Muon-Neutrino Electron Elastic Scattering and a Search for the Muon-Neutrino Magnetic Moment in the NOvA Near Detector

Authors

Biao Wang, Southern Methodist UniversityFollow

Subject Area

Physics

Abstract

We use the NOvA near detector and the NuMI beam at Fermilab to study the neutrino-electron elastic scattering and the muon neutrino magnetic process beyond the Standard Model physics. The particle identifications of neutrino on electron elastic scattering are trained by using the multi-layer neural networks. This thesis provides a general discussion of this technique and shows a good agreement between data and MC for the neutrino-electron elastic weak scattering. By using 3.62e20 POT dataset in the NOvA near detector, we find 1.58e-9 Bohr magneton as the 90% C.L. upper limit. We also find a sensitivity of 8e-10 Bohr magneton at the 90% C.L. for 1.8e21 POT.

Degree Date

Fall 12-16-2017

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Department

Physics

Advisor

Thomas E. Coan

Number of Pages

128

Format

.pdf

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

Recommended Citation

Wang, Biao, "Muon-Neutrino Electron Elastic Scattering and a Search for the Muon-Neutrino Magnetic Moment in the NOvA Near Detector" (2017). Physics Theses and Dissertations. 1.
https://scholar.smu.edu/hum_sci_physics_etds/1