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The T2K experiment
No full textThe T2K experiment is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. Its main goal is to measure the last unknown lepton sector mixing angle θ13 by observing νe appearance in a νμ beam. It also aims to make a precision measurement of the known oscillation parameters, and sin22θ23, via νμ disappearance studies. Other goals of the experiment include various neutrino cross-section measurements and sterile neutrino searches. The experiment uses an intense proton beam generated by the J-PARC accelerator in Tokai, Japan, and is composed of a neutrino beamline, a near detector complex (ND280), and a far detector (Super-Kamiokande) located 295 km away from J-PARC. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the instrumentation aspect of the T2K experiment and a summary of the vital information for each subsystem
T2K oscillation results
No full textThe T2K (Tokai-to-Kamioka) experiment is a second generation long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment that probes physics beyond the Standard Model. An off-axis neutrino beam with a peak energy of ∼0.6∼0.6 GeV is produced at the J-PARC accelerator facility, with the flavour content dominated by either muon neutrinos or muon anti-neutrinos, depending on the choice of the polarity of the magnetic focusing horns. The neutrino beam is detected first in the near detector ND280, where the flavour composition of the incoming neutrino flux is not expected to be affected by oscillation, and then travels 295 km to the far detector Super-Kamiokande, where oscillation significantly affects the flavour composition. We report the results of a joint analysis of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations at T2K with the νμνμ (ν ̄μν ̄μ) disappearance and νμνμ (ν ̄μν ̄μ) →→ νeνe (ν ̄eν ̄e) appearance channels, obtained by collecting a total statistic of 7.57×10207.57×1020 protons-on-target in νν-mode and 7.53×10207.53×1020 in ν ̄ν ̄-mode. The results in the disappearance channel shows that our data continue to prefer maximal θ23θ23 mixing (sin2θ23=0.532+0.046−0.068sin2θ23=0.532−0.068+0.046, in case of normal mass hierarchy) and no violation of the CPT theorem, while in the appearance channel, we observed a large νeνe appearance and a low ν ̄eν ̄e appearance with respect to the expectations. These results favour a δCP∼−π/2δCP∼−π/2, with a 90% confidence interval of [−3.13,−0.39][−3.13,−0.39] in normal mass hierarchy and [−2.09,−0.74][−2.09,−0.74] in inverted mass hierarchy. We comment briefly on the future prospects for T2K, including a proposal for extended running to accumulate 20×102120×1021 protons-on-target, nearly three times the currently approved amount by 2026, to gain substantial sensitivity to CP violating effects in νμνμ (ν ̄μν ̄μ) →→ νeνe (ν ̄eν ̄e) oscillations if parameters are favorable
Study of neutrino-induced neutral current neutral pion production in the T2K near detector
No full textThe T2K experiment is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. The
most intense accelerator muon neutrino beam ever built is produced at the
J-PARC facility in Tokai, located on the east coast of Japan, and directed
(2.5 [degrees] off -axis) toward the Super-Kamiokande water Cherenkov detector, located
295 km away in the mountains of western Japan.
For the current T2K [Symbol appears here. To view, please open pdf attachment]e appearance analysis, 23% of the background at Super-
Kamiokande is from neutral current interactions that produce one π0 in the final state (NC 1π0). This study uses ND280 Run 2 data totalling 7.832 x 10 [to the power of 19] POT
and selects neutrino-induced NC 1π0 interactions in FGD1 and FGD2 where
both π0 decay photons convert in the barrel and downstream ECAL.
Overall, neglecting photon reconstruction efficiency, an efficiency of 22% and
purity of 16% is obtained. For the case where both π0 decay photons convert in
the downstream (barrel) ECAL an efficiency of 33% (12%) and purity of 43%
(9%) is achieved. When one photon converts in the barrel ECAL and the other
in the downstream ECAL the efficiency (purity) is 29% (16%).
Systematic uncertainties arising from cross-section model parameters and final state interactions, the neutrino flux prediction and the shape discrepancy between
ECAL variables in data and MC are evaluated. The predicted total number
of events when both photons convert in the downstream and barrel ECAL is
7.1± 2.3 (syst)± 0.5 (stat) and 31.6± 8.9 (syst) ±1.2 (stat), respectively. Whereas
when one decay photon is reconstructed in the barrel ECAL and the other in the
downstream ECAL the expected number of events is 38.1± 8.7 (syst) ±1.3 (stat).
The selected number of events in data is 5, 22 and 31, respectively, which agrees
with the prediction within errors.
The calibration of the time offsets for the barrel and downstream ECAL is
also presented in this thesis. The application of this calibration reduces the
timing resolution from 9 ns to approximately 2.5 ns, for high charge hits.Open Acces
Measurement of the nu(mu) charged current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the T2K on-axis neutrino beam
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Measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters from muon neutrino disappearance with an off-axis beam
No full textThe T2K Collaboration reports a precision measurement of muon neutrino disappearance with an off-axis neutrino beam with a peak energy of 0.6 GeV. Near detector measurements are used to constrain the neutrino flux and cross section parameters. The Super-Kamiokande far detector, which is 295 km downstream of the neutrino production target, collected data corresponding to 3.01×1020 protons on target. In the absence of neutrino oscillations, 205±17 (syst) events are expected to be detected while only 58 muon neutrino event candidates are observed. A fit to the neutrino rate and energy spectrum, assuming three neutrino flavors and normal mass hierarchy yields a best-fit mixing angle sin2(θ23)=0.514±0.082 and mass splitting |Δm322|=2.44-0.15+0.17×10-3 eV2/c4. Our result corresponds to the maximal oscillation disappearance probability
Recent Results from the T2K ND280 Detector
No full textThe T2K near detector complex, ND280, is located at the J-PARC accelerator facility in Tokai, Japan, 280m downstream from the target. These proceedings will summarise recent physics results from ND280
Latest activities and results from T2K
No full textThe T2K neutrino oscillation experiment has gone through a period of renewal over the last couple of years, with several upgrades designed to improve sensitivity to leptonic CP violation. The change that most affects future analyses is the ND280 upgrade, which will constrain interaction models in new ways. At the same time the analysis continues to be developed, both by combining with the Super-Kamiokande atmospheric measurements and with refinements to the T2K-only analysis. This proceedings describes the highlights of these analyses, and the status of the various T2K upgrades.Contribution to the 2024 Electroweak session of the 58th Rencontres de Morion
Initial probe of by T2K with combined electron neutrino appearance and muon neutrino disappearance
No full textT2K is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment in which a beam is produced at the J-PARC facility and detected 295 km away by the Super-Kamiokande, water Cherenkov detector. Up to May 2013, T2K has accumulated protons on target, approximately 8\% of the experimental goal. T2K has observed 120 candidates, which show a clear disappearance oscillation pattern, and 28 candidates, with which appearance was established. The measurement of appearance is particularly important because it enables us to determine when and are known. Using values of determined by T2K disappearance measurements and measured by reactor experiments, T2K has obtained the first constraint on from a appearance measurement
Scintillator ageing of the T2K near detectors from 2010 to 2021
No full textThe T2K experiment widely uses plastic scintillator as a target for neutrino interactions and an active medium for the measurement of charged particles produced in neutrino interactions at its near detector complex. Over 10 years of operation the measured light yield recorded by the scintillator based subsystems has been observed to degrade by 0.9-2.2% per year. Extrapolation of the degradation rate through to 2040 indicates the recorded light yield should remain above the lower threshold used by the current reconstruction algorithms for all subsystems. This will allow the near detectors to continue contributing to important physics measurements during the T2K-II and Hyper-Kamiokande eras. Additionally, work to disentangle the degradation of the plastic scintillator and wavelength shifting fibres shows that the reduction in light yield can be attributed to the ageing of the plastic scintillator. The long component of the attenuation length of the wavelength shifting fibres was observed to degrade by 1.3-5.4% per year, while the short component of the attenuation length did not show any conclusive degradation
First measurement of muon neutrino charged-current interactions on hydrocarbon without pions in the final state using multiple detectors with correlated energy spectra at T2K
No full textThis paper reports the first measurement of muon neutrino charged-current interactions without pions in the final state using multiple detectors with correlated energy spectra at T2K. The data was collected on hydrocarbon targets using the off-axis T2K near detector (ND280) and the on-axis T2K near detector (INGRID) with neutrino energy spectra peaked at 0.6 GeV and 1.1 GeV, respectively. The correlated neutrino flux presents an opportunity to reduce the impact of the flux uncertainty and to study the energy dependence of neutrino interactions. The extracted double-differential cross sections are compared to several Monte Carlo neutrino-nucleus interaction event generators showing the agreement between both detectors individually and with the correlated result
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