Analysis and reconstruction on the MicroBooNE and DUNE experiments

Funder	Science and Technology Facilities Council
Recipient Organization	University of Cambridge
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Sep 30, 2023
End Date	Mar 30, 2027
Duration	1,277 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Student; Supervisor
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2886215`

Grant Description

The MicroBooNE and DUNE experiments seek to understand the fundamental properties of neutrinos, searching for sterile neutrinos beyond the standard three, understanding and parameterising the mixing and therefore oscillation of the three known flavours and searching for CP violation within the neutrino sector.

I will work on developing the pandora reconstruction software for DUNE's near detector, carry out hardware work on the DUNE anode-plane assemblies and perform analysis of the MicroBooNE runs 1-5 to see whether e+e- signatures within the detector could help explain the low energy electron excess seen by the MiniBooNE experiment.