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Dr Sam Jenkins
PhD, MPhys

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics
Part of
School of Physical Sciences
Faculty of Science and Engineering

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S.J.Jenkins@liverpool.ac.uk

Research outputs

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2026

Hyper-Kamiokande: Physics Potential, Calibration and Detector Systematics

J. Jenkins, S. (2026). Hyper-Kamiokande: Physics Potential, Calibration and Detector Systematics. In Unknown Conference (pp. 55-60). Springer Nature Switzerland. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-88933-2_10

DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-88933-2_10
Conference Paper

2025

First measurement of neutron capture multiplicity in neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielasticlike interactions using an accelerator neutrino beam

Abe, K., Abe, S., Akutsu, R., Alarakia-Charles, H., Alj Hakim, Y. I., Alonso Monsalve, S., . . . Zsoldos, S. (2025). First measurement of neutron capture multiplicity in neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielasticlike interactions using an accelerator neutrino beam. Physical Review D, 112(3). doi:10.1103/qh28-4znk

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10.1103/qh28-4znk
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2024

Search for proton decay via <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mi>e</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:mi>η</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:mi>η</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> with a 0.37 Mton-year exposure of Super-Kamiokande

Taniuchi, N., Abe, K., Abe, S., Asaoka, Y., Bronner, C., Harada, M., . . . Wada, K. (2024). Search for proton decay via <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mi>e</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:mi>η</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>p</mml:mi><mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:mi>η</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> with a 0.37 Mton-year exposure of Super-Kamiokande. Physical Review D, 110(11). doi:10.1103/physrevd.110.112011

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10.1103/physrevd.110.112011
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Measurements of the charge ratio and polarization of cosmic-ray muons with the Super-Kamiokande detector

Kitagawa, H., Tada, T., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., . . . Wada, K. (2024). Measurements of the charge ratio and polarization of cosmic-ray muons with the Super-Kamiokande detector. In Physical Review D Vol. 110. American Physical Society (APS). doi:10.1103/physrevd.110.082008

DOI
10.1103/physrevd.110.082008
Conference Paper

Evaluation of neutron tagging efficiency on 0.03% Gd mass concentration in SK-Gd experiment

Nakanishi, F., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Hosokawa, K., . . . Friend, M. (2024). Evaluation of neutron tagging efficiency on 0.03% Gd mass concentration in SK-Gd experiment. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 444.

Conference Paper

First result of a search for Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background in SK-Gd experiment

Harada, M., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Hosokawa, K., . . . Friend, M. (2024). First result of a search for Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background in SK-Gd experiment. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 444.

Conference Paper

Measurement of cosmogenic 9Li in Super-Kamiokande with gadolinium loaded water

Shinoki, M., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Hosokawa, K., . . . Friend, M. (2024). Measurement of cosmogenic 9Li in Super-Kamiokande with gadolinium loaded water. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 444.

Conference Paper

Measurement of the charge ratio and polarization of cosmic-ray muon using the tagged decay-e events in Super-Kamiokande

Nakano, Y., Tada, T., Kitagawa, H., Koshio, Y., Abe, K., Bronner, C., . . . Nishimura, Y. (2024). Measurement of the charge ratio and polarization of cosmic-ray muon using the tagged decay-e events in Super-Kamiokande. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 444.

Conference Paper

Measurement of the kaon to pion production ratio with the Super-Kamiokande

Tada, T., Nakano, Y., Koshio, Y., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., . . . Okazaki, R. (2024). Measurement of the kaon to pion production ratio with the Super-Kamiokande. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 444.

Conference Paper

Search for Boosted Dark Matter in Super-Kamiokande with low-energy electrons

Iovine, N., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Hosokawa, K., . . . Friend, M. (2024). Search for Boosted Dark Matter in Super-Kamiokande with low-energy electrons. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 444.

Conference Paper

Status and Prospect of SK-Gd Project

Hino, Y., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Hosokawa, K., . . . Friend, M. (2024). Status and Prospect of SK-Gd Project. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 444.

Conference Paper

Study of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic cross section using atmospheric neutrinos in the SK-Gd experiment

Sakai, S., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Hosokawa, K., . . . Friend, M. (2024). Study of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic cross section using atmospheric neutrinos in the SK-Gd experiment. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 444.

Conference Paper

Time-dependent and Time-independent Directional Search for High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrino Point Sources in Super-Kamiokande

Wang, X., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Hosokawa, K., . . . Friend, M. (2024). Time-dependent and Time-independent Directional Search for High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrino Point Sources in Super-Kamiokande. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 444.

Conference Paper

Second gadolinium loading to Super-Kamiokande

Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Hosokawa, K., Ieki, K., . . . Yamasaki, S. (2024). Second gadolinium loading to Super-Kamiokande. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1065, 169480. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2024.169480

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10.1016/j.nima.2024.169480
Journal article

Measurements of the charge ratio and polarization of cosmic-ray muons with the Super-Kamiokande detector

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2403.08619
Preprint

2023

First measurement of muon neutrino charged-current interactions on hydrocarbon without pions in the final state using multiple detectors with correlated energy spectra at T2K

Abe, K., Akhlaq, N., Akutsu, R., Alarakia-Charles, H., Ali, A., Alj Hakim, Y. I., . . . Zsoldos, S. (2023). First measurement of muon neutrino charged-current interactions on hydrocarbon without pions in the final state using multiple detectors with correlated energy spectra at T2K. Physical Review D, 108(11). doi:10.1103/physrevd.108.112009

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10.1103/physrevd.108.112009
Journal article

Atmospheric neutrino oscillation analysis with neutron tagging and an expanded fiducial volume in Super-Kamiokande I-V

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10.48550/arxiv.2311.05105
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Measurement of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic cross section using atmospheric neutrinos in the SK-Gd experiment

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2311.03842
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Measurements of the <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> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><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:mrow><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math> -induced coherent charged pion production cross sections on <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">C</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>12</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math> by the T2K experiment

Abe, K., Akhlaq, N., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alonso Monsalve, S., Alt, C., . . . Zsoldos, S. (2023). Measurements of the <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> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msub><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:mrow><mml:mi>μ</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>-induced coherent charged pion production cross sections on <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">C</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>12</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math> by the T2K experiment. Physical Review D, 108(9). doi:10.1103/physrevd.108.092009

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10.1103/physrevd.108.092009
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Erratum: Search for Cosmic-Ray Boosted Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using Recoil Protons at Super-Kamiokande [Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 031802 (2023)].

Abe, K., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Ieki, K., Ikeda, M., Kameda, J., . . . Super-Kamiokande Collaboration. (2023). Erratum: Search for Cosmic-Ray Boosted Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using Recoil Protons at Super-Kamiokande [Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 031802 (2023)].. Physical review letters, 131(15), 159903. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.131.159903

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10.1103/physrevlett.131.159903
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Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3.6</mml:mn><mml:mo>×</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mn>10</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>21</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math> protons on target

Abe, K., Akhlaq, N., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alonso Monsalve, S., Alt, C., . . . Zsoldos, S. (2023). Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>3.6</mml:mn><mml:mo>×</mml:mo><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mn>10</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>21</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math> protons on target. Physical Review D, 108(7). doi:10.1103/physrevd.108.072011

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10.1103/physrevd.108.072011
Journal article

Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 3.6 $\times$ 10$^{21}$ protons on target

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2305.09916
Preprint

Search for astrophysical electron antineutrinos in Super-Kamiokande with 0.01wt% gadolinium-loaded water

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2305.05135
Preprint

2022

Search for Cosmic-ray Boosted Sub-GeV Dark Matter using Recoil Protons at Super-Kamiokande

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2209.14968
Preprint

An improved muon neutrino charged-current single positive pion cross section on water using michel electron reconstruction in the T2K near detector

Jenkins, S. (2022). An improved muon neutrino charged-current single positive pion cross section on water using michel electron reconstruction in the T2K near detector. In Proceedings of The 22nd International Workshop on Neutrinos from Accelerators — PoS(NuFact2021) (pp. 087). Sissa Medialab. doi:10.22323/1.402.0087

DOI
10.22323/1.402.0087
Conference Paper

Testing Non-Standard Interactions Between Solar Neutrinos and Quarks with Super-Kamiokande

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2203.11772
Preprint

Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background Search at Super-Kamiokande

El Hedri, S., Ashida, Y., Giampaolo, A., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., . . . Oyama, Y. (2022). Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background Search at Super-Kamiokande. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.

Conference Paper

Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background search at Super-Kamiokande with neutron tagging

Giampaolo, A., El Hedri, S., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., . . . Sakashita, K. (2022). Diffuse Supernova Neutrino Background search at Super-Kamiokande with neutron tagging. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.

Conference Paper

Follow-up of GWTC-2 gravitational wave events with neutrinos from the Super-Kamiokande detector

Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Ikeda, M., Kameda, J., . . . Tsukamoto, T. (2022). Follow-up of GWTC-2 gravitational wave events with neutrinos from the Super-Kamiokande detector. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.

Conference Paper

Low energy radioactivity BG model in Super-Kamiokande detector from SK-IV data

Pronost, G., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Ikeda, M., . . . Sekiguchi, T. (2022). Low energy radioactivity BG model in Super-Kamiokande detector from SK-IV data. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.

Conference Paper

First gadolinium loading to Super-Kamiokande

Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Hiraide, K., Ikeda, M., Imaizumi, S., . . . Sasaki, R. (2022). First gadolinium loading to Super-Kamiokande. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 1027. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2021.166248

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10.1016/j.nima.2021.166248
Journal article

2021

T2K latest results on neutrino-nucleus cross sections

Jenkins, S. (2021). T2K latest results on neutrino-nucleus cross sections. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 2156 (pp. 012151). IOP Publishing. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2156/1/012151

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10.1088/1742-6596/2156/1/012151
Conference Paper

New Methods and Simulations for Cosmogenic Induced Spallation Removal in Super-Kamiokande-IV

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10.48550/arxiv.2112.00092
Preprint

First T2K measurement of transverse kinematic imbalance in the muon-neutrino charged-current single-$\pi^+$ production channel containing at least one proton

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2102.03346
Preprint

First T2K measurement of transverse kinematic imbalance in the muon-neutrino charged-current single-π<SUP>+</SUP> production channel containing at least one proton

Abe, K., Akhlaq, N., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., . . . Zsoldos, S. (2021). First T2K measurement of transverse kinematic imbalance in the muon-neutrino charged-current single-π<SUP>+</SUP> production channel containing at least one proton. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 103(11). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.103.112009

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10.1103/PhysRevD.103.112009
Journal article

Improved constraints on neutrino mixing from the T2K experiment with $\mathbf{3.13\times10^{21}}$ protons on target

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10.48550/arxiv.2101.03779
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2020

Search for proton decay via <i>p</i> → <i>e</i><SUP>+</SUP>π<SUP>0</SUP> and <i>p</i> → μ<SUP>+</SUP>π<SUP>0</SUP> with an enlarged fiducial volume in Super-Kamiokande I-IV

Takenaka, A., Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Ikeda, M., Imaizumi, S., . . . Sasaki, R. (2020). Search for proton decay via <i>p</i> → <i>e</i><SUP>+</SUP>π<SUP>0</SUP> and <i>p</i> → μ<SUP>+</SUP>π<SUP>0</SUP> with an enlarged fiducial volume in Super-Kamiokande I-IV. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 102(11). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.102.112011

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10.1103/PhysRevD.102.112011
Journal article

Neutron-Antineutron Oscillation Search using a 0.37 Megaton$\cdot$Year Exposure of Super-Kamiokande

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2012.02607
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T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using $3.13\times 10^{21}$ protons on target

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2008.07921
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Simultaneous measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross section on oxygen and carbon without pions in the final state at T2K

Abe, K., Akhlaq, N., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., . . . Collaboration, T. (2020). Simultaneous measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross section on oxygen and carbon without pions in the final state at T2K. Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 101(11). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.112004

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10.1103/PhysRevD.101.112004
Journal article

First combined measurement of the muon neutrino and antineutrino charged-current cross section without pions in the final state at T2K

Abe, K., Akhlaq, N., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., . . . Collaboration, T. (2020). First combined measurement of the muon neutrino and antineutrino charged-current cross section without pions in the final state at T2K. Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 101(11). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.112001

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10.1103/PhysRevD.101.112001
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Measurements of $\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$ and $\bar{\nu}_{\mu} + \nu_{\mu}$ charged-current cross-sections without detected pions nor protons on water and hydrocarbon at mean antineutrino energy of 0.86 GeV

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10.48550/arxiv.2004.13989
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Measurements of (ν)over-bar<sub>μ</sub> and (ν)over-bar<sub>μ</sub> + ν<sub>μ</sub> charged-current cross-sections without detected pions or protons on water and hydrocarbon at a mean anti-neutrino energy of 0.86 GeV

Abe, K., Akhlaq, N., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., . . . Zykova, A. (2021). Measurements of (ν)over-bar<sub>μ</sub> and (ν)over-bar<sub>μ</sub> + ν<sub>μ</sub> charged-current cross-sections without detected pions or protons on water and hydrocarbon at a mean anti-neutrino energy of 0.86 GeV. PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS, 2021(4). doi:10.1093/ptep/ptab014

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10.1093/ptep/ptab014
Journal article

Simultaneous measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current cross section on oxygen and carbon without pions in the final state at T2K

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2004.05434
Preprint

Measurement of the charged-current electron (anti-)neutrino inclusive cross-sections at the T2K off-axis near detector ND280

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10.48550/arxiv.2002.11986
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First combined measurement of the muon neutrino and antineutrino charged-current cross section without pions in the final state at T2K

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10.48550/arxiv.2002.09323
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2019

Search for Electron Antineutrino Appearance in a Long-baseline Muon Antineutrino Beam

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10.48550/arxiv.1911.07283
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Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino neutral-current quasielastic-like interactions on oxygen by detecting nuclear de-excitation $\gamma$-rays

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10.48550/arxiv.1910.09439
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Constraint on the Matter-Antimatter Symmetry-Violating Phase in Neutrino Oscillations

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10.48550/arxiv.1910.03887
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Measurement of the muon neutrino charged-current single $\pi^+$ production on hydrocarbon using the T2K off-axis near detector ND280

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10.48550/arxiv.1909.03936
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First Measurement of the Charged Current $\overline{\nu}_{\mu}$ Double Differential Cross Section on a Water Target without Pions in the final state

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10.48550/arxiv.1908.10249
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