Inclusive Charged-Current $\nu_{\mu}$ Analysis of the Pi-Zero Detector at T2K
ORAL
Abstract
The T2K long-baseline neutrino experiment is designed to measure the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ as well as perform a precision measurement of oscillation parameters for $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance. A beam of muon neutrinos originating from the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) is measured both at a near detector (ND280, located onsite at J-PARC 280 m away from the beam's origin) and a far detector (Super-Kamiokande, 295 km away). This talk presents an analysis of inclusive charged-current $\nu_{\mu}$ events from interactions within the Pi-Zero detector, a subdetector component of ND280. The details of this measurement -- including analysis cuts and systematic error studies -- will be reported. The analysis, along with a separate and complementary analysis using other subdetectors within ND280, will be used to measure the inclusive charged-current $\nu_{\mu}$ flux and provide input to the combined near/far oscillation analysis.
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Authors
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Robert A. Johnson
University of Colorado