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Ken Heller
Researcher at University of Minnesota
Publications - 153
Citations - 7147
Ken Heller is an academic researcher from University of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neutrino & Neutrino oscillation. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 150 publications receiving 6631 citations. Previous affiliations of Ken Heller include Rutgers University & University of Michigan.
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Observation of muon neutrino disappearance with the MINOS detectors in the NuMI neutrino beam
D. G. Michael,P. Adamson,P. Adamson,P. Adamson,T. Alexopoulos,W.W.M. Allison,G. J. Alner,Kevin Anderson,C. Andreopoulos,M. P. Andrews,R. Andrews,K. E. Arms,R. Armstrong,C. Arroyo,D. J. Auty,S. Avvakumov,D. S. Ayres,B. Baller,B. C. Barish,M. A. Barker,Peter D. Barnes,G.D. Barr,William L. Barrett,E. Beall,E. Beall,B. R. Becker,A. Belias,T. Bergfeld,R. H. Bernstein,D. Bhattacharya,M. Bishai,Andrew Blake,V. Bocean,B. Bock,G. J. Bock,J. Boehm,D. J. Boehnlein,D. Bogert,P. M. Border,C. R. Bower,S. Boyd,E. Buckley-Geer,C. Bungau,A. Byon-Wagner,Anatael Cabrera,John Derek Chapman,Thomas R. Chase,D. Cherdack,S. Chernichenko,S. Childress,B. C. Choudhary,B. C. Choudhary,J. H. Cobb,J. D. Cossairt,H. Courant,D. Crane,A. J. Culling,J. W. Dawson,J. K. de Jong,D. M. DeMuth,A. De Santo,M. Dierckxsens,M. V. Diwan,M. Dorman,M. Dorman,G. Drake,D. Drakoulakos,R. Ducar,T. Durkin,A. R. Erwin,Carlos Escobar,J. J. Evans,O. Fackler,E. Falk Harris,G. J. Feldman,N. Felt,T. H. Fields,R. Ford,M. V. Frohne,H. R. Gallagher,M. Gebhard,G. A. Giurgiu,A. Godley,J. Gogos,M. C. Goodman,Yu. A. Gornushkin,P. Gouffon,R. Gran,E. Grashorn,N. Grossman,J. J. Grudzinski,K. Grzelak,V. J. Guarino,Alec Habig,R. Halsall,J. Hanson,D. A. Harris,Philip Harris,J. Hartnell,J. Hartnell,E. P. Hartouni,R. Hatcher,Ken Heller,N. Hill,Y. Ho,A. Holin,C. Howcroft,C. Howcroft,J. Hylen,M. Ignatenko,D. Indurthy,G. M. Irwin,M. Ishitsuka,D. E. Jaffe,C. James,L. Jenner,D. A. Jensen,T. Joffe-Minor,T. Kafka,H. J. Kang,S. M S Kasahara,J. Kilmer,Hyun-Chul Kim,M. S. Kim,G. Koizumi,Sacha E Kopp,M. Kordosky,M. Kordosky,D. J. Koskinen,D. J. Koskinen,M. Kostin,S. K. Kotelnikov,D. Krakauer,A. E. Kreymer,S. Kumaratunga,A. S. Ladran,Karol Lang,C. Laughton,A. Lebedev,R. Lee,Weonjong Lee,M. Libkind,Ji-Yong Liu,P. J. Litchfield,P. J. Litchfield,R. P. Litchfield,N. P. Longley,P. Lucas,W. Luebke,S. Madani,E. Maher,V. Makeev,W. A. Mann,A. Marchionni,A. D. Marino,Marvin L Marshak,John Marshall,N. Mayer,J. McDonald,A. M. McGowan,A. M. McGowan,J. R. Meier,G. I. Merzon,M. D. Messier,M. D. Messier,R. H. Milburn,John Miller,John Miller,Warner A. Miller,S.R. Mishra,S.R. Mishra,A. Mislivec,P. S. Miyagawa,C. D. Moore,Jorge G. Morfin,R. Morse,L. Mualem,S. L. Mufson,S. Murgia,M. J. Murtagh,J. A. Musser,D. Naples,C. Nelson,J. K. Nelson,J. K. Nelson,J. K. Nelson,Harvey B Newman,F. A. Nezrick,R. J. Nichol,T. C. Nicholls,Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux,J. Oliver,W. P. Oliver,V.A. Onuchin,T. Osiecki,R. Ospanov,J. M. Paley,V. Paolone,A. Para,T. Patzak,Ž Pavlović,G. F. Pearce,N. Pearson,C. W. Peck,Carole C. Perry,E. A. Peterson,D. A. Petyt,D. A. Petyt,D. A. Petyt,H. Ping,R. Piteira,R. Pittam,A. Pla-Dalmau,R. K. Plunkett,L. E. Price,M. Proga,D. Pushka,D. Rahman,R. A. Rameika,T. M. Raufer,A. L. Read,B. Rebel,B. Rebel,J. Reichenbacher,D. E. Reyna,C. Rosenfeld,H. A. Rubin,K. Ruddick,V. A. Ryabov,Ruben Saakyan,Mcd Sanchez,Mcd Sanchez,Niki Saoulidou,J. Schneps,Paul Schoessow,P. Schreiner,Reinhard Schwienhorst,V. K. Semenov,S. M. Seun,P. Shanahan,P.D. Shield,W. Smart,V. Smirnitsky,Caleb Smith,Caleb Smith,Caleb Smith,P. N. Smith,A. Sousa,A. Sousa,B. Speakman,P. Stamoulis,A. Stefanik,P. Sullivan,J. M. Swan,P. A. Symes,N. Tagg,N. Tagg,R. L. Talaga,Alexander Terekhov,E. Tetteh-Lartey,Juergen Thomas,Juergen Thomas,Juergen Thomas,J. A. Thompson,M. A. Thomson,J. L. Thron,G. Tinti,R. Trendler,J. Trevor,I. Trostin,V. A. Tsarev,G. Tzanakos,J. Urheim,J. Urheim,P. Vahle,P. Vahle,M. Vakili,K. Vaziri,C. Velissaris,V. Verebryusov,B. Viren,L. Wai,C. P. Ward,D. R. Ward,M. Watabe,A. C. Weber,A. C. Weber,R. C. Webb,A. A. Wehmann,N. West,C. White,Randall White,Stanley G. Wojcicki,Douglas Wright,Q. K. Wu,W. G. Yan,T. Yang,Francisco Yumiceva,J. C. Yun,H. Zheng,M. Zois,R. Zwaska,R. Zwaska +302 more
TL;DR: In this article, the MINOS experiment reported results from its initial exposure to neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam, and the rate and energy spectra of charged current muon neutrino interactions are compared in two detectors located along the beam axis at distances of 1 km and 735 km.
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Observation of tau neutrino interactions
Koichi Kodama,N. Ushida,C. Andreopoulos,Niki Saoulidou,G. Tzanakos,P. M. Yager,B. Baller,D. J. Boehnlein,Walter Freeman,B. Lundberg,Jorge G. Morfin,R. Rameika,Jae Chul Yun,J. S. Song,C. S. Yoon,S. H. Chung,P. Berghaus,M. A. Kubantsev,N. W. Reay,R. A. Sidwell,N. R. Stanton,S. Yoshida,Shigeki Aoki,T. Hara,J. T. Rhee,D. P. Ciampa,C. Erickson,Matt W. Graham,Ken Heller,Roger Rusack,Reinhard Schwienhorst,J. Sielaff,J. Trammell,J. Wilcox,K. Hoshino,H. Jiko,Motoaki Miyanishi,Masahiro Komatsu,M. Nakamura,Toshiyuki Nakano,K. Niwa,N. Nonaka,K. Okada,Osamu Sato,T. Akdogan,V. Paolone,C. Rosenfeld,A. Kulik,A. Kulik,T. Kafka,W. P. Oliver,T. Patzak,J. Schneps +52 more
TL;DR: The DONUT experiment has analyzed 203 neutrino interactions recorded in nuclear emulsion targets as discussed by the authors, with an estimated background of 0.34 events, consistent with the Standard Model expectation.
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Measurement of neutrino oscillations with the MINOS detectors in the NuMI beam.
P. Adamson,C. Andreopoulos,K. E. Arms,R. Armstrong,D. J. Auty,D. S. Ayres,B. Baller,Peter D. Barnes,G.D. Barr,William L. Barrett,B. R. Becker,A. Belias,R. H. Bernstein,D. Bhattacharya,M. Bishai,Andrew Blake,G. J. Bock,J. Boehm,D. J. Boehnlein,D. Bogert,C. R. Bower,E. Buckley-Geer,S. Cavanaugh,John Derek Chapman,D. Cherdack,S. Childress,Brajesh C Choudhary,J. H. Cobb,S. J. Coleman,A. J. Culling,J. K. de Jong,M. Dierckxsens,M. V. Diwan,M. Dorman,M. Dorman,S. A. Dytman,Carlos Escobar,J. J. Evans,J. J. Evans,E. Falk Harris,G. J. Feldman,M. V. Frohne,H. R. Gallagher,A. Godley,M. C. Goodman,P. Gouffon,R. Gran,E. Grashorn,N. Grossman,K. Grzelak,K. Grzelak,Alec Habig,D. A. Harris,Philip Harris,J. Hartnell,J. Hartnell,R. Hatcher,Ken Heller,A. Himmel,A. Holin,J. Hylen,G. M. Irwin,M. Ishitsuka,D. E. Jaffe,C. James,D. A. Jensen,T. Kafka,S. M S Kasahara,J. J. Kim,M. S. Kim,G. Koizumi,Sacha E Kopp,M. Kordosky,M. Kordosky,D. J. Koskinen,S. K. Kotelnikov,A. E. Kreymer,S. Kumaratunga,Karol Lang,P. J. Litchfield,R. P. Litchfield,L. Loiacono,Philippe Lucas,Jian Ma,W. A. Mann,A. Marchionni,Marvin L Marshak,John Marshall,N. Mayer,A. M. McGowan,A. M. McGowan,J. R. Meier,G. I. Merzon,M. D. Messier,C. J. Metelko,D. G. Michael,John Miller,Warner A. Miller,S. R. Mishra,C. D. Moore,Jorge G. Morfin,L. Mualem,S. L. Mufson,S. Murgia,J. A. Musser,D. Naples,J. K. Nelson,Harvey B Newman,R. J. Nichol,T. C. Nicholls,Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux,W. P. Oliver,R. Ospanov,J. M. Paley,V. Paolone,A. Para,T. Patzak,Ž Pavlović,Gregory J Pawloski,G. F. Pearce,C. W. Peck,E. A. Peterson,David Petyt,R. Pittam,R. K. Plunkett,A. Rahaman,R. A. Rameika,T. M. Raufer,B. Rebel,J. Reichenbacher,P. A. Rodrigues,C. Rosenfeld,H. A. Rubin,K. Ruddick,V. A. Ryabov,M. C. Sanchez,M. C. Sanchez,Niki Saoulidou,J. Schneps,P. Schreiner,S. M. Seun,P. Shanahan,W. Smart,Caleb Smith,A. Sousa,B. Speakman,P. Stamoulis,Matthew L Strait,P. A. Symes,N. Tagg,R. L. Talaga,M. A. Tavera,Juergen Thomas,J. A. Thompson,M. A. Thomson,J. L. Thron,G. Tinti,I. Trostin,V. A. Tsarev,G. Tzanakos,J. Urheim,P. Vahle,P. Vahle,B. Viren,C. P. Ward,D. R. Ward,M. Watabe,A. C. Weber,R. C. Webb,A. A. Wehmann,N. West,C. White,Stanley G. Wojcicki,Douglas Wright,T. Yang,M. Zois,K. Zhang,R. Zwaska +177 more
TL;DR: The data disfavor two alternative explanations for the disappearance of neutrinos in flight: namely, neutrino decays into lighter particles and quantum decoherence of neutRinos, at the 3.7 and 5.7 standard-deviation levels, respectively.
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Λ 0 Hyperon Polarization in Inclusive Production by 300-GeV Protons on Beryllium
G. Bunce,R. Handler,R. H. March,P. Martin,L. Pondrom,M. Sheaff,Ken Heller,Oliver E. Overseth,P. Skubic,T. Devlin,B. Edelman,R. T. Edwards,J. Norem,L. Schachinger,P. Yamin +14 more
TL;DR: In this article, the observed polarization was consistent with parity conservationa and increased monotonically with increasing p/sub perpendicular/ independently of x, reaching P/sub..lambda../ = 0.28 +- 0.08 at 1.5 GeV/c.
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The magnetized steel and scintillator calorimeters of the MINOS experiment
D. G. Michael,P. Adamson,P. Adamson,P. Adamson,T. Alexopoulos,W.W.M. Allison,G. J. Alner,Kevin Anderson,C. Andreopoulos,M. P. Andrews,R. Andrews,C. Arroyo,S. Avvakumov,D. S. Ayres,B. Baller,B. C. Barish,M. A. Barker,Peter D. Barnes,G.D. Barr,William L. Barrett,E. Beall,E. Beall,Keith Bechtol,B. R. Becker,A. Belias,T. Bergfeld,R. H. Bernstein,D. Bhattacharya,M. Bishai,Andrew Blake,V. Bocean,B. Bock,G. J. Bock,J. Boehm,D. J. Boehnlein,D. Bogert,P. M. Border,C. R. Bower,S. Boyd,E. Buckley-Geer,A. Byon-Wagner,Anatael Cabrera,John Derek Chapman,Thomas R. Chase,S. Chernichenko,S. Childress,B. C. Choudhary,B. C. Choudhary,J. H. Cobb,S. J. Coleman,J. D. Cossairt,H. Courant,D. Crane,A. J. Culling,D.S. Damiani,J. W. Dawson,J. K. de Jong,D. M. DeMuth,A. De Santo,M. Dierckxsens,M. V. Diwan,M. Dorman,M. Dorman,Gary Drake,R. Ducar,T. Durkin,A. R. Erwin,Carlos Escobar,J. J. Evans,J. J. Evans,O. Fackler,E. Falk Harris,G. J. Feldman,N. Felt,T. H. Fields,R. Ford,M. V. Frohne,H. R. Gallagher,M. Gebhard,A. Godley,J. Gogos,M. C. Goodman,Yu. A. Gornushkin,P. Gouffon,E. Grashorn,N. Grossman,J. J. Grudzinski,K. Grzelak,K. Grzelak,V. J. Guarino,Alec Habig,R. Halsall,J. Hanson,D. A. Harris,Philip Harris,J. Hartnell,J. Hartnell,J. Hartnell,E. P. Hartouni,R. Hatcher,Ken Heller,N. Hill,Y. Ho,C. Howcroft,C. Howcroft,J. Hylen,M. Ignatenko,D. Indurthy,G. M. Irwin,C. James,L. Jenner,D. A. Jensen,T. Joffe-Minor,T. Kafka,H. J. Kang,S. M S Kasahara,J. Kilmer,Hyun-Chul Kim,M. S. Kim,G. Koizumi,Sacha E Kopp,M. Kordosky,M. Kordosky,M. Kordosky,D. J. Koskinen,D. J. Koskinen,M. Kostin,S. K. Kotelnikov,D. Krakauer,S. Kumaratunga,A. S. Ladran,Karol Lang,C. Laughton,A. Lebedev,Raymond Lee,Weonjong Lee,M. Libkind,Ji-Yong Liu,P. J. Litchfield,P. J. Litchfield,R. P. Litchfield,N. P. Longley,P. Lucas,W. Luebke,S. Madani,E. Maher,V. Makeev,W. A. Mann,A. Marchionni,A. D. Marino,Marvin L Marshak,John Marshall,J. McDonald,A. M. McGowan,A. M. McGowan,J. R. Meier,G. I. Merzon,M. D. Messier,M. D. Messier,R. H. Milburn,John Miller,John Miller,Warner A. Miller,S.R. Mishra,S.R. Mishra,P. S. Miyagawa,C. D. Moore,Jorge G. Morfin,R. Morse,L. Mualem,L. Mualem,S. L. Mufson,S. Murgia,M. J. Murtagh,J. A. Musser,D. Naples,C. Nelson,J. K. Nelson,J. K. Nelson,J. K. Nelson,Harvey B Newman,F. A. Nezrick,R. J. Nichol,T. C. Nicholls,Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux,John Oliver,W. P. Oliver,V.A. Onuchin,T. Osiecki,R. Ospanov,J. M. Paley,V. Paolone,A. Para,T. Patzak,Ž Pavlović,G. F. Pearce,N. Pearson,C. W. Peck,Carole C. Perry,E. A. Peterson,D. A. Petyt,D. A. Petyt,D. A. Petyt,H. Ping,R. Piteira,Anna Pla-Dalmau,R. K. Plunkett,L. E. Price,M. Proga,D. Pushka,D. Rahman,R. A. Rameika,T. M. Raufer,T. M. Raufer,A. L. Read,B. Rebel,B. Rebel,D. E. Reyna,C. Rosenfeld,H. A. Rubin,K. Ruddick,V. A. Ryabov,Ruben Saakyan,M. C. Sanchez,M. C. Sanchez,M. C. Sanchez,Niki Saoulidou,J. Schneps,Paul Schoessow,P. Schreiner,Reinhard Schwienhorst,V. K. Semenov,S. M. Seun,P. Shanahan,P.D. Shield,R. Shivane,W. Smart,V. Smirnitsky,Caleb Smith,Caleb Smith,Caleb Smith,P. N. Smith,A. Sousa,A. Sousa,B. Speakman,P. Stamoulis,A. Stefanik,P. Sullivan,J. M. Swan,P. A. Symes,N. Tagg,N. Tagg,R. L. Talaga,Alexander Terekhov,E. Tetteh-Lartey,Juergen Thomas,Juergen Thomas,Juergen Thomas,J. A. Thompson,M. A. Thomson,J. L. Thron,R. Trendler,J. Trevor,I. Trostin,V. A. Tsarev,G. Tzanakos,J. Urheim,J. Urheim,P. Vahle,P. Vahle,P. Vahle,M. Vakili,K. Vaziri,C. Velissaris,V. Verebryusov,B. Viren,L. Wai,C. P. Ward,D. R. Ward,M. Watabe,A. C. Weber,A. C. Weber,R. C. Webb,A. A. Wehmann,N. West,Christopher G. White,Randall White,Stanley G. Wojcicki,Douglas Wright,Q. K. Wu,W. G. Yan,T. Yang,Francisco Yumiceva,J. C. Yun,H. Zheng,M. Zois,R. Zwaska,R. Zwaska +297 more
TL;DR: The main injector neutrino oscillation search (MINOS) experiment as mentioned in this paper uses an accelerator-produced Neutrino beam to perform precision measurements of the neutrinos oscillation parameters.