The centerpiece of the thesis is the search for muon neutrino to
electron neutrino oscillations which would indicate a non-zero
mixing angle between the first and third neutrino generations (
13), currently the holy grail of neutrino physics. The optimal
extraction of the electron neutrino oscillation signal is based on
the novel library event matching (LEM) method which Ochoa developed
and implemented together with colleagues at Caltech and at
Cambridge, which improves MINOS (Main Injector Neutrino Oscillator
Search) reach for establishing an oscillation signal over any other
method. LEM will now be the basis for MINOS final results, and will
likely keep MINOS at the forefront of this field until it completes
its data taking in 2011. Ochoa and his colleagues also developed
the successful plan to run MINOS with a beam tuned for
antineutrinos, to make a sensitive test of CPT symmetry by
comparing the inter-generational mass splitting for neutrinos and
antineutrinos. Ochoa s in-depth, creative approach to the solution
of a variety of complex experimental problems is an outstanding
example for graduate students and longtime practitioners of
experimental physics alike. Some of the most exciting results in
this field to emerge in the near future may find their foundations
in this thesis.
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