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Furmanski, Andrew P. (2015) Charged-current Quasi-elastic-like neutrino interactions at the T2K experiment. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Official URL: http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/record=b2845979~S1
Abstract
T2K is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment based in Japan. The experiment has already measured the appearance of ⌫e in a ⌫μ beam, and is hoping to measure the appearance of ⌫¯e in a ⌫¯μ beam, which would open the possibility of observing CP-violation in the lepton sector. The charged current quasi-elastic (CCQE) interaction (vμ + n -> μ− + p) is of great importance to T2K as it is expected to make up over 80% of the interactions at the oscillation peak (600 MeV).
In recent years it has become clear that the most common model describing CCQE interactions on nuclei, the Relativistic Fermi Gas (RFG) model, is not able to describe low energy data on nuclear targets. An alternative model, the Spectral Function (SF) model, was implemented in the NEUT interaction generator. Relevant uncertainties in this model are identified and evaluated.
The charged current quasi-elastic-like cross section is then measured using the T2K near detector, ND280, as a function of muon momentum and angle. This data is then critically compared to the predictions from two implementations of the RFG model, and also to the newly implemented SF model. The total integrated cross section is found to be (4.06 ± 0.757) x 10−39 cm2 nucleon−1. This value is currently in agreement with all three predictions.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Neutrino interactions | ||||
Official Date: | August 2015 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Physics | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Barker, Gary ; Boyd, Steve | ||||
Extent: | xiv, 170 leaves : illustrations, charts | ||||
Language: | eng |
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