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Measurement of neutral-current π⁰ production for νμ interactions in ND280

This thesis presents a study of neutral-current π<sup>0</sup> production from <i>ν<sub>µ</sub></i> interactions. The study uses data taken at the Tokai-to-Kamiokande off-axis experiment's near detector (ND280). Monte Carlo studies were used to develop selection criteria to reconstruct event signatures produced from such interactions. This physics analysis focuses on the tracker region of the ND280 subdetector. Other π<sup>0</sup> analyses using different detector regions are either underway or completed. The physics analysis, after being developed from Monte Carlo studies, was then run on real data. This analysis goes partway towards measuring the neutral-current π<sup>0</sup>-producing neutrino interaction cross-section, by measuring the rate of such interactions in the T2K experiment's near detector, ND280.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:686943
Date January 2014
CreatorsWilliamson, Zachary James
ContributorsBarr, Giles
PublisherUniversity of Oxford
Source SetsEthos UK
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Sourcehttp://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ae10a389-5ae5-4092-bc32-7d8c467abb66

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