MINOS/MINOS+ PROJECT COORDINATION

Lead Research Organisation: University College London
Department Name: UNLISTED

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Publications

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Adamson P (2011) Active to sterile neutrino mixing limits from neutral-current interactions in MINOS. in Physical review letters

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Adamson P (2014) Combined analysis of ?µ disappearance and ?µ??e appearance in MINOS using accelerator and atmospheric neutrinos. in Physical review letters

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Adamson P (2013) Comparisons of annual modulations in MINOS with the event rate modulation in CoGeNT in Physical Review D

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Adamson P (2016) Constraints on large extra dimensions from the MINOS experiment in Physical Review D

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Adamson P (2017) Constraints on Oscillation Parameters from ?_{e} Appearance and ?_{µ} Disappearance in NOvA. in Physical review letters

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Adamson P (2013) Electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance in the full MINOS data sample. in Physical review letters

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Adamson P (2011) First direct observation of muon antineutrino disappearance. in Physical review letters

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Adamson P (2012) Improved measurement of muon antineutrino disappearance in MINOS. in Physical review letters

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Adamson P (2011) Improved search for Muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino oscillations in MINOS. in Physical review letters

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Adamson P (2016) Limits on Active to Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments. in Physical review letters

 
Description The MINOS(+) experiment has continued to be at the forefront of the research effort into the mysterious sub-atomic world of the neutrino. Neutrinos are ghostly particles that hardly ever interact with matter but which may have played a critical role in explaining the evolution of the universe. The MINOS(+) experiment has set some of the most stringent limits on the existence of sterile neutrinos; these are hypothetical particles which are even more elusive than 'regular' neutrinos but may help explain anomalies seen in many previous experiments. For further details the recent null finding in the MINOS+ sterile neutrino search featured as the main news story in the March 2019 edition of the CERN Courier. An updated analysis released in 2020 has further disfavoured the sterile neutrino hypothesis.
Exploitation Route The field of neutrino oscillations is a vibrant field with a wide range of currently proposed future experiments. All of these future experiments build upon the knowledge gained with and the techniques developed for the MINOS experiments. MINOS was the first long-baseline neutrino experiment in the US. NOvA is the current generation of US long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments and the future experiment DUNE is under construction.
Sectors Creative Economy,Education,Electronics
URL http://www-numi.fnal.gov/Minos/
 
Description In public outreach events from school talks to events at summer music festivals.
First Year Of Impact 2012
Sector Creative Economy,Security and Diplomacy
Impact Types Cultural
 
Description Intensity Frontier Fellowship
Amount $40,000 (USD)
Organisation Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 09/2015 
End 08/2016
 
Description University Research Fellow
Amount £300,000 (GBP)
Organisation The Royal Society 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2011 
End 09/2014
 
Description MINOS 
Organisation Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Country United States 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The UK collaborators have provided the spokesperson and two of the last four analysis coordinators of the experiment. They have also provided scientific leadership in all flagship MINOS analyses.
Collaborator Contribution Fermilab provides the NuMI neutrino beam used by the MINOS experiment. Fermilab is also responsible for the operations of the MINOS detectors and of the laboratory at Soudan.
Impact Multidisciplinary contributions to climate physics.