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Measurement of Muon Neutrino Disappearance with Non-Fiducial Interactions in the NOnuA Experiment

Posted on:2017-06-15Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:University of MinnesotaCandidate:Raddatz, Nicholas JacobFull Text:PDF
GTID:1450390005987268Subject:High Energy Physics
Abstract/Summary:
The NuMI1 Off-Axis nue Appearance (NOnuA) experiment is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. The experiment measures the oscillations of a primarily muon neutrino beam using two functionally identical liquid scintillator tracking calorimeters detectors placed 810 km apart and 14 milliradians off-axis to the NuMI beam. The oscillation parameters sin2theta23 and |Deltam 322| are measured from the disappearance of muon neutrinos as they propagate between the two detectors using the first data collected in 2014 and 2015. The primary NOnuA analysis uses charged current events only in the fiducial volume of the far detector. This analysis also includes a non-fiducial sample of interactions that originate in the fiducial volume of the far detector but escape the detector. This analysis measures the oscillation parameters as sin2theta23 = 0.3--0.71 and |Deltam32 2| = 2.15--2.91x10-3 eV2 at 90% confidence limits.;1 Neutrinos at the Main Injector.
Keywords/Search Tags:Neutrino, Nonua, Experiment, Muon
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