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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:Electroweak probes of the nucleus and the era of precision neu
 trino physics\, NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum\, Dan Ruterb
 ories\, University of Rochester / MINERvA
DESCRIPTION:Neutrino oscillation experiments such as NOvA and T2K sear
 ch for the disappearance and appearance of muon and electron flavor ne
 utrinos in a predominately muon-type beam. These experiments are curre
 ntly measuring the oscillation parameters to greater precision but wil
 l not be able to measure the CP phase with enough significance to pin 
 down CP violation in the lepton sector. The next generation of experim
 ents\, DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande\, will push the field into its precis
 ion era\, requiring precise predictions of the flux and neutrino inter
 actions used to measure CP violation.<br>
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\nThe MINERvA experim
 ent is a dedicated neutrino interaction experiment set in the NuMI bea
 mline at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The purpose of the exp
 eriment is to measure neutrino interactions off a variety of nuclear t
 argets to probe nuclear effects and inform modeling of neutrino intera
 ctions. The experiment measures interactions over a wide range of Q2 a
 nd W including interactions in the quasi-elastic\, resonant\, and shal
 low to deep inelastic scattering regions. The experiment has run with 
 two beam energies peaked at ~3 and 6 GeV in both neutrino and anti-neu
 trino enhanced modes.<br>
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\nIn this seminar\, I will describe t
 he current state of neutrino oscillation physics and how MINERvA data 
 will be used in future experiments. I will specifically describe the e
 xtensive tuning exercise MINERvA has done to describe interactions in 
 the quasi-elastic into the resonant pion regions of kinematic phase sp
 ace. I will also discuss the lessons learned and a description of the 
 next generation measurements to prepare for the DUNE experiment.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=5216
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