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DOE OSTI2011

Strange particle production at low and intermediate energies

The weak kaon production off the nucleon induced by neutrinos and antineutrinos is studied at low and intermediate energies of interest for some ongoing and future neutrino oscillation experiments. We develop a microscopical model based on the SU(3) chiral Lagrangians. The studied mechanisms are the main source of kaon production for neutrino energies up to 2 GeV for the various channels and the cross sections are large enough to be amenable to be measured by experiments such as Minerva, T2K and NOvA.

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Using Neutrino Nucleus Interactions as a Probe of the Strong Interaction

Neutrino scattering experiments have been studying QCD for over 30 years. From the Gargamelle experiments in the early 70's, through the subsequent bubble chamber and electronic detector experiments in the 80's and 90's, neutrino scattering experiments have steadily accumulated increasing statistics and minimized their systematic errors. An example of the more recent studies of QCD with neutrinos is from the TeVatron neutrino beam--the NuTeV {nu}-Fe experiment. The problem the community faces in trying to study QCD with modern neutrino data is that there is no experimentally verified way to scale neutrino-nucleus (for example, Fe) results to the equivalent neutrino-nucleon values making it difficult to combine neutrino nucleus scattering data with charged-lepton nucleus and nucleon scattering data in QCD global fits to extract parton distribution functions. This is particularly crucial since there is now indications that nuclear effects in neutrino nucleus interactions are different than those measured in charged-lepton nucleus scattering. To better understand this situation, the MINER{nu}A neutrino-nucleus scattering experiment at Fermilab, a collaboration of elementary-particle and nuclear physicists, is systematically studying neutrino nuclear effects off of He, C, Fe and Pb for a more thorough A-dependent study of nuclear PDFs and these correction factors.

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Neutrino nucleus reactions at high energies within the GiBUU model

The GiBUU model, which implements all reaction channels relevant at medium neutrino energy, is used to investigate the neutrino and antineutrino scattering on iron. Results for integrated cross sections are compared with NOMAD and MINOS data. It is shown, that final state interaction can noticeably change the spectra of the outgoing hadrons. Predictions for the Miner{nu}a experiment are made for pion spectra, averaged over NuMI neutrino and antineutrino fluxes.

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Nuclear medium effects in {nu}/{nu}-bar-A DIS

Nuclear medium effects in the weak structure functions F{sub 2}(x,Q{sup 2}) and F{sub 3}(x,Q{sup 2}) have been studied for deep inelastic neutrino/antineutrino reactions in iron nucleus by taking into account Fermi motion, binding, pion and rho meson cloud contributions, target mass correction, shadowing and anti-shadowing corrections. The calculations have been performed in a local density approximation using relativistic nuclear spectral functions which include nucleon correlations. Using these structure functions we have obtained the ratio R{sub F2,F3}{sup A}(x,Q{sup 2}) = (2F{sub 2,3}{sup A}(x,Q{sup 2})/AF{sub 2,3}{sup D}(x,Q{sup 2})), the differential scattering cross section (1/E)(d{sup 2}{sigma}/dxdy) and the total scattering cross section {sigma}. The results of our numerical calculations in {sup 56}Fe are compared with the experimental results of NuTeV and CDHSW collaborations.

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Cross-section Effects in the Super-Kamiokande Tau Appearance Analysis

In this talk, I explain the search for tau neutrino appearance in the atmospheric neutrino flux at Super-Kamiokande with a particular emphasis on the effect deep inelastic cross section uncertainties have on interpreting the result. In particular, I explain why the normalization of the DIS cross-section also needs to be treated as a parameter in the fit of tau normalization, and show how a neural net based on event parameters can separate various cross-section modes in the background sample.

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Measurement of low energy neutrino cross sections with the PEANUT experiment

The PEANUT experiment was designed to study neutrino interactions in the few GeV range using the NuMi beam at Fermilab. The detector uses a hybrid technique, being made of nuclear emulsions and scintillator trackers. Emulsion films act as a tracking device and they are interleaved with lead plates used as neutrino target. The detector is designed to reconstruct the topology of neutrino interactions at the single particle level. We present here the full reconstruction and analysis of a sample of 147 neutrino interactions occurred in the PEANUT detector and the measurement of the quasi-elastic, resonance and deep-inelastic contributions to the total charged current cross-section. This technique could be applied for the beam monitoring for future neutrino facilities.

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Nuclear Physics with MINERvA

MINERvA is a precision neutrino experiment designed to improve our understanding of the neutrino-nucleus interaction. The experiment uses a fully active scintillation detector to allow full event reconstruction and includes nuclear targets helium, water, carbon, iron and lead. Here we describe the first steps in measuring lead to iron to carbon cross section ratios.

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NEUT Pion FSI

The pion final state interaction model in NEUT is described. Modifications and tuning of the model are validated against neutrino and non-neutrino (pion scattering and photoproduction) data. A method for evaluating the uncertainties in the model and propagation of systematic errors in a neutrino oscillation experiment is described, using T2K as a specific example.

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The MINERvA Neutrino Scattering Experiment at Fermilab

The MINER{nu}A experiment at Fermilab is aimed at precision measurements of neutrino interactions in nuclei for energies up to a few GeV. MINER{nu}A makes use of a fine-grained, fully active detector design and a range of nuclear target materials. The experiment began taking data in the NuMI neutrino beam at Fermilab in late 2009 and will collect data in both the neutrino and antineutrino configurations of the beamline.

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MicroBooNE, A Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) Neutrino Experiment

Liquid Argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) is a promising detector technology for future neutrino experiments. MicroBooNE is a upcoming LArTPC neutrino experiment which will be located on-axis of Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab, USA. The R and D efforts on this detection method and related neutrino interaction measurements are discussed.

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Neutrino-Nucleus Reactions at MeV Region based on New Shell-Model Hamiltonians

Neutrino-nucleus reactions at MeV region are evaluated by using new shell model Hamiltonians, which are found to improve the description of spin degrees of freedom in nuclei as well as shell evolutions. The light element synthesis by neutrino processes in supernova explosions is discussed with the use of the new reaction cross sections for {sup 12}C and {sup 4}He. Possible constraints on the mixing angle {theta}{sub 13} and the neutrino mass hierarchy are pointed out to be imposed by the production yields of {sup 7}Li and {sup 11}B. Spin-dipole transition strengths in {sup 16}O and neutrino-induced reactions on {sup 16}O are investigated with the new improved Hamiltonian. The Gamow-Teller transition strength in {sup 56}Ni for the new Hamiltonian, which is more fragmented compared to previous calculations, is found to lead to the enhancement of the production yield of {sup 55}Mn in population III stars.

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Experimental Measurement of Low Energy Neutrino Interactions

Neutrino interactions in the few to few tens of MeV range are of importance for several physics topics, including solar, supernova and reactor neutrinos, as well as future proposed oscillation and Standard Model test experiments. Although interaction cross-sections for some simple targets are well understood, very little experimental data exist for interactions with nuclei. This talk will discuss the motivation for measuring low energy neutrino interactions, the state of knowledge, and possible future strategies.

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Double Beta Decay Experiments

At present, neutrinoless double beta decay is perhaps the only experiment that can tell us whether the neutrino is a Dirac or a Majorana particle. Given the significance of the 0{nu}{beta}{beta}, there is a widespread interest for these rare event studies employing a variety of novel techniques. This paper describes the current status of DBD experiments. The Indian effort for an underground NDBD experiment at the upcoming INO laboratory is also presented.

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Atmospheric neutrino flux at INO site

To illustrate the calculation of the atmospheric neutrino flux, we briefly explain our calculation scheme and important components, such as primary cosmic ray spectra, interaction model, and geomagnetic model. Then, we calculate the atmospheric neutrino flux at INO site in our calculation scheme. We compare the calculated atmospheric neutrino fluxes predicted at INO with those at other major neutrino detector sites, especially that at SK site.

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Highlights from NuInt11

We have seen significant advancement in our understanding of few-GeV neutrino-nucleus interactions since the time of the first NuInt workshop in 2001. Now ten years later, we reflect on our progress. Highlights from the NuInt11 workshop are presented along with some suggestions for future directions.

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A new paradigm for modeling the neutrino-nucleus cross section?

There is increasing evidence that the scheme, or paradigm, successfully applied to explain the wealth of electron-nucleus scattering data fails to describe the measured quasi elastic neutrino-nucleus cross sections. I argue that, before advocating modifications of the nucleon properties in the nuclear medium, the available data should be analyzed within a new paradigm, allowing for a consistent treatment of the reaction mechanisms, other than single nucleon knockout, contributing to the flux averaged neutrino cross section.

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Neutrino resonance production at very low momentum transfer

I look back at comparisons of CC neutrino resonance interaction data at very low Q{sup 2}, from seven experiments, compared to the predictions of current neutrino event generators. When compared to data, the generator models, primarily based on the model of Rein and Sehgal, overpredict the event rate at very low Q{sup 2} for samples that are enhanced in resonance {pi}{sup +} interactions.

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