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T2K Collaboration (Abe, K. et al); Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Escudero, L.; Izmaylov, A.; Sorel, M.; Stamoulis, P. |
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Measurement of the electron neutrino charged-current interaction rate on water with the T2K ND280 pi(0) detector |
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2015 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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112010 - 11pp |
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This paper presents a measurement of the charged current interaction rate of the electron neutrino beam component of the beam above 1.5 GeV using the large fiducial mass of the T2K pi(0) detector. The predominant portion of the v(e) flux (similar to 85%) at these energies comes from kaon decays. The measured ratio of the observed beam interaction rate to the predicted rate in the detector with water targets filled is 0.89 +/- 0.08(stat) +/- 0.11(sys), and with the water targets emptied is 0.90 +/- 0.09(stat) +/- 0.13 (sys). The ratio obtained for the interactions on water only from an event subtraction method is 0.87 +/- 0.33(stat) +/- 0.21(sys). This is the first measurement of the interaction rate of electron neutrinos on water, which is particularly of interest to experiments with water Cherenkov detectors. |
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[Abe, K.; Hayato, Y.; Ikeda, M.; Iyogi, K.; Kameda, J.; Miura, M.; Moriyama, S.; Nakahata, M.; Nakayama, S.; Sekiya, H.; Shiozawa, M.; Takeda, A.; Tanaka, H. K.; Tomura, T.; Wendell, R.] Univ Tokyo, Inst Cosm Ray Res, Kamioka Observ, Kamioka, Akita, Japan |
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T2K Collaboration (Abe, K. et al); Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Escudero, L.; Izmaylov, A.; Sorel, M.; Stamoulis, P. |
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Measurement of the nu(mu) charged-current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the ND280 detector at T2K |
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2015 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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92 |
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11 |
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112003 - 14pp |
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This paper reports a measurement by the T2K experiment of the nu(mu) charged current quasielastic (CCQE) cross section on a carbon target with the off-axis detector based on the observed distribution of muon momentum (rho(mu)) and angle with respect to the incident neutrino beam (theta(mu)). The flux-integrated CCQE cross section was measured to be <sigma > = (0.83 +/- 0.12) x 10(-38) cm(2). The energy dependence of the CCQE cross section is also reported. The axial mass, M-A(QE), of the dipole axial form factor was extracted assuming the Smith-Moniz CCQE model with a relativistic Fermi gas nuclear model. Using the absolute (shape-only) rho(mu)-cos theta(mu) distribution, the effective M-A(QE) parameter was measured to be 1.26(-0.18)(+0.21) GeV/c(2) (1.43(-0.22)(+0.28) GeV/c(2)). |
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[Kitching, P.] Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Ctr Particle Phys, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
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Renner, J.; Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Hernando, J.A.; Izmaylov, A.; Monrabal, F.; Muñoz, J.; Nygren, D.; Gomez-Cadenas, J.J. |
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Improved background rejection in neutrinoless double beta decay experiments using a magnetic field in a high pressure xenon TPC |
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2015 |
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Journal of Instrumentation |
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J. Instrum. |
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Pattern recognition, cluster finding, calibration and fitting methods; Double-beta decay detectors; Time projection chambers; Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors) |
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We demonstrate that the application of an external magnetic field could lead to an improved background rejection in neutrinoless double-beta (0 nu beta beta) decay experiments using a high-pressure xenon (HPXe) TPC. HPXe chambers are capable of imaging electron tracks, a feature that enhances the separation between signal events (the two electrons emitted in the 0 nu beta beta decay of Xe-136) and background events, arising chiefly from single electrons of kinetic energy compatible with the end-point of the 0 nu beta beta decay (Q(beta beta)). Applying an external magnetic field of sufficiently high intensity (in the range of 0.5-1 Tesla for operating pressures in the range of 5-15 atmospheres) causes the electrons to produce helical tracks. Assuming the tracks can be properly reconstructed, the sign of the curvature can be determined at several points along these tracks, and such information can be used to separate signal (0 nu beta beta) events containing two electrons producing a track with two different directions of curvature from background (single-electron) events producing a track that should spiral in a single direction. Due to electron multiple scattering, this strategy is not perfectly efficient on an event-by-event basis, but a statistical estimator can be constructed which can be used to reject background events by one order of magnitude at a moderate cost (about 30%) in signal efficiency. Combining this estimator with the excellent energy resolution and topological signature identification characteristic of the HPXe TPC, it is possible to reach a background rate of less than one count per ton-year of exposure. Such a low background rate is an essential feature of the next generation of 0 nu beta beta experiments, aiming to fully explore the inverse hierarchy of neutrino masses. |
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[Renner, J.; Imzaylov, A.; Monrabal, F.; Munoz, J.; Gomez-Cadenas, J. J.] CSIC, Inst Fis Corpuscular IFIC, Calle Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, Valencia 46980, Spain, Email: jrenner@ific.uv.es |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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T2K Collaboration (Abe, K. et al); Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Escudero, L.; Gomez-Cadenas, J.J.; Izmaylov, A.; Monfregola, L.; Sorel, M.; Stamoulis, P. |
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Observation of Electron Neutrino Appearance in a Muon Neutrino Beam |
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2014 |
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Physical Review Letters |
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Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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112 |
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6 |
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061802 - 8pp |
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The T2K experiment has observed electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam produced 295 km from the Super-Kamiokande detector with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV. A total of 28 electron neutrino events were detected with an energy distribution consistent with an appearance signal, corresponding to a significance of 7.3 sigma when compared to 4.92 +/- 0.55 expected background events. In the Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata mixing model, the electron neutrino appearance signal depends on several parameters including three mixing angles theta(12), theta(23), theta(13), a mass difference vertical bar Delta m(32)(2)vertical bar and a CP violating phase delta(CP). In this neutrino oscillation scenario, assuming vertical bar Delta m(32)(2)vertical bar = 2.4 x 10(-3) eV(2), sin theta(2)(23) = 0.5, and vertical bar Delta m(32)(2)vertical bar > 0 (vertical bar Delta m(32)(2)vertical bar < 0), a best- fit value of sin2 theta(2)(13) = 0.140(- 0.032)(+0.038) (0.170(-0.037)(+0.045)) is obtained at delta(CP) = 0. When combining the result with the current best knowledge of oscillation parameters including the world average value of theta(13) from reactor experiments, some values of delta(CP) are disfavored at the 90% C. L. |
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[Kitching, P.] Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Ctr Particle Phys, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
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Adey, D. et al; Cervera-Villanueva, A.; Donini, A.; Ghosh, T.; Gomez-Cadenas, J.J.; Hernandez, P.; Izmaylov, A.; Laing, A.; Mena, O.; Sorel, M.; Stamoulis, P. |
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Light sterile neutrino sensitivity at the nuSTORM facility |
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2014 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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89 |
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071301 - 7pp |
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A facility that can deliver beams of electron and muon neutrinos from the decay of a stored muon beam has the potential to unambiguously resolve the issue of the evidence for light sterile neutrinos that arises in short-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments and from estimates of the effective number of neutrino flavors from fits to cosmological data. In this paper, we show that the nuSTORM facility, with stored muons of 3.8 GeV/c +/- 10%, will be able to carry out a conclusive muon neutrino appearance search for sterile neutrinos and test the LSND and MiniBooNE experimental signals with 10 sigma sensitivity, even assuming conservative estimates for the systematic uncertainties. This experiment would add greatly to our knowledge of the contribution of light sterile neutrinos to the number of effective neutrino flavors from the abundance of primordial helium production and from constraints on neutrino energy density from the cosmic microwave background. The appearance search is complemented by a simultaneous muon neutrino disappearance analysis that will facilitate tests of various sterile neutrino models. |
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[Adey, D.; Brice, S. J.; Bross, A. D.; Cease, H.; Geelhoed, M.; Kobilarcik, T.; Liu, A.; Mokhov, N.; Morfin, J.; Neuffer, D.; Palmer, M. A.; Parke, S.; Plunkett, R.; Popovic, M.; Rubinov, P.; Sen, T.; Snopok, P.; Striganov, S.] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA, Email: Ryan.Bayes@glasgow.ac.uk |
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