Date of Award
1-1-2024
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D. in Physics
First Advisor
Gavin Davies
Second Advisor
Breese Quinn
Third Advisor
Jake Bennett
School
University of Mississippi
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
Initially believed to be massless, the discovery of neutrino oscillations proved that neutrinos have masses, a feature not anticipated by the Standard Model of Elementary Particles. Investigations of the existence of the so-called physics Beyond the Standard Model is a subject of active effort in the field of particle physics. Interactions of neutrinos with matter are well described by the Standard Model, however in the presence of new physics our knowledge and ability to measure the standard neutrino oscillation parameters may be affected. Non-Standard Interactions (NSI) may arise as a subleading effect to the neutrino oscillation framework by introducing additional parameters resulting from a generalized matter potential.
Recommended Citation
Prais, Luiz Ricardo, "Standard and Non-Standard Neutrino Oscillations at the NOvA Experiment" (2024). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3025.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/3025
