Research Associate for the T2K experiment
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The aim of the T2K experiment is to measure the oscillation of muon-type neutrinos, produced by a high-intensity proton beam, into electron-type neutrinos. This will complete the characterisation of the 'mixing matrix' for neutrinos (the only fundamental particles of the Standard Model known to change identity during propagation). This requires two detectors, a 'far detector' to observe the beam after oscillation (T2K uses the well-known and well-understood Super-Kamiokande detector) and a 'near detector' to characterise the beam before oscillation. The near detector will be built on the JPARC accelerator site, and the contributions of the UK groups include the construction of the Electromagnetic Calorimeter for the experiment, as well as major contributions to electronics, data acquisition, and the designs for the target and beam dump. Sheffield has responsibilities for parts of the ECAL and for the the so-called 'Light Injection system' for the DsECAL, P0D and Barrel ECALs. This system is based on pulsed LED strips and is designed to inject known quantities of light into the ECALs for calibration purposes. The RA requested is required to contribute to this effort.
Organisations
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Publications
Abe K
(2018)
Atmospheric neutrino oscillation analysis with external constraints in Super-Kamiokande I-IV
in Physical Review D
Vacheret A
(2011)
Characterization and simulation of the response of Multi-Pixel Photon Counters to low light levels
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Abe K
(2013)
Evidence of electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam
in Physical Review D
Abe K
(2018)
First measurement of the ? µ charged-current cross section on a water target without pions in the final state
in Physical Review D
Abe K
(2012)
First muon-neutrino disappearance study with an off-axis beam
in Physical Review D
Abe K
(2011)
Indication of electron neutrino appearance from an accelerator-produced off-axis muon neutrino beam.
in Physical review letters
Abe K
(2013)
Measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters from muon neutrino disappearance with an off-axis beam.
in Physical review letters
Abe K
(2015)
Measurement of the ? µ charged current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the T2K on-axis neutrino beam
in Physical Review D