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Insertion of STC into TRT at the Department of Physics, Oxford
Credit: CERN

Dr Kirsty Duffy

Associate Professor

Research theme

  • Fundamental particles and interactions

Sub department

  • Particle Physics

Research groups

  • Accelerator Neutrinos
kirsty.duffy@physics.ox.ac.uk
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Observation of electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam.

Phys Rev Lett 112:6 (2014) 061802

Authors:

K Abe, J Adam, H Aihara, T Akiri, C Andreopoulos, S Aoki, A Ariga, T Ariga, S Assylbekov, D Autiero, M Barbi, GJ Barker, G Barr, M Bass, M Batkiewicz, F Bay, SW Bentham, V Berardi, BE Berger, S Berkman, I Bertram, S Bhadra, FDM Blaszczyk, A Blondel, C Bojechko, S Bordoni, SB Boyd, D Brailsford, A Bravar, C Bronner, N Buchanan, RG Calland, J Caravaca Rodríguez, SL Cartwright, R Castillo, MG Catanesi, A Cervera, D Cherdack, G Christodoulou, A Clifton, J Coleman, SJ Coleman, G Collazuol, K Connolly, L Cremonesi, A Dabrowska, I Danko, R Das, S Davis, P de Perio, G De Rosa, T Dealtry, SR Dennis, C Densham, F Di Lodovico, S Di Luise, O Drapier, T Duboyski, K Duffy, F Dufour, J Dumarchez, S Dytman, M Dziewiecki, S Emery, A Ereditato, L Escudero, AJ Finch, L Floetotto, M Friend, Y Fujii, Y Fukuda, AP Furmanski, V Galymov, A Gaudin, S Giffin, C Giganti, K Gilje, D Goeldi, T Golan, JJ Gomez-Cadenas, M Gonin, N Grant, D Gudin, DR Hadley, A Haesler, MD Haigh, P Hamilton, D Hansen, T Hara, M Hartz, T Hasegawa, NC Hastings, Y Hayato, C Hearty, RL Helmer, M Hierholzer, J Hignight, A Hillairet, A Himmel, T Hiraki, S Hirota, J Holeczek, S Horikawa, K Huang, AK Ichikawa, K Ieki, M Ieva, M Ikeda, J Imber, J Insler, TJ Irvine, T Ishida, T Ishii, SJ Ives, K Iyogi, A Izmaylov, A Jacob, B Jamieson, RA Johnson, JH Jo, P Jonsson, CK Jung, AC Kaboth, T Kajita, H Kakuno, J Kameda, Y Kanazawa, D Karlen, I Karpikov, E Kearns, M Khabibullin, A Khotjantsev, D Kielczewska, T Kikawa, A Kilinski, J Kim, J Kisiel, P Kitching, T Kobayashi, L Koch, A Kolaceke, A Konaka, LL Kormos, A Korzenev, K Koseki, Y Koshio, I Kreslo, W Kropp, H Kubo, Y Kudenko, S Kumaratunga, R Kurjata, T Kutter, J Lagoda, K Laihem, I Lamont, M Laveder, M Lawe, M Lazos, KP Lee, C Licciardi, T Lindner, C Lister, RP Litchfield, A Longhin, L Ludovici, M Macaire, L Magaletti, K Mahn, M Malek, S Manly, AD Marino, J Marteau, JF Martin, T Maruyama, J Marzec, EL Mathie, V Matveev, K Mavrokoridis, E Mazzucato, M McCarthy, N McCauley, KS McFarland, C McGrew, C Metelko, M Mezzetto, P Mijakowski, CA Miller, A Minamino, O Mineev, S Mine, A Missert, M Miura, L Monfregola, S Moriyama, Th A Mueller, A Murakami, M Murdoch, S Murphy, J Myslik, T Nagasaki, T Nakadaira, M Nakahata, T Nakai, K Nakamura, S Nakayama, T Nakaya, K Nakayoshi, D Naples, C Nielsen, M Nirkko, K Nishikawa, Y Nishimura, HM O'Keeffe, R Ohta, K Okumura, T Okusawa, W Oryszczak, SM Oser, RA Owen, Y Oyama, V Palladino, V Paolone, D Payne, GF Pearce, O Perevozchikov, JD Perkin, Y Petrov, LJ Pickard, ES Pinzon Guerra, C Pistillo, P Plonski, E Poplawska, B Popov, M Posiadala, J-M Poutissou, R Poutissou, P Przewlocki, B Quilain, E Radicioni, PN Ratoff, M Ravonel, MAM Rayner, A Redij, M Reeves, E Reinherz-Aronis, F Retiere, A Robert, PA Rodrigues, P Rojas, E Rondio, S Roth, A Rubbia, D Ruterbories, R Sacco, K Sakashita, F Sánchez, F Sato, E Scantamburlo, K Scholberg, J Schwehr, M Scott, Y Seiya, T Sekiguchi, H Sekiya, D Sgalaberna, M Shiozawa, S Short, Y Shustrov, P Sinclair, B Smith, RJ Smith, M Smy, JT Sobczyk, H Sobel, M Sorel, L Southwell, P Stamoulis, J Steinmann, B Still, Y Suda, A Suzuki, K Suzuki, SY Suzuki, Y Suzuki, T Szeglowski, R Tacik, M Tada, S Takahashi, A Takeda, Y Takeuchi, HK Tanaka, HA Tanaka, MM Tanaka, D Terhorst, R Terri, LF Thompson, A Thorley, S Tobayama, W Toki, T Tomura, Y Totsuka, C Touramanis, T Tsukamoto, M Tzanov, Y Uchida, K Ueno, A Vacheret, M Vagins, G Vasseur, T Wachala, AV Waldron, CW Walter, D Wark, MO Wascko, A Weber, R Wendell, RJ Wilkes, MJ Wilking, C Wilkinson, Z Williamson, JR Wilson, RJ Wilson, T Wongjirad, Y Yamada, K Yamamoto, C Yanagisawa, S Yen, N Yershov, M Yokoyama, T Yuan, A Zalewska, J Zalipska, L Zambelli, K Zaremba, M Ziembicki, ED Zimmerman, M Zito, J Zmuda, T2K Collaboration

Abstract:

The T2K experiment has observed electron neutrino appearance in a muon neutrino beam produced 295 km from the Super-Kamiokande detector with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV. A total of 28 electron neutrino events were detected with an energy distribution consistent with an appearance signal, corresponding to a significance of 7.3σ when compared to 4.92±0.55 expected background events. In the Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata mixing model, the electron neutrino appearance signal depends on several parameters including three mixing angles θ12, θ23, θ13, a mass difference Δm(32)(2) and a CP violating phase δ(CP). In this neutrino oscillation scenario, assuming |Δm(32)(2)|=2.4×10(-3)  eV(2), sin(2)θ(23)=0.5, and Δm322>0 (Δm(32)(2)<0), a best-fit value of sin(2)2θ(13)=0.140(-0.032)(+0.038) (0.170(-0.037)(+0.045)) is obtained at δ(CP)=0. When combining the result with the current best knowledge of oscillation parameters including the world average value of θ(13) from reactor experiments, some values of δ(CP) are disfavored at the 90% C.L.

Measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters from muon neutrino disappearance with an off-axis beam

(2013)

The T2K experiment

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment (2011)

Authors:

K Abe, N Abgrall, H Aihara, Y Ajima, JB Albert, D Allan, P-A Amaudruz, C Andreopoulos, B Andrieu, MD Anerella, C Angelsen, S Aoki, O Araoka, J Argyriades, A Ariga, T Ariga, S Assylbekov, JPAM de André, D Autiero, A Badertscher, O Ballester, M Barbi, GJ Barker, P Baron, G Barr, L Bartoszek, M Batkiewicz, F Bay, S Bentham, V Berardi, BE Berger, H Berns, I Bertram, M Besnier, J Beucher, D Beznosko, S Bhadra, P Birney, D Bishop, E Blackmore, FDM Blaszczyk, J Blocki, A Blondel, A Bodek, C Bojechko, J Bouchez, T Boussuge, SB Boyd, M Boyer, N Braam, R Bradford, A Bravar, K Briggs, JD Brinson, C Bronner, DG Brook-Roberge, M Bryant, N Buchanan, H Budd, M Cadabeschi, RG Calland, D Calvet, J Caravaca Rodríguez, J Carroll, SL Cartwright, A Carver, R Castillo, MG Catanesi, C Cavata, A Cazes, A Cervera, JP Charrier, C Chavez, S Choi, S Chollet, G Christodoulou, P Colas, J Coleman, W Coleman, G Collazuol, K Connolly, P Cooke, A Curioni, A Dabrowska, I Danko, R Das, GS Davies, S Davis, M Day, X De La Broise, P de Perio, G De Rosa, T Dealtry, A Debraine, E Delagnes, A Delbart, C Densham, F Di Lodovico, S Di Luise, P Dinh Tran, J Dobson, J Doornbos, U Dore, O Drapier, F Druillole, F Dufour, J Dumarchez, T Durkin, S Dytman, M Dziewiecki, M Dziomba, B Ellison, S Emery, A Ereditato, JE Escallier, L Escudero, LS Esposito, W Faszer, M Fechner, A Ferrero, A Finch, C Fisher, M Fitton, R Flight, D Forbush, E Frank, K Fransham, Y Fujii, Y Fukuda, M Gallop, V Galymov, GL Ganetis, FC Gannaway, A Gaudin, J Gaweda, A Gendotti, M George, S Giffin, C Giganti, K Gilje, I Giomataris, J Giraud, AK Ghosh, T Golan, M Goldhaber, JJ Gomez-Cadenas, S Gomi, M Gonin, M Goyette, A Grant, N Grant, F Grañena, S Greenwood, P Gumplinger, P Guzowski, MD Haigh, K Hamano, C Hansen, T Hara, PF Harrison, B Hartfiel, M Hartz, T Haruyama, R Hasanen, T Hasegawa, NC Hastings, S Hastings, A Hatzikoutelis, K Hayashi, Y Hayato, TDJ Haycock, C Hearty, RL Helmer, R Henderson, S Herlant, N Higashi, J Hignight, K Hiraide, E Hirose, J Holeczek, N Honkanen, S Horikawa, A Hyndman, AK Ichikawa, K Ieki, M Ieva, M Iida, M Ikeda, J Ilic, J Imber, T Ishida, C Ishihara, T Ishii, SJ Ives, M Iwasaki, K Iyogi, A Izmaylov, B Jamieson, RA Johnson, KK Joo, G Jover-Manas, CK Jung, H Kaji, T Kajita, H Kakuno, J Kameda, K Kaneyuki, D Karlen, K Kasami, V Kasey, I Kato, H Kawamuko, E Kearns, L Kellet, M Khabibullin, M Khaleeq, N Khan, A Khotjantsev, D Kielczewska, T Kikawa, JY Kim, S-B Kim, N Kimura, B Kirby, J Kisiel, P Kitching, T Kobayashi, G Kogan, S Koike, T Komorowski, A Konaka, LL Kormos, A Korzenev, K Koseki, Y Koshio, Y Kouzuma, K Kowalik, V Kravtsov, I Kreslo, W Kropp, H Kubo, J Kubota, Y Kudenko, N Kulkarni, L Kurchaninov, Y Kurimoto, R Kurjata, Y Kurosawa, T Kutter, J Lagoda, K Laihem, R Langstaff, M Laveder, TB Lawson, PT Le, A Le Coguie, M Le Ross, KP Lee, M Lenckowski, C Licciardi, IT Lim, T Lindner, RP Litchfield, A Longhin, GD Lopez, P Lu, L Ludovici, T Lux, M Macaire, L Magaletti, K Mahn, Y Makida, CJ Malafis, M Malek, S Manly, A Marchionni, C Mark, AD Marino, AJ Marone, J Marteau, JF Martin, T Maruyama, T Maryon, J Marzec, P Masliah, EL Mathie, C Matsumura, K Matsuoka, V Matveev, K Mavrokoridis, E Mazzucato, N McCauley, KS McFarland, C McGrew, T McLachlan, I Mercer, M Messina, W Metcalf, C Metelko, M Mezzetto, P Mijakowski, CA Miller, A Minamino, O Mineev, S Mine, RE Minvielle, G Mituka, M Miura, K Mizouchi, J-P Mols, L Monfregola, E Monmarthe, F Moreau, B Morgan, S Moriyama, D Morris, A Muir, A Murakami, JF Muratore, M Murdoch, S Murphy, J Myslik, G Nagashima, T Nakadaira, M Nakahata, T Nakamoto, K Nakamura, S Nakayama, T Nakaya, D Naples, B Nelson, TC Nicholls, K Nishikawa, H Nishino, K Nitta, F Nizery, JA Nowak, M Noy, Y Obayashi, T Ogitsu, H Ohhata, T Okamura, K Okumura, T Okusawa, C Ohlmann, K Olchanski, R Openshaw, SM Oser, M Otani, RA Owen, Y Oyama, T Ozaki, MY Pac, V Palladino, V Paolone, P Paul, D Payne, GF Pearce, C Pearson, JD Perkin, M Pfleger, F Pierre, D Pierrepont, P Plonski, P Poffenberger, E Poplawska, B Popov, M Posiadala, J-M Poutissou, R Poutissou, R Preece, P Przewlocki, W Qian, JL Raaf, E Radicioni, K Ramos, P Ratoff, TM Raufer, M Ravonel, M Raymond, F Retiere, D Richards, J-L Ritou, A Robert, PA Rodrigues, E Rondio, M Roney, M Rooney, D Ross, B Rossi, S Roth, A Rubbia, D Ruterbories, R Sacco, S Sadler, K Sakashita, F Sanchez, A Sarrat, K Sasaki, P Schaack, J Schmidt, K Scholberg, J Schwehr, M Scott, DI Scully, Y Seiya, T Sekiguchi, H Sekiya, G Sheffer, M Shibata, Y Shimizu, M Shiozawa, S Short, M Siyad, D Smith, RJ Smith, M Smy, J Sobczyk, H Sobel, S Sooriyakumaran, M Sorel, J Spitz, A Stahl, P Stamoulis, O Star, J Statter, L Stawnyczy, J Steinmann, J Steffens, B Still, M Stodulski, J Stone, C Strabel, T Strauss, R Sulej, P Sutcliffe, A Suzuki, K Suzuki, S Suzuki, SY Suzuki, Y Suzuki, Y Suzuki, J Swierblewski, T Szeglowski, M Szeptycka, R Tacik, M Tada, AS Tadepalli, M Taguchi, S Takahashi, A Takeda, Y Takenaga, Y Takeuchi, HA Tanaka, K Tanaka, M Tanaka, MM Tanaka, N Tanimoto, K Tashiro, IJ Taylor, A Terashima, D Terhorst, R Terri, LF Thompson, A Thorley, M Thorpe, W Toki, T Tomaru, Y Totsuka, C Touramanis, T Tsukamoto, V Tvaskis, M Tzanov, Y Uchida, K Ueno, M Usseglio, A Vacheret, M Vagins, JF Van Schalkwyk, J-C Vanel, G Vasseur, O Veledar, P Vincent, T Wachala, AV Waldron, CW Walter, PJ Wanderer, MA Ward, GP Ward, D Wark, D Warner, MO Wascko, A Weber, R Wendell, J Wendland, N West, LH Whitehead, G Wikström, RJ Wilkes, MJ Wilking, Z Williamson, JR Wilson, RJ Wilson, K Wong, T Wongjirad, S Yamada, Y Yamada, A Yamamoto, K Yamamoto, Y Yamanoi, H Yamaoka, C Yanagisawa, T Yano, S Yen, N Yershov, M Yokoyama, A Zalewska, J Zalipska, K Zaremba, M Ziembicki, ED Zimmerman, M Zito, J Zmuda

Measurement of the $ν_μ$ charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, iron, and their ratios with the T2K on-axis detectors

Authors:

K Abe, R Akutsu, A Ali, C Andreopoulos, L Anthony, M Antonova, S Aoki, A Ariga, Y Ashida, Y Awataguchi, Y Azuma, S Ban, M Barbi, GJ Barker, G Barr, C Barry, M Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, F Bench, V Berardi, S Berkman, RM Berner, L Berns, S Bhadra, S Bienstock, A Blondely, S Bolognesi, B Bourguille, SB Boyd, D Brailsford, A Bravar, C Bronner, MB Avanzini, J Calcutt, T Campbell, S Cao, SL Cartwright, A Cervera, A Chappell, C Checchia, D Cherdack, N Chikuma, G Christodoulouy, J Coleman, G Collazuol, D Coplowe, A Cudd, A Dabrowska, GD Rosa, T Dealtry

Abstract:

We report a measurement of the flux-integrated $\nu_{\mu}$ charged-current cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, and iron in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam with a mean neutrino energy of 1.5 GeV. The measured cross sections on water, hydrocarbon, and iron are $\sigma^{\rm{H_{2}O}}_{\rm{CC}}$ = (0.840$\pm 0.010$(stat.)$^{+0.10}_{-0.08}$(syst.))$\times$10$^{-38}$cm$^2$/nucleon, $\sigma^{\rm{CH}}_{\rm{CC}}$ = (0.817$\pm 0.007$(stat.)$^{+0.11}_{-0.08}$(syst.))$\times$10$^{-38}$cm$^2$/nucleon, and $\sigma^{\rm{Fe}}_{\rm{CC}}$ = (0.859$\pm 0.003$(stat.) $^{+0.12}_{-0.10}$(syst.))$\times$10$^{-38}$cm$^2$/nucleon respectively, for a restricted phase space of induced muons: $\theta_{\mu}<45^{\circ}$ and $p_{\mu}>$0.4 GeV/$c$ in the laboratory frame. The measured cross section ratios are ${\sigma^{\rm{H_{2}O}}_{\rm{CC}}}/{\sigma^{\rm{CH}}_{\rm{CC}}}$ = 1.028$\pm 0.016$(stat.)$\pm 0.053$(syst.), ${\sigma^{\rm{Fe}}_{\rm{CC}}}/{\sigma^{\rm{H_{2}O}}_{\rm{CC}}}$ = 1.023$\pm 0.012$(stat.)$\pm 0.058$(syst.), and ${\sigma^{\rm{Fe}}_{\rm{CC}}}/{\sigma^{\rm{CH}}_{\rm{CC}}}$ = 1.049$\pm 0.010$(stat.)$\pm 0.043$(syst.). These results, with an unprecedented precision for the measurements of neutrino cross sections on water in the studied energy region, show good agreement with the current neutrino interaction models used in the T2K oscillation analyses.

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