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Arachne-A web-based event viewer for MINERνA

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Tagg N., Brangham J., Chvojka J., Clairemont M., Day M., Eberly B., Felix J., Fields L., Gago A.M., Gran R., Harris D.A., Kordosky M., Lee H., Maggi G., Maher E., Mann W.A., Marshall C.M., McFarland K.S., McGowan A.M., Mislivec A., Mousseau J., Osmanov B., Osta J., Paolone V., Perdue G., Ransome R.D., Ray H., Schellman H., Schmitz D.W., Simon C., Solano Salinas C.J., Tice B.G., Walding J., Walton T., Wolcott J., Zhang D., Ziemer B.P.

Publicado 2012

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Neutrino interaction events in the MINERνA detector are visually represented with a web-based tool called Arachne. Data are retrieved from a central server via AJAX, and client-side JavaScript draws images into the users browser window using the draft HTML 5 "standard". These technologies allow neutrino interactions to be viewed by anyone with a web browser, allowing for easy hand-scanning of particle interactions. Arachne has been used in MINERνA to evaluate neutrino data in a prototype detector, to tune reconstruction algorithms, and for public outreach and education. © 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V.

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Arachne-A web-based event viewer for MINERvA

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Tagg, N, Brangham, J, Chvojka, J, Clairemont, M, Day, M, Eberly, B, Felix, J, Fields, L, Gago, AM, Gran, R, Harris, DA, Kordosky, M, Lee, H, Maggi, G, Maher, E, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, McFarland, KS, McGowan, AM, Mislivec, A, Mousseau, J, Osmanov, B, Osta, J, Paolone, V, Perdue, G, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Schellman, H, Schmitz, DW, Simon, C, Salinas, CJS, Tice, BG, Walding, J, Walton, T, Wolcott, J, Zhang, D, Ziemer, BP

Publicado 2012

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Neutrino interaction events in the detector are visually represented with a web-based tool called Arachne. Data are retrieved from a central server via AJAX, and client-side JavaScript draws images into the user's browser window using the draft HTML 5 standard. These technologies allow neutrino interactions to be viewed by anyone with a web browser, allowing for easy hand-scanning of particle interactions. Arachne has been used in to evaluate neutrino data in a prototype detector, to tune reconstruction algorithms, and for public outreach and education.

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Measurement of Coherent Production of pi(+/-) in Neutrino and Antineutrino Beams on Carbon from E-upsilon of 1.5 to 20 GeV

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Higuera, A, Mislivec, A, Aliaga, L, Altinok, O, Bercellie, A, Betancourt, M, Bodek, A, Bravar, A, Brooks, WK, Budd, H, Butkevich, A, Carneiro, MF, Castromonte, CM, Christy, ME, Chvojka, J, da Motta, H, Devan, J, Dytman, SA, Diaz, GA, Eberly, B, Felix, J, Fields, L, Fine, R, Fiorentini, GA, Gallagher, H, Gomez, A, Gran, R, Harris, DA, Hurtado, K, Kleykamp, J, Kordosky, M, Le, T, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, Caicedo, DAM, McFarland, KS, McGivern, CL, McGowan, AM, Messerly, B, Miller, J, Morfin, JG, Mousseau, J, Muhlbeier, T, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Norrick, A, Osta, J, Palomino, JL, Paolone, V, Park, J, Patrick, CE, Perdue, GN, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Ren, L, Rodrigues, PA, Ruterbories, D, Schellman, H, Schmitz, DW, Snider, FD, Salinas, CJS, Tagg, N, Tice, BG, Valencia, E, Walton, T, Wolcott, J, Wospakrik, M, Zavala, G, Zhang, D, Ziemer, BP

Publicado 2014

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This work was supported by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory under U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, which included the MINERvA construction project. Construction support was also granted by the United States National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-0619727 and by the University of Rochester. Support for participating scientists was provided by NSF and DOE (USA), by CAPES and CNPq (Brazil), by CoNaCyT (Mexico), by CONICYT (Chile), by CONCYTEC, DGI-PUCP and IDI/IGI-UNI (Peru), by Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF), and by RAS and the Russian Ministry of Education and Science (Russia). We thank the MINOS Collaboration for use of its near detector data. Finally, we thank the staff of Fermilab for support of the beam line and the detector.

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Measurement of partonic nuclear effects in deep-inelastic neutrino scattering using MINERvA

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Mousseau, J, Wospakrik, M, Aliaga, L, Altinok, O, Bellantoni, L, Bercellie, A, Betancourt, M, Bodek, A, Bravar, A, Budd, H, Cai, T, Carneiro, MF, Christy, ME, Chvojka, J, da Motta, H, Devan, J, Dytman, SA, Diaz, GA, Eberly, B, Felix, J, Fields, L, Fine, R, Gago, AM, Galindo, R, Gallagher, H, Ghosh, A, Golan, T, Gran, R, Harris, DA, Higuera, A, Hurtado, K, Kiveni, M, Kleykamp, J, Kordosky, M, Le, T, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, Caicedo, DAM, McFarland, KS, McGivern, CL, McGowan, AM, Messerly, B, Miller, J, Mislivec, A, Morfin, JG, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Norrick, A, Nuruzzaman, Osta, J, Paolone, V, Park, J, Patrick, CE, Perdue, GN, Rakotondravohitra, L, Ramirez, MA, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Ren, L, Rimal, D, Rodrigues, PA, Ruterbories, D, Schellman, H, Schmitz, DW, Salinas, CJS, Tagg, N, Tice, BG, Valencia, E, Walton, T, Wolcott, J, Zavala, G, Zhang, D

Publicado 2016

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The MINERvA Collaboration reports a novel study of neutrino-nucleus charged-current deep inelastic scattering (DIS) using the same neutrino beam incident on targets of polystyrene, graphite, iron, and lead. Results are presented as ratios of C, Fe, and Pb to CH. The ratios of total DIS cross sections as a function of neutrino energy and flux-integrated differential cross sections as a function of the Bjorken scaling variable x are presented in the neutrino-energy range of 5-50 GeV. Based on the predictions of charged-lepton scattering ratios, good agreement is found between the data and prediction at medium x and low neutrino energy. However, the ratios appear to be below predictions in the vicinity of the nuclear shadowing region, x<0.1. This apparent deficit, reflected in the DIS cross-section ratio at high Eν, is consistent with previous MINERvA observations [B. Tice (MINERvA Collabo...

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Measurement of muon plus proton final states in nu(mu) interactions on hydrocarbon at < E-nu >=4.2 GeV

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Walton, T, Betancourt, M, Aliaga, L, Altinok, O, Bodek, A, Bravar, A, Budd, H, Bustamante, MJ, Butkevich, A, Caicedo, DAM, Carneiro, MF, Castromonte, CM, Christy, ME, Chvojka, J, da Motta, H, Datta, M, Devan, J, Dytman, SA, Diaz, GA, Eberly, B, Felix, J, Fields, L, Fine, R, Fiorentini, GA, Gago, AM, Gallagher, H, Gran, R, Harris, DA, Higuera, A, Hurtado, K, Kleykamp, J, Kordosky, M, Kulagin, SA, Le, T, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, Mari, CM, McFarland, KS, McGivern, CL, McGowan, AM, Messerly, B, Miller, J, Mislivec, A, Morfin, JG, Mousseau, J, Muhlbeier, T, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Norrick, A, Osta, J, Paolone, V, Park, J, Patrick, CE, Perdue, GN, Rakotondravohitra, L, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Ren, L, Rodrigues, PA, Ruterbories, D, Schellman, H, Schmitz, DW, Simon, C, Snider, FD, Sobczyk, JT, Salinas, CJS, Tagg, N, Tice, BG, Valencia, E, Wolcott, J, Wospakrik, M, Zavala, G, Zhang, D, Ziemer, BP

Publicado 2015

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A study of charged-current muon neutrino scattering on hydrocarbon (CH) in which the final state includes a muon, at least one proton, and no pions is presented. Although this signature has the topology of neutrino quasielastic scattering from neutrons, the event sample contains contributions from quasielastic and inelastic processes where pions are absorbed in the nucleus. The analysis accepts events with muon production angles up to 70◦ and proton kinetic energies greater than 110 MeV. The cross section, when based completely on hadronic kinematics, is well-described by a relativistic Fermi gas nuclear model including the neutrino event generator modeling for inelastic processes and particle transportation through the nucleus. This is in contrast to the quasielastic cross section based on muon kinematics, which is best described by an extended model that incorporates multi-nucleon co...

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Measurement of total and differential cross sections of neutrino and antineutrino coherent π ± production on carbon

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Mislivec A., Higuera A., Aliaga L., Bellantoni L., Bercellie A., Betancourt M., BodeK A., Bravar A., Budd H., Caceres G.F.R.V., Cai T., Martinez Caicedo D.A., Carneiro M.F., Chavarria E., Da Motta H., Dytman S.A., Díaz G.A., Felix J., Fields L., Fine R., Gago A.M., Galindo R., Gallagher H., Ghosh A., Gran R., Harris D.A., Hurtado K., Jena D., Kleykamp J., Kordosky M., Le T., Maher E., Manly S., Mann W.A., Marshall C.M., McFarland K.S., Messerly B., Miller J., Morfín J.G., Mousseau J., Naples D., Nelson J.K., Nguyen C., NorricK A., Nuruzzaman, Paolone V., Perdue G.N., Ramírez M.A., Ransome R.D., Ray H., Ren L., Rimal D., Rodrigues P.A., Ruterbories D., Schellman H., Solano Salinas C.J., Sultana M., Sánchez Falero S., Tagg N., Valencia E., WospakriK M., Yaeggy B., Zavala G.

Publicado 2018

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Neutrino induced coherent charged pion production on nuclei, ν¯μA → μ π∓A, is a rare inelastic interaction in which the four-momentum squared transferred to the nucleus is nearly zero, leaving it intact. We identify such events in the scintillator of MINERvA by reconstructing jtj from the final state pion and muon momenta and by removing events with evidence of energetic nuclear recoil or production of other final state particles. We measure the total neutrino and antineutrino cross sections as a function of neutrino energy between 2 and 20 GeV and measure flux integrated differential cross sections as a function of Q2, Eπ, and θπ. The Q2 dependence and equality of the neutrino and antineutrino cross sections at finite Q2 provide a confirmation of Adler’s partial conservation of axial current hypothesis.

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Measurement of Ratios of nu(mu) Charged-Current Cross Sections on C, Fe, and Pb to CH at Neutrino Energies 2-20 GeV

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Tice, BG, Datta, M, Mousseau, J, Aliaga, L, Altinok, O, Sazo, MGB, Betancourt, M, Bodek, A, Bravar, A, Brooks, WK, Budd, H, Bustamante, MJ, Butkevich, A, Caicedo, DAM, Castromonte, CM, Christy, ME, Chvojka, J, da Motta, H, Devan, J, Dytman, SA, Diaz, GA, Eberly, B, Felix, J, Fields, L, Fiorentini, GA, Gago, AM, Gallagher, H, Gran, R, Harris, DA, Higuera, A, Hurtado, K, Jerkins, M, Kafka, T, Kordosky, M, Kulagin, SA, Le, T, Maggi, G, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, Mari, CM, McFarland, KS, McGivern, CL, McGowan, AM, Miller, J, Mislivec, A, Morfin, JG, Muhlbeier, T, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Norrick, A, Osta, J, Palomino, JL, Paolone, V, Park, J, Patrick, CE, Perdue, GN, Rakotondravohitra, L, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Ren, L, Rodrigues, PA, Savage, DG, Schellman, H, Schmitz, DW, Simon, C, Snider, FD, Salinas, CJS, Tagg, N, Valencia, E, Velasquez, JP, Walton, T, Wolcott, J, Zavala, G, Zhang, D, Ziemer, BP

Publicado 2014

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This work was supported by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory under U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 which included the MINERvA construction project. Construction support also was granted by the United States National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-0619727 and by the University of Rochester. Support for participating scientists was provided by NSF and DOE (USA) by CAPES and CNPq (Brazil), by CoNaCyT (Mexico), by CONICYT (Chile), by CONCYTEC, DGI-PUCP and IDI/IGI-UNI (Peru), by Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF), by the Swiss National Science Foundation, and by RAS and the Russian Ministry of Education and Science (Russia). We thank the MINOS Collaboration for use of its near detector data. Finally, we thank the staff of Fermilab for support of the beam line and detector.

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Identification of Nuclear Effects in Neutrino-Carbon Interactions at Low Three-Momentum Transfer

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Rodrigues, PA, Demgen, J, Miltenberger, E, Aliaga, L, Altinok, O, Bellantoni, L, Bercellie, A, Betancourt, M, Bodek, A, Bravar, A, Budd, H, Cai, T, Carneiro, MF, Chvojka, J, Devan, J, Dytman, SA, Diaz, GA, Eberly, B, Elkins, M, Felix, J, Fields, L, Fine, R, Gago, AM, Galindo, R, Gallagher, H, Ghosh, A, Golan, T, Gran, R, Harris, DA, Higuera, A, Hurtado, K, Kiveni, M, Kleykamp, J, Kordosky, M, Le, T, Leistico, JR, Lovlein, A, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, Caicedo, DAM, McFarland, KS, McGivern, CL, McGowan, AM, Messerly, B, Miller, J, Mislivec, A, Morfin, JG, Mousseau, J, Muhlbeier, T, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Norrick, A, Nuruzzaman, Osta, J, Paolone, V, Patrick, CE, Perdue, GN, Ramirez, MA, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Ren, L, Rimal, D, Ruterbories, D, Schellman, H, Schmitz, DW, Salinas, CJS, Tagg, N, Tice, BG, Valencia, E, Walton, T, Wolcott, J, Wospakrik, M, Zavala, G, Zhang, D

Publicado 2016

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We are grateful to the authors of the RPA and 2p2h models for making the code for their calculations available for study and incorporation into this analysis. This work was supported by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory under U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, which included the MINERvA construction project. Construction support was also granted by the United States National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-0619727 and by the University of Rochester. Support for scientists for this specific publication was granted by the United States National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-1306944. Support for participating scientists was provided by NSF and DOE (USA) by CAPES and CNPq (Brazil), by CoNaCyT (Mexico), by CONICYT (Chile), by CONCYTEC, DGI-PUCP and IDI/IGI-UNI (Peru), and by Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF). We thank the MINOS Collaborati...

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Measurement of Electron Neutrino Quasielastic and Quasielasticlike Scattering on Hydrocarbon at < E-v >=3.6 GeV

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Wolcott, J, Aliaga, L, Altinok, O, Bellantoni, L, Bercellie, A, Betancourt, M, Bodek, A, Bravar, A, Budd, H, Cai, T, Carneiro, MF, Chvojka, J, da Motta, H, Devan, J, Dytman, SA, Diaz, GA, Eberly, B, Felix, J, Fields, L, Fine, R, Gago, AM, Galindo, R, Gallagher, H, Ghosh, A, Golan, T, Gran, R, Harris, DA, Higuera, A, Kiveni, M, Kleykamp, J, Kordosky, M, Le, T, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, Caicedo, DAM, McFarland, KS, McGivern, CL, McGowan, AM, Messerly, B, Miller, J, Mislivec, A, Morfin, JG, Mousseau, J, Muhlbeier, T, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Norrick, A, Osta, J, Paolone, V, Park, J, Patrick, CE, Perdue, GN, Rakotondravohitra, L, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Ren, L, Rimal, D, Rodrigues, PA, Ruterbories, D, Salazar, G, Schellman, H, Schmitz, DW, Salinas, CJS, Tagg, N, Tice, BG, Valencia, E, Walton, T, Wospakrik, M, Zavala, G, Zegarra, A, Zhang, D, Ziemer, BP

Publicado 2016

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CONCYTEC, DGI-PUCP, and IDI/IGI-UNI (Peru), by Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF), and by RAS and the Russian Ministry of Education and Science (Russia). We thank the MINOS Collaboration for use of its near detector data. We acknowledge the dedicated work of the Fermilab staff responsible for the operation and maintenance of the beam line and detector.

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Measurement of neutrino flux from neutrino-electron elastic scattering

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Park J., Aliaga L., Altinok O., Bellantoni L., Bercellie A., Betancourt M., Bodek A., Bravar A., Budd H., Cai T., Carneiro M.F., Christy M.E., Chvojka J., Da Motta H., Dytman S.A., Díaz G.A., Eberly B., Felix J., Fields L., Fine R., Gago A.M., Galindo R., Ghosh A., Golan T., Gran R., Harris D.A., Higuera A., Kleykamp J., Kordosky M., Le T., Maher E., Manly S., Mann W.A., Marshall C.M., Martinez Caicedo D.A., McFarland K.S., McGivern C.L., McGowan A.M., Messerly B., Miller J., Mislivec A., Morfín J.G., Mousseau J., Naples D., Nelson J.K., Norrick A., Nuruzzaman, Osta J., Paolone V., Patrick C.E., Perdue G.N., Rakotondravohitra L., Ramirez M.A., Ray H., Ren L., Rimal D., Rodrigues P.A., Ruterbories D., Schellman H., Solano Salinas C.J., Tagg N., Tice B.G., Valencia E., Walton T., Wolcott J., Wospakrik M., Zavala G., Zhang D.

Publicado 2016

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Muon-neutrino elastic scattering on electrons is an observable neutrino process whose cross section is precisely known. Consequently a measurement of this process in an accelerator-based νμ beam can improve the knowledge of the absolute neutrino flux impinging upon the detector; typically this knowledge is limited to ∼10% due to uncertainties in hadron production and focusing. We have isolated a sample of 135±17 neutrino-electron elastic scattering candidates in the segmented scintillator detector of MINERvA, after subtracting backgrounds and correcting for efficiency. We show how this sample can be used to reduce the total uncertainty on the NuMI νμ flux from 9% to 6%. Our measurement provides a flux constraint that is useful to other experiments using the NuMI beam, and this technique is applicable to future neutrino beams operating at multi-GeV energies. © 2016 American Physic...

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Single neutral pion production by charged-current ν-μ interactions on hydrocarbon at 〈E<inf>ν</inf>〉=3.6 GeV

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Le T., Palomino J.L., Aliaga L., Altinok O., Bercellie A., Bodek A., Bravar A., Brooks W.K., Butkevich A., Martinez Caicedo D.A., Carneiro M.F., Christy M.E., Chvojka J., da Motta H., Devan J., Dytman S.A., Díaz G.A., Eberly B., Felix J., Fields L., Fine R., Gago A.M., Gallagher H., Gran R., Harris D.A., Higuera A., Hurtado K., Kordosky M., Maher E., Manly S., Mann W.A., Marshall C.M., McFarland K.S., McGivern C.L., McGowan A.M., Miller J., Morfín J.G., Mousseau J., Nelson J.K., Norrick A., Osta J., Paolone V., Park J., Patrick C.E., Perdue G.N., Rakotondravohitra L., Ransome R.D., Ray H., Ren L., Rodrigues P.A., Ruterbories D., Schellman H., Schmitz D.W., Sobczyk J.T., Solano Salinas C.J., Tagg N., Tice B.G., Valencia E., Walton T., Wolcott J., Yepes-Ramirez H., Zavala G., Zhang D., Ziemer B.P.

Publicado 2015

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Single neutral pion production via muon antineutrino charged-current interactions in plastic scintillator (CH) is studied using the MINERvA detector exposed to the NuMI low-energy, wideband antineutrino beam at Fermilab. Measurement of this process constrains models of neutral pion production in nuclei, which is important because the neutral-current analog is a background for appearance oscillation experiments. The differential cross sections for momentum and production angle, for events with a single observed and no charged pions, are presented and compared to model predictions. These results comprise the first measurement of the kinematics for this process.

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Evidence for Neutral-Current Diffractive π0 Production from Hydrogen in Neutrino Interactions on Hydrocarbon

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Wolcott J., Aliaga L., Altinok O., Bercellie A., Betancourt M., Bodek A., Bravar A., Budd H., Cai T., Carneiro M.F., Chvojka J., Da Motta H., Devan J., Dytman S.A., Díaz G.A., Eberly B., Endress E., Felix J., Fields L., Fine R., Galindo R., Gallagher H., Golan T., Gran R., Harris D.A., Higuera A., Hurtado K., Kiveni M., Kleykamp J., Kordosky M., Le T., Maher E., Manly S., Mann W.A., Marshall C.M., Martinez Caicedo D.A., McFarland K.S., McGivern C.L., McGowan A.M., Messerly B., Miller J., Mislivec A., Morfín J.G., Mousseau J., Naples D., Nelson J.K., Norrick A., Nuruzzaman, Osta J., Paolone V., Park J., Patrick C.E., Perdue G.N., Rakotondravohitra L., Ramirez M.A., Ray H., Ren L., Rimal D., Rodrigues P.A., Ruterbories D., Schellman H., Schmitz D.W., Solano Salinas C.J., Sánchez Falero S., Tagg N., Tice B.G., Valencia E., Walton T., Wospakrik M., Zhang D.

Publicado 2016

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The MINERvA experiment observes an excess of events containing electromagnetic showers relative to the expectation from Monte Carlo simulations in neutral-current neutrino interactions with mean beam energy of 4.5 GeV on a hydrocarbon target. The excess is characterized and found to be consistent with neutral-current π0 production with a broad energy distribution peaking at 7 GeV and a total cross section of 0.26 0.02ðstat.Þ 0.08ðsys:Þ × 10−39 cm2. The angular distribution, electromagnetic shower energy, and spatial distribution of the energy depositions of the excess are consistent with expectations from neutrino neutral-current diffractive π0 production from hydrogen in the hydrocarbon target. These data comprise the first direct experimental observation and constraint for a reaction that poses an important background process in neutrino-oscillation experiments searching for �...

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Charged pion production in nu(mu) interactions on hydrocarbon at < E-nu >=4.0 GeV

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Eberly, B, Aliaga, L, Altinok, O, Sazo, MGB, Bellantoni, L, Betancourt, M, Bodek, A, Bravar, A, Budd, H, Bustamante, MJ, Butkevich, A, Caicedo, DAM, Carneiro, MF, Christy, ME, Chvojka, J, da Motta, H, Datta, M, Devan, J, Diaz, GA, Dytman, SA, Felix, J, Fields, L, Fine, R, Fiorentini, GA, Gago, AM, Galindo, R, Gallagher, H, Golan, T, Gran, R, Harris, DA, Higuera, A, Hurtado, K, Kafka, T, Kleykamp, J, Kordosky, M, Le, T, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, McFarland, KS, McGivern, CL, McGowan, AM, Messerly, B, Miller, J, Mislivec, A, Morfin, JG, Mousseau, J, Muhlbeier, T, Naples, D, Nelson, JK, Norrick, A, Osta, J, Palomino, JL, Paolone, V, Park, J, Patrick, CE, Perdue, GN, Rakotondravohitra, L, Ramirez, MA, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Ren, L, Rodrigues, PA, Ruterbories, D, Salazar, G, Schellman, H, Schmitz, DW, Simon, C, Sobczyk, JT, Salinas, CJS, Tagg, N, Tice, BG, Valencia, E, Walton, T, Wolcott, J, Wospakrik, M, Zavala, G, Zegarra, A, Zhang, D, Ziemer, BP

Publicado 2015

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This work was supported by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Award No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 which included the MINERvA construction project. Construction support also was granted by the United States National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-0619727 and by the University of Rochester. Support for participating scientists was provided by the NSF and DOE (USA); CAPES and CNPq (Brazil); CoNaCyT (Mexico); CONICYT (Chile); CONCYTEC, DGI-PUCP and IDI/IGI-UNI (Peru); Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF); the Swiss National Science Foundation; and RAS and the Russian Ministry of Education and Science (Russia). We thank the MINOS Collaboration for use of its near detector data. Finally, we thank the staff of Fermilab for support of the beam line and detector.

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MINERvA neutrino detector response measured with test beam data

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Aliaga L., Altinok O., Araujo Del Castillo C., Bagby L., Bellantoni L., Bergan W.F., Bodek A., Bradford R., Bravar A., Budd H., Butkevich A., Martinez Caicedo D.A., Carneiro M.F., Christy M.E., Chvojka J., Da Motta H., Devan J., Díaz G.A., Dytman S.A., Eberly B., Felix J., Fields L., Fine R., Flight R., Gago A.M., Gingu C., Golan T., Gomez A., Gran R., Harris D.A., Higuera A., Howley I.J., Hurtado K., Kleykamp J., Kordosky M., Lanari M., Le T., Leister A.J., Lovlein A., Maher E., Mann W.A., Marshall C.M., McFarland K.S., McGivern C.L., McGowan A.M., Messerly B., Miller J., Miller W., Mislivec A., Morfín J.G., Mousseau J., Muhlbeier T., Naples D., Nelson J.K., Norrick A., Ochoa N., O'Connor C.D., Osmanov B., Osta J., Paolone V., Patrick C.E., Patrick L., Perdue G.N., Pérez Lara C.E., Rakotondravohitra L., Ray H., Ren L., Rodrigues P.A., Rubinov P., Rude C.R., Ruterbories D., Schellman H., Schmitz D.W., Solano Salinas C.J., Tagg N., Tice B.G., Urrutia Z., Valencia E., Walton T., Westerberg A., Wolcott J., Woodward N., Wospakrik M., Zavala G., Zhang D., Ziemer B.P.

Publicado 2015

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The MINERvA collaboration operated a scaled-down replica of thesolid scintillator tracking and sampling calorimeter regions of the MINERvA detector in a hadron test beam at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. This paper reports measurements with samples of protons, pions, and electrons from 0.35 to 2.0 GeV/c momentum. The calorimetric response to protons, pions, and electrons is obtained from these data. A measurement of the parameter in Birks' law and an estimate of the tracking efficiency are extracted from the proton sample. Overall the data are well described by a Geant4-based Monte Carlo simulation of the detector and particle interactions with agreements better than 4% for the calorimetric response, though some features of the data are not precisely modeled. These measurements are used to tune the MINERvA detector simulation and evaluate systematic uncertainties in support of the MINE...

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Demonstration of communication using neutrinos

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Stancil, DD, Adamson, P, Alania, M, Aliaga, L, Andrews, M, Del Castillo, CA, Bagby, L, Alba, JLB, Bodek, A, Boehnlein, D, Bradford, R, Brooks, WK, Budd, H, Butkevich, A, Caicedo, DAM, Capista, DP, Castromonte, CM, Chamorro, A, Charlton, E, Christy, ME, Chvojka, J, Conrow, PD, Danko, I, Day, M, Devan, J, Downey, JM, Dytman, SA, Eberly, B, Fein, JR, Felix, J, Fields, L, Fiorentini, GA, Gago, AM, Gallagher, H, Gran, R, Grange, J, Griffin, J, Griffin, T, Hahn, E, Harris, DA, Higuera, A, Hobbs, JA, Hoffman, CM, Hughes, BL, Hurtado, K, Judd, A, Kafka, T, Kephart, K, Kilmer, J, Kordosky, M, Kulagin, SA, Kuznetsov, VA, Lanari, M, Le, T, Lee, H, Loiacono, L, Maggi, G, Maher, E, Manly, S, Mann, WA, Marshall, CM, Mcfarland, KS, Mislivec, A, Mcgowan, AM, Morfin, JG, Da Motta, H, Mousseau, J, Nelson, JK, Niemiec-Gielata, JA, Ochoa, N, Osmanov, B, Osta, J, Palomino, JL, Paradis, JS, Paolone, V, Park, J, Pena, C, Perdue, G, Lara, CEP, Peterman, AM, Pla-Dalmau, A, Pollock, B, Prokoshin, F, Ransome, RD, Ray, H, Reyhan, M, Rubinov, P, Ruggiero, D, Sands, OS, Schellman, H, Schmitz, DW, Schulte, EC, Simon, C, Salinas, CJS, Stefanski, R, Stevens, RG, Tagg, N, Takhistov, V, Tice, BG, Tilden, RN, Velasquez, JP

Publicado 2012

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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.

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Design, calibration, and performance of the MINERvA detector

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Aliaga L., Bagby L., Baldin B., Baumbaugh A., Bodek A., Bradford R., Brooks W.K., Boehnlein D., Boyd S., Budd H., Butkevich A., Martinez Caicedo D.A., Castromonte C.M., Christy M.E., Chvojka J., Da Motta H., Damiani D.S., Danko I., Datta M., Devan J., Draeger E., Dytman S.A., Díaz G.A., Eberly B., Edmondson D.A., Felix J., Fields L., Fiorentini G.A., Flight R.S., Gago A.M., Gallagher H., George C.A., Gielata J.A., Gingu C., Gran R., Grange J., 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., Kordosky M., Krajeski A.H., Kumbartzki G.J., 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., O'Connor C.D., Ochoa N., Olsen J., Osmanov B., Osta J., Palomino J.L., Paolone V., Park J., Perdue G.N., Peña 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., Schulte E.C., Simon C., Snider F.D., Snyder M.C., Solano Salinas C.J., Tagg N., Tice B.G., Tilden R.N., Velásquez J.P., Walton T., Westerberg A.

Publicado 2014

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The skin is the largest organ of the body that protects it from the external environment. High- frequency ultra sound (HF-US) has been used to visualize the skin in depth and to diagnose some pathologies in dermatological applications. Quantitative ultrasound (QUS) includes several techniques that provide values of particular physical properties. In this thesis work, three QUS parameters are explained and used to characterize healthy skin through HF-US: attenuation coefficient slope (ACS), backscatter coefficient (BSC) and shear wave speed (SWS). They were estimated with the regularized spectral-log difference (RSLD) method, the reference phan- tom method, and the crawling wave sonoelastography method, respectively. All the three parameters were assessed in phantoms, ex vivo and in vivo skin. In calibrated phantoms, RSLD showed a reduc- tion of up to 93% of the standard deviation concern...