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View article: Spatial and temporal evaluations of the liquid argon purity in ProtoDUNE-SP
Spatial and temporal evaluations of the liquid argon purity in ProtoDUNE-SP Open
Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) rely on highly pure argon to ensure that ionization electrons produced by charged particles reach readout arrays. ProtoDUNE Single-Phase (ProtoDUNE-SP) was an approximately 700-ton liquid arg…
View article: Multiplicity and net-electric charge fluctuations in central Ar+Sc interactions at 13A, 19A, 30A, 40A, 75A, and 150$$A\,\hbox {GeV}\!/\!c$$ beam momenta measured by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS
Multiplicity and net-electric charge fluctuations in central Ar+Sc interactions at 13A, 19A, 30A, 40A, 75A, and 150$$A\,\hbox {GeV}\!/\!c$$ beam momenta measured by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS Open
This paper presents results on multiplicity fluctuations of positively and negatively charged hadrons as well as net-electric charge fluctuations measured in central Ar+Sc interactions at beam momenta 13 A , 19 A , 30 A , 40 A , 75 A , and…
View article: Proposal from the NA61/SHINE Collaboration for update of European Strategy for Particle Physics
Proposal from the NA61/SHINE Collaboration for update of European Strategy for Particle Physics Open
Building on the current program's success and driven by new physics challenges, the NA61/SHINE Collaboration proposes to continue measuring hadron production properties in reactions induced by hadron and ion beams after CERN Long Shutdown …
View article: Supernova pointing capabilities of DUNE
Supernova pointing capabilities of DUNE Open
The determination of the direction of a stellar core collapse via its neutrino emission is crucial for the identification of the progenitor for a multimessenger follow-up. A highly effective method of reconstructing supernova directions wi…
View article: DUNE Software and Computing Research and Development
DUNE Software and Computing Research and Development Open
The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase strategy toward the implementation of this leading-edge, lar…
View article: European Contributions to Fermilab Accelerator Upgrades and Facilities for the DUNE Experiment
European Contributions to Fermilab Accelerator Upgrades and Facilities for the DUNE Experiment Open
The Proton Improvement Plan (PIP-II) to the FNAL accelerator chain and the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) will provide the world's most intense neutrino beam to the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) enabling a wide-rangin…
View article: The DUNE Phase II Detectors
The DUNE Phase II Detectors Open
The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase strategy for the implementation of this leading-edge, large-…
View article: Multiplicity and net-electric charge fluctuations in central Ar+Sc interactions at 13A, 19A, 30A, 40A, 75A, and 150A GeV/c beam momenta measured by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS
Multiplicity and net-electric charge fluctuations in central Ar+Sc interactions at 13A, 19A, 30A, 40A, 75A, and 150A GeV/c beam momenta measured by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS Open
This paper presents results on multiplicity fluctuations of positively and negatively charged hadrons as well as net-electric charge fluctuations measured in central Ar+Sc interactions at beam momenta 13A, 19A, 30A, 40A, 75A, and 150A GeV/…
View article: The track-length extension fitting algorithm for energy measurement of interacting particles in liquid argon TPCs and its performance with ProtoDUNE-SP data
The track-length extension fitting algorithm for energy measurement of interacting particles in liquid argon TPCs and its performance with ProtoDUNE-SP data Open
This paper introduces a novel track-length extension fitting algorithm for measuring the kinetic energies of inelastically interacting particles in liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). The algorithm finds the most probable offs…
View article: DUNE Phase II: scientific opportunities, detector concepts, technological solutions
DUNE Phase II: scientific opportunities, detector concepts, technological solutions Open
The international collaboration designing and constructing the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) has developed a two-phase strategy toward the implementation of this leading-edge, lar…
View article: First measurement of the total inelastic cross section of positively charged kaons on argon at energies between 5.0 and 7.5 GeV
First measurement of the total inelastic cross section of positively charged kaons on argon at energies between 5.0 and 7.5 GeV Open
ProtoDUNE Single-Phase (ProtoDUNE-SP) is a 770-ton liquid argon time projection chamber that operated in a hadron test beam at the CERN Neutrino Platform in 2018. We present a measurement of the total inelastic cross section of charged kao…
View article: Measurements of hadron production in 90 GeV/c proton-carbon interactions
Measurements of hadron production in 90 GeV/c proton-carbon interactions Open
This paper presents the multiplicity of neutral and charged hadrons produced in 90 GeV$/c$ proton-carbon interactions from a dataset taken by the NA61/SHINE experiment in 2017. Particle identification via dE/dx was performed for the charge…
View article: Measurement of the mass-changing, charge-changing and production cross sections of $^{11}$C, $^{11}$B and $^{10}$B nuclei in $^{12}$C+p interactions at 13.5 GeV/c per nucleon
Measurement of the mass-changing, charge-changing and production cross sections of $^{11}$C, $^{11}$B and $^{10}$B nuclei in $^{12}$C+p interactions at 13.5 GeV/c per nucleon Open
We report results from a 2018 pilot run to study the feasibility of nuclear fragmentation measurements with the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS. These results are important for the interpretation of the production of light secondary …
View article: Performance of a Modular Ton-Scale Pixel-Readout Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber
Performance of a Modular Ton-Scale Pixel-Readout Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Open
The Module-0 Demonstrator is a single-phase 600 kg liquid argon time projection chamber operated as a prototype for the DUNE liquid argon near detector. Based on the ArgonCube design concept, Module-0 features a novel 80k-channel pixelated…
View article: The DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift Technology. Technical Design Report
The DUNE Far Detector Vertical Drift Technology. Technical Design Report Open
DUNE is an international experiment dedicated to addressing some of the questions at the forefront of particle physics and astrophysics, including the mystifying preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe. The dual-site …
View article: Doping liquid argon with xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: effects on scintillation light
Doping liquid argon with xenon in ProtoDUNE Single-Phase: effects on scintillation light Open
Doping of liquid argon TPCs (LArTPCs) with a small concentration of xenon is a technique for light-shifting and facilitates the detection of the liquid argon scintillation light. In this paper, we present the results of the first doping te…
View article: Measurements of $$\pi ^\pm $$, $$K^\pm $$, p and $$\bar{p}$$ spectra in $$^{40}\hbox {Ar+}^{45}\hbox {Sc}$$ collisions at 13A to 150A $$\text{ Ge }\hspace{-1.00006pt}\text{ V }\!/\!c$$
Measurements of $$\pi ^\pm $$, $$K^\pm $$, p and $$\bar{p}$$ spectra in $$^{40}\hbox {Ar+}^{45}\hbox {Sc}$$ collisions at 13A to 150A $$\text{ Ge }\hspace{-1.00006pt}\text{ V }\!/\!c$$ Open
The NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron studies the onset of deconfinement in strongly interacting matter through a beam energy scan of particle production in collisions of nuclei of varied sizes. This paper presents…
View article: $K_S^0$ meson production in inelastic p+p interactions at 31, 40 and 80 GeV/c beam momentum measured by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS
$K_S^0$ meson production in inelastic p+p interactions at 31, 40 and 80 GeV/c beam momentum measured by NA61/SHINE at the CERN SPS Open
Measurements of $K_S^0$ meson production via its $π^{+} π^{-}$ decay mode in inelastic $\textit{p+p}$ interactions at incident projectile momenta of 31, 40 and 80 GeV/$c$ ($\sqrt{s_{NN}}=7.7, 8.8$ and $12.3$ GeV, respectively) are presente…
View article: Search for a critical point of strongly-interacting matter in central $^{40}$Ar +$^{45}$Sc collisions at 13$A$-75$A$ GeV/$c$ beam momentum
Search for a critical point of strongly-interacting matter in central $^{40}$Ar +$^{45}$Sc collisions at 13$A$-75$A$ GeV/$c$ beam momentum Open
The critical point of strongly interacting matter is searched for at the CERN SPS by the NA61/SHINE experiment in central $^{40}$Ar +$^{45}$Sc collisions at 13$A$, 19$A$, 30$A$, 40$A$, and 75$A$ GeV/$c$. The dependence of the second-order …
View article: Measurements of higher-order cumulants of multiplicity and net-electric charge distributions in inelastic proton-proton interactions by NA61/SHINE
Measurements of higher-order cumulants of multiplicity and net-electric charge distributions in inelastic proton-proton interactions by NA61/SHINE Open
This paper presents the energy dependence of multiplicity and net-electric charge fluctuations in p+p interactions at beam momenta 20, 31, 40, 80, and 158 GeV/c. Results are corrected for the experimental biases and quantified with the use…
View article: Evidence of isospin-symmetry violation in high-energy collisions of atomic nuclei
Evidence of isospin-symmetry violation in high-energy collisions of atomic nuclei Open
Strong interactions preserve an approximate isospin symmetry between up ($u$) and down ($d$) quarks, part of the more general flavor symmetry. In the case of $K$ meson production, if this isospin symmetry were exact, it would result in equ…
View article: Measurements of $π^\pm$, $K^\pm$, $p$ and $\bar{p}$ spectra in $^{40}$Ar+$^{45}$Sc collisions at 13$A$ to 150$A$ GeV/$c$
Measurements of $π^\pm$, $K^\pm$, $p$ and $\bar{p}$ spectra in $^{40}$Ar+$^{45}$Sc collisions at 13$A$ to 150$A$ GeV/$c$ Open
The NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron studies the onset of deconfinement in strongly interacting matter through a beam energy scan of particle production in collisions of nuclei of varied sizes. This paper presents…
View article: Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
Impact of cross-section uncertainties on supernova neutrino spectral parameter fitting in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment Open
A primary goal of the upcoming Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is to measure the $\\mathrm{O(10) MeV}$ neutrinos produced by a Galactic core-collapse supernova if one should occur during the lifetime of the experiment. The liqu…