The Measurement of Neutrino Induced Quasi-Elastic Cross Section In NOMAD

<p>NOMAD (Neutrino Oscillation MAgnetic Detector) was a short baseline neutrino experiment conducted at CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle physics) West Area Neutrino Facility (WANF) with a neutrino beam provided by the super proton synchrotron (SPS) accelerator. In this dissertation, we present a measurement of muon-neutrino induced quasi-elastic cross section and its axial-mass off an isoscalar target in the NOMAD detector. The incident neutrino energy in NOMAD experiment spans from 2.5 to 300 GeV. The measurement of cross-section is conducted in two seperate kinematic-based topology, two-track and one-track topologies, where a proton is not properly reconstructed. The QEL cross-section as a function of the incoming neutrino energy is consistent for the two different topologies, and within errors , constant as a function of the neutrino energy. We determine the energy-averaged cross-section.</p> <p>From the shape-comparisons of kinematics of QEL-like events, the parameter of QEL axial mass is estimated. It is in good agreement with the result from the measurement of QEL cross-section. Using the chi-square of the shapes of four independent kienamtic variables between data and MC, we determine the axial mass.</p> <p>The cross-section and the axial mass presented in this dissertation have the best statistical precision to date.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Campus Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics and Astronomy

Year

2010

Author dc:creator

• Kim, Jae Jun

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sanjib Mishra

• Physical Sciences and Mathematics
• Physics
• neutrino
• nomad
• quasi-elastic

Statement dc:rights

• © 2010, Jae Jun Kim

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/352

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarcommons.sc.edu:etd-1353