Measurement of the charged current inclusive muon neutrino interaction cross-section on lead using the T2K ND280 electromagnetic calorimeters
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Author(s)
Brailsford, Dominic
Type
Thesis
Abstract
This thesis presents an analysis of neutrino interactions using the Electromagnetic Calorimeters (ECals) of the Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) off-axis near detector (ND280) as a target using data collected during T2K run 3C.
The analysis presented shows the development of a new set of re- construction algorithms which are able to reconstruct multiple tracks which originate from the same neutrino interaction. The output of this reconstruction is used as the basis of a νμ charged current in- clusive selection in the ND280 ECals. The selected events are then used in a simple χ2 fit to extract a T2K flux-averaged νμ charged cur-
rent inclusive cross-section on lead, which is measured as ⟨σCC⟩φ =
8.13+1.33 × 10−39 cm2 nucleon−1.
The analysis presented shows the development of a new set of re- construction algorithms which are able to reconstruct multiple tracks which originate from the same neutrino interaction. The output of this reconstruction is used as the basis of a νμ charged current in- clusive selection in the ND280 ECals. The selected events are then used in a simple χ2 fit to extract a T2K flux-averaged νμ charged cur-
rent inclusive cross-section on lead, which is measured as ⟨σCC⟩φ =
8.13+1.33 × 10−39 cm2 nucleon−1.
Version
Open Access
Date Issued
2015-09
Date Awarded
2016-03
Copyright Statement
Attribution NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-ND)
Advisor
Uchida, Yoshi
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain)
Publisher Department
Physics
Publisher Institution
Imperial College London
Qualification Level
Doctoral
Qualification Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)