Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by Northwestern University, USA
- Presents experimental inquiry into the quasi-elastic anti-neutrino scattering in the few-GeV range
- Provides an introduction to the field of experimental neutrino physics while also making interesting new contributions
- Offers insights into reducing oscillation experiments' uncertainty
- Includes data that can be further used to study the prevalence of various correlation and final-state interaction effects within the nucleus
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
Next-generation neutrino oscillation experiments, such as DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande, hope to measure CP violation in the lepton sector. In order to do this, they must dramatically reduce their current levels of uncertainty, particularly those due to neutrino-nucleus interaction models. As CP violation is a measure of the difference between the oscillation properties of neutrinos and antineutrinos, data about how the less-studied antineutrinos interact is especially valuable.
The measurement described herewith determines the nuclear and instrumental effects that must be understood to undertake precision neutrino physics. As well as being useful to help reduce oscillation experiments' uncertainty, this data can also be used to study the prevalence of various correlation and final-state interaction effects within the nucleus.
In addition to being a substantial scientific advance, this thesis also serves as an outstanding introduction to the field of experimental neutrino physics for future students.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Measurement of the Antineutrino Double-Differential Charged-Current Quasi-Elastic Scattering Cross Section at MINERvA
Authors: Cheryl E. Patrick
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69087-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69086-5Published: 29 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88711-1Published: 04 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69087-2Published: 15 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 341
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 128 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics