Grant: Subatomic Physics Envelope - Project
University of British Columbia
$340,119.00
Canadian participation in the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment
FY 2015-16
Summary
In this application we request a three-year grant to support the activities of the Canadian part of the T2K collaboration during the FY2014-2017 period. T2K is a long-baseline neutrino experiment that sends a neutrino beam from J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex) to the Super-Kamiokande water Cerenkov detector located 295km away in Kamioka. The goal of the project is to precisely measure neutrino oscillation parameters by observing both the appearance of electron neutrinos in a muon neutrino beam and the disappearance of muon neutrinos as they oscillate into unobservable flavours. T2K has particular sensitivity to the neutrino mixing angles theta-13, theta-23, and delta-CP, as well as the atmospheric neutrino mass splitting dm^2_32. A three year detector construction and operation grant for the Canadian T2K project was funded in April 2006. The Canadian group has taken responsibility for major parts of the experiment: the time projection chambers (TPC) and fine-grained detectors (FGD) for the off-axis near detector, and the primary proton beam monitor in front of the production target using optical transition radiation (OTR). Detector construction and commissioning was completed in 2009, and the experiment began taking data in 2010. In 2013 T2K was the first experiment to definitively establish the electron neutrino appearance in a long-baseline beam of muon neutrinos, and also has the world's best measurements of theta-23. Measurements over the next several years will begin to probe possible CP violation in the leptonic sector as well as to significantly improve measurements of other neutrino mixing parameters. Canadian T2K members are leading several central analysis efforts and contribute to analysis of near detector data, Super-Kamiokande beam data, and beamline analysis. T2K anticipates operating for at least five more years. The operation grant will support research associates, graduate students, travel costs, and the maintenance costs of the detectors contributed by the Canadian group.
Program
Subatomic Physics Envelope - Project
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
SAPPJ-2014-00031
Name nom
Oser, Scott
Department département
Physics and Astronomy
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2015
Competition year année de concours
2014
Award amount
340119
Program id
SAPPJ
Program name en
Subatomic Physics Envelope - Project
Program name fr
Enveloppe de physique subatomique - De projet
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
19
Committee name en
Subatomic Physics
Committee name fr
Physique subatomique
Area of application code
1202
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Physical sciences
Area of application fr
Sciences physiques
Research subject code
3104
Research subject group en
Physics
Research subject group fr
Physique
Research subject en
Particle physics
Research subject fr
Physique des particules
Partie
2
Nb partie
3
Application title
Canadian participation in the T2K neutrino oscillation experiment
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
In this application we request a three-year grant to support the activities of the Canadian part of the T2K collaboration during the FY2014-2017 period. T2K is a long-baseline neutrino experiment that sends a neutrino beam from J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex) to the Super-Kamiokande water Cerenkov detector located 295km away in Kamioka. The goal of the project is to precisely measure neutrino oscillation parameters by observing both the appearance of electron neutrinos in a muon neutrino beam and the disappearance of muon neutrinos as they oscillate into unobservable flavours. T2K has particular sensitivity to the neutrino mixing angles theta-13, theta-23, and delta-CP, as well as the atmospheric neutrino mass splitting dm^2_32. A three year detector construction and operation grant for the Canadian T2K project was funded in April 2006. The Canadian group has taken responsibility for major parts of the experiment: the time projection chambers (TPC) and fine-grained detectors (FGD) for the off-axis near detector, and the primary proton beam monitor in front of the production target using optical transition radiation (OTR). Detector construction and commissioning was completed in 2009, and the experiment began taking data in 2010. In 2013 T2K was the first experiment to definitively establish the electron neutrino appearance in a long-baseline beam of muon neutrinos, and also has the world's best measurements of theta-23. Measurements over the next several years will begin to probe possible CP violation in the leptonic sector as well as to significantly improve measurements of other neutrino mixing parameters. Canadian T2K members are leading several central analysis efforts and contribute to analysis of near detector data, Super-Kamiokande beam data, and beamline analysis. T2K anticipates operating for at least five more years. The operation grant will support research associates, graduate students, travel costs, and the maintenance costs of the detectors contributed by the Canadian group.
