Measurement of the Antineutrino Double-Differential Charged-Current Quasi-Elastic Scattering Cross Section at MINERvA

Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by Northwestern University, USA
Presents experimental inquiry into the quasi-elastic anti-neutrino scattering in the few-GeV range
Provides an introduction to the field of experimental neutrino physics while also making interesting new contributions
Offers insights into reducing oscillation experiments' uncertainty
Includes data that can be further used to study the prevalence of various correlation and final-state interaction effects within the nucleus

Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by Northwestern University, USA Presents experimental inquiry into the quasi-elastic anti-neutrino scattering in the few-GeV range Provides an introduction to the field of experimental neutrino physics while also making interesting new contributions Offers insights into reducing oscillation experiments' uncertainty Includes data that can be further used to study the prevalence of various correlation and final-state interaction effects within the nucleus

Auteur
Cheryl Patrick received her bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Oxford in 1997. She then worked as a software developer until 2010, when she commenced her doctoral studies at Northwestern University. She received her master's degree from Northwestern in 2012, and her Ph.D. in 2016, both in physics. She is now a postdoctoral researcher at UCL.

Résumé
Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by Northwestern University, USA
Presents experimental inquiry into the quasi-elastic anti-neutrino scattering in the few-GeV range
Provides an introduction to the field of experimental neutrino physics while also making interesting new contributions
Offers insights into reducing oscillation experiments' uncertainty
Includes data that can be further used to study the prevalence of various correlation and final-state interaction effects within the nucleus

Contenu
Chapter1.Introduction and motivation.- Chapter2.Theory of quasi-elastic neutrino scattering on nuclei.- Chapter3.The MINERvA Experiment.- Chapter4.Charged-current quasi-elastic event selection.- Chapter5.Double-dierential cross section calculation.- Chapter6.Systematic uncertainties.- Chapter7.Discussion of results.- Chapter8.Conclusions.