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View article: Searching High And Low For Exotic Particles At NUTEV
Searching High And Low For Exotic Particles At NUTEV Open
The E815 (NuTeV) neutrino experiment at Fermilab has conducted two direct searches for neutral heavy leptons by using a dedicated instrumented decay channel. The first search probed the existence of neutral heavy leptons possessing masses …
View article: Investigation of Medium Modifications to $^{12}$C Structure Functions in the Resonance Region
Investigation of Medium Modifications to $^{12}$C Structure Functions in the Resonance Region Open
We present results from a high precision experimental study of the nuclear modification of the longitudinal ($F_L$) to transverse ($F_1$) structure function ratio for bound nucleons in the resonance region. The inclusive electron scatterin…
View article: Leakage current of high-fluence neutron-irradiated 8' silicon sensors for the CMS Endcap Calorimeter Upgrade
Leakage current of high-fluence neutron-irradiated 8' silicon sensors for the CMS Endcap Calorimeter Upgrade Open
The HL-LHC will challenge the detectors with a nearly 10-fold increase in integrated luminosity compared to the previous LHC runs combined, thus the CMS detector will be upgraded to face the higher levels of radiation and the larger amount…
View article: Using graph neural networks to reconstruct charged pion showers in the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter
Using graph neural networks to reconstruct charged pion showers in the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter Open
A novel method to reconstruct the energy of hadronic showers in the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) is presented. The HGCAL is a sampling calorimeter with very fine transverse and longitudinal granularity. The active media are sil…
View article: Limits on quark - lepton compositeness and studies on $W$ asymmetry at the Tevatron Collider
Limits on quark - lepton compositeness and studies on $W$ asymmetry at the Tevatron Collider Open
Drell-Yan dilepton production at high invariant mass place strong limits on quark substructure. Compositeness limits from CDF Run 1, and expected sensitivity in Run II and TEV33 are presented. The W asymmetry data constrains the slope of t…
View article: Timing performance of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter prototype
Timing performance of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter prototype Open
This paper describes the experience with the calibration, reconstruction and evaluation of the timing capabilities of the CMS HGCAL prototype in the beam tests in 2018. The calibration procedure includes multiple steps and corrections rang…
View article: Electron scattering and neutrino physics
Electron scattering and neutrino physics Open
A thorough understanding of neutrino–nucleus scattering physics is crucial for the successful execution of the entire US neutrino physics program. Neutrino–nucleus interaction constitutes one of the biggest systematic uncertainties in neut…
View article: Performance of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter prototype to charged pion beams of 20–300 GeV/c
Performance of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter prototype to charged pion beams of 20–300 GeV/c Open
The upgrade of the CMS experiment for the high luminosity operation of the LHC comprises the replacement of the current endcap calorimeter by a high granularity sampling calorimeter (HGCAL). The electromagnetic section of the HGCAL is base…
View article: Transverse Enhancement, Longitudinal Quenching and Coulomb Sum Rule in e-12C and e-16O Quasielastic Scattering
Transverse Enhancement, Longitudinal Quenching and Coulomb Sum Rule in e-12C and e-16O Quasielastic Scattering Open
We present a short summary of a phenomenological analysis of all available electron scattering data on 12C (about 6600 differential cross-section measurements) and on 16O (about 250 measurements) within the framework of the quasielastic (Q…
View article: Measurement of the axial vector form factor from antineutrino–proton scattering
Measurement of the axial vector form factor from antineutrino–proton scattering Open
Scattering of high energy particles from nucleons probes their structure, as was done in the experiments that established the non-zero size of the proton using electron beams 1 . The use of charged leptons as scattering probes enables meas…
View article: Contribution of Nuclear Excitation Electromagnetic Form Factors in ${\rm ^{12}C}$ and ${\rm ^{16}O}$ to the Coulomb Sum Rule
Contribution of Nuclear Excitation Electromagnetic Form Factors in ${\rm ^{12}C}$ and ${\rm ^{16}O}$ to the Coulomb Sum Rule Open
We report on empirical parameterizations of longitudinal and transverse nuclear excitation electromagnetic form factors in ${\rm ^{12}C}$ and ${\rm ^{16}O}$. We extract the contribution of nuclear excitations to the Normalized Inelastic Co…
View article: Neutrino-Induced Coherent <i>π</i><sup>+ </sup>Production in C, CH, Fe, and Pb at ⟨<i>E</i><sub><i>ν</i></sub>⟩~6 GeV
Neutrino-Induced Coherent <i>π</i><sup>+ </sup>Production in C, CH, Fe, and Pb at ⟨<i>E</i><sub><i>ν</i></sub>⟩~6 GeV Open
MINERvA has measured the νμ-induced coherent π+ cross section simultaneously in hydrocarbon (CH), graphite (C), iron (Fe), and lead (Pb) targets using neutrinos from 2 to 20 GeV. The measurements exceed the predictions of the Rein-Sehgal a…
View article: Timing Performance of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter Prototype
Timing Performance of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter Prototype Open
This paper describes the experience with the calibration, reconstruction and evaluation of the timing capabilities of the CMS HGCAL prototype in the beam tests in 2018. The calibration procedure includes multiple steps and corrections rang…
View article: High-Statistics Measurement of Antineutrino Quasielastic-like scattering at $E_ν\sim$ 6~GeV on a Hydrocarbon Target
High-Statistics Measurement of Antineutrino Quasielastic-like scattering at $E_ν\sim$ 6~GeV on a Hydrocarbon Target Open
We present measurements of the cross section for anti-neutrino charged-current quasielastic-like scattering on hydrocarbon using the medium energy (ME) NuMI wide-band neutrino beam peaking at $\sim 6$ GeV. The cross section measurements ar…
View article: Transverse Enhancement, Longitudinal Quenching and Coulomb Sum Rule in e-$^{12}$C and e-$^{16}$O Scattering
Transverse Enhancement, Longitudinal Quenching and Coulomb Sum Rule in e-$^{12}$C and e-$^{16}$O Scattering Open
We present a short summary of a phenomenological analysis of all available electron scattering data on 12 C 12 C (about 6600 differential cross section measurements) and on 16 O 16 O (about 250 measurements) within the framework of the qua…
View article: Inelastic Axial and Vector Structure Functions for Lepton-Nucleon Scattering Update
Inelastic Axial and Vector Structure Functions for Lepton-Nucleon Scattering Update Open
We report on an update (2021) of a phenomenological model for inelastic neutrino- and electron-nucleon scattering cross sections using effective leading order parton distribution functions with a new scaling variable $\xi_w$. Non-perturbat…
View article: Extraction of the Coulomb Sum Rule, Transverse Enhancement, and Longitudinal Quenching from an Analysis of all Available e-$^{12}$C and e-$^{16}$O Cross Section Data
Extraction of the Coulomb Sum Rule, Transverse Enhancement, and Longitudinal Quenching from an Analysis of all Available e-$^{12}$C and e-$^{16}$O Cross Section Data Open
We report on a phenomenological analysis of all available electron scattering data on ${\rm ^{12}C}$ (about 6600 differential cross section measurements) and on ${\rm ^{16}O}$ (about 250 measurements) within the framework of the quasielast…
View article: Vertex finding in neutrino-nucleus interaction: a model architecture comparison
Vertex finding in neutrino-nucleus interaction: a model architecture comparison Open
We compare different neural network architectures for machine learning algorithms designed to identify the neutrino interaction vertex position in the MINERvA detector. The architectures developed and optimized by hand are compared with th…
View article: Response of a CMS HGCAL silicon-pad electromagnetic calorimeter prototype to 20–300 GeV positrons
Response of a CMS HGCAL silicon-pad electromagnetic calorimeter prototype to 20–300 GeV positrons Open
The Compact Muon Solenoid collaboration is designing a new high-granularity endcap calorimeter, HGCAL, to be installed later this decade. As part of this development work, a prototype system was built, with an electromagnetic section consi…
View article: High-precision measurement of the <i>W</i> boson mass with the CDF II detector
High-precision measurement of the <i>W</i> boson mass with the CDF II detector Open
The mass of the W boson, a mediator of the weak force between elementary particles, is tightly constrained by the symmetries of the standard model of particle physics. The Higgs boson was the last missing component of the model. After obse…
View article: Inelastic Axial and Vector Structure Functions for Electron- and Neutrino- Nucleon Scattering 2021 Update
Inelastic Axial and Vector Structure Functions for Electron- and Neutrino- Nucleon Scattering 2021 Update Open
We report on an update (2021) of a phenomenological model for inelastic neutrino- and electron-nucleon scattering cross sections using effective leading order parton distribution functions with a new scaling variable $\xi_w$. Non-perturbat…
View article: Axial and Vector Structure Functions for Lepton-Nucleon Scattering, NuFact 2021 Update
Axial and Vector Structure Functions for Lepton-Nucleon Scattering, NuFact 2021 Update Open
We report on an update (2021) of a phenomenological model for inelastic neutrino- and electron-nucleon scattering cross sections using effective leading order parton distribution functions with a new scaling variable $ξ_w$. Non-perturbativ…
View article: Constraints on parton distribution from CDF
Constraints on parton distribution from CDF Open
The asymmetry in W{sup -} - W{sup +} production in p{bar p} collisions and Drell-Yan data place tight constraints on parton distributions functions. The W asymmetry data constrain the slope of the quark distribution ratio d(x)/u(x) in the …
View article: d sigma/dy Distribution of Drell-Yan Dielectron Pairs
d sigma/dy Distribution of Drell-Yan Dielectron Pairs Open
The authors report on the measurement of the rapidity distribution, d{sigma}/dY, over the full kinematic range for e{sup +}e{sup -} pairs produced in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.96 TeV in the Z boson region of 66 < M{sub ee} &…
View article: Extraction of $\\sin^2\\theta^{\\rm lept}_{\\rm eff}$ and indirect measurement of $m_w$ from the 9 fb$^{-1}$ full run ii sample of $\\mu^+\\mu^-$ events at cdf
Extraction of $\\sin^2\\theta^{\\rm lept}_{\\rm eff}$ and indirect measurement of $m_w$ from the 9 fb$^{-1}$ full run ii sample of $\\mu^+\\mu^-$ events at cdf Open
We report on the extraction of $\\sin^2\\theta^{\\rm lept}_{\\rm eff}$ and indirect measurement of the mass of the W boson from the forward-backward asymmetry of $\\mu^+\\mu^-$ events in the $Z$ boson mass region. The data sample collected…
View article: Measurements of the top-quark mass using charged particle tracking
Measurements of the top-quark mass using charged particle tracking Open
We present three measurements of the top-quark mass in the lepton plus jets channel with approximately 1.9 fb{sup -1} of integrated luminosity collected with the CDF II detector using quantities with minimal dependence on the jet energy sc…
View article: Constraining the NuMI neutrino flux using inverse muon decay reactions in MINERvA
Constraining the NuMI neutrino flux using inverse muon decay reactions in MINERvA Open
Inverse muon decay, vμe¯ → μ¯ve, is a reaction whose cross section can be predicted with very small uncertainties. It has a neutrino energy threshold of ≈ 11 GeV and can be used to constrain the high-energy part of the flux in the NuMI neu…
View article: Pauli Blocking for a Relativistic Fermi Gas in Quasielastic Lepton Nucleus Scattering
Pauli Blocking for a Relativistic Fermi Gas in Quasielastic Lepton Nucleus Scattering Open
The expressions for the overall effect of Pauli blocking in quasielastic (QE) lepton scattering from nuclear targets within the framework of the Relativistic Fermi Gas (RFG) given in several publications are incorrect. For example, the exp…