ORCID ID
0000-0001-9932-1012
Date Awarded
2018
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Department
Physics
Advisor
Jeffrey K Nelson
Committee Member
Patricia Vahle
Committee Member
Marc Sher
Committee Member
Justin Stevens
Committee Member
Deborah Harris
Abstract
Neutrino-Nucleus Deep Inelastic Scattering (DIS) events provide a probe into the structure of nucleons within a nucleus that cannot be accessed via charged lepton-nucleus interactions. The MINERvA experiment is stationed in the Neutrinos from the Main Injector (NuMI) beam line at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. With the recent increase in average neutrino energy and the greatly increased intensity of the NuMI beam line, projected sensitivities for DIS cross section ratio analyses using MINERvA's suite of nuclear targets (C, CH, Fe and Pb) are greatly increased. an analysis of theMINERvA DIS data on carbon, iron, lead, and plastic has been conducted for muon neutrino interactions with a muon angle less than 17 degrees. Results are presented as a differential cross section with respect to neutrino energy and the Bjorken-x scaling variable.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.21220/s2-dxxp-bs17
Rights
© The Author
Recommended Citation
Norrick, Anne, "A Measurement of Nuclear Effects in Deep Inelastic Scattering in Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions" (2018). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. William & Mary. Paper 1550153893.
http://dx.doi.org/10.21220/s2-dxxp-bs17
