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Title: | A CC1π+/CCQE cross-section ratio measurement on carbon using the T2K near detector | ||||||
Author: | Murdoch, Matthew |
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0000 0004 2729 2840
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Awarding Body: | University of Liverpool | ||||||
Current Institution: | University of Liverpool | ||||||
Date of Award: | 2012 | ||||||
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T2K is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment designed to measure the θ23 and θ13 mixing angles to high precision using νμ disappearance and νe appearance respectively. A major component of the T2K near detector is the electromagnetic calorimeter; the construction, commissioning and operation of the ECal is describe in detail in this thesis. T2K uses the dominant CCQE neutrino interaction as a clean and simple signal in oscillation measurements. However, other interaction processes interfere with the oscillation measurements, a large contribution to this interference for νμ analyses is from CC1π+ interactions. This thesis measures the νμ CC1π+/CCQE cross-section ratio on C8H8 using the T2K near detector. As an internal consistency check, the flux integrated ratio is calculated as RMC = 0.235 ± 0.019Stat ± 0.047Syst for MC and RData = 0.237. The ratio is also measured as a function of incident neutrino energy and finds an agreement with NEUTMC of χ2/NDOF = 6.6/6.
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Supervisor: | Touramanis, Christos; McCauley, Neil | Sponsor: | Not available | ||||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.564255 | DOI: | |||||
Keywords: | Q Science (General) ; QC Physics | ||||||
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