We report the direct observation of muon neutrino interactions with the SND@LHC detector at the Large Hadron Collider. A dataset of proton-proton collisions at s=13.6 TeV collected by SND@LHC in 2022 is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.8 fb-1. The search is based on information from the active electronic components of the SND@LHC detector, which covers the pseudorapidity region of 7.2<8.4, inaccessible to the other experiments at the collider. Muon neutrino candidates are identified through their charged-current interaction topology, with a track propagating through the entire length of the muon detector. After selection cuts, 8 νμ interaction candidate events remain with an estimated background of 0.086 events, yielding a significance of about 7 standard deviations for the observed νμ signal.

Observation of Collider Muon Neutrinos with the SND@LHC Experiment

Graverini E.;
2023-01-01

Abstract

We report the direct observation of muon neutrino interactions with the SND@LHC detector at the Large Hadron Collider. A dataset of proton-proton collisions at s=13.6 TeV collected by SND@LHC in 2022 is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.8 fb-1. The search is based on information from the active electronic components of the SND@LHC detector, which covers the pseudorapidity region of 7.2<8.4, inaccessible to the other experiments at the collider. Muon neutrino candidates are identified through their charged-current interaction topology, with a track propagating through the entire length of the muon detector. After selection cuts, 8 νμ interaction candidate events remain with an estimated background of 0.086 events, yielding a significance of about 7 standard deviations for the observed νμ signal.
2023
Albanese, R.; Alexandrov, A.; Alicante, F.; Anokhina, A.; Asada, T.; Battilana, C.; Bay, A.; Betancourt, C.; Biswas, R.; Blanco Castro, A.; Bogomilov, M.; Bonacorsi, D.; Bonivento, W. M.; Bordalo, P.; Boyarsky, A.; Buontempo, S.; Campanelli, M.; Camporesi, T.; Canale, V.; Castro, A.; Centanni, D.; Cerutti, F.; Chernyavskiy, M.; Choi, K. -Y.; Cholak, S.; Cindolo, F.; Climescu, M.; Conaboy, A. P.; Dallavalle, G. M.; Davino, D.; De Bryas, P. T.; De Lellis, G.; De Magistris, M.; De Roeck, A.; De Rujula, A.; De Serio, M.; De Simone, D.; Di Crescenzo, A.; Dona, R.; Durhan, O.; Fabbri, F.; Fedotovs, F.; Ferrillo, M.; Ferro-Luzzi, M.; Fini, R. A.; Fiorillo, A.; Fresa, R.; Funk, W.; Garay Walls, F. M.; Golovatiuk, A.; Golutvin, A.; Graverini, E.; Guler, A. M.; Guliaeva, V.; Haefeli, G. J.; Helo Herrera, J. C.; Van Herwijnen, E.; Iengo, P.; Ilieva, S.; Infantino, A.; Iuliano, A.; Jacobsson, R.; Kamiscioglu, C.; Kauniskangas, A. M.; Khalikov, E.; Kim, S. H.; Kim, Y. G.; Klioutchnikov, G.; Komatsu, M.; Konovalova, N.; Kovalenko, S.; Kuleshov, S.; Lacker, H. M.; Lantwin, O.; Lasagni Manghi, F.; Lauria, A.; Lee, K. Y.; Lee, K. S.; Lo Meo, S.; Loschiavo, V. P.; Marcellini, S.; Margiotta, A.; Mascellani, A.; Miano, A.; Mikulenko, A.; Montesi, M. C.; Navarria, F. L.; Ogawa, S.; Okateva, N.; Ovchynnikov, M.; Paggi, G.; Park, B. D.; Pastore, A.; Perrotta, A.; Podgrudkov, D.; Polukhina, N.; Prota, A.; Quercia, A.; Ramos, S.; Reghunath, A.; Roganova, T.; Ronchetti, F.; Rovelli, T.; Ruchayskiy, O.; Ruf, T.; Sabate Gilarte, M.; Samoilov, M.; Scalera, V.; Schneider, O.; Sekhniaidze, G.; Serra, N.; Shaposhnikov, M.; Shevchenko, V.; Shchedrina, T.; Shchutska, L.; Shibuya, H.; Simone, S.; Siroli, G. P.; Sirri, G.; Soares, G.; Soto Sandoval, O. J.; Spurio, M.; Starkov, N.; Timiryasov, I.; Tioukov, V.; Tramontano, F.; Trippl, C.; Ursov, E.; Ustyuzhanin, A.; Vankova-Kirilova, G.; Verguilov, V.; Viegas Guerreiro Leonardo, N.; Vilela, C.; Visone, C.; Wanke, R.; Yaman, E.; Yazici, C.; Yoon, C. S.; Zaffaroni, E.; Zamora Saa, J.
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