Browsing Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics by Author "Acero, Mario A."

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    • Adjusting neutrino interaction models and evaluating uncertainties using NOvA near detector data 

      Acero, Mario A.; Adamson, Philip; Agam, G.; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Solomey, Nickolas (EDP Sciences, 2020-12-04)
      The two-detector design of the NOvA neutrino oscillation experiment, in which two functionally identical detectors are exposed to an intense neutrino beam, aids in canceling leading order effects of cross-section uncertainties. ...

    • Deep underground neutrino experiment (DUNE) near detector conceptual design report 

      Abed Abud, Adam; Abi, B.; Acciarri, R.; Acero, Mario A.; Adamov, G.; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Roy, P.; Solomey, Nickolas (MDPI, 2021-09-29)
      The 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. ...

    • Extended search for supernovalike neutrinos in NOvA coincident with LIGO/Virgo detections 

      Acero, Mario A.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga, Leo; Anfimov, Nikolay V.; Antoshkin, A.; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Solomey, Nickolas (American Physical Society, 2021-09-15)
      A search is performed for supernovalike neutrino interactions coincident with 76 gravitational wave events detected by the LIGO/Virgo Collaboration. For 40 of these events, full readout of the time around the gravitational ...

    • Improved measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters by the NOvA experiment 

      Acero, Mario A.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga L.; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Roy, P.; Solomey, Nickolas (American Physical Society, 2022-08-03)
      We present new ν μ → ν e , ν μ → ν μ , ¯ ν μ → ¯ ν e , and ¯ ν μ → ¯ ν μ oscillation measurements by the NOvA experiment, with a 50% increase in neutrino-mode beam exposure over the previously ...

    • Low exposure long-baseline neutrino oscillation sensitivity of the DUNE experiment 

      DUNE Collaboration; Abud, A. Abed; Abi, B.; Acciarri, R.; Acero, Mario A.; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Roy, P.; Solomey, Nickolas (American Physical Society, 2022-04-25)
      The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will produce world-leading neutrino oscillation measurements over the lifetime of the experiment. In this work, we explore DUNE’s sensitivity to observe charge-parity violation ...

    • Neutrino interaction classification with a convolutional neural network in the DUNE far detector 

      Abi, B.; Acciarri, R.; Acero, Mario A.; Muether, Mathew; Meyer, Holger; Solomey, Nickolas (American Physical Society, 2020-11-09)
      The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment is a next-generation neutrino oscillation experiment that aims to measure CP-violation in the neutrino sector as part of a wider physics program. A deep learning approach based on ...

    • Prospects for beyond the Standard Model physics searches at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment: DUNE collaboration 

      Abi, B.; Acciarri, R.; Acero, Mario A.; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Solomey, Nickolas (Springer Nature, 2021-04-16)
      The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will be a powerful tool for a variety of physics topics. The high-intensity proton beams provide a large neutrino flux, sampled by a near detector system consisting of a ...

    • Search for active-sterile antineutrino mixing using neutral-current interactions with the NOvA experiment 

      Acero, Mario A.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga, Leo; Anfimov, Nikolay V.; Antoshkin, A.; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Solomey, Nickolas (American Physical Society, 2021-11-11)
      This Letter reports results from the first long-baseline search for sterile antineutrinos mixing in an accelerator-based antineutrino-dominated beam. The rate of neutral-current interactions in the two NOvA detectors, at ...

    • Search for slow magnetic monopoles with the NOvA detector on the surface 

      Acero, Mario A.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga, Leo; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Solomey, Nickolas (American Physical Society, 2021-01-11)
      We report a search for a magnetic monopole component of the cosmic-ray flux in a 95-day exposure of the NOvA experiment's Far Detector, a 14 kt segmented liquid scintillator detector designed primarily to observe GeV-scale ...

    • Searching for solar KDAR with DUNE 

      Abed Abud, Adam; Abi, B.; Acciarri, R.; Acero, Mario A.; Adames, M. R.; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Roy, P.; Solomey, Nickolas (IOP Publishing, 2021-10-22)
      The observation of 236 MeV muon neutrinos from kaon-decay-at-rest (KDAR) originating in the core of the Sun would provide a unique signature of dark matter annihilation. Since excellent angle and energy reconstruction are ...

    • Seasonal variation of multiple-muon cosmic ray air showers observed in the NOvA detector on the surface 

      Acero, Mario A.; Adamson, P.; Aliaga, Leo; Anfimov, Nikolay V.; Antoshkin, A.; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Solomey, Nickolas (American Physical Society, 2021-07-30)
      We report the rate of cosmic ray air showers with multiplicities exceeding 15 muon tracks recorded in the NOvA Far Detector between May 2016 and May 2018. The detector is located on the surface under an overburden of 3.6 ...

    • Supernova neutrino burst detection with the deep underground neutrino experiment 

      Abi, B.; Acciarri, R.; Acero, Mario A.; Adamov, G.; Adams, Dean J.; Meyer, Holger; Muether, Mathew; Solomey, Nickolas (Springer Nature, 2021-05-15)
      The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a 40-kton underground liquid argon time projection chamber experiment, will be sensitive to the electron-neutrino flavor component of the burst of neutrinos expected from ...