Speaker
Mr
Andrew Perch
(UCL)
Description
This poster presents an analysis of the atmospheric neutrino sample collected with the MINOS Far Detector. Data from the first 8 months of MINOS+ is added to the full data set collected with MINOS, adding a factor of 30% to the 2011 analysis. The analysis uses a three flavor framework, with a four layer model for the Earth’s matter density. Matter effects for atmospheric neutrinos traversing the earth greatly enhance the sensitivity to three flavor effects compared to the beam-only sample. The magnetized MINOS Far Detector uniquely enables charge sign separation in the reconstructed tracks, distinguishing neutrino events from antineutrinos.
Primary author
Mr
Andrew Perch
(UCL)