Neutrino flux predictions for the NuMI beam

Aliaga, L.; Kordosky, M.; Golan, T.; Altinok, O.; Bellantoni, L.; Bercellie, A.; Betancourt, M.; Bravar, A.; Budd, H. S.; Carneiro, M. F.; Dytman, S.; Díaz, G. A.; Endress, E.; Félix, J.; Fields, L.; Fine, R.; Gago, A. M.; Galindo, R.; Gallagher, H.; Gran, R.; Harris, Deborah A.; Higuera, A.; Hurtado, K.; Kiveni, M.; Kleykamp, J.; Le, T.; Maher, E.; Manly, S.; Mann, W. A.; Marshall, C.; Caicedo, D. A. Martínez; McFarland, K. S.; McGivern, C. L.; McGowan, A. M.; Messerly, B.; Miller, J.; Mislivec, A.; Morfín, J. G.; Mousseau, J.; Naples, D.; Nelson, J. K.; Norrick, A.; Nuruzzaman, Md.; Paolone, V.; Park, J.; Patrick, C.; Perdue, G. N.; Ransome, R. D.; Ray, H.; Ren, Lu; Rimal, D.; Rodrigues, P. A.; Ruterbories, D.; Schellman, H.; Salinas, C. J. Solano; Falero, S. Sánchez; Tice, B. G.; Valencia, E.; Walton, T.; Wolcott, J.; Wospakrik, M.; Zhang, D.

doi:10.1103/physrevd.94.092005

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“…As for T2K, the simulation of NOνA employs a detailed description of the beamline based on GEANT4. Again, the computed neutrino flux is corrected according to constraints on the hadron spectrum from thin-target hadroproduction data using the PPFX tools developed for the NuMI beam by the MINERvA collaboration [74]. Neutrino interactions in the detector are simulated with GENIE [21] while the detector response is simulated with GEANT4.…”

Section: Noνa In the Numi Beammentioning

confidence: 99%

Three-Flavor Oscillations with Accelerator Neutrino Beams

Mezzetto

Terranova

2020

Universe

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The three-flavor neutrino oscillation paradigm is well established in particle physics thanks to the crucial contribution of accelerator neutrino beam experiments. In this paper we review the most important contributions of these experiments to the physics of massive neutrinos after the discovery of θ 13 and future perspectives in such a lively field of research. Special emphasis is given to the technical challenges of high power beams and the oscillation results of T2K, OPERA, ICARUS and NOνA . We discuss in details the role of accelerator neutrino experiments in the precision era of neutrino physics in view of DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande, the programme of systematic uncertainty reduction and the development of new beam facilities.

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Section: Noνa In the Numi Beammentioning

confidence: 99%

Three-Flavor Oscillations with Accelerator Neutrino Beams

Mezzetto

Terranova

2020

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“…Any complete assessment of Geant4 uncertainties would need to include uncertainties in the cross sections -11 - themselves, not just final state models. In fact, the interaction cross sections are among the most important sources of uncertainty in some high energy physics measurements, and experiments have developed event weighting mechanisms to assess their impact [1,4].…”

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GEANT4 parameter tuning using Professor

Elvira¹,

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Genser³

et al. 2020

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A: The G 4 toolkit is used extensively in high energy physics to simulate the passage of particles through matter and to predict effects such as detector efficiencies and smearing. G 4 uses many underlying models to predict particle interaction kinematics, and uncertainty in these models leads to uncertainty in high energy physics measurements. The G 4 collaboration recently made free parameters in some models accessible through partnership with G 4 developers. We present a study of the impact of varying parameters in three G 4 hadronic physics models on agreement with thin target datasets and describe fits to these datasets using the Professor model tuning framework. We find that varying parameters produces substantially better agreement with some datasets, but that more degrees of freedom are required for full agreement. This work is a first step towards a common framework for propagating uncertainties in G 4 models to high energy physics measurements, and we outline future work required to complete that goal. K: Simulation methods and programs, Analysis and statistical methods A X P : XXXX.XXXXX

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“…18). The MINERvA neutrino flux [69] changes rapidly in the 4-6 GeV region with uncertainties that are dominated by the neutrino beam focusing system (see the distribution of uncertainties versus E QE in Fig. 26 of Appendix A).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The simulation of the NuMI flux and its uncertainties are described in detail in [69]. Uncertainties in the antineutrino flux arise primarily from uncertainties in hadron production rates and in parameters that control the alignment of the NuMI focusing system, such as the position of the focusing horns.…”

Section: A Flux Uncertaintiesmentioning

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“…This raw simulation is found to disagree with existing hadroproduction data from the NA49 [66] and other experiments [67,68] and is therefore corrected so that both differential and total interaction cross sections in the simulation match these external data sets. Version 1 of the PPFX package is used to implement these corrections [69].…”

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Measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential cross section for quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon atEν∼3.5 GeV

Patrick¹,

Sultana²,

Lu³

et al. 2018

Phys. Rev. D

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We present double-differential measurements of antineutrino charged-current quasielastic scattering in the MINERvA detector. This study improves on a previous single-differential measurement by using updated reconstruction algorithms and interaction models and provides a complete description of observed muon kinematics in the form of a double-differential cross section with respect to muon transverse and longitudinal momentum. We include in our signal definition zero-meson final states arising from multinucleon interactions and from resonant pion production followed by pion absorption in the primary

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Neutrino flux predictions for the NuMI beam

Cited by 154 publications

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Three-Flavor Oscillations with Accelerator Neutrino Beams

Three-Flavor Oscillations with Accelerator Neutrino Beams

GEANT4 parameter tuning using Professor

Measurement of the muon antineutrino double-differential cross section for quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon atEν∼3.5 GeV

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