Neutrino Oscillations in the NOvA Far Detector
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The NOvA Experiment is one of the current leading neutrino oscillations experiments in the world. NOvA has the potential to discover both the neutrino mass hierarchy and the CP-violation phase delta. NOvA uses the NuMI muon neutrino beam at Fermilab as its source of neutrinos, which are observed in two off-axis detectors: the NOvA Near detector at Fermilab and the NOvA Far detector in Ash River in Minnesota, 810km away. This thesis focuses on the observation of neutrino oscillations, both in the muon neutrino disappearance channel and in the electron neutrino appearance channel. Neutrino oscillations parameters are fitted to shed further light on the behaviour of this mysterious particle that could hold the clue to some of the universe's unsolved questions.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Anna Holin (Primary Supervisor) | |
| Sebastian Bending (Student) |
Studentship Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST/N50449X/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2021 | |||
| 1698510 | Studentship | ST/N50449X/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/07/2019 | Sebastian Bending |
| Title | Unbinned Likelihood Fitting Framework |
| Description | Developed an unbinned likelihood fitting framework by which to fit simulated muon neutrino disappearance and electron neutrino appearance energy spectra to real data (differentiating it from the standard binned means by which this is performed). |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Quantitatively greater sensitivity to the measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters was achieved as a result. |