Date of Award
Spring 2020
Document Type
Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Physics & Astronomy Department
First Advisor
Kevin S. McFarland
Second Advisor
Catherine Hirshfeld Crouch
Abstract
We search in the MINERvA scintillator detector for multiple proton emission in quasielastic like charged current neutrino scattering. The number of such observable events in MINERvA is predicted to be far greater than currently available samples. We measure the total number of such events, and study the distribution of laboratory frame angles between the multiple protons and the muon, which is sensitive to the production mechanism for such events. We find significant disagreement of signal events between data and Monte-Carlo simulation.
Recommended Citation
Chalifour, Matthieu , '20, "Measurement of Angular Correlation of Two Protons in Quasielastic Neutrino-Nucleus Cross-Section" (2020). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 670.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/670