10 research outputs found
Neutrino Interaction Model Tuning at NOvA
No full textThe NOvA neutrino oscillation experiment uses the GENIE event generator to predict neutrino interactions in its detectors. Recent data, recent reanalysis of extant data, and continued development of theoretical models have brought to light deficiencies in the default GENIE cross section model, which in turn impact the predicted spectra used to infer oscillation parameters. We discuss modifications to GENIE version 2.12.2, motivated by these various sources, which culminate in a tune using NOvA near detector muon neutrino scattering data. This tuned version of the generator is used for the predictions in NOvA's far detector oscillation analyses
Near-to-Far Extrapolation in Transverse Momentum at NOvA
No full textNOvA is long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment at Fermilab. In the NOvA disappearance and appearance analyses the Far Detector (FD) spectrum is predicted by extrapolating the charged current event spectrum at the Near Detector (ND) to the FD. ND and FD differences in selection efficiency and acceptance lead to uncertainties in the measured oscillation parameters. Extrapolating the ND spectrum to the FD in transverse momentum of the final state lepton helps account for these differences and reduces uncertainties in the measured oscillation parameters. This poster presents the results of extrapolating in transverse momentum in the 2020 NOvA disappearance and appearance joint analysis
Measurement of charged current coherent pion production by neutrinos on carbon at MINERνA
No full textThesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2017.Neutrino-nucleus coherent pion production is a rare neutrino scattering process
where the squared four-momentum transferred to the nucleus is small, a lepton and
pion are produced in the forward direction, and the nucleus remains in its initial
state. This process is an important background in neutrino oscillation experiments.
Measurements of coherent pion production are needed to constrain models which
are used to predict coherent pion production in oscillation experiments. This thesis
reports measurements of vm and -vm charged current coherent pion production on
carbon for neutrino energies in the range 2 < Ev < 20 GeV. The measurements were
made using data from MINERvA, which is a dedicated neutrino-nucleus scattering
experiment that uses a fine-grained scintillator tracking detector in the high-intensity
NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab. Coherent interactions were isolated from the data
using only model-independent signatures of the reaction, which are a forward muon
and pion, no evidence of nuclear breakup, and small four-momentum transfer to the
nucleus. The measurements were compared to the coherent pion production model
used by oscillation experiments. The data and model agree in the total interaction
rate and are similar in the dependence of the interaction rate on the squared four-
momentum transferred from the neutrino. The data and model disagree significantly
in the pion kinematics. The measured vm and -vm interaction rates are consistent,
which supports model predictions that the neutrino and antineutrino interaction
rates are equal
Measurement of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent production in the NOvA near detector
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WSU authors: Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Solomey, Nickolas. The complete list includes: Acero, M.A.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga, L.; Alion, T.; Allakhverdian, V.; Anfimov, N.; Antoshkin, A.; Arrieta-Diaz, E.; Aurisano, A.; Back, A.; Backhouse, C.; Baird, M.; Balashov, N.; Baldi, P.; Bambah, B.A.; Basher, S.; Bays, K.; Behera, B.; Bending, S.; Bernstein, R.; Bhatnagar, V.; Bhuyan, B.; Bian, J.; Blair, J.; Booth, A.C.; Bolshakova, A.; Bour, P.; Bromberg, C.; Buchanan, N.; Butkevich, A.; Campbell, M.; Carroll, T.J.; Catano-Mur, E.; Childress, S.; Choudhary, B.C.; Chowdhury, B.; Coan, T.E.; Colo, M.; Corwin, L.; Cremonesi, L.; Cronin-Hennessy, D.; Davies, G.S.; Derwent, P.F.; Ding, P.; Djurcic, Z.; Doyle, D.; Dukes, E.C.; Dung, P.; Duyang, H.; Edayath, S.; Ehrlich, R.; Feldman, G.J.; Flanagan, W.; Frank, M.J.; Gallagher, H.R.; Gandrajula, R.; Gao, F.; Germani, S.; Giri, A.; Gomes, R.A.; Goodman, M.C.; Grichine, V.; Groh, M.; Group, R.; Guo, B.; Habig, A.; Hakl, F.; Hartnell, J.; Hatcher, R.; Hatzikoutelis, A.; Heller, K.; Himmel, A.; Holin, A.; Howard, B.; Huang, J.; Hylen, J.; Jediny, F.; Johnson, C.; Judah, M.; Kakorin, I.; Kalra, D.; Kaplan, D.M.; Keloth, R.; Klimov, O.; Koerner, L.W.; Kolupaeva, L.; Kotelnikov, S.; Kreymer, A.; Kullenberg, C.; Kumar, A.; Kuruppu, C.D.; Kus, V.; Lackey, T.; Lang, K.; Lin, S.; Lokajicek, M.; Lozier, J.; Luchuk, S.; Maan, K.; Magill, S.; Mann, W.A.; Marshak, M.L.; Matveev, V.; Méndez, D.P.; Messier, M.D.; Meyer, H.; Miao, T.; Miller, W.H.; Mishra, S.R.; Mislivec, A.; Mohanta, R.; Moren, A.; Mualem, L.; Muether, M.; Mulder, K.; Mufson, S.; Murphy, R.; Musser, J.; Naples, D.; Nayak, N.; Nelson, J.K.; Nichol, R.; Niner, E.; Norman, A.; Nosek, T.; Oksuzian, Y.; Olshevskiy, A.; Olson, T.; Paley, J.; Patterson, R.B.; Pawloski, G.; Pershey, D.; Petrova, O.; Petti, R.; Plunkett, R.K.; Potukuchi, B.; Principato, C.; Psihas, F.; Raj, V.; Radovic, A.; Rameika, R.A.; Rebel, B.; Rojas, P.; Ryabov, V.; Sachdev, K.; Samoylov, O.; Sanchez, M.C.; Seong, I.S.; Shanahan, P.; Sheshukov, A.; Singh, P.; Singh, V.; Smith, E.; Smolik, J.; Snopok, P.; Solomey, N.; Song, E.; Sousa, A.; Soustruznik, K.; Strait, M.; Suter, L.; Talaga, R.L.; Tas, P.; Thayyullathil, R.B.; Thomas, J.; Tiras, E.; Torbunov, D.; Tripathi, J.; Tsaris, A.; Torun, Y.; Urheim, J.; Vahle, P.; Vasel, J.; Vinton, L.; Vokac, P.; Vrba, T.; Wang, B.; Warburton, T.K.; Wetstein, M.; While, M.; Whittington, D.; Wojcicki, S.G.; Wolcott, J.; Yadav, N.; Yallappa Dombara, A.; Yang, S.; Yonehara, K.; Yu, S.; Zalesak, J.; Zamorano, B.; Zwaska, R.l; NOvA Collaboration.The cross section of neutrino-induced neutral-current coherent production on a carbon-dominated target is measured in the NOvA near detector. This measurement uses a narrow-band neutrino beam with an average neutrino energy of 2.7\,GeV, which is of interest to ongoing and future long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. The measured flux-averaged cross section is
, consistent with model prediction. This result is the most precise measurement of neutral-current coherent production in the few-GeV neutrino energy region.Document was prepared by the NOvA Collaboration using the resources of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), a U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, HEP user facility. Fermilab is managed by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC (FRA), acting under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy; the U.S. National Science Foundation; the Department of Science and Technology, India; the European Research Council; the MSMT CR, GA UK, Czech Republic; the RAS, RFBR, RMES, RSF, and BASIS Foundation, Russia; CNPq and FAPEG, Brazil; STFC and the Royal Society, United Kingdom; and the state and University of Minnesota
New constraints on oscillation parameters from appearance and disappearance in the NOvA experiment
No full textPublished by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funded by SCOAP3. WSU authors: Cedeno, Alan; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Solomey, Nickolas. The complete list includes: Acero, M. A.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga, L.; Alion, T.; Allakhverdian, V.; Anfimov, N.; Antoshkin, A.; Arrieta-Diaz, E.; Aurisano, A.; Back, A.; Backhouse, C.; Baird, M.; Balashov, N.; Bambah, B. A.; Bays, K.; Behera,
B.; Bending, S.; Bernstein, R.; Bhatnagar, V.; Bhuyan, B.; Bian, J.; Blackburn, T.; Blair, J.; Bolshakova, A.; Bour, P.; Bromberg, C.; Brown, J.; Buchanan, N.; Butkevich, A.; Bychkov, V.; Campbell, M.; Carroll, T. J.; Catano-Mur, E.; Cedeno, A.; Childress, S.; Choudhary, B. C.; Chowdhury, B.; Coan, T. E.; Colo, M.; Cooper, J.; Corwin, L.; Cremonesi, L.; Cronin-Hennessy, D.; Davies, G. S.; Davies, J. P.; De Rijck, S.; Derwent, P. F.; Dharmapalan, R.; Ding, P.; Djurcic, Z.; Dukes, E. C.; Dung, P.; Duyang, H.; Edayath, S.; Ehrlich, R.; Feldman, G. J.; Frank, M. J.; Gallagher, H. R.; Gandrajula, R.; Gao, F.; Germani, S.; Giri, A.; Gomes, R. A.; Goodman, M. C.; Grichine, V.; Groh, M.; Group, R.; Grover, D.; Guo, B.; Habig, A.; Hakl, F.; Hartnell, J.; Hatcher, R.; Hatzikoutelis, A.; Heller, K.; Himmel, A.; Holin, A.; Howard, B.; Huang, J.; Hylen, J.; Jediny, F.; Judah, M.; Kakorin, I.; Kalra, D.; Kaplan, D.
M.; Keloth, R.; Klimov, O.; Koerner, L. W.; Kolupaeva, L.; Kotelnikov, S.; Kourbanis, I.; Kreymer, A.; Kulenberg, Ch.; Kumar, A.; Kuruppu, C.; Kus, V.; Lackey, T.; Lang, K.; Lin, S.; Lokajicek, M.; Lozier, J.; Luchuk, S.; Maan, K.; Magill, S.; Mann, W. A.; Marshak, M. L.; Matveev, V.; Mendez, D. P.; Messier, M. D.; Meyer, H.; Miao, T.; Miller, W. H.; Mishra, S. R.; Mislivec, A.; Mohanta, R.; Moren, A.; Mualem, L.; Muether, M.; Mufson, S.; Murphy, R.; Musser, J.; Naples, D.; Nayak, N.; Nelson, J. K.; Nichol, R.; Niner, E.; Norman, A.; Nosek, T.; Oksuzian, Y.; Olshevskiy, A.; Olson, T.; Paley, J.; Patterson, R. B.; Pawloski, G.; Pershey, D.; Petrova, O.; Petti, R.; Phan-Budd, S.; Plunkett, R. K.; Potukuchi, B.; Principato, C.; Psihas, F.; Radovic, A.; Rameika, R. A.;
Rebel, B.; Rojas, P.; Ryabov, V.; Sachdev, K.; Samoylov, O.; Sanchez, M. C.; Sepulveda-Quiroz, J.; Shanahan, P.; Sheshukov, A.; Singh, P.; Singh, V.; Smith, E.; Smolik, J.; Snopok, P.; Solomey, N.; Song, E.; Sousa, A.; Soustruznik, K.; Strait, M.; Suter, L.; Talaga, R. L.; Tas, P.; Thayyullathil, R. B.; Thomas, J.; Tiras, E.; Tognini, S. C.; Torbunov, D.; Tripathi, J.; Tsaris, A.; Torun, Y.; Urheim, J.; Vahle, P.; Vasel, J.; Vinton, L.; Vokac, P.; Vold, A.; Vrba, T.; Wang, B.; Warburton, T. K.; Wetstein, M.; Whittington, D.; Wojcicki, S. G.; Wolcott, J.; Yang, S.; Yu, S.; Zalesak, J.; Zamorano, B.; Zwaska, R.We present updated results from the NOvA experiment for and oscillations from an exposure of protons on target, which represents an increase of 46% compared to our previous publication. The results utilize significant improvements in both the simulations and analysis of the data. A joint fit to the data for disappearance and appearance gives the best fit point as normal mass hierarchy, , , and . The 68.3% confidence intervals in the normal mass hierarchy are , and The inverted mass hierarchy is disfavored at the 95% confidence level for all choices of the other oscillation parameters.U.S. Department of Energy; the U.S. National Science Foundation; the Department of Science and Technology, India; the European Research Council; the MSMT CR, GA UK, Czech Republic; the RAS, RFBR, RMES, RSF, and BASIS Foundation, Russia; CNPq and FAPEG, Brazil; and the state and University of Minnesota. We are grateful for the contributions of the staffs at the University of Minnesota module assembly facility and Ash River Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and Fermilab. Fermilab is operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the U.S. DOE
Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment: DUNE Collaboration
No full text© 2020, The Author(s). Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. WSU authors: Meyer, H.; Muether, M.; Solomey, N. The complete list includes: Abi, B.; Acciarri, R.; Acero, M.A.; Adamov, G.; Adams, D.; Adinolfi, M.; Ahmad, Z.; Ahmed, J.; Alion, T.; Monsalve, S.A.; Alt, C.; Anderson, J.; Andreopoulos, C.; Andrews, M.P.; Andrianala, F.; Andringa, S.; Ankowski, A.; Antonova, M.; Antusch, S.; Aranda-Fernandez, A.; Ariga, A.; Arnold, L.O.; Arroyave, M.A.; Asaadi, J.; Aurisano, A.; Aushev, V.; Autiero, D.; Azfar, F.; Back, H.; Back, J.J.; Backhouse, C.; Baesso, P.; Bagby, L.; Bajou, R.; Balasubramanian, S.; Baldi, P.; Bambah, B.; Barao, F.; Barenboim, G.; Barker, G.J.; Barkhouse, W.; Barnes, C.; Barr, G.; Monarca, J.B.; Barros, N.; Barrow, J.L.; Bashyal, A.; Basque, V.; Bay, F.; Alba, J.L.B.; Beacom, J.F.; Bechetoille, E.; Behera, B.; Bellantoni, L.; Bellettini, G.; Bellini, V.; Beltramello, O.; Belver, D.; Benekos, N.; Neves, F.B.; Berger, J.; Berkman, S.; Bernardini, P.; Berner, R.M.; Berns, H.; Bertolucci, S.; Betancourt, M.; Bezawada, Y.; Bhattacharjee, M.; Bhuyan, B.; Biagi, S.; Bian, J.; Biassoni, M.; Biery, K.; Bilki, B.; Bishai, M.; Bitadze, A.; Blake, A.; Siffert, B.B.; Blaszczyk, F.D.M.; Blazey, G.C.; Blucher, E.; Boissevain, J.; Bolognesi, S.; Bolton, T.; Bonesini, M.; Bongrand, M.; Bonini, F.; Booth, A.; Booth, C.; Bordoni, S.; Borkum, A.; Boschi, T.; Bostan, N.; Bour, P.; Boyd, S.B.; Boyden, D.; Bracinik, J.; Braga, D.; Brailsford, D.; Brandt, A.; Bremer, J.; Brew, C.; Brianne, E.; Brice, S.J.; Brizzolari, C.; Bromberg, C.; Brooijmans, G.; Brooke, J.; Bross, A.; Brunetti, G.; Buchanan, N.; Budd, H.; Caiulo, D.; Calafiura, P.; Calcutt, J.; Calin, M.; Calvez, S.; Calvo, E.; Camilleri, L.; Caminata, A.; Campanelli, M.; Caratelli, D.; Carini, G.; Carlus, B.; Carniti, P.; Terrazas, I.C.; Carranza, H.; Castillo, A.; Castromonte, C.; Cattadori, C.; Cavalier, F.; Cavanna, F.; Centro, S.; Cerati, G.; Cervelli, A.; Villanueva, A.C.; Chalifour, M.; Chang, C.; Chardonnet, E.; Chatterjee, A.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Chaves, J.; Chen, H.; Chen, M.; Chen, Y.; Cherdack, D.; Chi, C.; Childress, S.; Chiriacescu, A.; Cho, K.; Choubey, S.; Christensen, A.; Christian, D.; Christodoulou, G.; Church, E.; Clarke, P.; Coan, T.E.; Cocco, A.G.; Coelho, J.A.B.; Conley, E.; Conrad, J.M.; Convery, M.; Corwin, L.; Cotte, P.; Cremaldi, L.; Cremonesi, L.; Crespo-Anadón, J.I.; Cristaldo, E.; Cross, R.; Cuesta, C.; Cui, Y.; Cussans, D.; Dabrowski, M.; Motta, H.; Da Silva Peres, L.; David, C.; David, Q.; Davies, G.S.; Davini, S.; Dawson, J.; De, K.; De Almeida, R.M.; Debbins, P.; De Bonis, I.; Decowski, M.P.; de Gouvêa, A.; De Holanda, P.C.; De Icaza Astiz, I.L.; Deisting, A.; De Jong, P.; Delbart, A.; Delepine, D.; Delgado, M.; Dell’Acqua, A.; De Lurgio, P.; de Mello Neto, J.R.T.; DeMuth, D.M.; Dennis, S.; Densham, C.; Deptuch, G.; De Roeck, A.; De Romeri, V.; De Vries, J.J.; Dharmapalan, R.; Dias, M.; Diaz, F.; Díaz, J.S.; Domizio, S.D.; Giulio, L.D.; Ding, P.; Noto, L.D.; Distefano, C.; Diurba, R.; Diwan, M.; Djurcic, Z.; Dokania, N.; Dolinski, M.J.; Domine, L.; Douglas, D.; Drielsma, F.; Duchesneau, D.; Duffy, K.; Dunne, P.; Durkin, T.; Duyang, H.; Dvornikov, O.; Dwyer, D.A.; Dyshkant, A.S.; Eads, M.; Edmunds, D.; Eisch, J.; Emery, S.; Ereditato, A.; Escobar, C.O.; Sanchez, L.E.; Evans, J.J.; Ewart, E.; Ezeribe, A.C.; Fahey, K.; Falcone, A.; Farnese, C.; Farzan, Y.; Felix, J.; Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Menendez, P.F.; Ferraro, F.; Fields, L.; Filkins, A.; Filthaut, F.; Fitzpatrick, R.S.; Flanagan, W.; Fleming, B.; Flight, R.; Fowler, J.; Fox, W.; Franc, J.; Francis, K.; Franco, D.; Freeman, J.; Freestone, J.; Fried, J.; Friedland, A.; Fuess, S.; Furic, I.; Furmanski, A.P.; Gago, A.; Gallagher, H.; Gallego-Ros, A.; Gallice, N.; Galymov, V.; Gamberini, E.; Gamble, T.; Gandhi, R.; Gandrajula, R.; Gao, S.; Garcia-Gamez, D.; García-Peris, M.Á.; Gardiner, S.; Gastler, D.; Ge, G.; Gelli, B.; Gendotti, A.; Gent, S.; Ghorbani-Moghaddam, Z.; Gibin, D.; Gil-Botella, I.; Girerd, C.; Giri, A.K.; Gnani, D.; Gogota, O.; Gold, M.; Gollapinni, S.; Gollwitzer, K.; Gomes, R.A.; Bermeo, L.V.G.; Fajardo, L.S.G.; Gonnella, F.; Gonzalez-Cuevas, J.A.; Goodman, M.C.; Goodwin, O.; Goswami, S.; Gotti, C.; Goudzovski, E.; Grace, C.; Graham, M.; Gramellini, E.; Gran, R.; Granados, E.; Grant, A.; Grant, C.; Gratieri, D.; Green, P.; Green, S.; Greenler, L.; Greenwood, M.; Greer, J.; Griffith, W.C.; Groh, M.; Grudzinski, J.; Grzelak, K.; Gu, W.; Guarino, V.; Guenette, R.; Guglielmi, A.; Guo, B.; Guthikonda, K.K.; Gutierrez, R.; Guzowski, P.; Guzzo, M.M.; Gwon, S.; Habig, A.; Hackenburg, A.; Hadavand, H.; Haenni, R.; Hahn, A.; Haigh, J.; Haiston, J.; Hamernik, T.; Hamilton, P.; Han, J.; Harder, K.; Harris, D.A.; Hartnell, J.; Hasegawa, T.; Hatcher, R.; Hazen, E.; Heavey, A.; Heeger, K.M.; Heise, J.; Hennessy, K.; Henry, S.; Morquecho, M.A.H.; Herner, K.; Hertel, L.; Hesam, A.S.; Hewes, J.; Higuera, A.; Hill, T.; Hillier, S.J.; Himmel, A.; Hoff, J.; Hohl, C.; Holin, A.; Hoppe, E.; Horton-Smith, G.A.; Hostert, M.; Hourlier, A.; Howard, B.; Howell, R.; Huang, J.; Huang, J.; Hugon, J.; Iles, G.; Ilic, N.; Iliescu, A.M.; 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LeBrun, P.; Miotto, G.L.; Lehnert, R.; de Oliveira, M.A.L.; Leitner, M.; Leyton, M.; Li, L.; Li, S.; Li, S.W.; Li, T.; Li, Y.; Liao, H.; Lin, C.S.; Lin, S.; Lister, A.; Littlejohn, B.R.; Liu, J.; Lockwitz, S.; Loew, T.; Lokajicek, M.; Lomidze, I.; Long, K.; Loo, K.; Lorca, D.; Lord, T.; LoSecco, J.M.; Louis, W.C.; Luk, K.B.; Luo, X.; Lurkin, N.; Lux, T.; Luzio, V.P.; MacFarland, D.; Machado, A.A.; Machado, P.; Macias, C.T.; Macier, J.R.; Maddalena, A.; Madigan, P.; Magill, S.; Mahn, K.; Maio, A.; Maloney, J.A.; Mandrioli, G.; Maneira, J.; Manenti, L.; Manly, S.; Mann, A.; Manolopoulos, K.; Plata, M.M.; Marchionni, A.; Marciano, W.; Marfatia, D.; Mariani, C.; Maricic, J.; Marinho, F.; Marino, A.D.; Marshak, M.; Marshall, C.; Marshall, J.; Marteau, J.; Martin-Albo, J.; Martinez, N.; Caicedo, D.A.M.; Martynenko, S.; Mason, K.; Mastbaum, A.; Masud, M.; Matsuno, S.; Matthews, J.; Mauger, C.; Mauri, N.; Mavrokoridis, K.; Mazza, R.; Mazzacane, A.; Mazzucato, E.; McCluskey, E.; McConkey, N.; McFarland, K.S.; 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Wang, J.; Wang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Warburton, K.; Warner, D.; Wascko, M.; Waters, D.; Watson, A.; Weatherly, P.; Weber, A.; Weber, M.; Wei, H.; Weinstein, A.; Wenman, D.; Wetstein, M.; While, M.R.; White, A.; Whitehead, L.H.; Whittington, D.; Wilking, M.J.; Wilkinson, C.; Williams, Z.; Wilson, F.; Wilson, R.J.; Wolcott, J.; Wongjirad, T.; Wood, K.; Wood, L.; Worcester, E.; Worcester, M.; Wret, C.; Wu, W.; Wu, W.; Xiao, Y.; Yang, G.; Yang, T.; Yershov, N.; Yonehara, K.; Young, T.; Yu, B.; Yu, J.; Zaki, R.; Zalesak, J.; Zambelli, L.; Zamorano, B.; Zani, A.; Zazueta, L.; Zeller, G.P.; Zennamo, J.; Zeug, K.; Zhang, C.; Zhao, M.; Zhivun, E.; Zhu, G.; Zimmerman, E.D.; Zito, M.; Zucchelli, S.; Zuklin, J.; Zutshi, V.; Zwaska, R.The sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to neutrino oscillation is determined, based on a full simulation, reconstruction, and event selection of the far detector and a full simulation and parameterized analysis of the near detector. Detailed uncertainties due to the flux prediction, neutrino interaction model, and detector effects are included. DUNE will resolve the neutrino mass hierarchy to a precision of 5, for all values, after 2 years of running with the nominal detector design and beam configuration. It has the potential to observe charge-parity violation in the neutrino sector to a precision of 3 (5) after an exposure of 5 (10) years, for 50\% of all values. It will also make precise measurements of other parameters governing long-baseline neutrino oscillation, and after an exposure of 15 years will achieve a similar sensitivity to to current reactor experiments.This work was supported by CNPq, FAPERJ, FAPEG and FAPESP, Brazil; CFI, IPP and NSERC, Canada; CERN; MŠMT, Czech Republic; ERDF, H2020-EU and MSCA, European Union; CNRS/IN2P3 and CEA, France; INFN, Italy; FCT, Portugal; NRF, South Korea; CAM, Fundación “La Caixa” and MICINN, Spain; SERI and SNSF, Switzerland; TÜBİTAK, Turkey; The Royal Society and UKRI/STFC, UK; DOE and NSF, United States of America. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume IV: Far Detector Single-phase Technology
No full textThe preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the
dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life,
and whether protons eventually decay -- these mysteries at the forefront of
particle physics and astrophysics are key to understanding the early evolution
of our universe, its current state, and its eventual fate. DUNE is an
international world-class experiment dedicated to addressing these questions as
it searches for leptonic charge-parity symmetry violation, stands ready to
capture supernova neutrino bursts, and seeks to observe nucleon decay as a
signature of a grand unified theory underlying the standard model.
Central to achieving DUNE's physics program is a far detector that combines
the many tens-of-kiloton fiducial mass necessary for rare event searches with
sub-centimeter spatial resolution in its ability to image those events,
allowing identification of the physics signatures among the numerous
backgrounds. In the single-phase liquid argon time-projection chamber (LArTPC)
technology, ionization charges drift horizontally in the liquid argon under the
influence of an electric field towards a vertical anode, where they are read
out with fine granularity. A photon detection system supplements the TPC,
directly enhancing physics capabilities for all three DUNE physics drivers and
opening up prospects for further physics explorations.
The DUNE far detector technical design report (TDR) describes the DUNE
physics program and the technical designs of the single- and dual-phase DUNE
liquid argon TPC far detector modules. Volume IV presents an overview of the
basic operating principles of a single-phase LArTPC, followed by a description
of the DUNE implementation. Each of the subsystems is described in detail,
connecting the high-level design requirements and decisions to the overriding
physics goals of DUNE
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report: Volume III - DUNE Far Detector Technical Coordination
No full textThe preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventually decay—these mysteries at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics are key to understanding the early evolution of our universe, its current state, and its eventual fate. The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is an international world-class experiment dedicated to addressing these questions as it searches for leptonic charge-parity symmetry violation, stands ready to capture supernova neutrino bursts, and seeks to observe nucleon decay as a signature of a grand unified theory underlying the standard model. The DUNE far detector technical design report (TDR) describes the DUNE physics program and the technical designs of the single- and dual-phase DUNE liquid argon TPC far detector modules. Volume III of this TDR describes how the activities required to design, construct, fabricate, install, and commission the DUNE far detector modules are organized and managed. This volume details the organizational structures that will carry out and/or oversee the planned far detector activities safely, successfully, on time, and on budget. It presents overviews of the facilities, supporting infrastructure, and detectors for context, and it outlines the project-related functions and methodologies used by the DUNE technical coordination organization, focusing on the areas of integration engineering, technical reviews, quality assurance and control, and safety oversight. Because of its more advanced stage of development, functional examples presented in this volume focus primarily on the single-phase (SP) detector module.The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventually decay -- these mysteries at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics are key to understanding the early evolution of our universe, its current state, and its eventual fate. The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is an international world-class experiment dedicated to addressing these questions as it searches for leptonic charge-parity symmetry violation, stands ready to capture supernova neutrino bursts, and seeks to observe nucleon decay as a signature of a grand unified theory underlying the standard model. The DUNE far detector technical design report (TDR) describes the DUNE physics program and the technical designs of the single- and dual-phase DUNE liquid argon TPC far detector modules. Volume III of this TDR describes how the activities required to design, construct, fabricate, install, and commission the DUNE far detector modules are organized and managed. This volume details the organizational structures that will carry out and/or oversee the planned far detector activities safely, successfully, on time, and on budget. It presents overviews of the facilities, supporting infrastructure, and detectors for context, and it outlines the project-related functions and methodologies used by the DUNE technical coordination organization, focusing on the areas of integration engineering, technical reviews, quality assurance and control, and safety oversight. Because of its more advanced stage of development, functional examples presented in this volume focus primarily on the single-phase (SP) detector module
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design Report
No full textThe Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is an international, world-class experiment aimed at exploring fundamental questions about the universe that are at the forefront of astrophysics and particle physics research. DUNE will study questions pertaining to the preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of supernovae, the subtleties of neutrino interaction physics, and a number of beyond the Standard Model topics accessible in a powerful neutrino beam. A critical component of the DUNE physics program involves the study of changes in a powerful beam of neutrinos, i.e., neutrino oscillations, as the neutrinos propagate a long distance. The experiment consists of a near detector, sited close to the source of the beam, and a far detector, sited along the beam at a large distance. This document, the DUNE Near Detector Conceptual Design Report (CDR), describes the design of the DUNE near detector and the science program that drives the design and technology choices. The goals and requirements underlying the design, along with projected performance are given. It serves as a starting point for a more detailed design that will be described in future documents.This report describes the conceptual design of the DUNE near detecto
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume II DUNE Physics
No full textThe preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventually decay -- these mysteries at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics are key to understanding the early evolution of our universe, its current state, and its eventual fate. DUNE is an international world-class experiment dedicated to addressing these questions as it searches for leptonic charge-parity symmetry violation, stands ready to capture supernova neutrino bursts, and seeks to observe nucleon decay as a signature of a grand unified theory underlying the standard model. The DUNE far detector technical design report (TDR) describes the DUNE physics program and the technical designs of the single- and dual-phase DUNE liquid argon TPC far detector modules. Volume II of this TDR, DUNE Physics, describes the array of identified scientific opportunities and key goals. Crucially, we also report our best current understanding of the capability of DUNE to realize these goals, along with the detailed arguments and investigations on which this understanding is based. This TDR volume documents the scientific basis underlying the conception and design of the LBNF/DUNE experimental configurations. As a result, the description of DUNE's experimental capabilities constitutes the bulk of the document. Key linkages between requirements for successful execution of the physics program and primary specifications of the experimental configurations are drawn and summarized. This document also serves a wider purpose as a statement on the scientific potential of DUNE as a central component within a global program of frontier theoretical and experimental particle physics research. Thus, the presentation also aims to serve as a resource for the particle physics community at large
