Optimization and background studies for the last neutrino mixing angle [theta]₁₃.

• Other Authors: Ngai, Wah Kai.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Neutrinos; Neutrino interactions; Oscillations
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5893042; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-325804

Ngai Wah Kai = 中微子混合角[theta]₁₃測量的最優化與本底研究 / 魏華佳. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-87). === Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. === Ngai Wah Kai = Zhong wei zi hun he jiao [theta]₁₃ ce liang de zui you hua yu ben di yan jiu / Wei Huajia. === Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- Puzzle with Beta Decay Spectrum --- p.2 === Chapter 1.2 --- Detection of a Free Neutrino --- p.3 === Chapter 1.3 --- Properties of Neutrinos --- p.5 === Chapter 1.3.1 --- Neutrino Mass --- p.6 === Chapter 1.3.2 --- Dirac and Majorana Neutrinos --- p.7 === Chapter 1.3.3 --- Neutrino Oscillation --- p.8 === Chapter 1.4 --- Background to Underground Neutrino Experiments --- p.10 === Chapter 1.5 --- Outline of the Thesis --- p.12 === Chapter 2 --- The Last Mixing Angle and Daya Bay --- p.14 === Chapter 2.1 --- Current Status of Neutrino Oscillation --- p.14 === Chapter 2.2 --- Measurement of θ13 with Reactors --- p.19 === Chapter 2.3 --- "Daya Bay, the Site and the Detector" --- p.20 === Chapter 2.3.1 --- Overview --- p.20 === Chapter 2.3.2 --- Detector --- p.22 === Chapter 3 --- Detector Baseline Optimization --- p.24 === Chapter 3.1 --- Antineutrino Spectrum and Flux from Reactors --- p.25 === Chapter 3.1.1 --- Antineutrino Production --- p.25 === Chapter 3.1.2 --- Antineutrino Spectrum from Reactors --- p.26 === Chapter 3.2 --- Interaction Rate Analysis --- p.29 === Chapter 3.3 --- Spectral Analysis --- p.30 === Chapter 3.3.1 --- Effect of Three-Neutrino Mixing --- p.33 === Chapter 4 --- Energy Resolution of the Proposed Antineutrino Detector --- p.37 === Chapter 4.1 --- Physical Processes inside the Detector --- p.38 === Chapter 4.2 --- Simulation Algorithm --- p.39 === Chapter 4.3 --- Comparison of Different Detector Geometries and Configurations --- p.43 === Chapter 5 --- Aberdeen Tunnel Laboratory - A Satellite Lab of Daya Bay --- p.53 === Chapter 5.1 --- Geological Properties --- p.54 === Chapter 5.2 --- Research Plan and Methodology --- p.55 === Chapter 5.2.1 --- Detector Configuration --- p.55 === Chapter 5.2.2 --- Front-End Electronics --- p.58 === Chapter 5.2.3 --- Trigger System --- p.60 === Chapter 6 --- Cosmic Ray Muons and Induced Neutron Underground --- p.63 === Chapter 6.1 --- Background to Reactor Antineutrino Experiments --- p.63 === Chapter 6.1.1 --- Origins of the Fast Neutrons --- p.64 === Chapter 6.2 --- Muon Flux and Energy Spectrum Underground --- p.65 === Chapter 6.2.1 --- Muons at the Earth Surface --- p.66 === Chapter 6.2.2 --- Propagating Muons through Rock --- p.67 === Chapter 6.2.3 --- Flat Surface Case --- p.69 === Chapter 6.2.4 --- Aberdeen Mountain Case --- p.69 === Chapter 6.2.5 --- Pyramid Case --- p.72 === Chapter 6.2.6 --- Daya Bay Case --- p.73 === Chapter 6.3 --- Predicting Neutron Production from Cosmic Ray Muons --- p.76 === Chapter 6.3.1 --- Neutron Yield --- p.77 === Chapter 6.3.2 --- Neutron Energy Spectrum --- p.79 === Chapter 6.3.3 --- Neutron Angular Distribution --- p.80 === Chapter 6.3.4 --- Neutron Multiplicity --- p.81 === Bibliography --- p.83 === Chapter A --- Three-neutrino mixing formula --- p.88 === Chapter B --- Sea Level Muon Generator --- p.90 === Chapter B.1 --- Acceptance-rejection Method --- p.90 === Chapter B.2 --- Finding the Comparison Functions --- p.91 === Chapter B.3 --- Checking the Generator --- p.92 === Chapter C --- Circuit Diagrams of the Discrimination Board for Plastic Scintillators --- p.96