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%% Title
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\titlepage[\vspace{5mm}of Department of Physics,\\
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Graduate School of Science]%
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{A dissertation submitted to the Osaka University\\
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for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy}
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%% Abstract
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\begin{abstract}%[\smaller \thetitle\\ \vspace*{1cm} \smaller {\theauthor}]
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%\thispagestyle{empty}
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COMET [1] is an experiment that aims to search for a charged lepton flavor
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violation (CLFV) process, the muon-to-electron conversion in the presence of
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a nucleus,
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\muec. The process is forbidden in the Standard Model (SM), however is
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predicted to occur in various extensions of SM, such as . Current experimental
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upper limit of the branching ratio is $BR(\mu^{-} + Au \rightarrow e^{-} + Au)
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< 7 \times 10^{-13}$, set by the SINDRUM II experiment [2].
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Using the J-PARC proton beam and the pion capture by
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a solenoidal field, COMET will have a single event sensitivity 10,000 times
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better than the current limit. The COMET collaboration has taken a phased
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approach in which the first phase, COMET Phase-I [3], starts in 2013 and
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initial data taking in around 2017.
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In order to optimize detector design for the Phase-I, backgrounds from nuclear
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muon capture are crucial. We have proposed a dedicated experiment , namely
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AlCap, at PSI, Switzerland to study the backgrounds, including: heavy charged
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particles, neutrons and photons. The measurements of heavy charged particles
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have been carried out in the 2013 run and the preliminary analysis results are
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presented in this thesis.
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\end{abstract}
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%% Declaration
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\begin{declaration}
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This dissertation is the result of my own work, except where explicit
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reference is made to the work of others, and has not been submitted
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for another qualification to this or any other university.
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\vspace*{1cm}
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\begin{flushright}
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Nam Hoai Tran
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\end{flushright}
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\end{declaration}
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% Acknowledgements
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%\begin{acknowledgements}
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%Of the many people who deserve thanks, some are particularly prominent,
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%such as my supervisor Professor Yoshitaka Kuno.
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%\end{acknowledgements}
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%% Preface
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%\begin{preface}
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%The thesis is about measurements of products of nuclear muon capture on an
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%aluminum target, which is important for optimization of a tracking detector
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%of a search for muon to electron conversion, the E21 experiment - so called
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%COMET - at Japan Proton Accelerator Complex (J-PARC).
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%\end{preface}
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%% ToC
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\tableofcontents
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%% Strictly optional!
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%\frontquote{%
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%Writing in English is the most ingenious torture\\
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%ever devised for sins committed in previous lives.}%
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%{James Joyce}
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