E. Prebys, J. L. Raaf, H. Ray, B. P. Roe, A. D. Russell, V. Sandberg, R. Schirato, D. Schmitz, M. H. Shaevitz, F. C. Shoemaker, D. Smith, M. Soderberg, M. Sorel, P. Spentzouris, J. Spitz, I. Stancu, R. J. Stefanski, M. Sung, H. A. Tanaka, R. Tayloe, M. Tzanov, R. Van de Water, M. O. Wascko, D. H. White, M. J. Wilking, H. J. Yang, G. P. Zeller, and E. D. Zimmerman
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear reaction, Quasielastic scattering, Particle physics, Pion, Scattering, General Physics and Astronomy, Neutrino, Energy source, Charged current, Lepton
Published: 2010

21. Measurement ofνμandν¯μinduced neutral current singleπ0production cross sections on mineral oil atEν∼O(1 GeV)

Author: W. C. Louis, T. Kobilarcik, Z. Pavlovic, D. C. Cox, G. McGregor, F. Mills, M. Soderberg, L. Coney, F. C. Shoemaker, S. J. Brice, G. Karagiorgi, Janet Conrad, G. P. Zeller, J. Grange, P. Nienaber, D. H. White, Rex Tayloe, J. A. Green, J. L. Raaf, W. Marsh, A. D. Russell, E. Hawker, R. J. Stefanski, Y. Liu, B. Osmanov, C. C. Polly, H. Ray, R. G. Van de Water, R. A. Johnson, D. W. Schmitz, J. A. Nowak, Teppei Katori, Jun Cao, Z. Djurcic, I. Stancu, I. Kourbanis, D. Perevalov, R. Imlay, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, M. Sorel, David Smith, L. Bugel, Kendall Mahn, G. B. Mills, A. O. Bazarko, D. A. Finley, C. D. Moore, H. A. Tanaka, V. T. McGary, T. L. Hart, H. J. Yang, Panagiotis Spentzouris, B. C. Brown, M. H. Shaevitz, R. B. Patterson, A. Curioni, M. Sung, B. T. Fleming, S. K. Linden, E. D. Zimmerman, S. Koutsoliotas, S. Ouedraogo, E.J. Prebys, M. O. Wascko, R. H. Nelson, C. E. Anderson, M. Tzanov, F. G. Garcia, J. Spitz, R. Schirato, G. T. Garvey, R. Ford, J. Mousseau, C. Green, P. H. Kasper, E. M. Laird, B. P. Roe, W. Metcalf, M. J. Wilking, Jocelyn Monroe, V. D. Sandberg, J. M. Link, P. D. Meyers, C. Mauger, and J. Gonzales
Subjects: MiniBooNE, Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Meson, Hadron, Production (computer science), Neutrino, Nucleon, Energy (signal processing), Lepton
Abstract: MiniBooNE reports the first absolute cross sections for neutral current single {pi}{sup 0} production on CH{sub 2} induced by neutrino and antineutrino interactions measured from the largest sets of NC {pi}{sup 0} events collected to date. The principal result consists of differential cross sections measured as functions of {pi}{sup 0} momentum and {pi}{sup 0} angle averaged over the neutrino flux at MiniBooNE. We find total cross sections of (4.76 {+-} 0.05{sub stat} {+-} 0.40{sub sys}) x 10{sup -40} cm{sup 2}/nucleon at a mean energy of = 808 MeV and (1.48 {+-} 0.05{sub stat} {+-} 0.14{sub sys}) x 10{sup -40} cm{sup 2}/nucleon at a mean energy of = 664 MeV for {nu}{sub {mu}} and {bar {nu}}{sub {mu}} induced production, respectively. In addition, we have included measurements of the neutrino and antineutrino total cross sections for incoherent exclusive NC 1{pi}{sup 0} production corrected for the effects of final state interactions to compare to prior results.
Published: 2010

22. Measurement of inclusive neutral current pi(0) production on carbon in a few-GeV neutrino beam

Author: M. J. Wilking, R. Napora, G. P. Zeller, M. Otani, Janet Conrad, V. T. McGary, Y. Miyachi, R. J. Stefanski, P. F. Loverre, E. D. Zimmerman, Y. Uchida, H. B. White, L. Ludovici, M. Sorel, J. J. Walding, Rex Tayloe, S. Mizugashira, G. Mitsuka, W. C. Louis, Katsuki Hiraide, S. Masuike, L. Bugel, Y. Kobayashi, W. Metcalf, M. O. Wascko, G. Jover-Manas, U. Dore, T. Kobilarcik, Yasuhiro Nakajima, D. Orme, P. Guzowski, D. A. Finley, G. Cheng, Federico Sanchez, G. Karagiorgi, J. Catala-Perez, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, A. D. Russell, P. Nienaber, C. Mariani, Y. Hayato, Z. Djurcic, H. Kubo, S. J. Brice, Andrew J. Hanson, A. J. Franke, Masashi Yokoyama, M. Tanaka, H. K. Tanaka, T. A. Shibata, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, Y. Kurimoto, I. Taylor, R. G. Van de Water, M. H. Shaevitz, R. J. Tesarek, C. Giganti, Kendall Mahn, C. D. Moore, J. L. Alcaraz-Aunion, Kodai Matsuoka, G. B. Mills, H. Takei, and Teppei Katori
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Science program, Library science, Neutrino beam, Priority areas, Synthetic materials, Loan, Christian ministry, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermilab, Nuclear Experiment, Polyvinyls
Abstract: The SciBooNE Collaboration reports inclusive neutral current neutral pion production by a muon neutrino beam on a polystyrene target (C8H8). We obtain (7.7 +/- 0.5(stat) +/- 0.5(sys)) X 10(-2) as the ratio of the neutral current neutral pion production to total charged current cross section; the mean energy of neutrinos producing detected neutral pions is 1.1 GeV. The result agrees with the Rein-Sehgal model implemented in our neutrino interaction simulation program with nuclear effects. The spectrum shape of the pi(0) momentum and angle agree with the model. We also measure the ratio of the neutral current coherent pion production to total charged current cross section to be (0.7 +/- 0.4) X 10(-2)., We acknowledge the Physics Department at Chonnam National University, Dongshin University, and Seoul National University for the loan of parts used in SciBar and the help in the assembly of SciBar. We wish to thank the Physics Departments at the University of Rochester and Kansas State University for the loan of Hamamatsu PMTs used in the MRD. We gratefully acknowledge support from Fermilab as well as various grants, contracts and fellowships from the MEXT and JSPS (Japan), the INFN (Italy), the Ministry of Science and Innovation and CSIC (Spain), the STFC (UK), and the DOE and NSF (USA). This work was supported by MEXT and JSPS with the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research A 19204026, Young Scientists S 20674004, Young Scientists B 18740145, Scientific Research on Priority Areas “New Developments of Flavor Physics”, and the global COE program “The Next Generation of Physics, Spun from Universality and Emergence”. The project was supported by the Japan/U.S. Cooperation Program in the field of High Energy Physics and by JSPS and NSF under the Japan-U.S. Cooperative Science Program.
Published: 2010

23. Search for Core-Collapse Supernovae using the MiniBooNE Neutrino Detector

Author: A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, C. E. Anderson, A. O. Bazarko, S. J. Brice, B. C. Brown, L. Bugel, J. Cao, L. Coney, J. M. Conrad, D. C. Cox, A. Curioni, Z. Djurcic, D. A. Finley, M. Fisher, B. T. Fleming, R. Ford, F. G. Garcia, G. T. Garvey, J. Grange, C. Green, J. A. Green, T. L. Hart, E. Hawker, R. Imlay, R. A. Johnson, G. Karagiorgi, P. Kasper, T. Katori, T. Kobilarcik, I. Kourbanis, S. Koutsoliotas, E. M. Laird, S. K. Linden, J. M. Link, Y. Liu, W. C. Louis, K. B. M. Mahn, W. Marsh, C. Mauger, V. T. McGary, G. McGregor, W. Metcalf, P. D. Meyers, F. Mills, G. B. Mills, J. Monroe, C. D. Moore, J. Mousseau, R. H. Nelson, P. Nienaber, J. A. Nowak, B. Osmanov, S. Ouedraogo, R. B. Patterson, Z. Pavlovic, D. Perevalov, C. C. Polly, E. Prebys, J. L. Raaf, H. Ray, B. P. Roe, A. D. Russell, V. Sandberg, R. Schirato, D. Schmitz, M. H. Shaevitz, F. C. Shoemaker, D. Smith, M. Soderberg, M. Sorel, P. Spentzouris, J. Spitz, I. Stancu, R. J. Stefanski, M. Sung, H. A. Tanaka, R. Tayloe, M. Tzanov, R. G. Van de Water, M. O. Wascko, D. H. White, M. J. Wilking, H. J. Yang, G. P. Zeller, and E. D. Zimmerman
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Research Groups and Centres\Physics\Low Temperature Physics, Faculty of Science\Physics, Milky Way, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Galaxy, MiniBooNE, Supernova, Neutrino detector, Gravitational collapse, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Variable star, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: We present a search for core-collapse supernovae in the Milky Way galaxy, using the MiniBooNE neutrino detector. No evidence is found for core-collapse supernovae occurring in our Galaxy in the period from December 14, 2004 to July 31, 2008, corresponding to 98% live time for collection. We set a limit on the core-collapse supernova rate out to a distance of 13.4 kpc to be less than 0.69 supernovae per year at 90% C. L., We acknowledge the support of Fermilab, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation. We are grateful to John Beacom for his valuable insight and advice. We thank Alessandro Mirizzi, Georg G. Raffelt, and Pasquale D. Serpico for providing the probability distribution for the Milky Way.
Published: 2010

24. Improved measurement of neutral current coherent pi(0) production on carbon in a few-GeV neutrino beam

Author: T. Kobilarcik, V. T. McGary, Y. Hayato, S. J. Brice, G. Mitsuka, J.J. Gómez-Cadenas, Y. Miyachi, G. Jover-Manas, C. Mariani, H. Kubo, S. Mizugashira, J. J. Walding, Federico Sanchez, M. H. Shaevitz, P. Guzowski, Teppei Katori, R. J. Tesarek, Yasuhiro Nakajima, A. D. Russell, G. Karagiorgi, P. Nienaber, D. A. Finley, M. Otani, L. Ludovici, M. Tanaka, Janet Conrad, M. Sorel, Rex Tayloe, Kodai Matsuoka, G. P. Zeller, H. B. White, W. C. Louis, Kendall Mahn, M. O. Wascko, C. D. Moore, H. Takei, G. Cheng, W. Metcalf, K. Hiraide, J. L. Alcaraz-Aunion, R. J. Stefanski, Z. Djurcic, E. D. Zimmerman, G. B. Mills, S. Masuike, Andrew J. Hanson, A. J. Franke, I. Taylor, M. J. Wilking, R. Napora, L. Bugel, Y. Uchida, Y. Kobayashi, U. Dore, Y. Kurimoto, Masashi Yokoyama, H. K. Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, J. Catala-Perez, T. A. Shibata, R. G. Van de Water, C. Giganti, P. F. Loverre, and D. Orme
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Meson production, Loan, Science program, Library science, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Christian ministry, Fermilab, Neutrino beam, Priority areas, Neutrino scattering
Abstract: The SciBooNE Collaboration reports a measurement of neutral current coherent pi(0) production on carbon by a muon neutrino beam with average energy 0.8 GeV. The separation of coherent from inclusive pi(0) production has been improved by detecting recoil protons from resonant pi(0) production. We measure the ratio of the neutral current coherent pi(0) production to total charged current cross sections to be 1.16 +/- 0.24) x 10(-2). The ratio of charged current coherent pi(+) to neutral current coherent pi(0) production is calculated to be 0.14(-0.28)(+0.30), using our published charged current coherent pion measurement., We acknowledge the Physics Department at Chonnam National University, Dongshin University, and Seoul National University for the loan of parts used in SciBar and the help in the assembly of SciBar. We wish to thank the Physics Departments at the University of Rochester and Kansas State University for the loan of Hamamatsu PMTs used in the MRD. We gratefully acknowledge support from Fermilab as well as various grants, contracts and fellowships from the MEXT and JSPS (Japan), the INFN (Italy), the Ministry of Science and Innovation and CSIC (Spain), the STFC (UK), and the DOE and NSF (USA). This work was supported by MEXT and JSPS with the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research A 19204026, Young Scientists S 20674004, Young Scientists B 18740145, Scientific Research on Priority Areas “New Developments of Flavor Physics”, and the global COE program “The Next Generation of Physics, Spun from Universality and Emergence”. The project was supported by the Japan/U.S. Cooperation Program in the field of High Energy Physics and by JSPS and NSF under the Japan-U.S. Cooperative Science Program.
Published: 2010

25. Search for Electron Antineutrino Appearance at theΔm2∼1 eV2Scale

Author: Janet Conrad, R. J. Stefanski, R. Ford, C. Green, W. Metcalf, R. H. Nelson, M. H. Shaevitz, D. Perevalov, L. Bugel, T. Kobilarcik, V. T. McGary, G. B. Mills, B. Osmanov, B. C. Brown, J. Gonzales, G. P. Zeller, I. Stancu, Kendall Mahn, C. C. Polly, W. Marsh, Z. Djurcic, B. P. Roe, Rex Tayloe, J. Grange, G. Karagiorgi, A. D. Russell, M. J. Wilking, P. Nienaber, Teppei Katori, J. A. Green, H. Ray, G. T. Garvey, D. H. White, R. G. Van de Water, M. O. Wascko, J. A. Nowak, Z. Pavlovic, R. A. Johnson, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, C. D. Moore, J. Spitz, C. Mauger, E. D. Zimmerman, S. J. Brice, B. T. Fleming, S. K. Linden, M. Sorel, W. C. Louis, R. Imlay, C. E. Anderson, M. Tzanov, F. G. Garcia, and J. Mousseau
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear reaction, MiniBooNE, Particle physics, Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector, Quasielastic scattering, General Physics and Astronomy, Neutrino, Nuclear Experiment, Neutrino oscillation, Electron neutrino, Lepton
Abstract: The MiniBooNE Collaboration reports initial results from a search for nu{sub m}u->nu{sub e} oscillations. A signal-blind analysis was performed using a data sample corresponding to 3.39x10{sup 20} protons on target. The data are consistent with background prediction across the full range of neutrino energy reconstructed assuming quasielastic scattering, 200
Published: 2009

26. Measurement of the Ratio of theνμCharged-Current Single-Pion Production to Quasielastic Scattering with a 0.8 GeV Neutrino Beam on Mineral Oil

Author: A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, C. E. Anderson, A. O. Bazarko, S. J. Brice, B. C. Brown, L. Bugel, J. Cao, L. Coney, J. M. Conrad, D. C. Cox, A. Curioni, Z. Djurcic, D. A. Finley, B. T. Fleming, R. Ford, F. G. Garcia, G. T. Garvey, C. Green, J. A. Green, T. L. Hart, E. Hawker, R. Imlay, R. A. Johnson, G. Karagiorgi, P. Kasper, T. Katori, T. Kobilarcik, I. Kourbanis, S. Koutsoliotas, E. M. Laird, S. K. Linden, J. M. Link, Y. Liu, W. C. Louis, K. B. M. Mahn, W. Marsh, V. T. McGary, G. McGregor, W. Metcalf, P. D. Meyers, F. Mills, G. B. Mills, J. Monroe, C. D. Moore, R. H. Nelson, P. Nienaber, J. A. Nowak, B. Osmanov, S. Ouedraogo, R. B. Patterson, D. Perevalov, C. C. Polly, E. Prebys, J. L. Raaf, H. Ray, B. P. Roe, A. D. Russell, V. Sandberg, R. Schirato, D. Schmitz, M. H. Shaevitz, F. C. Shoemaker, D. Smith, M. Soderberg, M. Sorel, P. Spentzouris, J. Spitz, I. Stancu, R. J. Stefanski, M. Sung, H. A. Tanaka, R. Tayloe, M. Tzanov, R. Van de Water, M. O. Wascko, D. H. White, M. J. Wilking, H. J. Yang, G. P. Zeller, and E. D. Zimmerman
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, MiniBooNE, Particle physics, Muon, Pion, Hadron, General Physics and Astronomy, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Energy source, Charged current, Lepton
Abstract: Charged current single pion production (CC{pi}{sup +}) and charged current quasi-elastic scattering (CCQE) are the most abundant interaction types for neutrinos at energies around 1 GeV, a region of great interest to oscillation experiments. The cross-sections for these processes, however, are not well understood in this energy range. This dissertation presents a measurement of the ratio of CC{pi}{sup +} to CCQE cross-sections for muon neutrinos on mineral oil (CH{sub 2}) in the MiniBooNE experiment. The measurement is presented here both with and without corrections for hadronic re-interactions in the target nucleus and is given as a function of neutrino energy in the range 0.4 GeV < E{sub {nu}} < 2.4 GeV. With more than 46,000 CC{pi}{sup +} events collected in MiniBooNE, and with a fractional uncertainty of roughly 11% in the region of highest statistics, this measurement represents a dramatic improvement in statistics and precision over previous CC{pi}{sup +} and CCQE measurements.
Published: 2009

27. Measurement ofνμandνeEvents in an Off-Axis Horn-Focused Neutrino Beam

Author: P. D. Meyers, B. P. Roe, Jocelyn Monroe, I. Kourbanis, A. O. Bazarko, T. Kobilarcik, V. D. Sandberg, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, Z. Pavlovic, J. M. Link, D. A. Finley, Janet Conrad, D. C. Cox, D. H. White, B. Viren, P. H. Kasper, G. McGregor, M. Sorel, G. Karagiorgi, C. D. Moore, R. Ford, J. A. Green, Brajesh C Choudhary, D. Perevalov, C. Green, P. Nienaber, J. L. Raaf, E. M. Laird, H. A. Tanaka, J. Hylen, S. J. Brice, L. Loiacono, J. K. Nelson, R. B. Patterson, H. R. Gallagher, I. Stancu, F. Mills, C. E. Anderson, Kendall Mahn, G. P. Zeller, D. A. Harris, R. A. Johnson, E. Hawker, W. Metcalf, M. Tzanov, F. G. Garcia, M. J. Wilking, R. Imlay, M. O. Wascko, D. W. Schmitz, C. C. Polly, Panagiotis Spentzouris, R. Zwaska, T. L. Hart, R. H. Nelson, R. J. Stefanski, W. Marsh, M. H. Shaevitz, S. Koutsoliotas, A. Marchionni, A. Curioni, P. Adamson, E. D. Zimmerman, M. Sodeberg, Z. Djurcic, Y. L. Liu, Francisco Yumiceva, P. Vahle, M. Sung, W. C. Louis, M. D. Messier, H. Ray, S. Ouedraogo, R. G. Van de Water, Teppei Katori, J. A. Nowak, H. J. Yang, V. T. Nguyen, David Smith, L. Bugel, B. C. Brown, Jun Cao, M. Bishai, G. B. Mills, Rex Tayloe, Sacha E Kopp, F. C. Shoemaker, R. Schirato, G. T. Garvey, B. T. Fleming, S. K. Linden, W. Smart, A. D. Russell, E.J. Prebys, and L. Coney
Subjects: Physics, Particle physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, General Physics and Astronomy, NuMI, Nuclear physics, MiniBooNE, Pion, Beamline, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermilab, Neutrino, Beam (structure), Charged current
Abstract: We report the first observation of off-axis neutrino interactions in the MiniBooNE detector from the NuMI beam line at Fermilab. The MiniBooNE detector is located 745 m from the NuMI production target, at 110 mrad angle (6.3°) with respect to the NuMI beam axis. Samples of charged-current quasielastic νμ and νe interactions are analyzed and found to be in agreement with expectation. This provides a direct verification of the expected pion and kaon contributions to the neutrino flux and validates the modeling of the NuMI off-axis beam.
Published: 2009

28. Neutrino flux prediction at MiniBooNE

Author: S. Koutsoliotas, P. S. Martin, V. T. Nguyen, Janet Conrad, G. P. Zeller, I. Stancu, D. C. Cox, Panagiotis Spentzouris, G. Karagiorgi, P. Nienaber, D. H. White, V. D. Sandberg, G. McGregor, R. J. Stefanski, D. Perevalov, L. Coney, A. O. Bazarko, R. Ford, A. D. Russell, J. M. Link, C. Green, W. Metcalf, B. T. Fleming, J. L. Raaf, H. J. Yang, M. Sorel, F. Mills, R. H. Nelson, T. L. Hart, Rex Tayloe, Kendall Mahn, E. M. Laird, M. H. Shaevitz, Z. Djurcic, R. B. Patterson, S. K. Linden, E. Hawker, C. C. Polly, W. Marsh, H. Ray, M. Soderberg, D. A. Finley, R. G. Van de Water, D. W. Schmitz, E.J. Prebys, J. A. Nowak, J. A. Green, B. P. Roe, I. Kourbanis, W. C. Louis, Teppei Katori, M. O. Wascko, David Smith, L. Bugel, C. D. Moore, T. Kobilarcik, H. A. Tanaka, B. C. Brown, R. A. Johnson, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, S. J. Brice, Jun Cao, P. D. Meyers, Jocelyn Monroe, G. B. Mills, F. C. Shoemaker, A. Curioni, M. Sung, G. T. Garvey, S. Ouedraogo, R. Schirato, M. J. Wilking, C. E. Anderson, M. Tzanov, F. G. Garcia, E. D. Zimmerman, Y. L. Liu, P. H. Kasper, and R. Imlay
Subjects: Physics, Research Groups and Centres\Physics\Low Temperature Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Meson, Faculty of Science\Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Massless particle, MiniBooNE, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermilab, Neutrino, Nuclear Experiment, Neutrino oscillation, Lepton
Abstract: The booster neutrino experiment (MiniBooNE) searches for nu(mu)->nu(e) oscillations using the O(1 GeV) neutrino beam produced by the booster synchrotron at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory). The booster delivers protons with 8 GeV kinetic energy (8.89 GeV/c momentum) to a beryllium target, producing neutrinos from the decay of secondary particles in the beam line. We describe the Monte Carlo simulation methods used to estimate the flux of neutrinos from the beam line incident on the MiniBooNE detector for both polarities of the focusing horn. The simulation uses the Geant4 framework for propagating particles, accounting for electromagnetic processes and hadronic interactions in the beam line materials, as well as the decay of particles. The absolute double differential cross sections of pion and kaon production in the simulation have been tuned to match external measurements, as have the hadronic cross sections for nucleons and pions. The statistical precision of the flux predictions is enhanced through reweighting and resampling techniques. Systematic errors in the flux estimation have been determined by varying parameters within their uncertainties, accounting for correlations where appropriate., The MiniBooNE collaboration acknowledges support from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation of the United States. We are grateful to Fermilab for hosting the experiment and thank the Accelerator Division for the excellent accelerator performance. We thank Los Alamos National Laboratory for LDRD funding. We acknowledge Bartoszek Engineering for the design of the focusing horn. This research was done using resources provided by the Open Science Grid, which is supported by the NSF and DOE-SC. We also acknowledge the use of the LANL PINK cluster and CONDOR software in the analysis of the data.
Published: 2009

29. Search for electron antineutrino appearance at the deltam(2) approximately 1 eV(2) Scale

Author: A A, Aguilar-Arevalo, C E, Anderson, S J, Brice, B C, Brown, L, Bugel, J M, Conrad, Z, Djurcic, B T, Fleming, R, Ford, F G, Garcia, G T, Garvey, J, Gonzales, J, Grange, C, Green, J A, Green, R, Imlay, R A, Johnson, G, Karagiorgi, T, Katori, T, Kobilarcik, S K, Linden, W C, Louis, K B M, Mahn, W, Marsh, C, Mauger, V T, McGary, W, Metcalf, G B, Mills, C D, Moore, J, Mousseau, R H, Nelson, P, Nienaber, J A, Nowak, B, Osmanov, Z, Pavlovic, D, Perevalov, C C, Polly, H, Ray, B P, Roe, A D, Russell, M H, Shaevitz, M, Sorel, J, Spitz, I, Stancu, R J, Stefanski, R, Tayloe, M, Tzanov, R G, Van de Water, M O, Wascko, D H, White, M J, Wilking, G P, Zeller, and E D, Zimmerman
Abstract: The MiniBooNE Collaboration reports initial results from a search for nu(mu)--nu(e) oscillations. A signal-blind analysis was performed using a data sample corresponding to 3.39x10(20) protons on target. The data are consistent with background prediction across the full range of neutrino energy reconstructed assuming quasielastic scattering, 200E(nu)(QE)3000 MeV: 144 electronlike events have been observed in this energy range, compared to an expectation of 139.2+/-17.6 events. No significant excess of events has been observed, both at low energy, 200-475 MeV, and at high energy, 475-1250 MeV. The data are inconclusive with respect to antineutrino oscillations suggested by data from the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Published: 2009

30. Unexplained Excess of Electronlike Events from a 1-GeV Neutrino Beam

Author: Y. Liu, D. H. White, G. Karagiorgi, R. H. Nelson, M. J. Wilking, W. Marsh, D. W. Schmitz, C.D. Moore, D. C. Cox, Daniel Finley, R. B. Patterson, Michael H. Shaevitz, Peter Daniel Meyers, G. McGregor, T. Kobilarcik, G. B. Mills, D. Perevalov, B. P. Roe, C. C. Polly, G. P. Zeller, V. T. Nguyen, Haijun Yang, P. Nienaber, R. Imlay, Teppei Katori, S. J. Brice, R. Ford, C. Green, David Smith, I. Kourbanis, H. A. Tanaka, M. O. Wascko, L. Bugel, R. Tayloe, J. A. Green, B. C. Brown, I. Stancu, E. D. Zimmerman, F. C. Shoemaker, Kendall Mahn, A. D. Russell, C. E. Anderson, Janet Conrad, J. L. Raaf, M. Tzanov, F. G. Garcia, R. Schirato, B. T. Fleming, S. K. Linden, R. J. Stefanski, V. D. Sandberg, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, E.J. Prebys, F. Mills, R. A. Johnson, Jun Cao, M. Sodeberg, M. Sung, Z. Djurcic, G. T. Garvey, T. L. Hart, S. Ouedraogo, M. Sorel, S. Koutsoliotas, E. Laird, A. O. Bazarko, P. H. Kasper, J. M. Link, P. Spentzouris, William C. Louis, E. Hawker, H. Ray, R. G. Van de Water, J. A. Nowak, W. Metcalf, Jocelyn Monroe, A. Curioni, and L. Coney
Subjects: Physics, Particle physics, Scattering, Hadron, Astrophysics (astro-ph), General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, MiniBooNE, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Neutrino, Nucleon, Neutrino oscillation, Energy (signal processing), Lepton
Abstract: The MiniBooNE Collaboration observes unexplained electronlike events in the reconstructed neutrino energy range from 200 to 475 MeV. With 6.46 x 10(20) protons on target, 544 electronlike events are observed in this energy range, compared to an expectation of 415.2 +/- 43.4 events, corresponding to an excess of 128.8 +/- 20.4 +/- 38.3 events. The shape of the excess in several kinematic variables is consistent with being due to either nu(e) and (nu) over bar (e) charged-current scattering or nu(mu) neutral-current scattering with a photon in the final state. No significant excess of events is observed in the reconstructed neutrino energy range from 475 to 1250 MeV, where 408 events are observed compared to an expectation of 385.9 +/- 35.7 events., We acknowledge the support of Fermilab, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation, and we acknowledge Los Alamos National Laboratory for LDRD funding. In addition, we acknowledge theoretical input from Tina Leitner and Ulrich Mosel on the Delta -> N gamma background.
Published: 2009

31. Search for Muon Neutrino and Antineutrino Disappearance in MiniBooNE

Author: E. Hawker, W. Metcalf, R. Imlay, R. B. Patterson, H. Ray, M. J. Wilking, R. G. Van de Water, Y. Liu, M. O. Wascko, G. Karagiorgi, J. A. Nowak, I. Stancu, T. Kobilarcik, D. Perevalov, Jun Cao, S. Koutsoliotas, D. W. Schmitz, C. E. Anderson, B. P. Roe, G. P. Zeller, M. Tzanov, F. G. Garcia, F. Mills, B. Osmanov, I. Kourbanis, A. O. Bazarko, Peter Daniel Meyers, A. D. Russell, R. Schirato, P. H. Kasper, E. Laird, Z. Djurcic, Z. Pavlovic, S. J. Brice, H. A. Tanaka, J. A. Green, J. Mousseau, William C. Louis, J. L. Raaf, Jocelyn Monroe, David Smith, L. Bugel, Haijun Yang, V. D. Sandberg, E. D. Zimmerman, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, R. Tayloe, Janet Conrad, R. A. Johnson, R. Ford, B. C. Brown, C. Green, R. J. Stefanski, J. Grange, M. Sung, G. T. Garvey, Jonathan M. Link, Kendall Mahn, C.D. Moore, D. C. Cox, B. T. Fleming, G. McGregor, S. Ouedraogo, S. K. Linden, G. B. Mills, W. Marsh, T. L. Hart, E.J. Prebys, Daniel Finley, R. H. Nelson, P. Spentzouris, Teppei Katori, M. Sorel, A. Curioni, F. C. Shoemaker, J. Spitz, Michael H. Shaevitz, L. Coney, P. Nienaber, M. Soderberg, C. Mauger, D. H. White, C. C. Polly, and V. T. McGary
Subjects: Physics, Antiparticle, Particle physics, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Elementary particle, High Energy Physics - Experiment, MiniBooNE, Massless particle, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Antimatter, Neutrino, Energy (signal processing), Lepton
Abstract: The MiniBooNE Collaboration reports a search for nu(mu) and nu(mu) disappearance in the Delta m(2) region of 0.5-40 eV(2). These measurements are important for constraining models with extra types of neutrinos, extra dimensions, and CPT violation. Fits to the shape of the nu(mu) and nu(mu) energy spectra reveal no evidence for disappearance at the 90% confidence level (C.L.) in either mode. The test of nu(mu) disappearance probes a region below Delta m(2)=40 eV(2) never explored before., We acknowledge the support of Fermilab, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation. We thank Los Alamos National Laboratory for LDRD funding. We also acknowledge the use of Condor software in the analysis the data.
Published: 2009

32. Charm meson production in 800 GeV/c proton-emulsion interactions

Author: H. I. Jang, Makoto Kobayashi, J. S. Kang, J. M. Dunlea, S. Kuramata, R. J. Lipton, S. D. Chang, J. Yokota, Y. Tsuzuki, W. Y. Yuan, B. G. Lundberg, Koichi Kodama, G. Fujioka, M. Adachi, M. Y. Pac, P. Skubic, C. Yokoyama, M. S. Park, Saewoong Bahk, A. P. Freyberger, I. Tezuka, H. Tajima, George R. Kalbfleisch, F. Minakawa, N. Ushida, O. Fukuda, H. Fukushima, William R. Nichols, J. Y. Kim, T. I. Kim, J. Snow, M. Nakamura, E. Niu, S. G. Frederiksen, J. C. Lee, T. Hara, S. Watanabe, J. K. Woo, J. T. Volk, G. Y. Lim, A. Mokhtarani, Yoshihiro Sato, C. S. Yoon, A. Gauthier, Y. Zhang, P. M. Yager, T. Y. Kim, V. S. Paolone, H. Okabe, K. Niu, I. G. Park, Y. Isokane, K. Y. Kim, D. M. Potter, R. A. Sidwell, J. Yamato, S. K. Kim, Shigeki Tasaka, T. Watanabe, S. H. Chung, S. W. Nam, Kimio Niwa, Terushige Fujii, N. W. Reay, Kazuma Nakazawa, T. Okusawa, C. O. Kim, B. R. Baller, J. O. Wilcox, Kwang Souk Sim, D. B. Gibaut, I. T. Lim, J. H. Cho, K. Hoshino, O. Kusumoto, James Russ, S. Nakanishi, J. S. Song, S. B. Lee, H. Shibata, K. Moriyama, G. A. Oleynik, Shigeki Aoki, H. Shibuya, Y. Tsuneoka, S. E. Willis, M. Kazuno, K. Reibel, D. C. Kim, N. R. Stanton, Y. Nakamura, Y. Takahashi, K. Fujiwara, R. M. Edelstein, T. Tominaga, K. Taruma, Michiyuki Chikawa, R. J. Stefanski, Motoaki Miyanishi, M. Teranaka, H. Kitamura, T. Abe, Byung Gu Cheon, K. S. Chung, T. S. Shin, and Kouji Nakamura
Subjects: Physics, Quantum chromodynamics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Meson production, Proton, Charm (quantum number)
Abstract: We report results on D0 and D+ production in proton-emulsion interactions at s =38.7 GeV. A fit to the form (1−|xF|)n exp (−bp 2 T ) yields n=6.9 +1.9 −1.8 and b=0.84 +0.10 −0.08 (GeV/c)−2. The total inclusive cross section, is assuming linear A dependence, is measured to be 38±3(stat.) ±13 (sys.) μb for the D0 and 38±9±14 μb for the D+. A comparison of these results with previous measurements indicates that nuclear effects do not strongly influence charm production. The predictions of QCD are in good agreement with our data.
Published: 1991

33. Charm pair correlations in 800 GeV/c proton-emulsion interactions

Author: K. Y. Kim, S. K. Kim, I. Tezuka, Kazuma Nakazawa, S. H. Chung, M. Adachi, M. Y. Pac, S. W. Nam, Y. Isokane, O. Fukuda, D. M. Potter, Shigeki Tasaka, N. W. Reay, T. Y. Kim, C. O. Kim, H. Shibuya, D. C. Kim, G. Y. Lim, J. H. Cho, M. Kazuno, M. S. Park, K. Hoshino, F. Minakawa, T. Hara, J. M. Dunlea, R. J. Stefanski, K. Reibel, H. Fukushima, J. Yokota, T. I. Kim, J. T. Volk, S. B. Lee, M. Teranaka, William R. Nichols, Y. Takahashi, C. S. Yoon, Y. Tsuzuki, Shigeki Aoki, O. Kusumoto, Byung Gu Cheon, N. R. Stanton, S. Watanabe, B. G. Lundberg, A. P. Freyberger, H. Shibata, A. Gauthier, Y. Zhang, P. Skubic, S. D. Chang, J. Yamato, G. Fujioka, J. S. Song, G. A. Oleynik, George R. Kalbfleisch, H. I. Jang, V. S. Paolone, I. G. Park, I. T. Lim, R. M. Edelstein, D. B. Gibaut, Y. Tsuneoka, S. Kuramata, J. O. Wilcox, J. K. Woo, M. Nakamura, H. Tajima, C. Yokoyama, E. Niu, W. Y. Yuan, Kwang Souk Sim, J. Snow, Koichi Kodama, P. M. Yager, Motoaki Miyanishi, B. R. Baller, S. G. Frederiksen, N. Ushida, K. Niu, K. S. Chung, S. Nakanishi, T. Okusawa, R. A. Sidwell, T. Watanabe, Makoto Kobayashi, J. S. Kang, R. J. Lipton, J. Y. Kim, J. C. Lee, Kimio Niwa, Terushige Fujii, K. Moriyama, James Russ, S. E. Willis, A. Mokhtarani, Yoshihiro Sato, H. Okabe, Saewoong Bahk, K. Fujiwara, Y. Nakamura, T. Tominaga, K. Taruma, Michiyuki Chikawa, H. Kitamura, T. Abe, T. S. Shin, and Kouji Nakamura
Subjects: Physics, Quantum chromodynamics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Range (particle radiation), Proton, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Nuclear physics, Mass spectrum, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Rapidity, Invariant mass, Charm (quantum number), Polar coordinate system, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We present results on charm pair correlations measured in proton-emulsion interactions at s =38.7 GeV. The predictions of leading order QCD for the distributions in invariant mass, rapidity gap, xF, and polar angle in the charm pair CMS are qualitatively consistent with our measurements. The mean pT of the pairs is equal within errors to that measured in dilepton production at the same energy and mass range.
Published: 1991

34. Measurement of the relative branching fraction Γ(D0→Kμν)/Γ(D0→μX)

Author: K. Kodama, N. Ushida, A. Mokhtarani, V. S. Paolone, J. T. Volk, J. O. Wilcox, P. M. Yager, R. M. Edelstein, A. P. Freyberger, D. B. Gibaut, R. J. Lipton, W. R. Nichols, D. M. Potter, J. S. Russ, Y. Zhang, H. I. Jang, J. Y. Kim, I. T. Lim, M. Y. Pac, B. R. Baller, R. J. Stefanski, K. Nakazawa, S. Tasaka, Y. S. Choi, K. H. Chung, D. C. Kim, I. G. Park, J. S. Song, C. S. Yoon, M. Chikawa, T. Abe, T. Fujii, G. Fujioka, K. Fujiwara, H. Fukushima, T. Hara, Y. Takahashi, K. Taruma, Y. Tsuzuki, C. Yokoyama, S. D. Chang, B. G. Cheon, J. H. Cho, J. S. Kang, C. O. Kim, K. Y. Kim, T. Y. Kim, J. C. Lee, S. B. Lee, G. Y. Lim, S. W. Nam, T. S. Shin, K. S. Sim, J. K. Woo, Y. Isokane, Y. Tsuneoka, S. Aoki, A. Gauthier, K. Hoshino, H. Kitamura, M. Kobayashi, M. Miyanishi, K. Nakamura, M. Nakamura, Y. Nakamura, S. Nakanishi, K. Niu, K. Niwa, H. Tajima, J. M. Dunlea, S. G. Frederiksen, S. Kuramata, B. G. Lundberg, G. A. Oleynik, N. W. Reay, K. Reibel, R. A. Sidwell, N. R. Stanton, K. Moriyama, H. Shibata, T. S. Jaffery, G. R. Kalbfleisch, P. L. Skubic, J. M Snow, S. E. Willis, W. Y. Yuan, O. Kusumoto, T. Okusawa, M. Teranaka, T. Tominaga, T. Watanabe, J. Yamato, H. Okabe, J. Yokota, M. Adachi, M. Kazuno, F. Minakawa, E. Niu, H. Shibuya, S. Watanabe, O. Fukuda, Y. Sato, I. Tezuka, S. Y. Bahk, and S. K. Kim
Subjects: Semileptonic decay, Physics, Particle decay, Crystallography, Muon, Meson, Branching fraction, TheoryofComputation_ANALYSISOFALGORITHMSANDPROBLEMCOMPLEXITY, Hadron, Mass spectrum, General Physics and Astronomy, Elementary particle
Abstract: The fraction {ital f} of {ital D}{sup 0} semimuonic decays which occur through the {ital K}{mu}{nu} mode has been measured in a hybrid emulsion spectrometer. Analysis of 124 semimuonic {ital D}{sup 0}-decay candidates gives {ital f}=0.32{plus minus}0.05 (stat) {plus minus}0.05 (syst). From this measurement and existing data on the {ital D}{sup 0} semileptonic branching ratio and lifetime, we obtain the branching ratio {ital R}({ital D}{sup 0}{r arrow}{ital K}{sup {minus}}{mu}{sup +}{nu})=(2.4{plus minus}0.4{plus minus}0.5)% and partial decay rate {Gamma}({ital D}{sup 0}{r arrow}{ital K}{sup {minus}}{mu}{sup +}{nu})=(5.6{plus minus}0.9{plus minus}1.2){times}10{sup 10} s{sup {minus}1}.
Published: 1991

35. Search for Charged Current Coherent Pion Production on Carbon in a Few-GeV Neutrino Beam

Author: Janet Conrad, P. F. Loverre, G. P. Zeller, R. J. Stefanski, Masashi Yokoyama, J. J. Walding, T. Kobilarcik, S. J. Brice, M. H. Shaevitz, L. Ludovici, M. Sorel, Y. Uchida, W. C. Louis, Tsuyoshi Nakaya, Kodai Matsuoka, J. L. Alcaraz-Aunion, Katsuki Hiraide, G. B. Mills, Kendall Mahn, U. Dore, G. Karagiorgi, J. Catala-Perez, H. K. Tanaka, J. J. Gomez-Cadenas, H. Takei, Y. Kurimoto, S. Mizugashira, Teppei Katori, I. J. Taylor, G. Mitsuka, D. Orme, W. Metcalf, V. Nguyen, P. Nienaber, T. A. Shibata, C. Mariani, R. G. Van de Water, M. J. Wilking, C. Giganti, R. J. Tesarek, Federico Sanchez, H. B. White, Rex Tayloe, L. Bugel, Y. Kobayashi, M. O. Wascko, H. Kubo, C. D. Moore, G. Cheng, S. Masuike, G. Jover-Manas, R. Napora, P. Guzowski, M. Tanaka, A. D. Russell, Y. Miyachi, Z. Djurcic, Andrew J. Hanson, A. J. Franke, E. D. Zimmerman, Yasuhiro Nakajima, Yoshinari Hayato, D. A. Finley, and M. Otani
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Meson, Hadron, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermilab, Neutrino, Nuclear Experiment, Charged current, Lepton
Abstract: The SciBooNE Collaboration has performed a search for charged current coherent pion production from muon neutrinos scattering on carbon, \nu_\mu ^{12}C \to \mu^- ^{12}C \pi^+, with two distinct data samples. No evidence for coherent pion production is observed. We set 90% confidence level upper limits on the cross section ratio of charged current coherent pion production to the total charged current cross section at 0.67\times 10^{-2} at mean neutrino energy 1.1 GeV and 1.36\times 10^{-2} at mean neutrino energy 2.2 GeV., Comment: 18 pages, 16 figures, Minor revisions to match version accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Published: 2008

36. Measurement of numicro and nue events in an off-axis horn-focused neutrino beam

Author: P, Adamson, A A, Aguilar-Arevalo, C E, Anderson, A O, Bazarko, M, Bishai, S J, Brice, B C, Brown, L, Bugel, J, Cao, B C, Choudhary, L, Coney, J M, Conrad, D C, Cox, A, Curioni, Z, Djurcic, D A, Finley, B T, Fleming, R, Ford, H R, Gallagher, F G, Garcia, G T, Garvey, C, Green, J A, Green, D, Harris, T L, Hart, E, Hawker, J, Hylen, R, Imlay, R A, Johnson, G, Karagiorgi, P, Kasper, T, Katori, T, Kobilarcik, S, Kopp, I, Kourbanis, S, Koutsoliotas, E M, Laird, S K, Linden, J M, Link, Y, Liu, L, Loiacono, W C, Louis, A, Marchionni, K B M, Mahn, W, Marsh, G, McGregor, M D, Messier, W, Metcalf, P D, Meyers, F, Mills, G B, Mills, J, Monroe, C D, Moore, J K, Nelson, R H, Nelson, V T, Nguyen, P, Nienaber, J A, Nowak, S, Ouedraogo, R B, Patterson, Z, Pavlovic, D, Perevalov, C C, Polly, E, Prebys, J L, Raaf, H, Ray, B P, Roe, A D, Russell, V, Sandberg, R, Schirato, D, Schmitz, M H, Shaevitz, F C, Shoemaker, W, Smart, D, Smith, M, Sodeberg, M, Sorel, P, Spentzouris, I, Stancu, R J, Stefanski, M, Sung, H A, Tanaka, R, Tayloe, M, Tzanov, P, Vahle, R, Van de Water, B, Viren, M O, Wascko, D H, White, M J, Wilking, H J, Yang, F X, Yumiceva, G P, Zeller, E D, Zimmerman, and R, Zwaska
Abstract: We report the first observation of off-axis neutrino interactions in the MiniBooNE detector from the NuMI beam line at Fermilab. The MiniBooNE detector is located 745 m from the NuMI production target, at 110 mrad angle (6.3 degrees) with respect to the NuMI beam axis. Samples of charged-current quasielastic numicro and nue interactions are analyzed and found to be in agreement with expectation. This provides a direct verification of the expected pion and kaon contributions to the neutrino flux and validates the modeling of the NuMI off-axis beam.
Published: 2008

37. Compatibility of high-Δm2νeandν¯eneutrino oscillation searches

Author: I. Stancu, G. P. Zeller, D. W. Schmitz, David Smith, L. Bugel, Jan Conrad, W. C. Louis, B. C. Brown, G. Karagiorgi, Jun Cao, C. C. Polly, G. B. Mills, P. Nienaber, D. C. Cox, I. Kourbanis, G. McGregor, W. Marsh, S. J. Brice, R. H. Nelson, T. L. Hart, A. O. Bazarko, M. H. Shaevitz, E. D. Zimmerman, R. Ford, P. D. Meyers, C. Green, D. A. Finley, M. Soderberg, S. Koutsoliotas, Y. L. Liu, Panagiotis Spentzouris, Teppei Katori, C. D. Moore, Rex Tayloe, J. A. Green, R. L. Imlay, V. T. Nguyen, D. Perevalov, J. L. Raaf, H. A. Tanaka, Z. Djurcic, H. J. Yang, T. Kobilarcik, P. H. Kasper, A. D. Russell, Kendall Mahn, P. Martin, R. A. Johnson, M. Sorel, C. E. Anderson, M. Tzanov, F. G. Garcia, E. Hawker, R. J. Stefanski, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, R. Schirato, G. T. Garvey, M. Sung, H. Ray, W. Metcalf, M. J. Wilking, R. G. Van de Water, S. Ouedraogo, F. C. Shoemaker, F. Mills, D. H. White, Jocelyn Monroe, R. B. Patterson, A. Curioni, M. O. Wascko, L. Coney, V. D. Sandberg, J. M. Link, B. P. Roe, E. M. Laird, B. T. Fleming, S. K. Linden, and E.J. Prebys
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Sterile neutrino, Particle physics, Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, MiniBooNE, Measurements of neutrino speed, CP violation, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Lepton
Abstract: This article presents the compatibility of experimental data from neutrino oscillation experiments with a high-{delta}m{sup 2} two-neutrino oscillation hypothesis. Data is provided by the Bugey, Karlsruhe Rutherford Medium Energy Neutrino Experiment 2 (KARMEN2), Los Alamos Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND), and MiniBooNE experiments. The LSND, KARMEN2, and MiniBooNE results are 25.36% compatible within a two-neutrino oscillation hypothesis. However, the point of maximal compatibility is found in a region that is excluded by the Bugey data. A joint analysis of all four experiments, performed in the sin{sup 2}2{theta} vs {delta}m{sup 2} region common to all data, finds a maximal compatibility of 3.94%. This result does not account for additions to the neutrino oscillation model from sources such as CP violation or sterile neutrinos.
Published: 2008

38. The MiniBooNE Detector

Author: David Smith, P. H. Kasper, L. Bugel, H. J. Yang, R. B. Patterson, B. C. Brown, M. O. Wascko, J. A. Green, E. Hawker, H. Ray, D. W. Schmitz, E. D. Zimmerman, W. R. Sands, R. G. Van de Water, J. L. Raaf, G. Karagiorgi, C. D. Moore, D. C. Cox, Y. L. Liu, D. Perevalov, P. Nienaber, H. A. Tanaka, G. McGregor, P. Martin, H. O. Meyer, D. H. White, Jun Cao, G. P. Zeller, J. A. Nowak, Kendall Mahn, B. T. Fleming, C. C. Polly, W. Marsh, E. M. Laird, G. B. Mills, A. Curioni, Peter Daniel Meyers, Z. Djurcic, R. Imlay, R. A. Johnson, B. P. Roe, L. Bartoszek, M. Sung, Janet Conrad, G. T. Garvey, M. Sorel, S. Ouedraogo, Teppei Katori, G. Schofield, R. J. Stefanski, V. D. Sandberg, R. Ford, I. Stancu, C. Green, C. E. Anderson, J. M. Link, M. Tzanov, M. J. Wilking, F. G. Garcia, Panagiotis Spentzouris, I. Kourbanis, D. A. Finley, T. L. Hart, W. Metcalf, M. H. Shaevitz, W. C. Louis, T. Kobilarcik, S. J. Brice, Jocelyn Monroe, R. Schirato, Rex Tayloe, A. D. Russell, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, F. C. Shoemaker, M. Soderberg, A. O. Bazarko, F. Mills, S. Koutsoliotas, S. K. Linden, V. T. Nguyen, E.J. Prebys, L. Coney, and R. H. Nelson
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photomultiplier, Particle physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Parameter space, Physics::Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability, High Energy Physics - Experiment, MiniBooNE, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Neutrino detector, Calibration, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino oscillation, Instrumentation, Order of magnitude
Abstract: The MiniBooNE neutrino detector was designed and built to look for muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino oscillations in the mixing parameter space region where the LSND experiment reported a signal. The MiniBooNE experiment used a beam energy and baseline that were an order of magnitude larger than those of LSND so that the backgrounds and systematic errors would be completely different. This paper provides a detailed description of the design, function, and performance of the MiniBooNE detector., 46 pages, 21 figures
Published: 2008

39. Test ofCPTsymmetry through a determination of the difference in the phases ofη00andη+−inK→2π decays

Author: R. Turlay, E. Swallow, B. Peyaud, A. R. Barker, G. Makoff, G. J. Bock, R. Tschirhart, J. R. Patterson, B. Winstein, J. Enagonio, R. A. Briere, M. Woods, T. Yamanaka, R. J. Stefanski, P. Debu, Y. B. Hsiung, K. Stanfield, George D Gollin, V. Papadimitriou, L. K. Gibbons, Y. W. Wah, M. Karlsson, Roland Winston, B. Vallage, J. K. Okamitsu, R. Coleman, Sunil Somalwar, and H. Yamamoto
Subjects: Physics, Particle physics, Particle decay, Meson, Degree (graph theory), CPT symmetry, Computer Science::Information Retrieval, Hadron, General Physics and Astronomy, CP violation, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Elementary particle, Symmetry breaking
Abstract: Data collected by the E731 experiment at Fermilab were used to search for {ital CPT} violation in {ital K}{sup 0}{r arrow}{pi}{pi} decays by measuring the difference {Delta}{phi} between the phases of the {ital CP}-violating parameters {eta}{sub 00} and {eta}{sub +{minus}}. Our result, {Delta}{phi}={minus}0.3{degree}{plus minus}2.4{degree}{plus minus}1.2{degree}, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic, is consistent with {ital CPT} symmetry.
Published: 1990

40. Hybrid emulsion spectrometer for the detection of hadronically produced heavy flavor states

Author: H. I. Jang, S. Kuramata, Koichi Kodama, I. G. Park, S. Ono, O. Kusumoto, D. B. Gibaut, I. T. Lim, T. Tominaga, M. Nakamura, Y. Tsuneoka, K. Taruma, C. S. Yoon, M. Y. Pac, E. Niu, C. Yokoyama, K. Y. Kim, A. P. Freyberger, H. Kitamura, S. K. Kim, George R. Kalbfleisch, D. M. Potter, Makoto Kobayashi, T. Abe, J. M. Dunlea, R. J. Lipton, K. H. Chung, Y. Isokane, J. Yokota, J. S. Song, G. A. Oleynik, T. S. Shin, Y. Tsuzuki, N. W. Reay, S. W. Nam, G. Y. Lim, S. Nakanishi, T. Hara, S. D. Chang, Y. S. Choi, K. Niu, K. Fujiwara, Michiyuki Chikawa, J. S. Kang, S. B. Lee, W. Y. Yuan, A. Gauthier, Shigeki Aoki, B. G. Cheon, Y. Zhang, H. Tajima, K. Moriyama, V. S. Paolone, H. Shibuya, N. Ushida, H. Shibata, Shigeki Tasaka, R. M. Edelstein, Kwang Souk Sim, I. Tezuka, J. Snow, S. E. Willis, C. O. Kim, B. G. Lundberg, T. Y. Kim, B. R. Baller, J. H. Cho, K. Hoshino, J. C. Lee, P. Skubic, J. K. Woo, T. S. Jaffery, Y. Nakamura, F. Minakawa, P. M. Yager, Motoaki Miyanishi, Y. Takahashi, R. J. Stefanski, J. Y. Kim, C. Rush, S. Watanabe, M. Teranaka, H. Fukushima, S. G. Frederiksen, William R. Nichols, R. A. Sidwell, T. Watanabe, G. Fujioka, M. Kazuno, Kimio Niwa, Terushige Fujii, Richard Lander, J. Yamato, T. Okusawa, J. O. Wilcox, D. C. Kim, K. Nakamura, A. Mokhtarani, Yoshihiro Sato, H. Okabe, Saewoong Bahk, Kazuma Nakazawa, K. Reibel, N. R. Stanton, and J. R. Russ
Subjects: Quark, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Spectrometer, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Hadron, Tevatron, Tracking (particle physics), Nuclear physics, Data acquisition, Particle, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermilab, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation
Abstract: A hybrid apparatus consisting of a movable emulsion target and a magnetic spectrometer was used in a fixed target Fermilab Tevatron experiment to study the production of heavy quarks by high-energy hadron beams. High-resolution silicon microstrip detectors were used for precise tracking in the dense particle environment. Details of the experimental apparatus, including the data acquisition system, are described.
Published: 1990

41. Determination of Re(ɛ’/ɛ) by the simultaneous detection of the fourKL,S→ππ decay modes

Author: R. A. Briere, J. K. Okamitsu, B. Winstein, M. Karlsson, Roland Winston, Y. B. Hsiung, V. Papadimitriou, Y. W. Wah, R. Coleman, T. Yamanaka, A. R. Barker, J. R. Patterson, J. C. Brisson, G. Makoff, G. J. Bock, George D Gollin, L. K. Gibbons, G.A. Blair, P. Debu, Sunil Somalwar, R. Turlay, H. Yamamoto, J. Enagonio, R. Tschirhart, B. Peyaud, E. C. Swallow, M. Woods, K. Stanfield, R. J. Stefanski, and B. Vallage
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Particle physics, Pion, Meson, Pi, General Physics and Astronomy, Weak interaction
Published: 1990

42. Search for Electron Neutrino Appearance at theΔm2∼1 eV2Scale

Author: G. P. Zeller, C. D. Moore, H. A. Tanaka, E. M. Laird, P. H. Kasper, E. D. Zimmerman, R. L. Imlay, P. Nienaber, Y. L. Liu, P. Martin, M. Tzanov, D. C. Cox, G. McGregor, J. A. Green, F. G. Garcia, E. Hawker, D. W. Schmitz, D. Perevalov, J. L. Raaf, S. J. Brice, Jan Conrad, I. Stancu, R. H. Nelson, R. A. Johnson, B. T. Fleming, Kendall Mahn, F. C. Shoemaker, E.J. Prebys, C. C. Polly, W. Marsh, A. O. Bazarko, F. Mills, T. L. Hart, S. Koutsoliotas, David Smith, L. Bugel, I. Kourbanis, Panagiotis Spentzouris, M. H. Shaevitz, B. C. Brown, D. A. Finley, Teppei Katori, R. Ford, C. Green, Jun Cao, R. J. Stefanski, Rex Tayloe, T. Kobilarcik, M. J. Wilking, G. B. Mills, Z. Djurcic, M. Sung, S. Ouedraogo, A. Curioni, B. P. Roe, W. C. Louis, L. Coney, V. D. Sandberg, J. M. Link, P. D. Meyers, R. Schirato, G. T. Garvey, H. J. Yang, M. Sorel, H. Ray, R. G. Van de Water, W. Metcalf, Jocelyn Monroe, A. D. Russell, D. H. White, R. B. Patterson, M. O. Wascko, and Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear physics, MiniBooNE, Particle physics, Neutrino detector, Solar neutrino, General Physics and Astronomy, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Solar neutrino problem, Neutrino oscillation, Lepton
Abstract: The MiniBooNE Collaboration reports first results of a search for {nu}{sub e} appearance in a {nu}{sub {mu}} beam. With two largely independent analyses, we observe no significant excess of events above the background for reconstructed neutrino energies above 475 MeV. The data are consistent with no oscillations within a two-neutrino appearance-only oscillation model.
Published: 2007

43. Measurement of Muon Neutrino Quasi-Elastic Scattering on Carbon

Author: A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, A. O. Bazarko, S. J. Brice, B. C. Brown, L. Bugel, J. Cao, L. Coney, J. M. Conrad, D. C. Cox, A. Curioni, Z. Djurcic, D. A. Finley, B. T. Fleming, R. Ford, F. G. Garcia, G. T. Garvey, C. Green, J. A. Green, T. L. Hart, E. Hawker, R. Imlay, R. A. Johnson, P. Kasper, T. Katori, T. Kobilarcik, I. Kourbanis, S. Koutsoliotas, E. M. Laird, J. M. Link, Y. Liu, W. C. Louis, K. B. M. Mahn, W. Marsh, P. S. Martin, G. McGregor, W. Metcalf, P. D. Meyers, F. Mills, G. B. Mills, J. Monroe, C. D. Moore, R. H. Nelson, P. Nienaber, S. Ouedraogo, R. B. Patterson, D. Perevalov, C. C. Polly, E. Prebys, J. L. Raaf, H. Ray, B. P. Roe, A. D. Russell, V. Sandberg, R. Schirato, D. Schmitz, M. H. Shaevitz, F. C. Shoemaker, D. Smith, M. Sorel, P. Spentzouris, I. Stancu, R. J. Stefanski, M. Sung, H. A. Tanaka, R. Tayloe, M. Tzanov, R. Van de Water, M. O. Wascko, D. H. White, M. J. Wilking, H. J. Yang, G. P. Zeller, and E. D. Zimmerman
Subjects: Physics, Particle physics, General Physics and Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, MiniBooNE, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Muon neutrino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermilab, Neutrino, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nucleon, Neutrino oscillation, Nuclear Experiment, Charged current, Lepton
Abstract: The observation of neutrino oscillations is clear evidence for physics beyond the standard model. To make precise measurements of this phenomenon, neutrino oscillation experiments, including MiniBooNE, require an accurate description of neutrino charged current quasi-elastic (CCQE) cross sections to predict signal samples. Using a high-statistics sample of muon neutrino CCQE events, MiniBooNE finds that a simple Fermi gas model, with appropriate adjustments, accurately characterizes the CCQE events observed in a carbon-based detector. The extracted parameters include an effective axial mass, M_A^eff = 1.23+/-0.20 GeV, that describes the four-momentum dependence of the axial-vector form factor of the nucleon; and a Pauli-suppression parameter, kappa = 1.019+/-0.011. Such a modified Fermi gas model may also be used by future accelerator-based experiments measuring neutrino oscillations on nuclear targets., 5 pages, 3 figures
Published: 2007

44. Search for electron neutrino appearance at the Delta m2 approximately 1 eV2 scale

Author: A A, Aguilar-Arevalo, A O, Bazarko, S J, Brice, B C, Brown, L, Bugel, J, Cao, L, Coney, J M, Conrad, D C, Cox, A, Curioni, Z, Djurcic, D A, Finley, B T, Fleming, R, Ford, F G, Garcia, G T, Garvey, C, Green, J A, Green, T L, Hart, E, Hawker, R, Imlay, R A, Johnson, P, Kasper, T, Katori, T, Kobilarcik, I, Kourbanis, S, Koutsoliotas, E M, Laird, J M, Link, Y, Liu, W C, Louis, K B M, Mahn, W, Marsh, P S, Martin, G, McGregor, W, Metcalf, P D, Meyers, F, Mills, G B, Mills, J, Monroe, C D, Moore, R H, Nelson, P, Nienaber, S, Ouedraogo, R B, Patterson, D, Perevalov, C C, Polly, E, Prebys, J L, Raaf, H, Ray, B P, Roe, A D, Russell, V, Sandberg, R, Schirato, D, Schmitz, M H, Shaevitz, F C, Shoemaker, D, Smith, M, Sorel, P, Spentzouris, I, Stancu, R J, Stefanski, M, Sung, H A, Tanaka, R, Tayloe, M, Tzanov, R, Van de Water, M O, Wascko, D H, White, M J, Wilking, H J, Yang, G P, Zeller, and E D, Zimmerman
Abstract: The MiniBooNE Collaboration reports first results of a search for nu e appearance in a nu mu beam. With two largely independent analyses, we observe no significant excess of events above the background for reconstructed neutrino energies above 475 MeV. The data are consistent with no oscillations within a two-neutrino appearance-only oscillation model.
Published: 2007

45. Publisher’s Note: Model-independent measurement ofS-waveK−π+systems usingD+→Kππdecays from Fermilab E791 [Phys. Rev. D 73, 032004 (2006)]

Author: P. Gagnon, R. Zaliznyak, A.M. Halling, G. Blaylock, M. V. Purohit, S. Banerjee, N. W. Reay, C. L. Darling, J. Leslie, B. T. Meadows, A.B. d'Oliveira, E.M. Aitala, D. C. Langs, M. D. Sokoloff, A.K.S. Santha, P. R. Burchat, N. R. Stanton, B. Lundberg, G. F. Fox, D. J. Summers, Simon Kwan, D. Mihalcea, K. Gounder, K. C. Peng, J. M. De Miranda, S. Devmal, K. O'Shaughnessy, S. Watanabe, M. Sheaff, P.A. Kasper, A. C. dos Reis, N. Witchey, S. M. Yang, A. Napier, K. Denisenko, C. Zhang, S. Yoshida, J. Wiener, C. Göbel, A. Álvarez Fernández, D. Yi, S. B. Bracker, Alberto Santoro, W. M. Dunwoodie, R. H. Milburn, A. J. Slaughter, D. A. Sanders, R. Weiss-Babai, S. Amato, L. M. Cremaldi, R. A. Burnstein, I. Bediaga, E. Wolin, L. Perera, J.J. Reidy, B. Quinn, J. A. Appel, A. Rafatian, K. Thorne, A. Nguyen, S. Takach, A. Massafferri, G. Hurvits, R. A. Sidwell, S. Radeztsky, S. MayTal-Beck, T. Carter, A. K. Tripathi, C. James, J. Magnin, Kevin Stenson, J. C. Anjos, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, A. J. Schwartz, G. Herrera, H.S. Carvalho, N. K. Copty, J. Solano, Daniel Ashery, H. A. Rubin, and R. J. Stefanski
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Particle decay, S-wave, Pi, Fermilab
Published: 2006

46. Model-independent measurement ofS-waveK−π+systems usingD+→Kππdecays from Fermilab E791

Author: E. M. Aitala, S. Amato, J. C. Anjos, J. A. Appel, D. Ashery, S. Banerjee, I. Bediaga, G. Blaylock, S. B. Bracker, P. R. Burchat, R. A. Burnstein, T. Carter, H. S. Carvalho, N. K. Copty, L. M. Cremaldi, C. Darling, K. Denisenko, S. Devmal, A. Fernandez, G. F. Fox, P. Gagnon, C. Gobel, K. Gounder, A. M. Halling, G. Herrera, G. Hurvits, C. James, P. A. Kasper, S. Kwan, D. C. Langs, J. Leslie, B. Lundberg, J. Magnin, A. Massafferri, S. MayTal-Beck, B. Meadows, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, D. Mihalcea, R. H. Milburn, J. M. de Miranda, A. Napier, A. Nguyen, A. B. d’Oliveira, K. O’Shaughnessy, K. C. Peng, L. P. Perera, M. V. Purohit, B. Quinn, S. Radeztsky, A. Rafatian, N. W. Reay, J. J. Reidy, A. C. dos Reis, H. A. Rubin, D. A. Sanders, A. K. S. Santha, A. F. S. Santoro, A. J. Schwartz, M. Sheaff, R. A. Sidwell, A. J. Slaughter, M. D. Sokoloff, J. Solano, N. R. Stanton, R. J. Stefanski, K. Stenson, D. J. Summers, S. Takach, K. Thorne, A. K. Tripathi, S. Watanabe, R. Weiss-Babai, J. Wiener, N. Witchey, E. Wolin, S. M. Yang, D. Yi, S. Yoshida, R. Zaliznyak, C. Zhang, and W. M. Dunwoodie
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Particle decay, Pion, Meson, Partial wave analysis, Hadron, Dalitz plot, Production (computer science), Invariant mass
Abstract: A model-independent partial-wave analysis of the S-wave component of the K{pi} system from decays of D{sup +} mesons to the three-body K{sup -}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup +} final state is described. Data come from the Fermilab E791 experiment. Amplitude measurements are made independently for ranges of K{sup -}{pi}{sup +} invariant mass, and results are obtained below 825 MeV/c{sup 2}, where previous measurements exist only in two mass bins. This method of parametrizing a three-body decay amplitude represents a new approach to analyzing such decays. Though no model is required for the S-wave, a parametrization of the relatively well-known reference P- and D-waves, optimized to describe the data used, is required. In this paper, a Breit-Wigner model is adopted to describe the resonances in these waves. The observed phase variation for the S-, P-, and D-waves do not match existing measurements of I=(1/2) K{sup -}{pi}{sup +} scattering in the invariant mass range in which scattering is predominantly elastic. If the data are mostly I=(1/2), this observation indicates that the Watson theorem, which requires these phases to have the same dependence on invariant mass, may not apply to these decays without allowing for some interaction with the other pion. The production rate of K{supmore » -}{pi}{sup +} from these decays, if assumed to be predominantly I=(1/2), is also found to have a significant dependence on invariant mass in the region above 1.25 GeV/c{sup 2}. These measurements can provide a relatively model-free basis for future attempts to determine which strange scalar amplitudes contribute to the decays.« less
Published: 2006

47. Addendum to the MiniBooNE Run Plab. MinneBooNE Physics in 2006

Author: Rex Tayloe, S. McKinney, Jocelyn Monroe, T. Kobilarcik, S. Koutsoliotas, G. T. Garvey, P. Nienaber, R. H. Nelson, A. O. Bazarko, D. H. White, David J. Smith, C. Green, B. C. Brown, S. J. Brice, E.D. Zimmernan, D. C. Cox, G. McGregor, J. L. Raaf, R. B. Patterson, H. J. Yang, I. Stancu, G. P. Zeller, B. T. Fleming, M. Sorel, M. O. Wascko, W. Metcalf, Jun Cao, W. C. Louis, B. P. Roe, B. Sapp, Jan Conrad, W. Marsh, M. Sung, C. Bhat, M. J. Wilking, G. B. Mills, I. Kourbanis, Teppei Katori, H. O. Meyer, S. Ouedraogo, P. D. Meyers, R. J. Stefanski, A. D. Russell, D.W. Schmitz, E.J. Prebys, R. Schirato, E. Hawker, C. D. Moore, F. C. Shoemaker, Y. L. Liu, R. L. Imlay, N.L. Wallbridge, D. A. Finley, H. A. Tanaka, F. G. Garcia, T. L. Hart, Alexis A. Aguilar-Arevalo, V. D. Sandberg, J. M. Link, R. A. Johnson, M. H. Shaevitz, P. H. Kasper, L. Bugel, H. Ray, Andrew G. Green, R. G. Van de Water, Panagiotis Spentzouris, R. Ford, K.B. McConnel, and A. Curioni
Subjects: MiniBooNE, Fiscal year, Nuclear physics, Physics, Operations research, Addendum, Plan (drawing)
Abstract: The primary physics goal of Mini BooNE is to confirm or rule out the LSND vμ→ve oscilliation observation with high significance. In the 2003 Run Plan document presented to the PAC, we outlined the need for 1 X 1021 protons on target (POT) to achieve this goal. In this document, we present an addendum to our run plan for fiscal year 2006 (FY2006).
Published: 2004

48. Dalitz Plot Analysis of the DecayD+→K−π+π+and Indication of a Low-Mass ScalarKπResonance

Author: dos Reis Ac, S. M. Yang, J. Magnin, S. Yoshida, K. C. Peng, A. K. Tripathi, S. MayTal-Beck, P.A. Kasper, A.M. Halling, D. A. Sanders, J. C. Anjos, Simon Kwan, K. O'Shaughnessy, L. Perera, S. Takach, H.S. Carvalho, C. James, Alberto Santoro, K. Thorne, A. Álvarez Fernández, N. Witchey, J. Wiener, B. Lundberg, A. J. Slaughter, S. Banerjee, C. Göbel, D. C. Langs, L. M. Cremaldi, E. Wolin, C. Zhang, J.J. Reidy, A. J. Schwartz, D. Mihalcea, S. Radeztsky, R. A. Sidwell, B. Quinn, A. Nguyen, N. W. Reay, J. Leslie, I. Bediaga, A. Napier, G. Herrera, R. Zaliznyak, K. Denisenko, R. H. Milburn, G. Blaylock, M. V. Purohit, de Mello Neto, M. Sheaff, P. Gagnon, J. A. Appel, S. Amato, D. J. Summers, K. Gounder, A.K.S. Santha, N. R. Stanton, D. Yi, T. Carter, R. Weiss-Babai, Solano Salinas Cj, G. F. Fox, C. L. Darling, A. Massafferri, de Miranda Jm, B. T. Meadows, Kevin Stenson, P. R. Burchat, S. Watanabe, R. A. Burnstein, A. Rafatian, A.B. d'Oliveira, E.M. Aitala, G. Hurvits, S. B. Bracker, R. J. Stefanski, N. K. Copty, Sokoloff, Daniel Ashery, H. A. Rubin, and S. Devmal
Subjects: Physics, Particle decay, Particle physics, Pion, Meson, Hadron, General Physics and Astronomy, Resonance, Dalitz plot, Elementary particle, Boson
Abstract: We study the Dalitz plot of the decay ${D}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$ with a sample of 15090 events from Fermilab experiment E791. Modeling the decay amplitude as the coherent sum of known $K\ensuremath{\pi}$ resonances and a uniform nonresonant term, we do not obtain an acceptable fit. If we allow the mass and width of the ${K}_{0}^{*}(1430)$ to float, we obtain values consistent with those from PDG but the ${\ensuremath{\chi}}^{2}$ per degree of freedom of the fit is still unsatisfactory. A good fit is found when we allow for the presence of an additional scalar resonance, with mass $797\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}19\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}43\text{ }\mathrm{M}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}/{\mathrm{c}}^{\mathrm{2}}$ and width $410\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}43\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}87\text{ }\mathrm{M}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}/{\mathrm{c}}^{2}$. The mass and width of the ${K}_{0}^{*}(1430)$ become $1459\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}7\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}5\text{ }\mathrm{M}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}/{\mathrm{c}}^{\mathrm{2}}$ and $175\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}12\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}12\text{ }\mathrm{M}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}/{\mathrm{c}}^{\mathrm{2}}$, respectively. Our results provide new information on the scalar sector in hadron spectroscopy.
Published: 2002

49. Differential cross sections, charge production asymmetry, and spin-density matrix elements for D*(2010) produced in 500 GeV/c pi^- nucleon interactions

Author: J.J. Reidy, A. J. Slaughter, R. A. Burnstein, Kevin Stenson, A. Rafatian, J. A. Appel, R. Zaliznyak, D. J. Summers, K. Gounder, J. M. De Miranda, G. Hurvits, C. James, P.A. Kasper, N. R. Stanton, A. Massafferri, A. Nguyen, C. Zhang, C. J. Solano Salinas, M. V. Purohit, S. MayTal-Beck, K. O'Shaughnessy, B. T. Meadows, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, M. D. Sokoloff, P. R. Burchat, A.M. Halling, S. M. Yang, N. Witchey, A.K.S. Santha, H.S. Carvalho, N. W. Reay, J. Leslie, A.K. Tripathi, S. Yoshida, A. Fernandez, J. Magnin, Alberto Santoro, S. Takach, D. C. Langs, J. C. Anjos, T. Carter, S. B. Bracker, Simon Kwan, G. F. Fox, G. Blaylock, K. C. Peng, R. H. Milburn, P. Gagnon, R. A. Sidwell, S. Radeztsky, M. Sheaff, B. Quinn, S. Watanabe, B. Lundberg, Sudeshna Banerjee, C. L. Darling, A. J. Schwartz, I. Bediaga, D. Mihalcea, S. Amato, A. C. dos Reis, L. M. Cremaldi, E. Wolin, A.B. d'Oliveira, E.M. Aitala, D. A. Sanders, G. Herrera, K. Thorne, S. Devmal, L.P. Perera, A. Napier, K. Denisenko, D. Yi, R. Weiss-Babai, J. Wiener, C. Göbel, N. K. Copty, R. J. Stefanski, Daniel Ashery, and H. A. Rubin
Subjects: Physics, Scattering cross-section, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, FOS: Physical sciences, Polarization (waves), Asymmetry, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, symbols.namesake, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Transverse momentum, symbols, Feynman diagram, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermilab, Atomic physics, Spin density, Nucleon, Nuclear Experiment, media_common
Abstract: We report differential cross sections for the production of D*(2010) produced in 500 GeV/c pi^- nucleon interactions from experiment E791 at Fermilab, as functions of Feynman-x (x_F) and transverse momentum squared (p_T^2). We also report the D* +/- charge asymmetry and spin-density matrix elements as functions of these variables. Investigation of the spin-density matrix elements shows no evidence of polarization. The average values of the spin alignment are \eta= 0.01 +- 0.02 and -0.01 +- 0.02 for leading and non-leading particles, respectively., Comment: LaTeX2e (elsart.cls). 13 pages, 6 figures (eps files). Submitted to Physics Letters B
Published: 2002

50. Dalitz plot analysis of the decay D(+)--K(-)pi(+)pi(+) and indication of a low-mass scalar Kpi resonance

Author: E M, Aitala, S, Amato, J C, Anjos, J A, Appel, D, Ashery, S, Banerjee, I, Bediaga, G, Blaylock, S B, Bracker, P R, Burchat, R A, Burnstein, T, Carter, H S, Carvalho, N K, Copty, L M, Cremaldi, C, Darling, K, Denisenko, S, Devmal, A, Fernandez, G F, Fox, P, Gagnon, C, Göbel, K, Gounder, A M, Halling, G, Herrera, G, Hurvits, C, James, P A, Kasper, S, Kwan, D C, Langs, J, Leslie, B, Lundberg, J, Magnin, A, Massafferri, S, MayTal-Beck, B, Meadows, J R T, de Mello Neto, D, Mihalcea, R H, Milburn, J M, de Miranda, A, Napier, A, Nguyen, A B, d'Oliveira, K, O'Shaughnessy, K C, Peng, L P, Perera, M V, Purohit, B, Quinn, S, Radeztsky, A, Rafatian, N W, Reay, J J, Reidy, A C, dos Reis, H A, Rubin, D A, Sanders, A K S, Santha, A F S, Santoro, A J, Schwartz, M, Sheaff, R A, Sidwell, A J, Slaughter, M D, Sokoloff, C J, Solano Salinas, N R, Stanton, R J, Stefanski, K, Stenson, D J, Summers, S, Takach, K, Thorne, A K, Tripathi, S, Watanabe, R, Weiss-Babai, J, Wiener, N, Witchey, E, Wolin, S M, Yang, D, Yi, S, Yoshida, R, Zaliznyak, and C, Zhang
Abstract: We study the Dalitz plot of the decay D(+)--K(-)pi(+)pi(+) with a sample of 15090 events from Fermilab experiment E791. Modeling the decay amplitude as the coherent sum of known Kpi resonances and a uniform nonresonant term, we do not obtain an acceptable fit. If we allow the mass and width of the K(*)(0)(1430) to float, we obtain values consistent with those from PDG but the chi(2) per degree of freedom of the fit is still unsatisfactory. A good fit is found when we allow for the presence of an additional scalar resonance, with mass 797+/-19+/-43 MeV/c(2) and width 410+/-43+/-87 MeV/c(2). The mass and width of the K(*)(0)(1430) become 1459+/-7+/-5 MeV/c(2) and 175+/-12+/-12 MeV/c(2), respectively. Our results provide new information on the scalar sector in hadron spectroscopy.
Published: 2002

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