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Organized by: Prof. Lu Lu
Events During the Week of December 9th through December 16th, 2018
Monday, December 10th, 2018
- The Final Word from MINOS+ on Neutrino Oscillations
- Time: 2:30 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Tom Carroll, University of Texas at Austin
- Abstract: MINOS+ is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment with two functionally identical magnetized detectors located in Fermilab's NuMI beamline. Together, MINOS+ and its predecessor, MINOS, have collected 13 years of neutrino data from the NuMI beam as well as the atmosphere. The combined MINOS and MINOS+ dataset measures muon neutrino oscillations in the 3-flavor paradigm unlike any other experiment.
- Host: Brian Rebel
Tuesday, December 11th, 2018
- MicroBooNE and the Path to Resolving the MiniBooNE Low Energy Excess
- Time: 2:30 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Speaker: Adam Lister, Lancaster University
- Abstract: MicroBooNE is a liquid argon time projection chamber which has been running in
the Booster Neutrino Beam at Fermilab since 2015. The primary goal of MicroBooNE is investigation of the excess of electromagnetic events observed by the MiniBooNE collaboration. Due to limitations of the Cherenkov-based particle identification of MiniBooNE,
this excess could be interpreted as either photon-like or electron-like. A photon-like excess would indicate that there are processes which are not well understood which could act as a background in neutrino oscillation measurements, while an electron-like
excess could indicate the presence of sterile neutrinos, the existence of which is one of the most hotly debated questions in the field. This talk will outline MicroBooNE’s strategy for investigation of the MiniBooNE low-energy excess, along with the reconstruction
and calibration work being undertaken to reduce systematic uncertainties in the the analysis of neutrino data in liquid argon. - Host: Brian Rebel
Wednesday, December 12th, 2018
- No events scheduled
Thursday, December 13th, 2018
- No events scheduled
Friday, December 14th, 2018
- No events scheduled