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Predicting the T2K Neutrino Flux and Measuring Oscillation Parameters

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Authors:
  1. Tomislav Vladisavljevic

    1. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • Presents the most precise a priori calculation of an accelerator-based neutrino beam to date
  • Offers a comprehensive overview of hadronic interactions relevant for the production of conventional neutrino beams in accelerator facilities
  • Employs the Markov Chain Monte Carlo methodology for a Bayesian treatment to measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Brief Introduction

    • Tomislav Vladisavljevic
    Pages 1-4

  3. Theory

    • Tomislav Vladisavljevic
    Pages 5-21

  4. The T2K Experiment

    • Tomislav Vladisavljevic
    Pages 23-51

  5. The NA61 Experiment

    • Tomislav Vladisavljevic
    Pages 53-67

  6. The T2K Flux Calculation Tuned to Thin Target Data

    • Tomislav Vladisavljevic
    Pages 69-102

  7. The T2K Flux Calculation Tuned to Replica-Target Data

    • Tomislav Vladisavljevic
    Pages 103-153

  8. Bayesian Statistics and the Markov Chain Monte Carlo Technique for Neutrino Oscillation Analyses

    • Tomislav Vladisavljevic
    Pages 155-169

  9. Joint \(\nu +\bar{\nu }\) T2K Oscillation Analysis with the Reactor Constraint and Replica-Tuned Flux Inputs

    • Tomislav Vladisavljevic
    Pages 171-196

  10. Conclusions and Future Prospects

    • Tomislav Vladisavljevic
    Pages 197-199
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About this book

This thesis reports the calculation of neutrino production for the T2K experiment; the most precise a priori estimate of neutrino production that has been achieved for any accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment to date. The production of intense neutrino beams at accelerator facilities requires exceptional understanding of chains of particle interactions initiated within extended targets. In this thesis, the calculation of neutrino production for T2K has been improved by using measurements of particle production from a T2K replica target, taken by the NA61/SHINE experiment. This enabled the reduction of the neutrino production uncertainty to the level of 5%, which will have a significant impact on neutrino oscillation and interaction measurements by T2K in the coming years. In addition to presenting the revised flux calculation methodology in an accessible format, this thesis also reports a joint T2K measurement ofmuon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance, and the accompanying electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance, with the updated beam constraint.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Tomislav Vladisavljevic

About the author

Tomislav Vladisavljevic is a postdoctoral researcher at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford. Tomislav completed both his undergraduate degree and DPhil at the University of Oxford. He was also the inaugural recepient of the Kavli IPMU Oxford DPhil Fellowship, and spent two years of his doctoral degree working at the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, in Japan.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Predicting the T2K Neutrino Flux and Measuring Oscillation Parameters

  • Authors: Tomislav Vladisavljevic

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51174-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-51173-9Published: 15 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-51176-0Published: 16 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-51174-6Published: 14 September 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 199

  • Number of Illustrations: 111 b/w illustrations, 88 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Particle and Nuclear Physics

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