Published July 1, 2008 | Version v1
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Limit on the muon neutrino magnetic moment and a measurement of the CCPIP to CCQE cross section ratio

Description

A search for the muon neutrino magnetic moment was conducted using the Mini-BooNE low energy neutrino data. The analysis was performed by analyzing the elastic scattering interactions of muon neutrinos on electrons. The analysis looked for an excess of elastic scattering events above the Standard Model prediction from which a limit on the neutrino magnetic could be set. In this thesis, we report an excess of 15.3 ± 6.6(stat)±4.1(syst) νμe events above the expected background. At 90% C.L., we derived a limit on the muon neutrino magnetic moment of 12.7 x 10-10 (micro)B. The other analysis reported in this thesis is a measurement of charged current single pion production (CCπ+) to charged current quasi elastic (CCQE) interactions cross sections ratio. This measurement was performed with two different fitting algorithms and the results from both fitters are consistent with each other

Availability note (English)

Available from http://lss.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/find_paper.pl?thesis-2008-43.pdf; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/938893-oIROka/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
145 p.
Report number
FERMILAB-THESIS--2008-43

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC02-76CH03000
Notes
Submitted to Louisiana State Univ. and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, LA (US)
Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)