Measurement of the total electron-hydrogen scattering cross section for the Project 8 experiment
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 2015.
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| author | Rysewyk, Devyn Marie |
| author2 | Joseph Formaggio. |
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| description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 2015. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1003322019-04-10T12:51:16Z Measurement of the total electron-hydrogen scattering cross section for the Project 8 experiment Rysewyk, Devyn Marie Joseph Formaggio. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics. Physics. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, 2015. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-65). Project 8 is an experiment that aims to determine the neutrino mass from a measurement of the endpoint of the tritium beta-decay continuous energy distribution. To do this, Project 8 is utilizing the cyclotron radiation of electrons in a magnetic field. In June 2014, Project 8 saw the first cyclotron radiation signals from single electrons. The frequency spectrum showed that there are frequency jumps between each track. Using the simulation package, Kassiopeia, data collected on June 2014 were compared against Monte Carlo scattering predictions. This thesis presents the analysis of these frequency jumps. This thesis also presents electron-hydrogen cross section values for the simulations and theoretical models. The cross section for the simulations is used to approximate the number density of the experiment. by Devyn Marie Rysewyk. S.B. 2015-12-16T16:32:42Z 2015-12-16T16:32:42Z 2015 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100332 930613940 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 65 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Physics. Rysewyk, Devyn Marie Measurement of the total electron-hydrogen scattering cross section for the Project 8 experiment |
| title | Measurement of the total electron-hydrogen scattering cross section for the Project 8 experiment |
| title_full | Measurement of the total electron-hydrogen scattering cross section for the Project 8 experiment |
| title_fullStr | Measurement of the total electron-hydrogen scattering cross section for the Project 8 experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measurement of the total electron-hydrogen scattering cross section for the Project 8 experiment |
| title_short | Measurement of the total electron-hydrogen scattering cross section for the Project 8 experiment |
| title_sort | measurement of the total electron hydrogen scattering cross section for the project 8 experiment |
| topic | Physics. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100332 |
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