IPA 2013

Session

Accelerator-Based Neutrino Physics III

14 May 2013, 16:00

Union South

41. MiniBooNE: current evidence for neutrino oscillations and a future test

Rex Tayloe (Indiana U.)

14/05/2013, 16:00

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 $11.3 \times 10^{20}$...

40. A Future Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering Experiment at Fermilab

Dr Robert Cooper (Indiana University)

14/05/2013, 16:25

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...

37. Status of MicroBooNE

Christina Ignarra (MIT)

14/05/2013, 16:45

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...

73. Recent Results from the Fermilab MIPP Experiment and Future Nitrogen Run

Prof. Nickolas Solomey (Wichita State University)

14/05/2013, 17:10

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...