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This work presents a Monte Carlo simulation of neutrino oscillations for muon neutrinos produced by the NuMI beam at Fermilab (Chicago) and detected at the NO$\nu$A far detector located in Ash River, Minnesota. The simulated $\nu_\mu$ are generated by the NuMI facility, which operates at 900 kW beam power and directs the neutrino beam 3.3° downward toward the NO$\nu$A detector, situated 810 km from the production point. The experiment’s primary objective is to investigate neutrino oscillations, with particular emphasis on the appearance of the electron neutrino flavor ($\nu_e$) at the far detector.
The main goal of the developed program is to provide a Monte Carlo framework suitable for phenomenological studies of this experiment, enabling the testing of alternative neutrino oscillation models using a transparent and accessible Python-based implementation. The simulated results can then be directly compared with published NO$\nu$A data.
