PITT PACC Workshop: Nu Tools for BSM at Neutrino Beam Facilities

14 Dec 2022, 07:00 → 16 Dec 2022, 13:30 US/Eastern

University of Pittsburgh

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WORKSHOP SCOPE AND GOALS: There has been growing appreciation in recent years that accelerator based neutrino facilities, such as the currently operating short baseline experiments at Fermilab and the future DUNE experiment, have great potential to search for new physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). One potential roadblock to realizing this potential is the lack of dedicated simulation tools for BSM production and detection, needed both for phenomenological studies as well as experimental analyses. This focused workshop will bring together experts and stakeholders from both theory and experiment to make progress on this issue. Specific topics will include the motivations for BSM searches at neutrino beam experiments, simulation of BSM production in neutrino beams, and modeling of BSM signatures, as well as beam related neutrino backgrounds, in neutrino beam experiments. Ample time for discussion will be provided, with the aim of fostering new collaborations and developing a path forward towards a comprehensive BSM simulation framework.

DATES: December 14-16, 2022 (Wednesday - Friday)

LOCATION: In person at the University of Pittsburgh

ORGANIZERS: Brian Batell, Joshua Berger, Arnab Dasgupta, Bhupal Dev, Bhaskar Dutta, Tao Han, Doojin Kim, Donna Naples, Keping Xie,  Jaehoon Yu.

ADMINISTRATOR: Joni George

INVITED PARTICIPANTS: 
Josh Berger
Bhupal Dev
Bhaskar Dutta
Steve Dytman
Matheus Hostert
Josh Isaacson
Wooyoung Jang
Doojin Kim
Kevin Kelly
Shirley Li
Pedro Machado

Ornella Palamara
Gianluca Petrillo
Gray Putnam
Alex Sousa
Yun-Tse Tsai
Adrian Thompson
Leo Aliaga Soplin
Jaehoon Yu

Wednesday 14 December

08:30 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 10:25 Morning Early

Convener: Brian Thomas Batell

09:00 Welcome and Workshop Overview and Goals

Speaker: Brian Thomas Batell

NuTools.pdf

09:05 Tools: A Theory Overview

Speaker: Joshua Berger (Colorado State University)

jberger.pdf

09:45 Tools for BSM@nu - What do we need for experiments?

Speaker: Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

nu-tools-yu-121422-short-final.pdf

nu-tools-yu-121422-short-final.pptx

10:25 → 10:55 Coffee Break

10:55 → 12:15 Morning Late

Convener: Brian Thomas Batell

10:55 BSM w/wo Neutrino @ Neutrino Beam Facilities

Speakers: Prof. Bhaskar Dutta, Bhaskar Dutta, Bhaskar Dutta

PITT_PAC_dutta.pdf

11:35 Neutrino Experiments and Heavy Neutral Leptons

Speakers: Matheus Hostert (Perimeter Institute), Matheus Hostert (University of Minnesota), Matheus Hostert, Matheus Hostert (University of Minnesota / Perimeter Institute)

NuTools_hostert.pdf

12:15 → 12:30 Discussion

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 15:20 Afternoon Early

Convener: Donna Naples

14:00 Searches for New Physics with the NuMI Beam at ICARUS

Speakers: Gray Louis Putnam (Harvard University (US)), Gray Putnam (University of Chicago)

Searches for New Physics with the NuMI Beam at ICARUS -- Gray Putnam.pdf

14:40 BSM modeling in neutrino near detectors and the SBND experience

Speakers: Leo Aliaga, Leonidas Aliaga Soplin (College of William and Mary (US)), Dr Leonidas Aliaga Soplin (Fermilab)

PITT_PAC_12142022.pdf

15:20 → 15:55 Coffee Break

15:55 → 16:35 Afternoon Late

Convener: Donna Naples (University of Pittsburgh (US))

15:55 A Study of Secondary Productions of Dark Sector Particles at Neutrino Experiments

Speaker: Wooyoung Jang (University of Texas at Arlington)

Dec142022_PICC_Pittsburgh_16_9_aspectRatio.pdf

16:35 → 17:00 Discussion

Thursday 15 December

08:30 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 10:20 Morning Early

Convener: Arnab Dasgupta (PITT-PACC)

09:00 MiniBooNE Anomaly: Status and BSM

Speakers: Kevin James Kelly (Northwestern University (US)), Kevin James Kelly (Texas A&M University), Kevin Kelly (Fermilab)

KJK_PittPACC_2022.pdf

09:40 MiniBooNE Anomaly and Dark Sectors

Speakers: Adrian Raphael Thompson, Adrian Thompson (Texas A&M University)

thompson_MBAnomaly_meson_portal_PITTPACC22.pdf

10:20 → 10:55 Coffee Break

10:55 → 12:15 Morning Late

Convener: Arnab Dasgupta (PITT-PACC)

10:55 BSM searches at Short Baseline Experiments

Speaker: Yun-Tse Tsai (SLAC)

BSMNuTools_20221215.pdf

11:35 BSM searches at ArgoNeuT

Speakers: Ornella Palamara (Fermilab), Ornella Palamara, Ornella Palamara (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

Palamara_PITT_PACC_NuTools.pdf

12:15 → 12:30 Discussion

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:20 Afternoon Early

Convener: Keping Xie (University of Pittsburgh)

14:00 BSM Searches and Nutau Physics with DUNE

Speakers: Prof. Alexandre Sousa (University of Cincinnati), Alexandre Sousa (University of Cincinnati), Prof. Alexandre Sousa (University of Cincinnati (US))

Sousa_DUNE_BSM_Nutau_PittPACC_NuTools_Dec_15_2022.pdf

14:40 Dark-Sector-Origin Anomalous Tau Neutrino Appearance in Neutrino Experiments

Speakers: Dr Doojin Kim (Texas A & M University (US)), Doojin Kim (University of Florida)

Presentation_PITTPACC2022_DoojinKim.pdf

15:20 → 15:55 Coffee Break

15:55 → 16:35 Afternoon Late

Convener: Keping Xie (University of Pittsburgh)

15:55 The impact of neutrino-nucleus interaction modeling on new physics searches

Speaker: Shirley Li (Fermilab)

PITT_Li.pdf

16:35 → 17:00 Discussion

18:30 → 21:30 Workshop Banquet

Friday 16 December

08:30 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 10:20 Morning Early

Convener: Dr Bhupal Dev (Washington University in St. Louis)

09:00 BSM in LArSoft

Speaker: gianluca petrillo (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

20221216-LArSoftAndBSM.pdf

09:40 GENIE and BSM

Speakers: Steven Dytman (Univ of Pittsburgh), Steven dytman (Pittsburgh)

bsm-dytman-dec222.pdf

10:20 → 10:55 Coffee Break

10:55 → 12:15 Morning Late

Convener: Dr Bhupal Dev (Washington University in St. Louis)

10:55 BSM Simulation Pipeline

Speaker: Joshua Isaacson

Achilles__Nu_Tools_for_BSM.pdf

11:35 Nu Tools for BSM Outlook

Speaker: Pedro Machado (Fermilab)

2022-12 - Pittsburgh.pdf

12:15 → 12:30 Discussion