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1 Introduction 1
2 The History and Physics of Neutrinos 4
2.1 History of the Neutrino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2 Neutrino Flavour Change and Oscillations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2.1 Neutrino Oscillations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.3 Standard Model Oscillations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3.1 The 3 Flavour Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3.2 2 Flavour Approximation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.3.3 4 Flavour Oscillations and Sterile Neutrinos . . . . . . . . . 16
2.4 Evidence For Neutrino Oscillations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.4.1 Solar Neutrinos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.4.2 Neutrino Oscillations Solution to the Solar Neutrino Problem 23
2.4.3 Atmospheric Neutrinos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.4.4 013 Mixing Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2.4.5 LSND Mass Splitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3 The MINOS Experiment 40
3.1 Overview of the MINOS Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.2 N uM I Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41ii
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Pittam, Robert Neil & U., /Oxford. A search for sterile neutrinos at the MINOS experiment, thesis or dissertation, August 1, 2010; Batavia, Illinois. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1015217/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.