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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ORCID iD |
Lee Thompson (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
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
(2015)
Measurement of the ? ยต charged current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the T2K on-axis neutrino beam
in Physical Review D
Abe K
(2015)
Measurements of neutrino oscillation in appearance and disappearance channels by the T2K experiment with 6.6 × 1 0 20 protons on target
in Physical Review D
Adams D
(2018)
Photon detector system timing performance in the DUNE 35-ton prototype liquid argon time projection chamber
in Journal of Instrumentation
Allan D
(2013)
The electromagnetic calorimeter for the T2K near detector ND280
in Journal of Instrumentation
Kachulis C
(2018)
Search for Boosted Dark Matter Interacting with Electrons in Super-Kamiokande.
in Physical review letters
Li Z
(2018)
Measurement of the tau neutrino cross section in atmospheric neutrino oscillations with Super-Kamiokande
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