Testing Explanations of Short Baseline Neutrino Anomalies / by Nicolò Foppiani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foppiani, Nicolò, author.

Series:

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, 2190-5061

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Measurement.

Measuring instruments.

Quantum field theory.

Chemical detectors.

Particle Physics.

Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Sensors.

Local Subjects:

Particle Physics.

Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Sensors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This thesis, encompassing both theory to experiment, guides the reader in a pedagogical way through the author’s attempts to resolve the mystery of the so-called MiniBooNE anomaly, where neutrino oscillations were reported, potentially explainable by the existence of light sterile neutrinos, but in contradiction with several null results. Within this context, this thesis reports one of the first analyses searching for an excess of electrons in the MicroBooNE experiment finding no excess of events and narrowing down the possible explanations for the anomaly. Additionally, this thesis explores non-minimal heavy neutral leptons as potential explanations for the MiniBooNE excess. To search for evidence for this particle, the author performs an analysis using data from the T2K experiment, which searched for pairs of electrons using a gas argon time projection. This thesis provides a comprehensive explanation of the MiniBooNE anomaly and its search with liquid and gas time projection chambers.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Prologue

Part 1: Active and Sterile Neutrinos

Chapter 2: Neutrinos within the Standard Model

Chapter 3: Short baseline anomalies

Chapter 4: Neutrinos beyond the Standard Model

Part 2: Heavy Sterile Neutrino Explanations

Chapter 5: Minimal and non-minimal models

Chapter 6: Dark Neutrinos

Part 3: Light Sterile Neutrino Explanations

Chapter 7: The Micro Booster Neutrino Beam Experiment

Chapter 8: Identifying neutrinos: tracks and showers

Chapter 9: The quest for electron neutrinos

Chapter 10: Interpreting the results

Chapter 11: Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Foppiani, Nicolò Testing Explanations of Short Baseline Neutrino Anomalies

ISBN:

3-031-40833-0