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Title: Muon Neutrino Contained Disappearance in NOvA

Thesis/Dissertation ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1221368· OSTI ID:1221368
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  1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

The NO$$\nu$$ A experiment studies neutrino oscillations in the NuMI neutrino beam from Fermilab. NO$$\nu$$ A consists of two liquid scintillator tracking calorimeters placed 14 milliradians off-axis from the beam and 810 km apart. The NO$$\nu$$ A experiment started taking data in 2014. This thesis establishes the neutrino energy estimation procedures used to determine the oscillation parameters sin2θ23 and Δm232.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1221368
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-THESIS-2015-21
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English