Supervisors: Dr. Clarence Wret (clarence.wret@imperial.ac.uk), Dr. Anežka Klustova
(a.klustova20@imperial.ac.uk)
Neutrino oscillation experiments are entering the precision era with the next-generation experiments, Hyper-Kamiokande and DUNE, coming online in the next few years. The T2K experiment has been operating since 2010 and has produced world-leading measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters, including the CP-violating phase, and pioneered multi-experiment analyses with the NOvA and Super-Kamiokande collaborations, which members of the Imperial group have led.
As the data amounts, the uncertainties in the oscillation measurements are becoming a limiting factor. The continued success of the programme depends on better understanding neutrino interaction cross sections, both by making novel measurements and improving the modelling. T2K’s near detector, ND280, has undergone significant upgrades to measure neutrinos to an unprecedented precision.
- The Ph.D. project will involve:
Developing selections of novel interactions in the upgraded T2K near detector,
potentially utilising machine learning techniques - Using the results to constrain particular aspects of the neutrino interaction model
- Work with theorists and phenomenologists on implementing, developing and
benchmarking neutrino interaction models, and including them in oscillation analyses
Funding is provided by the Royal Society, and includes travel to conferences and collaboration meetings, which will involve (but not be limited to) CERN in Switzerland and J-PARC in Japan.