Neutrino Flux Prediction for the NuMI Beamline
Abstract
The determination of the neutrino flux in any conventional neutrino beam presents a challenge for the current and future short and long baseline neutrino experiments. The uncertainties associated with the production and attenuation of the hadrons in the beamline materials along with those associated with the beam optics have a big effect in the flux spectrum knowledge. For experiments like MINERvA, understanding the flux is crucial since it enters directly into every neutrino-nucleus cross-sections measurements. The foundation of this work is predicting the neutrino flux at MINERvA using dedicated measurements of hadron production in hadron-nucleus collisions and incorporating in-situ MINERvA data that can provide additional constraints. This work also includes the prospect for predicting the flux at other detectors like the NOvA Near detector. The procedure and conclusions of this thesis will have a big impact on future hadron production experiments and on determining the flux for the upcoming DUNE experiment.
- Authors:
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- Coll. William and Mary
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1254643
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-THESIS-2016-07
1465393
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Soplin, Leonidas Aliaga. Neutrino Flux Prediction for the NuMI Beamline. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.2172/1254643.
Soplin, Leonidas Aliaga. Neutrino Flux Prediction for the NuMI Beamline. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1254643
Soplin, Leonidas Aliaga. 2016.
"Neutrino Flux Prediction for the NuMI Beamline". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1254643. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1254643.
@article{osti_1254643,
title = {Neutrino Flux Prediction for the NuMI Beamline},
author = {Soplin, Leonidas Aliaga},
abstractNote = {The determination of the neutrino flux in any conventional neutrino beam presents a challenge for the current and future short and long baseline neutrino experiments. The uncertainties associated with the production and attenuation of the hadrons in the beamline materials along with those associated with the beam optics have a big effect in the flux spectrum knowledge. For experiments like MINERvA, understanding the flux is crucial since it enters directly into every neutrino-nucleus cross-sections measurements. The foundation of this work is predicting the neutrino flux at MINERvA using dedicated measurements of hadron production in hadron-nucleus collisions and incorporating in-situ MINERvA data that can provide additional constraints. This work also includes the prospect for predicting the flux at other detectors like the NOvA Near detector. The procedure and conclusions of this thesis will have a big impact on future hadron production experiments and on determining the flux for the upcoming DUNE experiment.},
doi = {10.2172/1254643},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1254643},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}