Description
The NOvA experiment is a long baseline neutrino osciallation experiment utilizing the NuMI beam at Fermilab.
The experiment will measure the oscillations of the primarily muon neutrino beam using two functionally-identical,
liquid scintillator tracking calorimeter detectors placed 810 km apart and 14 milliradians off-axis to the NuMI beam.
The muon neutrino disappearance analysis has developed a method for selecting charged current (CC) interactions
based on the identification of muons. A techinique for seperating the selected CC interactions into
quasielastic and non-quasielastic sub-samples has also been developed. Seperating into sub-samples
allows for better energy estimation in each individual sample resulting in increased sensitivity
to the oscillation parameters. These methods and their performance will be presented in this poster.
| WG1: Neutrino Oscillation Physics (Yes/No) | Yes |
|---|---|
| WG2: Neutrino Scattering Physics (Yes/No) | No |
| WG3: Accelerator Physics (Yes/No) | No |
| WG4: Muon Physics (Yes/No) | No |
| Type of presentation | Poster |
Author
Mr
Nicholas Raddatz
(University of Minnesota)
