First Search for the EMC Effect and Nuclear Shadowing in Neutrino Nuclear Deep Inelastic Scattering at MINERvA

• Main Author: Mousseau, Joel Allen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Particle acceleration.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

This thesis details significant improvements in the understanding of the nuclear EMC effect and nuclear shadowing in neutrino physics, and makes substantial comparisons with electron scattering physics. Specifically, it includes a world's first systematic study of the EMC ratios of carbon, iron...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Theory
• 3. Event Simulation
• 4. Neutrino Beamline
• 5. The Minerva Detector and Simulation
• 6. Event Reconstruction
• 7. Overview of the Measurement
• 8. Event Selection and Efficiency
• 9. Backgrounds
• 10. Systematic Uncertainties
• 11. Reconstructed and Unfolded Event Yields
• 12. Efficiency Correction and Flux Division
• 13. Cross Section Results
• 14. Conclusions
• Appendix
• A. Sideband Pilots
• B. Non-dis Event Uncertainties (After Tuning)
• C. Plastic Background Subtraction
• D. Migration Matrices
• E. Event Yields (Reconstructed)
• F. Dis Event Yields (Unfolded Kinematics)
• G. Efficiency Plots. .