Role of Final State Interactions in Determining CP Violation in the Neutrino Sector

最终状态相互作用在确定中微子扇区CP破坏中的作用

• 批准号: 2887506
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Sheffield
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2887506
• 关键词: Role; Final; State; Interactions; Determining

Next generation neutrino experiments such as Hyper-Kamiokande require neutrino interaction cross-section uncertainties to be reduced to the few-percent level if a competitive constraint is to be placed on the magnitude of CP violation in the neutrino sector. One major challenge in reducing these uncertainties is that 'final state interactions', interactions between outgoing nucleons and pions as they leave nuclei, can shield our view of the primary neutrino interaction vertex. In this project Tom will explore how new constraints could be placed on final state interactions using pion and nucleon scattering data from thick target experiments, before exploring how these new constraints could improve neutrino oscillation analyses on the Tokai-to-Kamiokande experiment and future Hyper-Kamiokande experiment.

如果要对中微子部门的CP破坏幅度施加竞争约束，下一代中微子实验（例如Hyper-Kamiokande）需要将中微子相互作用横截面的不确定性降低到百分之几的水平。减少这些不确定性的一个主要挑战是“终态相互作用”，即离开原子核的核子和π子之间的相互作用，可以屏蔽我们对主要中微子相互作用顶点的看法。在这个项目中，汤姆将探索如何使用厚靶实验中的π介子和核子散射数据对最终状态相互作用施加新的约束，然后探索这些新的约束如何改善Tokai-to-Kamiokande实验和未来的Hyper-Kamiokande实验的中微子振荡分析。