The Measurement of Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions

一项研究旨在改善我们对中微子-原子核相互作用的了解，以减少这一过程有助于从长基线振荡实验中提取中微子振荡参数的当前系统不确定性水平。该项目将集中于高压时间投影室原型的研究，该原型将作为与IC和RHUL共同举办的珠江三角洲赠款的一部分。最初的重点将是进一步开发已有的软件，以便有效地将带电粒子通过探测器(模式识别)形成的能量沉积联系在一起。在该项目的后几年，原型将用于在欧洲核子研究中心的测试束中获取数据，这将使软件性能能够进行定量测试，并将导致使用Ar对质子进行横截面测量。这将是对该领域的宝贵和高调贡献。

A study to investigate improving our knowledge of neutrino-nucleus interactions in order to reduce the current level of systematic uncertainty that this process contributes to the extraction of neutrino oscillation parameters from long baseline oscillation experiments. The project will centre on the study of a High Pressure Time Projection Chamber prototype to be built as part of a PRD grant held together with IC and RHUL. The initial focus will be on developing further the software already in place to efficiently associate together the energy deposits laid down by the passage of charged particles through the detector (pattern recognition). In the later years of the project, the prototype will be used to take data in a test beam at CERN which will enable a quantitative test of the software performance and will lead onto a cross section measurement of protons with argon. This will represent a valuable and high profile contribution to the field.