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Cosmogenic background rejection for the sterile neutrino search with the Short-Baseline Neutrino Program far detector

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dc.contributor.authorHilgenberg, Christopher M., author
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Robert J., advisor
dc.contributor.authorHarton, John, committee member
dc.contributor.authorToki, Walter, committee member
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Wen, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-11T11:20:49Z
dc.date.available2021-01-11T11:20:49Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAs the Short-Baseline Neutrino Program Far Detector, the ICARUS liquid argon time-projection chamber will operate at shallow depth and therefore be exposed to the full surface flux of cosmic rays. This poses a problematic background to the sterile neutrino search. A direct way to reject this background is to surround the cryostat with a detector capable of tagging incident cosmic muons with high efficiency, the Cosmic Ray Tagging System (CRT). I have worked to develop the CRT detector hardware and the simulation and reconstruction software. This system, currently undergoing installation, is approximately 25% commissioned and taking data. I have developed a powerful method for cosmogenic background rejection utilizing the CRT and Photon Detection System. Results from a simulation based study, informed by CRT data, demonstrate the power of the technique in rejecting cosmogenic events with little adverse impact on the neutrino sample.
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dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifierHilgenberg_colostate_0053A_16267.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/219579
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2020-
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dc.subjectHEP experiment
dc.subjectneutrino oscillation
dc.subjectsterile neutrino
dc.subjectneutrino
dc.subjectcosmogenic background
dc.subjectscintillator tracker
dc.titleCosmogenic background rejection for the sterile neutrino search with the Short-Baseline Neutrino Program far detector
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thesis.degree.disciplinePhysics
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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