Robert H Bernstein

Dr. Robert H Bernstein

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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45Years (1982-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 February 2002 in Physical Review Letters
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GZG. P. Zeller
G. P. Zeller
KMK. S. McFarland
K. S. McFarland
TAT. Adams
T. Adams
AAA. Alton
A. Alton
SAS. Avvakumov
S. Avvakumov
EZE. D. Zimmerman
E. D. Zimmerman
The NuTeV Collaboration has extracted the electroweak parameter sin2θW from the measurement of the ratios of neutral current to charged current ν and ν¯ cross sections. Our value, sin2θW(on−shell)=0.2277±0.0013(stat)±0.0009(syst), is 3 standard deviations above the standard model prediction. We also present a model independent analysis of the same data in terms of neutral-current quark couplings.

8 November 2006 in Physical Review Letters
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DMD. G. Michael
D. G. Michael
PAP. Adamson
P. Adamson
TAT. Alexopoulos
T. Alexopoulos
WAW. W. M. Allison
W. W. M. Allison
GAG. J. Alner
G. J. Alner
RZR. Zwaska
R. Zwaska
This Letter reports results from the MINOS experiment based on its initial exposure to neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam. The rates and energy spectra of charged current νμ interactions are compared in two detectors located along the beam axis at distances of 1 and 735 km. With 1.27×1020 120 GeV protons incident on the NuMI target, 215 events with energies below 30 GeV are observed at the Far Detector, compared to an expectation of 336±14 events. The data are consistent with νμ disappearance via oscillations with |Δm322|=2.74−0.26+0.44×10−3  eV2 and sin2(2θ23)>0.87 (68% C.L.).

17 June 1991 in Physical Review Letters
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SMS. R. Mishra
S. R. Mishra
SRS. A. Rabinowitz
S. A. Rabinowitz
CAC. Arroyo
C. Arroyo
KBK. T. Bachmann
K. T. Bachmann
RBR. E. Blair
R. E. Blair
WSW. H. Smith
W. H. Smith
We present a measurement of neutrino tridents, muon pairs induced by neutrino scattering in the Coulomb field of a target nucleus, in the Columbia-Chicago-Fermilab-Rochester neutrino experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron. The observed number of tridents after geometric and kinematic corrections, 37.0±12.4, supports the standard-model prediction of 45.3±2.3 events. This is the first demonstration of the W-Z destructive interference from neutrino tridents, and rules out, at 99% C.L., the V-A prediction without the interference.

1 November 2008 in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
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DMD.G. Michael
D.G. Michael
PAP. Adamson
P. Adamson
TAT. Alexopoulos
T. Alexopoulos
WAW.W.M. Allison
W.W.M. Allison
GAG.J. Alner
G.J. Alner
RZR. Zwaska
R. Zwaska

26 September 2008 in Physical Review Letters
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PAP. Adamson
P. Adamson
CAC. Andreopoulos
C. Andreopoulos
KAK. E. Arms
K. E. Arms
RAR. Armstrong
R. Armstrong
DAD. J. Auty
D. J. Auty
RZR. Zwaska
R. Zwaska
This Letter reports new results from the MINOS experiment based on a two-year exposure to muon neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI beam. Our data are consistent with quantum-mechanical oscillations of neutrino flavor with mass splitting |Δm2|=(2.43±0.13)×10−3  eV2 (68% C.L.) and mixing angle sin2(2θ)>0.90 (90% C.L.). Our 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.

13 April 2016 in Physical Review Letters
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PAP. Adamson
P. Adamson
CAC. Ader
C. Ader
MAM. Andrews
M. Andrews
NAN. Anfimov
N. Anfimov
IAI. Anghel
I. Anghel
NCNOvA Collaboration
NOvA Collaboration
We report results from the first search for νμ→νe transitions by the NOvA experiment. In an exposure equivalent to 2.74×1020 protons on target in the upgraded NuMI beam at Fermilab, we observe 6 events in the Far Detector, compared to a background expectation of 0.99±0.11(syst) events based on the Near Detector measurement. A secondary analysis observes 11 events with a background of 1.07±0.14(syst). The 3.3σ excess of events observed in the primary analysis disfavors 0.1π<δCP<0.5π in the inverted mass hierarchy at the 90% C.L.