Measurement of the (e,e') cross section for 12C, 48Ti, 27Al and 40Ar

In the upcoming deep underground neutrino experiment (DUNE), Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) will be used as the detector technology, and argon will be used as the nuclear target. In order to reduce the systematic uncertainties on the extracted oscillation parameters, a more precise description of the argon nuclear structure is needed. Electron scattering has been one of the most powerful methods of studying the nuclear structure of a target. Therefore we performed an electron scattering experiment E12-14- 012 in Hall A at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab). In the E12-14-012 experiment, we collected data for the inclusive (e,e′) and exclusive (e,e′p) processes for a variety of targets (argon, titanium, aluminum, carbon) at a wide range of kinematics. This thesis presents the measurements of the double differential cross sections for carbon, titanium, aluminum and argon at beam energy E = 2.222 GeV and scattering angle θ = 15.541◦

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Department dc:contributor.department

Physics

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Dai, Hongxia

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Mariani, Camillo

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Pitt, Mark L.
• Link, Jonathan M.
• Heremans, Jean J.

• electron scattering experiment
• neutrino oscillation experiment

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:22417

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/94050