Predicting the T2K Neutrino Flux and Measuring Oscillation Parameters

Predicting the T2K Neutrino Flux and Measuring Oscillation Parameters
Author: Tomislav Vladisavljevic
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2020-09-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 303051174X

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 of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance, and the accompanying electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance, with the updated beam constraint.

The Physics of Neutrino Interactions

The Physics of Neutrino Interactions
Author: M. Sajjad Athar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 975
Release: 2020-12-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108489060

A comprehensive introduction to neutrino physics with detailed description of neutrinos and their properties.

Neutrino Mass

Neutrino Mass
Author: Guido Altarelli
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-02-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540449019

Reviews the current state of knowledge of neutrino masses and the related question of neutrino oscillations. After an overview of the theory of neutrino masses and mixings, detailed accounts are given of the laboratory limits on neutrino masses, astrophysical and cosmological constraints on those masses, experimental results on neutrino oscillations, the theoretical interpretation of those results, and theoretical models of neutrino masses and mixings. The book concludes with an examination of the potential of long-baseline experiments. This is an essential reference text for workers in elementary-particle physics, nuclear physics, and astrophysics.

Handbook of Particle Detection and Imaging

Handbook of Particle Detection and Imaging
Author: Claus Grupen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1251
Release: 2012-01-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642132715

The handbook centers on detection techniques in the field of particle physics, medical imaging and related subjects. It is structured into three parts. The first one is dealing with basic ideas of particle detectors, followed by applications of these devices in high energy physics and other fields. In the last part the large field of medical imaging using similar detection techniques is described. The different chapters of the book are written by world experts in their field. Clear instructions on the detection techniques and principles in terms of relevant operation parameters for scientists and graduate students are given.Detailed tables and diagrams will make this a very useful handbook for the application of these techniques in many different fields like physics, medicine, biology and other areas of natural science.

Particle Physics Reference Library

Particle Physics Reference Library
Author: Christian W. Fabjan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1083
Release: 2020
Genre: Elementary particles (Physics).
ISBN: 3030353184

This second open access volume of the handbook series deals with detectors, large experimental facilities and data handling, both for accelerator and non-accelerator based experiments. It also covers applications in medicine and life sciences. A joint CERN-Springer initiative, the "Particle Physics Reference Library" provides revised and updated contributions based on previously published material in the well-known Landolt-Boernstein series on particle physics, accelerators and detectors (volumes 21A, B1,B2,C), which took stock of the field approximately one decade ago. Central to this new initiative is publication under full open access

Massive Neutrinos

Massive Neutrinos
Author: Orrin Fackler
Publisher: Atlantica Séguier Frontières
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1991
Genre: Astrophysics
ISBN: 9782863320983

Predicting the T2K Neutrino Flux and Measuring Oscillation Parameters

Predicting the T2K Neutrino Flux and Measuring Oscillation Parameters
Author: Tomislav Vladisavljevic
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2020-12-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783030511739

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 of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance, and the accompanying electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance, with the updated beam constraint.

Neutrino Cosmology

Neutrino Cosmology
Author: Julien Lesgourgues
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2013-02-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 110701395X

A self-contained guide to the role played by neutrinos in the Universe and how their properties influence cosmological and astrophysical observations.

Measurements of Neutrino Mass

Measurements of Neutrino Mass
Author: Fernando Ferroni
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2009
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1607500388

"This volume offers a valuable insight into various aspects of the ongoing work directed at measuring neutrino mass. It took twenty years to refute the assertions of Bethe and Peierls that neutrinos were not observable, but it has since been realised that much can be learnt from these particles. The moral is, as Fiorini argues here, that the study of neutrinos was and remains demanding but rewarding. Subjects addressed in this volume include: clarifying the meaning of the Klapdor-Kleingrothaus results, probing the Majorana nature of neutrinos, observing lepton number violating effects for the first time, studying the end point of the spectrum in the search for neutrino masses and speculating whether it is possible to measure neutrino masses in cosmology. Lectures are enriched with rich historical overviews and valuable introductory material. Attention is also given to theoretical topics such as the evolution of the concept of mass in particle physics, a status report on neutrino oscillations and current discussion on neutrino masses. The reader is further reminded that neutrino masses may also have some bearing on the very origin of the matter among us, and have many deep links with other important lines of current physics research." --Book Jacket.

Fundamentals of Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics

Fundamentals of Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics
Author: Carlo Giunti
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 727
Release: 2007-03-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0198508719

Our Universe is made of a dozen fundamental building blocks. Among these, neutrinos are the most mysterious - but they are the second most abundant particles in the Universe. This book provides detailed discussions of how to describe neutrinos, their basic properties, and the roles they play in nature.