03720nam 22006015 450 991025459520332120200706120456.03-319-65040-810.1007/978-3-319-65040-1(CKB)4100000000587553(DE-He213)978-3-319-65040-1(MiAaPQ)EBC5046790(PPN)204531292(EXLCZ)99410000000058755320170913d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFirst Measurement of Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillation at T2K /by Kirsty Elizabeth Duffy1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2017.1 online resource (XV, 172 p. 87 illus., 10 illus. in color.) Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-50533-319-65039-4 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- Neutrino Physics -- The T2K Experiment -- Bayesian Inference and the Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method -- Joint ν+ν¯ Oscillation Analysis: Framework and Validations -- Joint ν+ν¯ Oscillation Analysis: Results -- Conclusions and Outlook.This thesis reports the measurement of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance and electron neutrino and antineutrino appearance in a muon neutrino and antineutrino beam using the T2K experiment. It describes a result in neutrino physics that is a pioneering indication of charge-parity (CP) violation in neutrino oscillation; the first to be obtained from a single experiment. Neutrinos are some of the most abundant—but elusive—particles in the universe, and may provide a promising place to look for a potential solution to the puzzle of matter/antimatter imbalance in the observable universe. It has been firmly established that neutrinos can change flavour (or ‘oscillate’), as recognised by the 2015 Nobel Prize. The theory of neutrino oscillation allows for neutrinos and antineutrinos to oscillate differently (CP violation), and may provide insights into why our universe is matter-dominated. Bayesian statistical methods, including the Markov Chain Monte Carlo fitting technique, are used to simultaneously optimise several hundred systematic parameters describing detector, beam, and neutrino interaction uncertainties as well as the six oscillation parameters.Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053Elementary particles (Physics)Quantum field theoryString theoryCosmologyElementary Particles, Quantum Field Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P23029Quantum Field Theories, String Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19048Cosmologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22049Elementary particles (Physics).Quantum field theory.String theory.Cosmology.Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.Cosmology.539.7215Duffy Kirsty Elizabethauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut888453MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910254595203321First Measurement of Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillation at T2K1984718UNINA