February 11, 2009 D. Ayres MINOS Experiment Ph.D. Theses (Current version: http://www-numi.fnal.gov/Minos/minostheses.txt) David A. Petyt, University of Oxford, 1998 "A Study of parameter measurement in a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment" Advisor: John Cobb Fermilab-Thesis-1998-66 http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/neutrino/Petyt/Petyt.htm Philip Adamson, University of Sussex, 2001 "An LED calibration system for the MINOS long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment" Advisor: Philip Harris Fermilab-Thesis-2001-49 http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/~pa/pa/thesis.ps Christopher Smith, University College London, 2002, "Calibration of the MINOS detectors and extraction of neutrino oscillation parameters" Advisor: Jenny Thomas Fermilab-Thesis-2002-58 http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/theses/cbs.ps.gz Constantinos Andreopoulos, University of Athens, June 2003 "Experimental study of the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations with the MINOS experiment" (in Greek) Advisor: George Tzanakos Fermilab-Thesis-2003-39 http://hepunx.rl.ac.uk/~candreop/docs/phd/PhD.ps.gz Robert Morse, University of Sussex, August 2003 "MINOS calibration and NA49 hadronic production studies" Advisor: Philip Harris Fermilab-Thesis-2003-50 http://minoserv.maps.susx.ac.uk/~philip/minos/RobMorseThesis.pdf Matthew A. Barker, University of Oxford, 2003 "Hadronic response of MINOS detectors" Advisor: Alfons Weber Fermilab-Thesis-2003-40 http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/minos/barker_thesis.ps Ryan Nichol, University College London, 2003 "Calibration of the MINOS detectors" Advisor: Jenny Thomas Fermilab-Thesis-2003-41 http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/theses/rjn.ps.gz Georgios Choudalakis, University of Athens, May 2004 "Neutrino oscillations in the MINOS experiment and electron identification in the calibration detector" (in Greek) Advisor: George Tzanakos Fermilab-Thesis-2004-77 http://lss.fnal.gov/archive/thesis/fermilab-thesis-2004-77.pdf Brian J. Rebel, Indiana University, August 2004 "Neutrino-induced muons in the MINOS far detector" Advisor: Stuart Mufson Fermilab-Thesis-2004-33 http://beaker.astro.indiana.edu/brebel/post/dissertation.pdf Michael A. Kordosky, University of Texas at Austin, August 2004 "Hadronic interactions in the MINOS detectors" Advisor: Karol Lang Fermilab-Thesis-2004-34 http://www.hep.utexas.edu/~kordosky/thesis/thesis-final.pdf Patricia L. Vahle, University of Texas at Austin, August 2004 "Electromagnetic interactions in the MINOS detectors" Advisor: Karol Lang Fermilab-Thesis-2004-35 http://www.hep.utexas.edu/~vahle/thesis/thesis.ps Paul S. Miyagawa, University of Oxford, September 2004 "Muon Energy Calibration of the MINOS Detectors" Advisor: Alfons Weber Fermilab-Thesis-2004-70 http://www-pnp.physics.ox.ac.uk/~miyagawa/work/thesis.ps Caius L.F. Howcroft, University of Cambridge, December 2004 "Atmospheric Neutrinos in the MINOS Far Detector" Advisor: Mark Thomson Fermilab-Thesis-2004-71 http://www-numi.fnal.gov/numinotes/public/pdf/numi1086/numi1086.pdf Anatael Cabrera, University of Oxford, May 2005 "Systematic Comparison of the MINOS Near and Far Detector Readout Systems" Advisor: Alfons Weber Fermilab-Thesis-2005-50, MINOS-doc-5337 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=5337 Jeffrey J. Hartnell, University of Oxford and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, June 2005 "Measurement of the calorimetric energy scale in MINOS" Advisors: Alfons Weber and Geoff Pearce Fermilab-Thesis-2005-51, MINOS-doc-5336 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=5336 Andrew Blake, Cambridge University, August 2005 "A study of atmospheric neutrino oscillations in the MINOS far detector" Advisor: Mark Thomson Fermilab-Thesis-2005-77, MINOS-doc-1119 http://www.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk/~blake/thesis/AndyBlakePhDThesis.ps.gz Leo Jenner, University College London, September 2005 "Measurement of the absolute energy scale of MINOS and background measurements in NEMO-3" Advisor: Jenny Thomas Fermilab-Thesis-2005-78, MINOS-doc-1828 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=1828 M. Rodolphe Piteira, APC - College de France, September 2005 "Recherche d'oscillation de neutrinos dans l'experience MINOS par l'utilisation des interactions quasi-elastiques (Search for neutrino oscillations in the MINOS experiment using quasi-elastic interactions)" (in French) Advisor: Thomas Patzak Fermilab-Thesis-2005-67, MINOS-doc-1826 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=1826 Philip Andrew Symes, University of Sussex, November 2005 "Preliminary measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters by NuMI/MINOS and calibration studies for improving this measurement" Advisor: Philip Harris Fermilab-Thesis-2005-76, MINOS-doc-2055 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=2055 Erik B. Beall, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, December 2005 "Cosmic ray charge ratio in the MINOS far detector" Advisors: Marvin Marshak and Maury Goodman Fermilab-Thesis-2005-74, MINOS-doc-1443 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=1443 Robert M. Zwaska, University of Texas at Austin, December 2005 "Accelerator systems and instrumentation for the NuMI neutrino beam" Advisor: Sacha Kopp Fermilab-Thesis-2005-73, MINOS-doc-1690 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=1690 Alexandre B.P. e Sousa, Tufts University, February 2006 "Studies of nu_mu to nu_e oscillation appearance in the MINOS experiment" Advisor: Jack Schneps Fermilab-Thesis-2005-67 http://minos.phy.tufts.edu/asousa/thesis/ThesisAlex.pdf Bernard R. Becker, University of Minnesota, February 2006 "CPT conservation and atmospheric neutrinos in the MINOS far detector" Advisors: Jon Urheim and Michael DuVernois Fermilab-Thesis-2006-03, MINOS-doc-1630 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=1630 Aftabur Dipu Rahman, University of Minnesota, February 2007 "Atmospheric neutrino induced muons in the MINOS far detector" Advisor: Marvin Marshak Fermilab-Thesis-2007-06, MINOS-doc-2951 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=2951 Benjamin Phillip Speakman, University of Minnesota, May 2007 "Atmospheric electron neutrinos in the MINOS far detector" Advisor: Jon Urheim Fermilab-Thesis-2007-26, MINOS-doc-3695 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=3695 Andrey V. Lebedev, Harvard University, May 2007 "Ratio of Pion Kaon Production in Proton Carbon Interactions" Advisor: Gary Feldman Fermilab-Thesis-2007-xx, MINOS-doc-5268 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=5268 Tobias Martin Raufer, University of Oxford, June 2007 "A study of neutrino oscillations in MINOS" Advisor: Alfons Weber Fermilab-Thesis-2007-28, MINOS-doc-3792 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=3792 Aaron Michael McGowan, University of Minnesota, August 2007 "Observation of deficit in NuMI neutrino-induced rock and non-fiducial muons in MINOS far detector and measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters" Advisors: Marvin Marshak and Maury Goodman Fermilab-Thesis-2007-31, MINOS-doc-3796 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=3796 Andrew John Culling, University of Cambridge, September 2007 "An optimised oscillation analysis of MINOS beam data" Advisor: Mark Thomson Fermilab-Thesis-2007-27, MINOS-doc-3673 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=3673 John Derek Chapman, University of Cambridge, September 2007 "Atmospheric neutrino observations in the MINOS far detector" Advisor: Mark Thomson Fermilab-Thesis-2007-29, MINOS-doc-3674 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=3674 Sin Man Seun, Harvard University, November 2007 "Measurement of the pi/K Ratio from the NuMI Target" Advisor: Gary Feldman Fermilab-Thesis-2007-61, MINOS-doc-5267 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=5267 Thomas Henry Osiecki, University of Texas at Austin, December 2007 "A search for sterile neutrinos in MINOS" Advisor: Karol Lang Fermilab-Thesis-2008-xx, MINOS-doc-4919 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=4919 Jeremy Peter Gogos, University of Minnesota, December 2007 "An atmospheric muon neutrino disappearance measurement with the MINOS far detector" Advisors: Peter Litchfield and Jon Urheim Fermilab-Thesis-2007-60, MINOS-doc-4752 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=4752 Sujeewa Terasita Kumaratunga, University of Minnesota, February 2008 "Studying neutrino oscillations using quasi-elastic events in MINOS" Advisor: Keith Ruddick Fermilab-Thesis-2008-16, MINOS-doc-4610 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=4610 Reuben Phillip Litchfield, University of Oxford, March 2008 "Neutrino induced events in the MINOS detectors" Advisor: Alfons Weber Fermilab-Thesis-2008-xx, MINOS-doc-4646 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=4646 Mark Edward Dorman, University College London, April 2008 "Cross section measurements for quasi-elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering with the MINOS near detector" Advisor: Jenny Thomas Fermilab-Thesis-2008-xx, MINOS-doc-5284 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=5284 Zarko Pavlovich, University of Texas at Austin, May 2008 "Observation of disappearance of muon neutrinos in the NuMI beam" Advisor: Sacha Kopp Fermilab-Thesis-2008-59, MINOS-doc-5694 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=5694 Eric William Grashorn, University of Minnesota, June 2008 "Astroparticle physics with the MINOS far detector" Advisors: Marvin Marshak and Alec Habig Fermilab-Thesis-2008-06, MINOS-doc-5229 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=5229 John Stuart Marshall, University of Cambridge, June 2008 "A study of muon neutrino disappearance with the MINOS detectors and the NuMI neutrino beam" Advisor: Mark Thomson Fermilab-Thesis-2008-20, MINOS-doc-4849 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=4849 Justin J. Evans, University of Oxford, November 2008 "Measuring neutrino oscillations with the MINOS experiment" Advisor: Giles Barr Fermilab-Thesis-2008-xx, MINOS-doc-5671 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=5671 Rustem Ospanov, University of Texas at Austin, December 2008 "A measurement of muon neutrino disappearance with the MINOS detectors and the NuMI beam" Advisor: Karol Lang Fermilab-Thesis-2008-04, MINOS-doc-5544 http://minos-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ShowDocument?docid=5544