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Title: Exploring neutrino–nucleus interactions in the GeV regime using MINERvA

Journal Article · · European Physical Journal. Special Topics

With the advance of particle accelerator and detector technologies, the neutrino physics landscape is rapidly expanding. As neutrino oscillation experiments enter the intensity and precision frontiers, neutrino–nucleus interaction measurements are providing crucial input. MINERvA is an experiment at Fermilab dedicated to the study of neutrino–nucleus interactions in the regime of incident neutrino energies from one to few GeV. The experiment recorded neutrino and antineutrino scattering data with the NuMI beamline from 2009 to 2019 using the Low-Energy and Medium-Energy beams that peak at 3GeV and 6GeV, respectively. This article reviews the broad spectrum of interesting nuclear and particle physics that MINERvA investigations have illuminated. The newfound, detailed knowledge of neutrino interactions with nuclear targets thereby obtained is proving essential to continued progress in the neutrino physics sector.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); CAPES; CNPq; CoNaCyT; National Science Foundation (NSF); NCN Opus; Science and Technology Facilities Council
Contributing Organization:
MINERvA Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0008475; AC02-07CH11359; PHY-061977; FB 0821; ACT1413; 3170845; 11130133; 2016/21/B/ST2/01092
OSTI ID:
1838655
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1824829
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-21-314-ND; arXiv:2107.02064; TRN: US2301038
Journal Information:
European Physical Journal. Special Topics, Vol. 230, Issue 24; ISSN 1951-6355
Publisher:
SpringerCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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