Fermilab Nus: NOvA and ELBNF, the Current and Future Fermilab Long-Baseline Neutrino Program
| Date/Time: | Monday, 12 Jan 2015 from 4:10 pm to 5:00 pm |
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| Location: | Physics 0003 |
| Phone: | 515-294-5441 |
| Channel: | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
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Abstract: "The discovery of a large $theta_{13}$ neutrino mixing angle in 2012 opened the door for an exciting experimental long-baseline neutrino program based at Fermilab in the US. With precise knowledge of this mixing angle, the NOvA experiment, the current flagship HEP experiment in the US and currently operating two detectors at Fermilab and Ash River, MN, is poised to make critical measurements of several neutrino oscillation parameters over the next decade. NOvA will set the stage for a future next-generation experiment at Fermilab's proposed Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF), which has rapidly growing international interest and commitments and has spawned a global R&D effort. In this talk I give a brief overview of the motivations of long-baseline neutrino experiments, the status, results and sensitivities of NOvA and some detector R&D work that is critical to the success of the future experimental neutrino program at Fermilab."
Bio: Dr. Jonathan Paley is an experimental particle physicist at Argonne National Laboratory. Dr. Paley has worked on the muon (g-2) experiment at Brookhaven, the MIPP and LArIAT fixed target experiments at Fermilab, and the MINOS, NOvA and Long-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation experiments. His expertise and interests include big data analysis, particle and photon detector R&D, scientific computing, data acquisition system development, and Physics outreach at all levels.