Speaker
Nathan Mayer
(University of Indiana)
Description
The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) is a two detector, long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment that uses the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beam at Fermilab. Both MINOS detectors are iron-scintillator tracking/sampling calorimeters. The MINOS near detector has recorded the world's largest dataset of neutrino interactions in the 0-10 GeV region. This high statistics data set can be used to make high precision measurements of neutrino interaction cross-sections.
The Q squared dependence in quasi-elastic scattering probes the axial form factor of the nucleon/nuclear target, and nuclear effects in neutrino scattering. There are curious discrepancies between recent measurements and older ones taken during the bubble chamber era. Two distinct methods for selecting quasi-elastic enhanced neutrino interactions in the MINOS near detector are presented with the resulting selection efficiency and purity. A method for selecting quasi-elastic enhanced neutrino interactions in the MINOS near detector which looks for two distinct prongs is presented with the resulting selection efficiency and purity.
Primary author
Nathan Mayer
(University of Indiana)
