Design and Construction of the MicroBooNE Detector

Autor: MicroBooNE Collaboration, Acciarri, R., Adams, C., An, R., Aparicio, A., Aponte, S., Asaadi, J., Auger, M., Ayoub, N., Bagby, L., Baller, B., Barger, R., Barr, G., Bass, M., Bay, F., Biery, K., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bocean, V., Boehnlein, D., Bogert, V. D., Bolton, T., Bugel, L., Callahan, C., Camilleri, L., Caratelli, D., Carls, B., Fernandez, R. Castillo, Cavanna, F., Chappa, S., Chen, H., Chen, K., Chi, C. Y., Chiu, C. S., Church, E., Cianci, D., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Convery, M., Cornele, J., Cowan, P., Crespo-Anadon, J. I., Crutcher, G., Darve, C., Davis, R., Del Tutto, M., Devitt, D., Duffin, S., Dytman, S., Eberly, B., Ereditato, A., Erickson, D., Sanchez, L. Escudero, Esquivel, J., Farooq, S., Farrell, J., Featherston, D., Fleming, B. T., Foreman, W., Furmanski, A. P., Genty, V., Geynisman, M., Goeldi, D., Goff, B., Gollapinni, S., Graf, N., Gramellini, E., Green, J., Greene, A., Greenlee, H., Griffin, T., Grosso, R., Guenette, R., Hackenburg, A., Haenni, R., Hamilton, P., Healey, P., Hen, O., Henderson, E., Hewes, V, Hill, C., Hill, K., Himes, L., Ho, J., Horton-Smith, G., Huffman, D., Ignarra, C. M., James, C., James, E., de Vries, J. Jan, Jaskierny, W., Jen, C. M., Jiang, L., Johnson, B., Johnson, M., Johnson, R. A., Jones, B. J. P., Joshi, J., Jostlein, H., Kaleko, D., Kalousis, L. N., Karagiorgi, G., Katori, T., Kellogg, P., Ketchum, W., Kilmer, J., King, B., Kirby, B., Kirby, M., Klein, E., Kobilarcik, T., Kreslo, I., Krull, R., Kubinski, R., Lange, G., Lanni, F., Lathrop, A., Laube, A., Lee, W. M., Li, Y., Lissauer, D., Lister, A., Littlejohn, B. R., Lockwitz, S., Lorca, D., Louis, W. C., Lukhanin, G., Luethi, M., Lundberg, B., Luo, X., Mahler, G., Majoros, I., Makowiecki, D., Marchionni, A., Mariani, C., Markley, D., Marshall, J., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, McDonald, K. T., McKee, D., McLean, A., Mead, J., Meddage, V., Miceli, T., Mills, G. B., Miner, W., Moon, J., Mooney, M., Moore, C. D., Moss, Z., Mousseau, J., Murrells, R., Naples, D., Nienaber, P., Norris, B., Norton, N., Nowak, J., OBoyle, M., Olszanowski, T., Palamara, O., Paolone, V., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Pavlovic, Z., Pelkey, R., Phipps, M., Pordes, S., Porzio, D., Pulliam, G., Qian, X., Raaf, J. L., Radeka, V., Rafique, A., Rameika, R. A, Rebel, B., Rechenmacher, R., Rescia, S., Rochester, L., von Rohr, C. Rudolf, Ruga, A., Russell, B., Sanders, R., Sands III, W. R., Sarychev, M., Schmitz, D. W., Schukraft, A., Scott, R., Seligman, W., Shaevitz, M. H., Shoun, M., Sinclair, J., Sippach, W., Smidt, T., Smith, A., Snider, E. L., Soderberg, M., Solano-Gonzalez, M., Soldner-Rembold, S., Soleti, S. R., Sondericker, J., Spentzouris, P., Spitz, J., John, J. St., Strauss, T., Sutton, K., Szelc, A. M., Taheri, K., Tagg, N., Tatum, K., Teng, J., Terao, K., Thomson, M., Thorn, C., Tillman, J., Toups, M., Tsai, Y. T., Tufanli, S., Usher, T., Utes, M., Van de Water, R. G., Vendetta, C., Vergani, S., Voirin, E., Voirin, J., Viren, B., Watkins, P., Weber, M., Wester, T., Weston, J., Wickremasinghe, D. A., Wolbers, S., Wongjirad, T., Woodruff, K., Wu, K. C., Yang, T., Yu, B., Zeller, G. P., Zennamo, J., Zhang, C., Zuckerbrot, M.

This paper describes the design and construction of the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber and associated systems. MicroBooNE is the first phase of the Short Baseline Neutrino program, located at Fermilab, and will utilize the capabiliti

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1612.05824

Design, Calibration, and Performance of the MINERvA Detector

Autor: Aliaga, L., Bagby, L., Baldin, B., Baumbaugh, A., Bodek, A., Bradford, R., Brooks, W. K., Boehnlein, D., Boyd, S., Budd, H., Butkevich, A., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Castromonte, C. M., Christy, M. E., Chvojka, J., da Motta, H., Damiani, D. S., Danko, I., Datta, M., DeMaat, R., Devan, J., Draeger, E., Dytman, S. A., Diaz, G. A., Eberly, B., Edmondson, D. A., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fiorentini, G. A., Gago, A. M., Gallagher, H., George, C. A., Gingu, C., Gobbi, B., Gran, R., Grossman, N., Harris, D. A., Heaton, J., Higuera, A., Hobbs, J. A., Howley, I. J., Hurtado, K., Jerkins, M., Kafka, T., Kantner, M. O., Keppel, C., Kilmer, J., Krajeski, A. H., Lee, H., Leister, A. G., Locke, G., Maggi, G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., McGivern, C. L., McGowan, A. M., Morfin, J. G., Mousseau, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., O'Connor, C. D., Ochoa, N., Olsen, J., Osmanov, B., Osta, J., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Park, J., Perdue, G. N., Pena, C., Pla-Dalmau, A., Rakotondravohitra, L., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rubinov, P., Rude, C., Sassin, K. E., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Schneider, R. M., Simon, C., Snider, F. D., Snyder, M. C., Salinas, C. J. Solano, Tagg, N., Tice, B. G., Tilden, R. N., Tzanakos, G., Velasquez, J. P., Walton, T., Westerberg, A., Wolcott, J., Wolthuis, B. A., Woodward, N., Wytock, T., Zavala, G., Zhang, D., Zhu, L. Y., Ziemer, B. P.

Publikováno v: Nucl. Inst. and Meth. A743 (2014) 130

The MINERvA experiment is designed to perform precision studies of neutrino-nucleus scattering using $\nu_\mu$ and ${\bar\nu}_\mu$ neutrinos incident at 1-20 GeV in the NuMI beam at Fermilab. This article presents a detailed description of the \miner

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.5199

Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Quasi-Elastic Scattering on a Hydrocarbon Target at E_{\nu} ~ 3.5 GeV

Autor: The MINERvA collaboration, Fields, L., Chvojka, J., Aliaga, L., Altinok, O., Baldin, B., Baumbaugh, A., Bodek, A., Boehnlein, D., Boyd, S., Bradford, R., Brooks, W. K., Budd, H., Butkevich, A., Caicedo, D. A. Martinez, Castromonte, C. M., Christy, M. E., Chung, H., Clark, M., da Motta, H., Damiani, D. S., Danko, I., Datta, M., Day, M., DeMaat, R., Devan, J., Draeger, E., Dytman, S. A., Díaz, G. A., Eberly, B., Edmondson, D. A., Felix, J., Fitzpatrick, T., Fiorentini, G. A., Gago, A. M., Gallagher, H., George, C. A., Gielata, J. A., Gingu, C., Gobbi, B., Gran, R., Grossman, N., Hanson, J., Harris, D. A., Heaton, J., Higuera, A., Howley, I. J., Hurtado, K., Jerkins, M., Kafka, T., Kaisen, J., Kanter, M. O., Keppel, C. E., Kilmer, J., Kordosky, M., Krajeski, A. H., Kulagin, S. A., Le, T., Lee, H., Leister, A. G., Locke, G., Maggi, G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., McGivern, C. L., McGowan, A. M., Mislivec, A., Morfín, J. G., Mousseau, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Ochoa, N., O'Connor, C. D., Olsen, J., Osmanov, B., Osta, J., Palomino, J. L., Paolone, V., Park, J., Patrick, C. E., Perdue, G. N., Peña, C., Rakotondravohitra, L., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Ren, L., Rodrigues, P. A., Rude, C., Sassin, K. E., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Schneider, R. M., Schulte, E. C., Simon, C., Snider, F. D., Snyder, M. C., Sobczyk, J. T., Salinas, C. J. Solano, Tagg, N., Tan, W., Tice, B. G., Tzanakos, G., Velásquez, J. P., Walding, J., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Wolthuis, B. A., Woodward, N., Zavala, G., Zeng, H. B., Zhang, D., Zhu, L. Y., Ziemer, B. P.

Publikováno v: Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 022501 (2013)

We have isolated muon anti-neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic interactions occurring in the segmented scintillator tracking region of the MINERvA detector running in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. We measure the flux-averaged differential cr

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2234

Demonstration of Communication using Neutrinos

Autor: Stancil, D. D., Adamson, P., Alania, M., Aliaga, L., Andrews, M., Del Castillo, C. Araujo, Bagby, L., Alba, J. L. Bazo, Bodek, A., Boehnlein, D., Bradford, R., Brooks, W. K., Budd, H., Butkevich, A., Caicedo, D. A. M., Capista, D. P., Castromonte, C. M., Chamorro, A., Charlton, E., Christy, M. E., Chvojka, J., Conrow, P. D., Danko, I., Day, M., Devan, J., Downey, J. M., Dytman, S. A., Eberly, B., Fein, J. R., Felix, J., Fields, L., Fiorentini, G. A., Gago, A. M., Gallagher, H., Gran, R., Grange, J., Griffin, J., Griffin, T., Hahn, E., Harris, D. A., Higuera, A., Hobbs, J. A., Hoffman, C. M., Hughes, B. L., Hurtado, K., Judd, A., Kafka, T., Kephart, K., Kilmer, J., Kordosky, M., Kulagin, S. A., Kuznetsov, V. A., Lanari, M., Le, T., Lee, H., Loiacono, L., Maggi, G., Maher, E., Manly, S., Mann, W. A., Marshall, C. M., McFarland, K. S., Mislivec, A., McGowan, A. M., Morfin, J. G., da Motta, H., Mousseau, J., Nelson, J. K., Niemiec-Gielata, J. A., Ochoa, N., Osmanov, B., Osta, J., Palomino, J. L., Paradis, J. S., Paolone, V., Park, J., Pena, C., Perdue, G., Lara, C. E. Perez, Peterman, A. M., Pla-Dalmau, A., Pollock, B., Prokoshin, F., Ransome, R. D., Ray, H., Reyhan, M., Rubinov, P., Ruggiero, D., Sands, O. S., Schellman, H., Schmitz, D. W., Schulte, E. C., Simon, C., Salinas, C. J. Solano, Stefanski, R., Stevens, R. G., Tagg, N., Takhistov, V., Tice, B. G., Tilden, R. N., Velasquez, J. P., Vergalosova, I., Voirin, J., Walding, J., Walker, B. J., Walton, T., Wolcott, J., Wytock, T. P., Zavala, G., Zhang, D., Zhu, L. Y., Ziemer, B. P.

Publikováno v: Mod. Phys. Lett. A 27 (2012) 1250077

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 t

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.2847

Search for Lorentz invariance and CPT violation with muon antineutrinos in the MINOS Near Detector

Autor: Adamson, P., Ayres, D. S., Barr, G., Bishai, M., Blake, A., Bock, G. J., Boehnlein, D. J., Bogert, D., Cao, S. V., Cavanaugh, S., Childress, S., Coelho, J. A. B., Corwin, L., Cronin-Hennessy, D., Danko, I. Z., de Jong, J. K., Devenish, N. E., Diwan, M. V., Escobar, C. O., Evans, J. J., Falk, E., Feldman, G. J., Frohne, M. V., Gallagher, H. R., Gomes, R. A., Goodman, M. C., Gouffon, P., Graf, N., Gran, R., Grzelak, K., Habig, A., Hartnell, J., Hatcher, R., Himmel, A., Holin, A., Hylen, J., Irwin, G. M., Isvan, Z., James, C., Jensen, D., Kafka, T., Kasahara, S. M. S., Koizumi, G., Kopp, S., Kordosky, M., Kreymer, A., Lang, K., Ling, J., Litchfield, P. J., Loiacono, L., Lucas, P., Mann, W. A., Marshak, M. L., Mathis, M., Mayer, N., Mehdiyev, R., Meier, J. R., Messier, M. D., Miller, W. H., Mishra, S. R., Mitchell, J., Moore, C. D., Mualem, L., Mufson, S., Musser, J., Naples, D., Nelson, J. K., Newman, H. B., Nichol, R. J., Nowak, J. A., Oliver, W. P., Orchanian, M., Pahlka, R. B., Paley, J., Patterson, R. B., Pawloski, G., Phan-Budd, S., Plunkett, R. K., Qiu, X., Radovic, A., Ratchford, J., Rebel, B., Rosenfeld, C., Rubin, H. A., Sanchez, M. C., Schneps, J., Schreckenberger, A., Schreiner, P., Sharma, R., Sousa, A., Strait, M., Tagg, N., Talaga, R. L., Thomas, J., Thomson, M. A., Tinti, G., Toner, R., Torretta, D., Tzanakos, G., Urheim, J., Vahle, P., Viren, B., Walding, J. J., Weber, A., Webb, R. C., White, C., Whitehead, L., Wojcicki, S. G., Zwaska, R.

We have searched for sidereal variations in the rate of antineutrino interactions in the MINOS Near Detector. Using antineutrinos produced by the NuMI beam, we find no statistically significant sidereal modulation in the rate. When this result is pla

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.2631