Measurement of nu mu and nu e Events in an Off-Axis Horn-Focused Neutrino Beam
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Nguyen, Vy T.
Conrad, Janet
Karagiorgi, Georgia Stelios
Monroe, Jocelyn
Alternative Title
Measurement of νμ and νe Events in an Off-Axis Horn-Focused Neutrino Beam
Date Issued
May 2009
Journal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society
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Adamson, P. et al. “Measurement of nu mu and nu e Events in an Off-Axis Horn-Focused Neutrino Beam.” Physical Review Letters 102.21 (2009): 211801. © 2009 The American Physical Society
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Abstract
We report the first observation of off-axis neutrino interactions in the MiniBooNE detector from the NuMI beam line at Fermilab. The MiniBooNE detector is located 745 m from the NuMI production target, at 110 mrad angle (6.3°) with respect to the NuMI beam axis. Samples of charged-current quasielastic ν[subscript μ] and ν[subscript e] interactions are analyzed and found to be in agreement with expectation. This provides a direct verification of the expected pion and kaon contributions to the neutrino flux and validates the modeling of the NuMI off-axis beam.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.211801
