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Latest Results from T2K

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2018-05-11 v1 Instrumentation and Detectors

Abstract

The T2K (Tokai to Kamioka) experiment is a long-baseline accelerator neutrino oscillation experiment. Intense muon neutrino and antineutrino beams are produced at the J-PARC accelerator complex situated in Tokai. After 280 metres the beam goes through the set of two near detectors: INGRID and ND280, where the beam parameters before oscillations are measured and neutrino cross-sections are studied. After another 295 km, the distance corresponding to the first oscillation maximum, the neutrino beam passes through the Super-Kamiokande far detector. Comparison of the beam characteristics in the near and far detectors makes it possible to determine the oscillation parameters. Based on muon neutrino disappearance, T2K has delivered the world's leading measurement of the θ23\theta_{23} mixing angle. It has been also the first experiment to observe electron neutrino appearance, with a significance of 7.3σ\sigma. These results made it possible to determine the θ13\theta_{13} mixing angle and to provide the first hint of a non-zero value of the δCP\delta_{CP} phase. The T2K experiment has also delivered several neutrino cross-section measurements at neutrino energies around 1 GeV. Currently, T2K is collecting data with a muon antineutrino beam, for the δCP\delta_{CP} and antineutrino cross-section measurements. A summary of the most recent oscillation measurements, including the new electron antineutrino appearance results, is presented.

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@article{arxiv.1705.04277,
  title  = {Latest Results from T2K},
  author = {Marcela Batkiewicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.04277},
  year   = {2018}
}

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Proceedings from 17th Lomonosov Conference on Elementary Particle Physics (20 - 26 August 2015, Moscow, Russia); 7 pages, 5 figures

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