Antineutrino neutral current interactions in MiniBooNE

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dc.contributorBusenitz, Jerome K.
dc.contributorMidkiff, K. Clark
dc.contributorOkada, Nobuchika
dc.contributorPiepke, Andreas
dc.contributorSarker, Sanjoy Kumar
dc.contributor.advisorStancu, Ion
dc.contributor.authorDharmapalan, Ranjan
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T16:36:38Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T16:36:38Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractThe antineutrino nucleon neutral current elastic scattering cross section measured at the MiniBooNE experiment is reported. The data set corresponds to 10.1 × 10^20 protons on target which is a world record neutral current elastic antineutrino sample. An antineutrino to neutrino neutral current scattering cross section ratio is measured after accounting for all associated errors. This is the first time such a ratio has been experimentally reported. Previous MiniBooNE neutrino cross section measurements have indicated a higher value for the axial mass, M_A, as compared to the nominal value of M_A=1.0 GeV. A Χ^2 test was performed to find the best value of M_A which matches the antineutrino neutral current elastic data. Finally, an exciting possibility to search for dark matter in the MiniBooNE experiment, using the neutral current interactions is discusseden_US
dc.format.extent158 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0001118
dc.identifier.otherDharmapalan_alatus_0004D_11268
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/1596
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectPhysics
dc.titleAntineutrino neutral current interactions in MiniBooNEen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Physics and Astronomy
etdms.degree.disciplinePhysics
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.
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