Type of Document Dissertation Author Ouedraogo, Serge Arisitde Author's Email Address ouedserg@phys.lsu.edu URN etd-09102008-150741 Title Limit on the Muon Neutrino Magnetic Moment And A Measurement of the CCPIP to CCQE Cross Section Ratio Degree Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Department Physics & Astronomy Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title William J. Metcalf Committee Chair Dana Browne Committee Member James Matthews Committee Member Richard L. Imlay Committee Member Erwin Poliakoff Dean's Representative Keywords
- charged current single pion production
- neutrino Magnetic moment
- MiniBooNE
- neutrino
- charged current quasi elastic
Date of Defense 2008-07-31 Availability unrestricted Abstract 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) elastic scattering events above the expected background. At
90% C.L., we derived a limit on the muon neutrino magnetic moment of 12.7~
10−10ĘB. The other analysis reported in this thesis is a measurement of charged
current single pion production (CCpi+) 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.
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