Speaker
Description
The NuMI Off-Axis nu_e Appearance (NOvA) is an experiment designed to study neutrino oscillations. It utilizes two detectors, one located in Batavia, Illinois (the near detector), and the other one located in Ash River, Minnesota (the far detector). NOvA’s neutrino oscillation analyses require precise correlation of events in the detector with the narrow 10μs NuMI neutrino beam pulses. The technique to calibrate the timing system uses the cosmic-ray muon flux at the detector’s surface location to establish a precise network of timing offsets between the detector components spread over the 64 m spatial extent of the detector. Cosmic-rays are also used to measure the light yield and attenuation
length within the detector cells and to establish the absolute energy
scale of the detector. This talk will cover recent upgrades to the methods of calibration used in the NOVA experiment.
| Academic year | 3rd year |
|---|---|
| Research Advisor | Lisa Koerner |
