Rex Tayloe
(Indiana U.)
5/14/13, 4:00 PM
Accelerator-Based Neutrino Physics Parallel
The MiniBooNE experiment, located at Fermilab on the Booster Neutrino Beamline, has searched for $\nu_\mu \rightarrow \nu_e$ and
$\overline{\nu}_\mu \rightarrow \overline{\nu}_e$ oscillations in the range $0.1<\Delta m^2<5.0$~ev$^2$ as indicated by results from the LSND experiment. MiniBooNE has recently completed $\overline{\nu}_{\mu}$ running after collecting $11.3 \times 10^{20}$...
Dr
Robert Cooper
(Indiana University)
5/14/13, 4:25 PM
Accelerator-Based Neutrino Physics Parallel
Low energy neutrinos (E $\lesssim$ 50~MeV) have a predicted, but unobserved, neutral-current coherent elastic scattering channel on nuclei.
Coherent neutrino scattering are important in supernovae and can probe weak nuclear form factors at low $Q^2$.
At these low energies, the coherent scattering cross section dominates, but it deposits very little energy and requires low detection...
Christina Ignarra
(MIT)
5/14/13, 4:45 PM
Accelerator-Based Neutrino Physics Parallel
MicroBooNE is a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) currently under construction at Fermilab which will begin taking data in early 2014. It will use the unique resolution of a LArTPC to resolve whether the MiniBooNE low energy excess events are electron-like or photon-like as well as explore other aspects of neutrino interactions. MicroBooNE is also an important step towards the...
Prof.
Nickolas Solomey
(Wichita State University)
5/14/13, 5:10 PM
Accelerator-Based Neutrino Physics Parallel
We will review recent new cross-section measurements from the Fermilab MIPP experiment. This demonstrated excellent operating conductions show that the experiment's data can produce improved cross-section measurements. Future extended running plans on Liquid Nitrogen for Cosmic Ray shower development are needed to do improved Cosmic-Ray studies. Plans and needs for a special cosmic-Ray Liquid...
