Experimental Study of Particle Production at Small Angles in Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions at 19 and 23 GeV/c

Dekkers, D.; Geibel, J.; Mermod, R.; Weber, G.; Willitts, T.R.; Winter, K.; Jordan, Ben; Vivargent, M.; King, N.M.; Wilson, E. J. N.

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“…3.2 for production of positive kaons in the pBe interactions. These were obtained through fits to data from [77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84]. Further details, including the full covariance matrices, can be found in [66].…”

Section: Neutrino Flux Predictionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Measurement of the νμ Charged Current π+ to Quasi-Elastic Cross Section Ratio on Mineral Oil in a 0.8 GeV Neutrino Beam

Linden

2011

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confidence: 99%

“…The K + production model is based on a variety of experiments [77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84] using proton beams with momenta between 9.5 and 24 GeV/c. Feynman scaling is used to extrapolate these data to the 8.89 GeV/c Booster beam.…”

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Measurement of the νμ Charged Current π+ to Quasi-Elastic Cross Section Ratio on Mineral Oil in a 0.8 GeV Neutrino Beam

Linden

2011

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“…Existing production data from the HARP [129], E910 [130], and eight other kaon production experiments [131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138], as well as data from Abe et al [139] on neutral kaon production, available in slightly different (p Z ,p T ) parameter space than that relevant to MiniBooNE, are used in several parametrization fits in order to extrapolate the double-differential cross-sections in the (p Z ,p T ) parameter space relevant to MiniBooNE.…”

Section: Neutrino Flux Predictionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The custom physics model is described in detail in Refs. [125,50], and summarized as follows.Primary p − Be interactions at 8.9 GeV/c proton kinetic energy are parametrized in terms of double-differential inelastic cross-sections, [131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138] The multiplicity of each secondary species is obtained with respect to the total inelastic production cross-section by integrating the corresponding parametrized double-differential cross-sections over the MiniBooNE proton kinematic phase-space, accounting for other proton elastic and inelastic processes as well.Each generated secondary in the simulation is tracked through the beamline geometry until it decays (producing the neutrino beam) or gets absorbed. The simulation accounts for the effect of the magnetic horn, particle decays, as well as electromagnetic processes and hadronic interactions (both for primary protons and secondary particles) in the beamline geometry/materials, also defined within the simulation.…”

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“…Primary p − Be interactions at 8.9 GeV/c proton kinetic energy are parametrized in terms of double-differential inelastic cross-sections, [131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138] The multiplicity of each secondary species is obtained with respect to the total inelastic production cross-section by integrating the corresponding parametrized double-differential cross-sections over the MiniBooNE proton kinematic phase-space, accounting for other proton elastic and inelastic processes as well.…”

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Searches for New Physics at MiniBooNE: Sterile Neutrinos and Mixing Freedom

Karagiorgi

2010

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The MiniBooNE experiment was designed to perform a search for ν µ → ν e oscillations in a region of ∆m 2 and sin 2 2θ very different from that allowed by standard, threeneutrino oscillations, as determined by solar and atmospheric neutrino experiments. This search was motivated by the LSND experimental observation of an excess of ν e events in aν µ beam which was found compatible with two-neutrino oscillations at ∆m 2 ∼ 1 eV 2 and sin 2 2θ < 1%. If confirmed, such oscillation signature could be attributed to the existence of a light, mostly-sterile neutrino, containing small admixtures of weak neutrino eigenstates. In addition to a search for ν µ → ν e oscillations, MiniBooNE has also performed a search forν µ →ν e oscillations, which provides a test of the LSND two-neutrino oscillation interpretation that is independent of CP or CP T violation assumptions. This dissertation presents the MiniBooNE ν µ → ν e andν µ →ν e analyses and results, with emphasis on the latter. While the neutrino search excludes the two-neutrino oscillation interpretation of LSND at 98% C.L., the antineutrino search shows an excess of events which is in agreement with the twoneutrinoν µ →ν e oscillation interpretation of LSND, and excludes the no oscillations hypothesis at 96% C.L. Even though the neutrino and antineutrino oscillation results from MiniBooNE disagree under the single sterile neutrino oscillation hypothesis, a simple extension to the model to include additional sterile neutrino states and the possibility of CP violation allows for differences between neutrino and antineutrino oscillation signatures. In view of that, the viability of oscillation models with one or two sterile neutrinos is investigated in global fits to MiniBooNE and LSND data, with and without constraints from other oscillation experiments with similar sensitivities to those models. A general search for new physics scenarios which would lead to effective non-unitarity of the standard 3×3 neutrino mixing matrix, or mixing freedom, is also performed using neutrino and antineutrino data available from MiniBooNE.Thesis Supervisor: Janet M. Conrad Title: Professor of Physics Acknowledgments I owe this work to my advisor, Janet Conrad. Janet, you have been not only an unending source of inspiration for me these past five years, but also the reason I joined neutrino physics in the first place. Our very first meeting during the Columbia graduate student open house in 2005 was what introduced me to the excitement of neutrinos, while our interaction since then has made me appreciate the richness of this field. Thank you for the opportunity of becoming your advisee, and for your guidance and dedication over these past five years.I can't express how grateful I am to all the people I've worked most closely with during these past five years: I must begin with Michel Sorel, who has been like an older brother to me since the summer of 2005, introducing me to his work on sterile neutrinos and supporting me as I followed in his footsteps; Mike Shaevitz, for looking o...

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Inclusive Reactions: Models of Multi‐Particle Production

Ranft

1971

Fortschr. Phys.

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Nodel independent predictions such as Feynman scaling and the hypothesis of limiting fragmentation (HLF) for multi-particle production are reviewed . The thermodynamic model and the multi-Reggc model and their description of inclusive spectra are outlined and the connection of both models is discussed with special emphasis on the predictions of these models fulfilling Feynman scaling and HLF . Various possibilities for data presentation are discussed as well as tests are proposed to distinguish between different models .

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Experimental Study of Particle Production at Small Angles in Nucleon-Nucleon Collisions at 19 and 23 GeV/c

Cited by 144 publications

References 23 publications

Measurement of the ν<sub>μ</sub> Charged Current π<sup>+</sup> to Quasi-Elastic Cross Section Ratio on Mineral Oil in a 0.8 GeV Neutrino Beam

Measurement of the ν<sub>μ</sub> Charged Current π<sup>+</sup> to Quasi-Elastic Cross Section Ratio on Mineral Oil in a 0.8 GeV Neutrino Beam

Searches for New Physics at MiniBooNE: Sterile Neutrinos and Mixing Freedom

Inclusive Reactions: Models of Multi‐Particle Production

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