Measurement of νμ and νe events in an off-axis horn-focused neutrino beam

Authors

P. Adamson, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo, Columbia University
C. E. Anderson, Yale University
A. O. Bazarko, Princeton University
M. Bishai, Brookhaven National Laboratory
S. J. Brice, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
B. C. Brown, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
L. Bugel, Columbia University
J. Cao, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
B. C. Choudhary, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
L. Coney, Columbia University
J. M. Conrad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
D. C. Cox, Indiana University Bloomington
A. Curioni, Yale University
Z. Djurcic, Columbia University
D. A. Finley, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
B. T. Fleming, Yale University
R. Ford, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
H. R. Gallagher, Tufts University
F. G. Garcia, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
G. T. Garvey, Los Alamos National Laboratory
C. Green, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. A. Green, Indiana University Bloomington
D. Harris, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
T. L. Hart, University of Colorado Boulder
E. Hawker, Western Illinois University
J. Hylen, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
R. Imlay, Louisiana State University
R. A. Johnson, University of Cincinnati
G. Karagiorgi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
P. Kasper, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
T. Katori, Indiana University Bloomington
T. Kobilarcik, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-26-2009

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 745m from the NuMI production target, at 110mrad angle (6.3°) with respect to the NuMI beam axis. Samples of charged-current quasielastic νμ and νe 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. © 2009 The American Physical Society.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physical Review Letters

Recommended Citation

Adamson, P., Aguilar-Arevalo, A., Anderson, C., Bazarko, A., Bishai, M., Brice, S., Brown, B., Bugel, L., Cao, J., Choudhary, B., Coney, L., Conrad, J., Cox, D., Curioni, A., Djurcic, Z., Finley, D., Fleming, B., Ford, R., Gallagher, H., Garcia, F., Garvey, G., Green, C., Green, J., Harris, D., Hart, T., Hawker, E., Hylen, J., Imlay, R., Johnson, R., Karagiorgi, G., Kasper, P., Katori, T., & Kobilarcik, T. (2009). Measurement of νμ and νe events in an off-axis horn-focused neutrino beam. Physical Review Letters, 102 (21) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.211801