13–17 Aug 2013
University of California, Santa Cruz
US/Pacific timezone

Measurement of Charged-Current $\nu_{e}$ On-Water Interaction Rate with the PiZero Detector at T2K

15 Aug 2013, 11:20
25m
ISB 221 (University of California, Santa Cruz)

ISB 221

University of California, Santa Cruz

oral presentation Neutrino Physics Neutrino Physics

Speaker

Dr Jeanine Adam (State University of New York Stony Brook, USA)

Description

T2K is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment designed to observe $\nu_{e}$ appearance in a $\nu_{\mu}$ beam. The objective of the PiZero detector (P0D), which is a part of the T2K off-axis near detector ND280, is to characterize the T2K neutrino beam and to measure neutrino cross-sections, in particular the neutral-current single pi-zero production cross-section. The design of the P0D includes fillable water targets, which allows to measure on-water neutrino interaction cross-sections. In this talk, an analysis of charged-current $\nu_{e}$ on-water interactions, which is the largest background for the $\nu_{e}$ appearance measurement, within the P0D will be presented. The selection criteria and systematic uncertainty studies will be explained and preliminary results will be shown.
APS member ID 61150710

Primary author

Dr Jeanine Adam (State University of New York Stony Brook, USA)

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