Electron Neutrino and Antineutrino Appearance in the MINOS Detector

Thesis/Dissertation · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1127970· OSTI ID:1127970

Schreckenberger, Adam Paul ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) is a long-baseline neutrino experiment that utilizes a particle beam and two steel-scintillator calorimeters designed to determine the parameters associated with muon neutrino disappearance. Analysis methods developed by the MINOS νe group have facilitated the placement of limits upon the mixing angle associated with ν_μ → ν_e oscillations. Since the polarity of the focusing horns can be switched, we can perform a similar analysis with an antineutrino-enriched beam to select electron antineutrino appearance candidates. Using 3.34e20 POT (protons on target) in the antineutrino mode, we exclude θ₁₃ = 0 at the 80% C.L. A joint fit of the 3.34e20 POT antineutrino and 10.6e20 POT neutrino samples excluded θ₁₃ = 0 at the 96% C.L. In addition, the combined data were used to produce exclusions regarding the CP-violating phase.

• 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: 1127970
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-THESIS-2013-04
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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