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At this point all the predictions are finalized and the systematic errors estimated. The Far Detector data is ready to be analyzed, but before doing that it is useful to test the decomposition and the extrapolation processes in a sample that is devoid of a significant amount of signal events, in order to make one last check for weaknesses or failures in the analysis. Three particular samples are used as Far Detector sidebands.
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Notes
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The PORP and HOO/MRCC totals in Table 9.1 disagree slightly because the PORP decomposition was done with a smaller data sample. The results are, however, consistent within errors.
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If, for instance, crosstalk had a stronger effect on MRCC events than it does on the standard NC events, the comparison with the perfect MRCC events would have revealed this given that the two detectors have significantly different crosstalk patterns.
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in terms of sensitivity to \(\theta_{13}\)
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Note that this does not have to be the case in the higher-LEM region where the signal would appear. A small indication of a signal is actually what is being observed.
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The chosen values of \(\delta_{CP}\) are approximate, as the grid does not have infinite resolution and several points in it yield the same maximum or minimum.
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Ochoa Ricoux, J.P. (2011). Far Detector Data Analysis and ν e Appearance Results. In: A Search for Muon Neutrino to Electron Neutrino Oscillations in the MINOS Experiment. Springer Theses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7949-0_9
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