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A measurement of the muon antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross-section using the T2K near detector
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Lister, Callum (2015) A measurement of the muon antineutrino inclusive charged-current cross-section using the T2K near detector. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Official URL: http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/record=b2812645~S1
Abstract
The T2K (Tokai-to-Kamioka) experiment is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment built, primarily, to measure the neutrino mixing angle 13. To determine this parameter with minimal uncertainty requires a good understanding of the initial neutrino flux in the beam and precise measurements of neutrino interactions with matter. For this reason, T2K employs a near detector placed 280m downstream of the neutrino production point, the ND280.
Using data taken by the ND280 between November 2010 and April 2013 (5:73x1020 protons on target), a flux-integrated muon antineutrino charged-current inclusive cross-section measurement per nucleon using the carbon target of the ND280 FGD1 is reported, including a description of the event selection and the systematic uncertainty evaluation. The final result is:
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at a mean muon antineutrino energy of 1 GeV.
The uncertainty on this measurement is dominated by neutrino
flux uncertainties. A possible method of improving the precision with which the flux is known is presented, which indicates that at the end of the expected T2K data-taking period, this uncertainty can be reduced from 12:4% to 5:8%.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Neutrino interactions, Antineutrinos, Muons | ||||
Official Date: | July 2015 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Physics | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Boyd, Steven ; Barker, Gary John | ||||
Extent: | xvi, 152 leaves : illustrations (colour), charts | ||||
Language: | eng |
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