RA to work on MINOS
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Oxford Physics
Abstract
MINOS is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. Neutrinos come in 3 different favours and MINOS can measure how one of these can transform into the two others. MINOS investigates this transitions, which are also called oscillations and measures how muon neutrinos can transform themselves into electron and tau neutrinos. The experiment makes precision measurements of the neutrino properties that govern these transitions. This grant will allow to capitalise of the substantial investment that STFC made in the NuMI/MINOS facility and to continue the exploitation of the experiment.
Publications
Adamson P
(2010)
Search for sterile neutrino mixing in the MINOS long-baseline experiment
in Physical Review D
Adamson P
(2010)
New constraints on muon-neutrino to electron-neutrino transitions in MINOS
in Physical Review D
Adamson P
(2020)
Precision Constraints for Three-Flavor Neutrino Oscillations from the Full MINOS+ and MINOS Dataset.
in Physical review letters
Adamson P
(2013)
Measurement of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations using beam and atmospheric data in MINOS.
in Physical review letters
Adamson P
(2011)
First direct observation of muon antineutrino disappearance.
in Physical review letters
Adamson P
(2014)
Observation of muon intensity variations by season with the MINOS near detector
in Physical Review D
Adamson P
(2011)
Search for the disappearance of muon antineutrinos in the NuMI neutrino beam
in Physical Review D
Adamson P
(2013)
Search for flavor-changing non-standard neutrino interactions by MINOS
in Physical Review D
Adamson P
(2010)
Search for Lorentz invariance and CPT violation with the MINOS far detector.
in Physical review letters
Adamson P
(2015)
Observation of seasonal variation of atmospheric multiple-muon events in the MINOS Near and Far Detectors
in Physical Review D
Description | Neutrinos are some of the most abundent particles in the univers. The MINOS experiment has measured on how one type of neutrino can transform itself into another. It laid the fundation to properly understand the effect of neutrino oscillation, which in the future could help to explain whay there is more matter than anti-matter in the universe. |
Exploitation Route | The research ouputs of the experiment are used to inform the design of future more sensitve experiments. |
Sectors | Other |
URL | http://www-numi.fnal.gov/Minos/ |
Description | The research has been used to inform the future direction in neutrino physics. Also researcher were trained in data analysis and was working in the digital industry. He has now moved into the financial service industry. |
First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Other |
Impact Types | Economic |
Description | RA for LBNE |
Amount | $70,000 (USD) |
Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
Sector | Public |
Country | United States |
Start | 10/2010 |
End | 03/2013 |
Description | MINOS |
Organisation | Multiplicom N.V. |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Leading calibration effort for MINOS detectors Analysing data and publishing results concerning cosmic rays |
Collaborator Contribution | providing access to MINOS experimental data |
Impact | calibrated data, several publications, operating support for detector |
Start Year | 2006 |