Calibration and performance of the CHARM-II detector

Geiregat, D.; Vilain, P.; Wilquet, G.; Binder, U.; Burkard, H.; Flegel, W.; Grote, H.; Mouthuy, T.; Øverås, H.; Panman, J.; Rozanov, Alexandre; Winter, K.; Zacek, G.; Zacek, V.; Beyer, R.; Büsser, F.W.; Foos, C.; Gerland, L.; Layda, T.; Niebergall, F.; Rädel, G.; Stähelin, P.; Tadsen, A.; Voß, T.; Favart, D.; Grégoire, G.; Knoops, E. B. F. G.; Lemaı̂tre, V.; Gorbunov, P.; Grigoriev, E.; Khovansky, V.; Maslennikov, A. L.; Lippich, W.; Nathaniel, A.; Neumeyer, H.; Staude, A.; Vogt, J.; Caria, M.; Cicalò, C.; Eckart, B.; Cocco, A. G.; Ereditato, A.; Fiorillo, G.; Mennella, S.; Palladino, V.; Paolucci, P.; Strolin, P.; Capone, A.; Pedis, D. De; Capua, E. Di; Dore, U.; Frenkel-Rambaldi, A.; Loverre, P.; Macina, D.; Piredda, G.; Santacesaria, R.; Zanello, D.

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“…This level of background reduction, however, requires detectors with good angular resolution. A handful of experiments (LSND [46], CHARM-II [33,62], MINERνA [35], NOνA, MiniBooNE (MB) [21], and MicroBooNE (MC) [63]) are equipped to distinguish such a signal. In the following section, we will study their sensitivity.…”

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Hunt for sub-GeV dark matter at neutrino facilities: A survey of past and present experiments

2020

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We survey the sensitivity of past and present neutrino experiments to MeV-GeV scale vector portal dark matter and find that these experiments possess novel sensitivity that has not yet fully explored. Taking α D ¼ 0.1 and a dark photon to dark matter mass ratio of three, the combined recast of previous analyses of Big European Bubble Chamber and a projection of NOνA's sensitivity are found to rule out the scalar thermal target for dark matter masses between 10 and 100 MeV with existing data, while CHARM-II and MINERνA place somewhat weaker limits. These limits can be improved by off-axis searches using the NuMI beam line and the MicroBooNE, MiniBooNE, or ICARUS detectors and can even begin to probe the Majorana thermal target. We conclude that past and present neutrino facilities can search for light dark matter concurrently with their neutrino program and reach a competitive sensitivity to proposed future experiments.

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Hunt for sub-GeV dark matter at neutrino facilities: A survey of past and present experiments

2020

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“…neutrino interactions, as they predict large number of events at higher energies [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]. Thus, our analysis uses high-energy neutrino-electron scattering measurements [55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64]. This process is currently used to normalize the neutrino fluxes, due to its well-understood cross section, and has been a fertile ground for light NP searches [65][66][67].…”

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“…Our technique is complementary to recent searches for coherent singlephoton topologies [68]. Since the upscattering process has a threshold of tens to hundreds of MeV, we focus on two high-energy neutrino experiments: MINERνA [58][59][60][61], a scintillator detector in the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beamline at Fermilab, and CHARM-II [62][63][64], a segmented calorimeter detector at CERN along the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) beamline. These experiments are complementary in the range of neutrino energies they cover and have different background composition.…”

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Testing New Physics Explanations of the MiniBooNE Anomaly at Neutrino Scattering Experiments

Argüelles

Hostert²,

Tsai³

2019

Phys. Rev. Lett.

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Heavy neutrinos with additional interactions have recently been proposed as an explanation to the MiniBooNE excess. These scenarios often rely on marginally boosted particles to explain the excess angular spectrum, thus predicting large rates at higher-energy neutrino-electron scattering experiments. We place new constraints on this class of models based on neutrino-electron scattering sideband measurements performed at MINERνA and CHARM-II. A simultaneous explanation of the angular and energy distributions of the MiniBooNE excess in terms of heavy neutrinos with light mediators is severely constrained by our analysis. In general, high-energy neutrino-electron scattering experiments provide strong constraints on explanations of the MiniBooNE observation involving light mediators.

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“…[7,8]. The CHARM II Collaboration has recently published its nal results [1] based on the complete sample of events collected during ve y ears of exposure of the detector (from 1987 to 1991) to the wide band neutrino beam at CERN.…”

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Constraints on additional Z bosons derived from neutrino-electron scattering measurements

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Wilquet²,

Beyer

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Physics Letters B

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We report new constraints on the existence of additional Z bosons derived from neutrino{electron scattering data. The analysis is based on data taken by the CHARM II Collaboration during ve y ears of exposure of the detector to the wide band neutrino beam at CERN. The limits on the mass of these new particles are evaluated in the framework of E 6 superstring-inspired theories and Left-Right symmetric models. Limits on the so-called Z 1 are also reported.

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Calibration and performance of the CHARM-II detector

Cited by 33 publications

References 6 publications

Hunt for sub-GeV dark matter at neutrino facilities: A survey of past and present experiments

Hunt for sub-GeV dark matter at neutrino facilities: A survey of past and present experiments

Testing New Physics Explanations of the MiniBooNE Anomaly at Neutrino Scattering Experiments

Constraints on additional Z bosons derived from neutrino-electron scattering measurements

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