Neutriono oscillation with the T2K experiment

T2K是一个长基线中微子振荡项目，将于2009年投入使用，位于日本。中微子振荡是由中微子性质(tau中微子、介子中微子和电子中微子)和相应的中微子质量本征态之间的耦合引起的。两个中微子群nu[i]和nu[j]之间中微子振荡的概率P(nu[i]-gt；nu[j])取决于这两个中微子之间对应的混合角theta[ij]，其中{i，j}运行在三个中微子群上，取决于两个中微子nu[i]和nu[j]的质量平方[ij]的差值，以及中微子nu[i]的能量E，以及中微子源nu[i]与探测器之间的距离L。在T2K实验中，已知L的距离，可以高精度地测量能量E。主要目标是通过检测295公里外的位于东海的日本质子加速器研究综合体(JPARC)设施产生的初始Muon中微子束中出现的电子中微子，首次测量混合角theta[13]。该项目还包括寻找非零CP破坏阶段，以及测量theta[23]和deltam平方[23]。位于质子-目标相互作用点280米处的近探测器(ND280)将用于测量Muon中微子的初始通量，并估计电子中微子出现的背景来源。加拿大T2K集团负责建造ND280探测器的几个部件，NSERC为该项目提供了为期3年的赠款(2006-2008年)。我最近加入了这个小组，因此，我不是2005年NSERC上一次资助比赛中提交的T2K项目资助申请的共同申请者。在这项建议中，我将申请为期两年的个人补助金，以便我能够将我的运营费用与现有的T2K运营项目补助金同步。该建议将主要用于支持HQP培训和差旅费用，因为用于研发和其他相关任务的资金已经通过NSERC资助的T2K技术创新拨款而存在。

T2K is a long baseline neutrino oscillation project due to be commissioned in 2009 and located in Japan. The neutrino oscillation arises from the coupling between the neutrino flavors (tau neutrino, muon neutrino and electron neutrino) and the corresponding neutrino mass eigenstates. The probability P(nu[i] -> nu[j]) of neutrino oscillation between two neutrino flavors nu[i] and nu[j] depends on the corresponding mixing angle theta[ij] between these two neutrinos, where {i,j} runs over the three neutrino flavors, on the difference in the squares of the masses deltam-squared[ij] of the two neutrinos nu[i] and nu[j], on the energy E of the neutrino nu[i], and on the distance L between the source of the neutrino nu[i] and the detector apparatus. In the T2K experiment, the distance L is known and the energy E can be measured with high accuracy. The primary goal is to measure for the first time the mixing angle theta[13] by detecting the appearance of electron neutrinos from an initial beam of muon neutrinos produced 295 Km away at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (JPARC) facilities in Tokai.  The project also includes search for a non-zero CP-violating phase, and measurement of theta[23] and deltam-squared[23]. A near detector (ND280) located at 280 m from the proton-target interaction point will be used to measure the initial flux of muon neutrinos and to estimate sources of background to the electron neutrino appearance. The Canadian T2K group is responsible for the construction of several components of the ND280 detector, and NSERC has funded a 3-year grant (2006-2008) for this project. I have recently joined this group and, therefore, I am not a co-applicant in the T2K project grant application submitted in the last NSERC grant competition in 2005. In this proposal, I will be applying for a 2-year individual grant to allow me to synchronize my operating expenses with the existing T2K operating project grant. The proposal will be basically for support of HQP training and travel expenses, since the funds for R&D and other correlated tasks already exist through a NSERC-funded RTI grant for T2K.