Here you can find a listing of my physics publications as a postdoctoral fellow working on the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR and LEGEND experiments, and as a PhD student working on the T2K experiment. I have broken my publications down as follows:
- Dissertation: My PhD dissertation at the University of Victoria (Canada), with some accompanying comments. A link to its entry in the University of Victoria’s dissertation repository is included.
- Proceedings: Short papers I authored based on a presentation I gave at a conference, which were reviewed by my collaborators prior to submission. Where possible a link to an open access preprint is included.
- Featured Journal Articles: Articles published in peer-reviewed journals, for which I have noted my direct contribution to the topic of the article. Links to the journal page and the open access preprint are included.
- Other Journal Articles: In large experimental particle/nuclear physics collaborations, one’s contribution to a publication is often more indirect (e.g. you participated in collection of some of the data, contributed to the software that was used, or developed/maintained some of the experimental apparatus.) Experimental collaborations define authorship rules to attempt to fairly capture this level of indirect involvement. I have listed all articles published in peer-reviewed journals with these indirect contributions here.
Dissertation
- J.W. Myslik. Measurement of muon antineutrino disappearance in the T2K Experiment. University of Victoria (2016).
- Open access link: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/7415
- My dissertation provides an introduction to neutrino physics, describes the apparatus of the experiment, and describes a full T2K neutrino oscillation analysis. My specific contributions to the experiment are described on page xviii (“Contributions”). In summary:
- Applying the Maximum Likelihood method to estimate experiment model parameters from data collected by the near detector, using a software framework that I built and optimized. (Described in Chapter 6)
- In the Featured Articles section below, this work is referred to as the “near detector analysis.”
- Using the near detector model and external data to build software that computes the systematic uncertainty in our data analysis due to the interaction model for a particle (pions). (Described in Section 5.4.16)
- In the Featured Articles section below, this work is referred to as the “pion reinteraction systematic.”
- Contributing to the development, installation, and testing of a key detector subsystem, and taking overall responsibility of ensuring its stable day-to-day operation. (Described in Section 4.3)
- In the Featured Articles section below, this work is referred to as the “gas handling system.”
- Applying the Maximum Likelihood method to estimate experiment model parameters from data collected by the near detector, using a software framework that I built and optimized. (Described in Chapter 6)
Proceedings
- Jordan Myslik for the LEGEND Collaboration. Search for neutrinoless double-beta decays in Ge-76 in the LEGEND experiment. In 39th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP 2018) Seoul, Korea, July 4-11, 2018, 2018.
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08191
- J. Myslik et al. (MAJORANA Collaboration) Recent results from the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. In 39th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP 2018) Seoul, Korea, July 4-11, 2018, 2018.
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08139
- Jordan Myslik for the LEGEND Collaboration. LEGEND: The Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay. In 13th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics (CIPANP 2018) Palm Springs, California, USA, May 29-June 3, 2018, 2018.
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.00849
- J. Myslik et al. (MAJORANA Collaboration) Data quality assurance for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. In 15th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2017) Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, July 24-28, 2017, 2017.
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.10550
- J. Myslik for the T2K Collaboration. Selected results from T2K. In Proceedings, 50th Rencontres de Moriond Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories: La Thuile, Italy, March 14-21, 2015, pages 249–254, 2015.
Featured Journal Articles
- S. I. Alvis et al. (MAJORANA Collaboration) A Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in
^{76}
Ge with 26 kg-yr of Exposure from the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. Phys. Rev. C100(2):025501, 2019.- Journal article: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.100.025501
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.02299
- Contributions:
- Evaluated the efficiency of the data cleaning procedure.
- Managed contributions from multiple analysts to mark problematic detectors in the data analysis.
- C. E. Aalseth et al. (MAJORANA Collaboration) Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay in
^{76}
Ge with the Majorana Demonstrator. Phys. Rev. Lett., 120(13):132502, 2018.- Journal article: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132502
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.11608
- Contributions:
- Evaluated the efficiency of the data cleaning procedure.
- Managed contributions from multiple analysts to mark problematic detectors in the data analysis.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of Muon Antineutrino Oscillations with an Accelerator-Produced Off-Axis Beam. Phys. Rev. Lett., 116(18):181801, 2016.
- Journal article: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.181801
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.02495
- Contributions:
- Performed the near detector analysis, and produced FIG. 2 using the analysis results.
- Contributed to the transition of my pion reinteraction systematic treatment to the new near detector software framework used for these results.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurements of neutrino oscillation in appearance and disappearance channels by the T2K experiment with
6.6\times 10^{20}
protons on target. Phys.Rev., D91(7):072010, 2015.- Journal article: https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.072010
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.01550
- Contributions:
- Provided the treatment of the pion reinteraction (or “secondary interaction”) systematic used in the near detector analysis for this paper.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Precise Measurement of the Neutrino Mixing Parameter
\theta_{23}
from Muon Neutrino Disappearance in an Off-Axis Beam. Phys.Rev.Lett., 112(18):181801, 2014.- Journal article: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.181801
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.1532
- Contributions:
- Provided the treatment of the pion reinteraction (or “secondary interaction”) systematic used in the near detector analysis for this paper.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Observation of Electron Neutrino Appearance in a Muon Neutrino Beam. Phys.Rev.Lett., 112:061802, 2014.
- Journal article: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.061802
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.4750
- Contributions:
- Provided the treatment of the pion reinteraction (or “secondary interaction”) systematic used in the near detector analysis for this paper.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters from Muon Neutrino Disappearance with an Off-axis Beam. Phys.Rev.Lett., 111(21):211803, 2013.
- Journal article: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.211803
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.0465
- Contributions:
- Provided the treatment of the pion reinteraction (or “secondary interaction”) systematic used in the near detector analysis for this paper. This was an earlier, more simplistic treatment than the one described in my PhD Dissertation.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Evidence of Electron Neutrino Appearance in a Muon Neutrino Beam. Phys.Rev., D88(3):032002, 2013.
- Journal article: https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.88.032002
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.0841
- Contributions:
- Provided the treatment of the pion reinteraction (or “secondary interaction”) systematic used in the near detector analysis for this paper. This was an earlier, more simplistic treatment than the one described in my PhD Dissertation.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) The T2K Experiment. Nucl.Instrum.Meth., A659:106–135, 2011.
- Journal article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.06.067
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.1238
- Contributions:
- This paper describes the T2K experiment, in which my work on the near detector TPC gas handling system is an important part.
- N. Abgrall et al. Time Projection Chambers for the T2K Near Detectors. Nucl.Instrum.Meth., A637:25–46, 2011.
- Journal article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.02.036
- Open access preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.0865
- Contributions:
- This paper describes the Time Projection Chamber (TPC) detectors at the T2K near detector complex (ND280), in which my work on the TPC gas handling system is an important part.
Other Journal Articles
- S. I. Alvis et al. (MAJORANA Collaboration) Search for trinucleon decay in the Majorana Demonstrator. Phys. Rev., D99(7):072004, 2019.
- S. I. Alvis et al. (MAJORANA Collaboration) Multi-site event discrimination for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. Phys. Rev. C99(6):065501, 2019.
- S. I. Alvis et al. (MAJORANA Collaboration) First Limit on the Direct Detection of Lightly Ionizing Particles for Electric Charge as Low as e/1000 with the Majorana Demonstrator. Phys. Rev. Lett., 120(21):211804, 2018.
- N. Abgrall et al. (MAJORANA Collaboration) The Processing of Enriched Germanium for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR and R&D for a Possible Future Ton-Scale
^{76}
Ge Double-Beta Decay Experiment. Nucl. Instrum. Meth., A877:314–322, 2018. - K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of the single
\pi^{0}
production rate in neutral current neutrino interactions on water. Phys. Rev., D97(3):032002, 2018. - Ko Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Search for Lorentz and CPT violation using sidereal time dependence of neutrino flavor transitions over a short baseline. Phys. Rev., D95(11):111101, 2017.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 1.5×10 21 protons on target. Phys. Rev., D96(1):011102, 2017.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) First measurement of the muon neutrino charged current single pion production cross section on water with the T2K near detector. Phys. Rev., D95(1):012010, 2017.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Combined Analysis of Neutrino and Antineutrino Oscillations at T2K. Phys. Rev. Lett., 118(15):151801, 2017.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of the muon neutrino inclusive charged-current cross section in the energy range of 1–3 GeV with the T2K INGRID detector. Phys. Rev., D93(7):072002, 2016.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of double-differential muon neutrino charged-current interactions on
\mathrm{C}_{8}\mathrm{H}_{8}
without pions in the final state using the T2K off-axis beam. Phys. Rev., D93(11):112012, 2016. - K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of Coherent
\pi^{+}
Production in Low Energy Neutrino-Carbon Scattering. Phys. Rev. Lett., 117(19):192501, 2016. - K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Search for short baseline
\nu_{e}
disappearance with the T2K near detector. Phys.Rev., D91(5):051102, 2015. - K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of the
\nu_{\mu}
charged current quasielastic cross section on carbon with the T2K on-axis neutrino beam. Phys.Rev., D91(11):112002, 2015. - K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of the electron neutrino charged-current interaction rate on water with the T2K ND280
\pi^{0}
detector. Phys. Rev., D91:112010, 2015. - K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Neutrino Oscillation Physics Potential of the T2K Experiment. PTEP, 2015(4):043C01, 2014.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current interaction cross section by observing nuclear deexcitation γ rays. Phys.Rev., D90(7):072012, 2014.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of the intrinsic electron neutrino component in the T2K neutrino beam with the ND280 detector. Phys.Rev., D89(9):092003, 2014.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of the inclusive
\nu_{\mu}
charged current cross section on iron and hydrocarbon in the T2K on-axis neutrino beam. Phys.Rev., D90(5):052010, 2014. - K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of the Inclusive Electron Neutrino Charged Current Cross Section on Carbon with the T2K Near Detector. Phys.Rev.Lett., 113(24):241803, 2014.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) T2K neutrino flux prediction. Phys.Rev., D87(1):012001, 2013.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurement of the inclusive
\nu_{\mu}
charged current cross section on carbon in the near detector of the T2K experiment. Phys.Rev., D87(9):092003, 2013. - K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) First Muon-Neutrino Disappearance Study with an Off-Axis Beam. Phys.Rev., D85:031103, 2012.
- K. Abe, N. Abgrall, Y. Ajima, H. Aihara, J.B. Albert, et al. (T2K Collaboration) Measurements of the T2K neutrino beam properties using the INGRID on-axis near detector. Nucl.Instrum.Meth., A694:211–223, 2012.
- K. Abe et al. (T2K Collaboration) Indication of Electron Neutrino Appearance from an Accelerator- produced Off-axis Muon Neutrino Beam. Phys.Rev.Lett., 107:041801, 2011.