Publications
Selected publications
- Modeling heavy neutral leptons in accelerator beamlines (Journal article - 2023)
- MINERvA medium-energy physics results (Conference Paper - 2022)
2024
DUNE Phase II: scientific opportunities, detector concepts, technological solutions
Abed Abud, A., Abi, B., Acciarri, R., Acero, M. A., Adames, M. R., Adamov, G., . . . Zwaska, R. (n.d.). DUNE Phase II: scientific opportunities, detector concepts, technological solutions. Journal of Instrumentation, 19(12). doi:10.1088/1748-0221/19/12/p12005
First combined tuning on transverse kinematic imbalance data with and without pion production constraints
Li, W., Roda, M., Tena-Vidal, J., Andreopoulos, C., Lu, X., Ashkenazi, A., . . . Yan, Q. (n.d.). First combined tuning on transverse kinematic imbalance data with and without pion production constraints. Physical Review D, 110(7). doi:10.1103/physrevd.110.072016
Performance of a Modular Ton-Scale Pixel-Readout Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber
Abed Abud, A., Abi, B., Acciarri, R., Acero, M. A., Adames, M. R., Adamov, G., . . . Zwaska, R. (n.d.). Performance of a Modular Ton-Scale Pixel-Readout Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber. Instruments, 8(3), 41. doi:10.3390/instruments8030041
2023
Measurement of Electron Neutrino and Antineutrino Cross Sections at Low Momentum Transfer
Measurement of the multineutron <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msub><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math> charged current differential cross section at low available energy on hydrocarbon
Olivier, A., Cai, T., Akhter, S., Ahmad Dar, Z., Ansari, V., Ascencio, M. V., . . . Zazueta, L. (n.d.). Measurement of the multineutron <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msub><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mover><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math> charged current differential cross section at low available energy on hydrocarbon. Physical Review D, 108(11). doi:10.1103/physrevd.108.112010
Measurement of the Multi-Neutron $\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$ Charged Current Differential Cross Section at Low Available Energy on Hydrocarbon
Neutrino-Induced Coherent π^{+} Production in C, CH, Fe, and Pb at ⟨E_{ν}⟩∼6 GeV.
Ramírez, M. A., Akhter, S., Ahmad Dar, Z., Akbar, F., Ansari, V., Ascencio, M. V., . . . MINERvA Collaboration. (2023). Neutrino-Induced Coherent π^{+} Production in C, CH, Fe, and Pb at ⟨E_{ν}⟩∼6 GeV.. Physical review letters, 131(5), 051801. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.131.051801
High-statistics measurement of antineutrino quasielasticlike scattering at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>E</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mover></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> 6 GeV on a hydrocarbon target
Bashyal, A., Akhter, S., Ahmad Dar, Z., Akbar, F., Ansari, V., Ascencio, M. V., . . . Zazueta, L. (n.d.). High-statistics measurement of antineutrino quasielasticlike scattering at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>E</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mover></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> 6 GeV on a hydrocarbon target. Physical Review D, 108(3). doi:10.1103/physrevd.108.032018
Simultaneous Measurement of Muon Neutrino ν_{μ} Charged-Current Single π^{+} Production in CH, C, H_{2}O, Fe, and Pb Targets in MINERvA.
Bercellie, A., Kroma-Wiley, K. A., Akhter, S., Ahmad Dar, Z., Akbar, F., Ansari, V., . . . MINERvA Collaboration. (2023). Simultaneous Measurement of Muon Neutrino ν_{μ} Charged-Current Single π^{+} Production in CH, C, H_{2}O, Fe, and Pb Targets in MINERvA.. Physical review letters, 131(1), 011801. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.131.011801
Simultaneous Measurement of ν_{μ} Quasielasticlike Cross Sections on CH, C, H_{2}O, Fe, and Pb as a Function of Muon Kinematics at MINERvA.
Kleykamp, J., Akhter, S., Ahmad Dar, Z., Ansari, V., Ascencio, M. V., Sajjad Athar, M., . . . MINERvA Collaboration. (2023). Simultaneous Measurement of ν_{μ} Quasielasticlike Cross Sections on CH, C, H_{2}O, Fe, and Pb as a Function of Muon Kinematics at MINERvA.. Physical review letters, 130(16), 161801. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.130.161801
Modeling heavy neutral leptons in accelerator beamlines
Plows, K. -J., & Lu, X. (n.d.). Modeling heavy neutral leptons in accelerator beamlines. Physical Review D, 107(5). doi:10.1103/physrevd.107.055003
Measurement of the axial vector form factor from antineutrino-proton scattering.
Cai, T., Moore, M. L., Olivier, A., Akhter, S., Dar, Z. A., Ansari, V., . . . Zazueta, L. (2023). Measurement of the axial vector form factor from antineutrino-proton scattering.. Nature, 614(7946), 48-53. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05478-3
Improved constraint on the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">M</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">I</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">N</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">E</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">R</mml:mi><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">A</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> medium energy neutrino flux using <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mover><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mover><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math> data
Zazueta, L., Akhter, S., Ahmad Dar, Z., Akbar, F., Ansari, V., Ascencio, M. V., . . . Yaeggy, B. (n.d.). Improved constraint on the <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">M</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">I</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">N</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">E</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">R</mml:mi><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">A</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> medium energy neutrino flux using <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mover><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mover accent="true"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy="false">¯</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:mover><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math> data. Physical Review D, 107(1). doi:10.1103/physrevd.107.012001
2022
High-Statistics Measurement of Antineutrino Quasielastic-like scattering at $E_\nu \sim$ 6~GeV on a Hydrocarbon Target
MINERvA medium-energy physics results
Plows, K. -J. (2022). MINERvA medium-energy physics results. In Proceedings of 41st International Conference on High Energy physics — PoS(ICHEP2022) (pp. 557). Sissa Medialab. doi:10.22323/1.414.0557
Neutrino-induced coherent $\pi^{+}$ production in C, CH, Fe and Pb at $\langle E_{\nu}\rangle \sim 6$ GeV
Simultaneous measurement of muon neutrino $\nu_\mu$ charged-current single $\pi^+$ production in CH, C, H$_2$O, Fe, and Pb targets in MINERvA
Improved constraint on the MINERvA medium energy neutrino flux using $\bar{\nu}e^{-} \!\rightarrow \bar{\nu}e^{-}$ data
Measurement of inclusive charged-current <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> scattering on hydrocarbon at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy="false">⟨</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>E</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mo stretchy="false">⟩</mml:mo><mml:mo>∼</mml:mo><mml:mn>6</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>GeV</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> with low three-momentum transfer
Ascencio, M. V., Andrade, D. A., Mahbub, I., Akhter, S., Ahmad Dar, Z., Akbar, F., . . . Zazueta, L. (n.d.). Measurement of inclusive charged-current <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> scattering on hydrocarbon at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mo stretchy="false">⟨</mml:mo><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>E</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ν</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub><mml:mo stretchy="false">⟩</mml:mo><mml:mo>∼</mml:mo><mml:mn>6</mml:mn><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mtext> </mml:mtext><mml:mi>GeV</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> with low three-momentum transfer. Physical Review D, 106(3). doi:10.1103/physrevd.106.032001
Vertex finding in neutrino-nucleus interaction: a model architecture comparison
Akbar, F., Ghosh, A., Young, S., Akhter, S., Ahmad Dar, Z., Ansari, V., . . . Zazueta, L. (2022). Vertex finding in neutrino-nucleus interaction: a model architecture comparison. Journal of Instrumentation, 17(08), T08013. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/08/t08013
Simultaneous Measurement of Proton and Lepton Kinematics in Quasielasticlike ν_{μ}-Hydrocarbon Interactions from 2 to 20 GeV.
Ruterbories, D., Akhter, S., Ahmad Dar, Z., Akbar, F., Ansari, V., Ascencio, M. V., . . . MINERvA Collaboration. (2022). Simultaneous Measurement of Proton and Lepton Kinematics in Quasielasticlike ν_{μ}-Hydrocarbon Interactions from 2 to 20 GeV.. Physical review letters, 129(2), 021803. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.129.021803
Vertex finding in neutrino-nucleus interaction: A Model Architecture Comparison
2021
Exploring neutrino–nucleus interactions in the GeV regime using MINERvA
Lu, X. -G., Dar, Z. A., Akbar, F., Andrade, D. A., Ascencio, M. V., Barr, G. D., . . . Zazueta, L. (2021). Exploring neutrino–nucleus interactions in the GeV regime using MINERvA. The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 230(24), 4243-4257. doi:10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00296-6
Constraining the NuMI neutrino flux using inverse muon decay reactions in MINERvA
Ruterbories, D., Ahmad Dar, Z., Akbar, F., Ascencio, M. V., Bashyal, A., Bercellie, A., . . . Zazueta, L. (n.d.). Constraining the NuMI neutrino flux using inverse muon decay reactions in MINERvA. Physical Review D, 104(9). doi:10.1103/physrevd.104.092010