NUFACT2014, XVIth International Workshop on Neutrino Factories and Future Neutrino Beam Facilities

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Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre (University of Glasgow)

Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

University of Glasgow

University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
Description
The NUFACT Workshops on Neutrino Factories and Future Accelerator-based Neutrino Facilities have been established since 1999 as an important yearly workshop with emphasis on future projects. The main goals are to review progress on different studies for future neutrino oscillation facilities able to discover the mass hierarchy of neutrinos, CP violation in the leptonic sector, charged lepton flavour violation, and possible new phenomena. In these interdisciplinary workshops, experimenters, theorists and accelerator physicists from the Asian, American and European regions can work together to design the next generation of experiments and to define the optimum way to establish a competitive programme of research to make these fundamental discoveries. The workshop is divided into four Working Groups: • Working Group 1: Neutrino Oscillation Physics • Working Group 2: Neutrino Scattering Physics • Working Group 3: Accelerator Physics • Working Group 4: Muon Physics Each Working Group addresses a series of questions left over from the previous workshop in the programme designed for this workshop. The full registration website can be found here: http://www.nufact2014.physics.gla.ac.uk/
Poster
    • 08:30 09:30
      Registration Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
    • 09:30 13:00
      Plenary: Session 1: Introduction Session and Goals of Workshop Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))
      • 09:30
        Welcome 10m
        Slides
      • 09:40
        Theoretical Status of Neutrino Physics 30m
        Speakers: Marco Drewes (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)), Marco Drewes
        Slides
      • 10:10
        Global Fits from Neutrino Oscillation Experiments 30m
        Speaker: Thomas Schwetz-Mangold (Stockholm University (SE))
        Slides
      • 10:40
        Coffee/Tea 30m
      • 11:10
        New Accelerator Facilities for Neutrino Physics 30m
        Speaker: Jean-Pierre Delahaye (CERN - DG/DI)
        Slides
      • 11:40
        WG 1 convenors: plans and questions 20m
        Speakers: Alexandre Sousa (University of Cincinnati), Enrique Fernandez Martinez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (ES)), Mark Hartz
        Slides
      • 12:00
        WG2 convenors: plans and questions 20m
        Speakers: Hidekazu TANAKA (University of Tokyo), Kendall Mahn (TRIUMF), Luis Alvarez-Ruso
        Slides
      • 12:20
        WG3 convenors: plans and questions 20m
        Speakers: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London), Dr Pavel Snopok (IIT/Fermilab), Dr Tang Jingyu (IHEP, Beijing)
        Slides
      • 12:40
        WG4 convenors: plans and questions 20m
        Speakers: Andrew Norman (Fermilab), Giovanni Signorelli (INFN), Hai-Bo Li (IHEP)
        Slides
    • 13:00 14:30
      Lunch 1A The Square Cafeteria

      1A The Square Cafeteria

      University of Glasgow

    • 14:30 16:00
      WG1: Neutrino Physics: Impact of neutrino measurements on flavour models Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 14:30
        Neutrino masses and mixings from discrete symmetries 30m
        Speaker: Christoph Luhn (University of Siegen)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        Model comparison and experimental constraints 30m
        Speaker: Dr Davide Meloni (Wuerzburg University)
        Slides
      • 15:30
        Neutrino masses and mixings from continous symmetries and discussion 30m
        Speaker: Dr Luca Merlo (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)
        Slides
    • 14:30 16:00
      WG2: Neutrino Scattering Physics Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 14:30
        $\nu$PRISM: A new way of probing neutrino interactions 25m
        In both neutrino interaction and neutrino oscillation measurements the rate of events you observe directly depends on the energy of the incident neutrino. Unfortunately this energy cannot be measured directly, and experiments rely instead on the outgoing lepton and observed nucleons. To translate these observables into a neutrino energy we must assume knowledge of the neutrino interaction and average over the neutrino flux. Current measurements of neutrino-nucleon interactions do not agree well with existing models and indicate that the relationship between neutrino energy, true underlying interaction and particle kinematics is not well determined. $\nu$PRISM is a proposed near detector for a long baseline neutrino beam experiment. Sited 1km from the beam production point, the detector spans a range of off-axis angles relative to the neutrino beam direction. As the off-axis angle changes so does the beam energy spectrum, providing a way of directly relating the neutrino energy to the experimental observables. This talk discusses the $\nu$PRISM concept, showing how it can be used for neutrino cross section measurements and showing how it reduces neutrino interaction uncertainties in oscillation measurements.
        Speaker: Dr Mark Scott (TRIUMF)
        Slides
      • 14:55
        Fine-Grained Tracker as a Near Detector for LBNE 25m
        The reference design of the near detector for the LBNE experiment is a high-resolution Fine-Grained Tracker (FGT) capable of precisely measuring all four species of neutrinos: $\nu_\mu$, $\nu_e$, $\bar\nu_\mu$ and $\bar\nu_e$. The FGT is composed of a Straw-Tube Tracker (STT) with transition-radiation capability surrounded by a high resolution electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) and embedded in a dipole magnet. Muon-ID detectors instrument the iron-yoke of the magnet and the downstream and upstream stations outside the magnet. The STT is instrumented with Ar and other nuclear targets. The goals of the FGT is to constrain the systematic errors, below the corresponding statistical error in the far detector, for all oscillation studies; and to conduct a panoply of precision measurements and searches in Neutrino physics. We present sensitivity studies -- critical to constraining the systematics in oscillation searches -- of measurements of (1) the absolute neutrino flux, (2) neutrino-nucleon quasi-elastic (QE) and (3) resonance (Res) interactions. In QE and Res emphasis is laid in identifying in situ measurables that help constrain nuclear effects such as initial state pair wise correlations and final state interactions.
        Speaker: Dr Xinchun Tian (University of South Carolina)
        Slides
      • 15:20
        LAriaT - Liquid Argon in a Testbeam 25m
        Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers offer very good 3D and calorimetric resolution and allow relatively easy construction of large mass detectors, making them a prime candidate for future precision neutrino measurements. Surprisingly, there has been relatively little effort in calibrating the response of these detectors. The LArIAT (Liquid Argon In A Testbeam) experiment aims to fill that gap, and to measure interaction cross sections on LAr. Running in the Fermilab testbeam facility on a beam of charged particles of measured momentum, it will seek to characterize and refine the LArTPC's particle identification capabilities, including the electron-gamma separation, electron recombination parameters, and non-magnetic muon sign determination. The status of the construction of the first phase of the experiment, which will reuse the ArgoNeuT TPC, will be presented, as well as plans for the second phase which will examine containment of EM and hadronic showers.
        Speaker: Dr Jason St. John (University of Cincinnati)
        Slides
    • 14:30 16:00
      WG3: Accelerator Physics: MICE Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Dr Alan Bross (Fermilab)
      • 14:30
        The Status of the Construction of MICE Step IV 20m
        Speaker: Celeste Pidcott
        Slides
      • 14:50
        The Physics Programme of MICE Step IV 20m
        Speaker: Ryan Bayes (University of Glasgow)
        Slides
      • 15:10
        Progress Towards Completion of the MICE Demonstration of Sustainable Muon Ionization Cooling 20m
        Speaker: Pierrick Hanlet (Illinois Institute of Technology)
        Slides
      • 15:30
        Optimization of Beam Line Settings for MICE Step IV 20m
        Speaker: John Columba Nugent (University of Glasgow (GB))
    • 14:30 16:00
      WG4: Muon Physics and High Intensity applications Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Akira Sato (Osaka U)
      • 14:30
        The search for CLF violation in the MEG & MEG II experiments 30m
        Within the scope of the Standard Model, the $\mu\to e+\gamma$ decay is forbidden by lepton flavor conservation. Several lepton flavor violating extensions of the Standard Model however predict a measurable $\mu\to e+\gamma$ branching ratio. The MEG experiment at PSI presently holds the current best experimental limit for this decay ($5.7\times10^{-13}$ at 90% CL) and is currently being upgraded for an improvement of a factor 10 in sensitivity in a time scale of about 4 years. The MEG II upgrade R&D status will be presented, along with the current state of the MEG I data analysis.
        Speaker: Francesco Tenchini (I)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        The Mu3e Experiment - Introduction and Current Status 30m
        The Mu3e experiment searches for the lepton flavor violating decay μ$\,\to\,$eee aiming for a sensitivity of better than 1 in 10$^{16}$ decays, a four order of magnitude improvement over the previous search by the SINDRUM experiment. This sensitivity is achieved by a novel experimental design based on thin monolithic active silicon pixel detectors and scintillating fibres and tiles. In this talk, the Mu3e Experiment is introduced and the experimental challenges are discussed. The current state of the detector development with a focus on pixel sensor prototypes and their performance is presented.
        Speaker: Moritz Kiehn (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg)
        Slides
      • 15:30
        tau cLFV decays 30m
        This talk covers the recent results and prospects of tau cLFV decays from LHCb, super-B (Belle-II), as well as BaBar and Belle experiments.
        Speaker: Cornelis Onderwater (University of Groningen (NL))
        Slides
    • 16:00 16:30
      Coffee/Tea Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
    • 16:30 17:30
      Plenary Session 2: Neutrino Scattering Physics Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))
      • 16:30
        Neutrino-nucleus Scattering Physics Theory 30m
        Speaker: Artur Ankowski (University of Wroclaw)
        Slides
      • 17:00
        Neutrino Cross-section Experiments 30m
        Speaker: Jeffrey Nelson (College of William & Mary)
        Slides
    • 18:00 20:00
      Civic Reception and drinks hosted by Glasgow City Council Glasgow City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow

      Glasgow City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow

    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary session 3: Future Neutrino Beams from Pion Decay Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Prof. Vittorio Palladino (Universita e INFN (IT))
      • 09:00
        LBNE Project 30m
        Speaker: Mary Bishai (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Hyper-KamiokaNDE Project 30m
        Speaker: Francesca Di Lodovico (University of London (GB))
        Slides
      • 10:00
        European Long-baseline Neutrino Oscillation Projects 30m
        Speaker: Marcos Dracos (IPHC/IN2P3-Strasbourg)
        Slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee/Tea Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
    • 11:00 12:30
      WG1: Neutrino Physics: Results from present neutrino oscillation experiments Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 11:00
        MINOS/MINOS+ 20m
        Speaker: Dr Anna Holin (University College London)
        Slides
      • 11:20
        T2K oscillation results 20m
        The Tokai to Kamioka (T2K) experiment is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment, using a nearly pure muon neutrino beam produced by an accelerator. The neutrinos are produced at J-PARC on the east coast of Japan, and detected after 295 km of propagation in Super-Kamiokande. An additional complex of detectors located 280 meters from the target allows to characterize the neutrino beam and constrain systematic uncertainties. In this talk, I will be presenting the results of the neutrino oscillation analysis, especially emphasizing newly available muon neutrino disappearance analysis, and joint muon neutrino disappearance / electron neutrino appearance analysis using the data collected until the summer of 2013.
        Speaker: Christophe Bronner (U)
        Slides
      • 11:40
        NOvA 20m
        Speaker: Xuebing Bu
        Slides
      • 12:00
        OPERA 20m
        Speaker: Dr Umut Kose (Padova University, INFN)
        Slides
    • 11:00 12:30
      WG2: Neutrino Scattering Physics Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 11:00
        T2K off-axis cross section measurements 25m
        Understanding neutrino interaction cross section with nuclei has become a limiting factor for running and future neutrino oscillations experiments. As part of the effort of improving oscillation results, the near detector of the T2K experiment (ND280) has performed several measurements of neutrino cross-sections with nuclei at neutrino energies from ~500 MeV to few GeV. Most recent results on T2K neutrino interaction cross sections measurements will we presented as well as current developments and prospects.
        Speaker: Raquel Castillo (IFAE)
        Slides
      • 11:25
        Status of muon neutrino cross section measurements with the T2K on-axis detectors 25m
        The Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) experiment is designed to measure neutrino oscillation parameters. It uses an almost pure muon neutrino ($\nu_\mu$) beam that originates at J-PARC. INGRID consists with 14 independent modules (7 vertical and 7 horizontal modules) , each of which are composed of iron plates and scintillator planes. The modules make up a cross-shape with center on beam-axis. It measures the $\nu_\mu$ beam direction and intensity. Another detector called Proton Module sits on-axis between the horizontal and vertical modules. The Proton Module is a fully-active tracking detector which is made of layers of plastic scintillator bars. We will present a resent status of the measurements of the $\nu_\mu$ cross sections with these two detectors in the T2K experiment.
        Speaker: Mr Kento Suzuki (Kyoto University)
        Slides
      • 11:50
        Hadron Production measurements at the NA61/SHINE experiment for the T2K Neutrino Flux Prediction 25m
        The largest source of uncertainty on the initial neutrino flux in modern accelerator neutrino experiments is the poor knowledge on the production of hadrons that decay into neutrinos. T2K is a long baseline neutrino experiment that aims to precisely measure the parameters of the PMNS matrix via the $\nu_{\mu} \to \nu_e$ appearance and $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance as well as to look for the first indication of CP violation in the lepton sector. The required total systematic uncertainty on the neutrino flux as low as 5% can hopefully be achieved with high precision hadron production measurements, performed by the dedicated auxiliary NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS. Production of hadrons in 31 GeV/c proton interactions on Carbon is measured with a thin target (4% of the nuclear interaction length) to study the primary interactions and with a T2K replica target (1.9 interaction length) to investigate re-interactions in the long target. The low statistic pilot data-set taken in 2007 was used to measure hadron multiplicities with the thin target and to demonstrate the capabilities of the spectrometer with the T2K replica target. High statistics 2009 and 2010 runs have been used to perform precise measurements. The latest 2009 results on charged pion, kaon and proton spectra are presented and experimental data are compared to model predictions. The re-weighting procedure used to tune the T2K neutrino flux is presented as well. This method will be very important also for the future neutrino long-baseline experiments for which a precision of about 2% on the flux knowledge is required for the discovery of CP violation in the lepton sector.
        Speaker: Davide Sgalaberna (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH))
        Slides
    • 11:00 12:30
      WG3: Accelerator Physics: NuSTORM Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Alex Bogacz (Jefferson Lab)
      • 11:00
        NuSTORM FODO solution 20m
        Speaker: David Neuffer (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 11:20
        NuSTORM RFFAG solution 20m
        Speaker: Jean-Baptiste Lagrange
        Slides
      • 11:40
        NuSTORM at CERN, Scenarios and Plans 20m
        Speaker: Dr Elena Wildner (CERN)
        Slides
      • 12:00
        Neutrino Flux from nuSTORM facility 20m
        Speaker: David Adey (Fermilab)
        Slides
    • 11:00 12:30
      WG4: Muon Physics and High Intensity applications Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Francesco Tenchini (I)
      • 11:00
        MuSun Experiment: Measuring the Rate of Muon Capture on Deuteron 30m
        The goal of the MuSun experiment at PSI is to measure the rate of muon capture on the deuteron with a precision of 1.5%. This rate will be used to fix the low-energy constant that describes the two-nucleon weak axial current in Chiral perturbation theory. It will therefore calibrate evaluations of solar proton-proton fusion and neutrino-deuteron scattering(SNO experiment). MuSun forms part of the systematic program to achieve a new level of precision in confronting the theories of weak interactions, QCD and few body physics. MuSun inherits some of the well developed techniques and apparatus from a successful measurement of the rate for muon capture on the proton, the MuCap experiment, also performed at PSI. As in MuCap, MuSun uses a TPC as anactive target, but to optimize the molecular kinetics, its ultra-pure deuterium gas in kept at 30K. The status of the hardware and details of the data analysis for a high statistics run taken in 2013 will be presented.
        Speaker: Xiao Luo (Boston University)
        Slides
      • 11:30
        The MUSE Experiment: Studying the Proton Radius Puzzle with $\mu p$ Elastic Scattering 30m
        The Proton Radius Puzzle refers to the disagreement between the proton charge radius as determined from muonic hydrogen and the radius determined from atomic hydrogen level transitions and $ep$ elastic scattering form factor data. The discrepancy of $\sim 7\sigma$ is not yet explained, and though numerous resolutions have been proposed there is no generally accepted resolution to the puzzle. The MUon Scattering Experiment (MUSE) Collaboration will simultaneously measure elastic $ep$ and $\mu p$ scattering at the Paul Scherrer Institute, testing the interesting possibility that $ep$ and $\mu p$ scattering cross sections are different. The experiment will also measure scattering with both polarities of $e$ and $\mu$, directly disentangling two-photon exchange effects. We plan to measure in the kinematic region of $Q^2 = 0.002 - 0.07$ GeV$^2$, and determine the relative cross sections to a few tenths of a percent. This will allow the proton radius difference to be extracted to $\sim$0.01 fm, similar to the significance of the current measurements of the discrepancy. A physics overview of the experiment and the current status of the experiment will be presented.
        Speaker: Katherine MESICK (Rutgers University)
        Slides
      • 12:00
        Measurement of the hyperfine splitting energy of the ground-state muonic hydrogen 30m
        A new measurement is planned to precisely determine the muonic proton hyperfine splitting energy with laser spectroscopy by using the intense pulsed muon beam at RIKEN-RAL or J-PARC. A tunable intense mid infra-red laser will be used to cause the hyperfine transition. With circularly polarized laser at the resonant energy, we expect to create observable muon spin polarization in the spin-triplet state. The precise energy value will give in turn the proton Zemach radius.
        Speaker: Katsuhiko ISHIDA (RIKEN)
        Slides
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1A The Square Cafeteria

      1A The Square Cafeteria

      University of Glasgow

    • 14:00 15:30
      WG1: Neutrino Physics: Joint WG1 + WG2 session Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 14:00
        Event and Energy Reconstruction in the NOvA Experiment 30m
        The NOvA experiment is a long baseline neutrino osciallation experiment utilizing the NuMI beam at Fermilab. The experiment will measure the oscillations of the primarily muon neutrino beam using two functionally-identical, liquid scintillator tracking calorimeter detectors placed 810 km apart and 14 milliradians off-axis to the NuMI beam. The cellular detector design allows for multiple sampling of particle energy depositions. These measurements provide input to particle identification and neutrino signal selection algorithms.Additionally, the presice energy measurment of neutrino interactions increases the sensitivity to the oscillation parameters measuered. The methods used in energy estimation and their impact on neutrino event reconstruction will be presented.
        Speaker: Nicholas Raddatz
        Slides
      • 14:30
        Energy Measurement in the T2K Oscillation Analysis 30m
        T2K has published oscillation measurements for $\nu_\mu$ disappearance and for $\nu_e$ appearance. Both of these rely on energy measurements in the Super-Kamiokande far detector. In this talk, I shall discuss the Super-K energy measurement, its calibration and its systematics, for both muons and electrons. I shall also briefly discuss energy measurement in the ND280 near detector.
        Speaker: Susan Cartwright (Department of Physics)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        NEUT development for T2K and relevance of updated 2p2h models 30m
        The MiniBooNE large axial-mass anomaly has motivated the development of new theoretical Charged Current Quasi-Elastic (CCQE) cross-section models in recent years. This talk reviews the development of NEUT to incorporate these more sophisticated CCQE models, including multi-nucleon interaction (2p2h) effects. The focus is on a fit to tune the new models available in NEUT to data from MINERvA and MiniBooNE data, and to select a default model for T2K from those available. The relationships to various T2K analyses are explained, and the effect on neutrino energy reconstruction from measured lepton kinematics is discussed.
        Speaker: Callum Wilkinson (University of Sheffield)
        Slides
    • 14:00 15:30
      WG3: Accelerator Physics: Neutrino Factories Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)
      • 14:00
        Final results from IDS-NF study 20m
        Speaker: Dr Paul Soler Jermyn (University of Glasgow (GB))
        Slides
      • 14:20
        NuMAX overview 20m
        Speaker: David Neuffer (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 14:40
        Muon Acceleration: NuMAX and Beyond 30m
        Speaker: Alex Bogacz (Jefferson Lab)
        Slides
      • 15:10
        Design of NuMAX decay ring 20m
        Speaker: David Kelliher (ASTeC/RAL/STFC)
        Slides
    • 14:00 15:30
      WG4: Muon Physics and High Intensity applications Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Yasuhiro Miyake (KEK)
      • 14:00
        Search for muon to electron conversion at J-PARC MLF : Recent status on DeeMe 30m
        The charged Lepton Flavor Violation (cLFV) is a clear evidence of the new physics beyond the Standard Model, and $\mu-e$ conversion is considered as one of the most powerful probes to search for cLFV. DeeMe is a new experiment to search for $\mu-e$ conversion at J-PARC Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF). This experiment will be carried out at a brand-new beamline (H Line) which will be constructed at J-PARC MLF Muon Science Establishment (MUSE). The signal electrons from $\mu-e$ conversion occurred in the muonic atoms formed in the muon production target are captured and transported to the magnetic spectrometer by the beamline. The signal electrons can be identified by momentum analysis since they are monochromatic (105 MeV/c). The single event sensitivity achieved by DeeMe experiment is estimated to be $2 \times 10^{-14}$ with Silicon-Carbide (SiC) muon production target and 1-year data acquisition, while the current upper limit is of the order of $10^{-13}$. DeeMe already has Stage-2 approval from PAC under KEK-IMSS (Institute of Materials Structure Science). The preparation of the experiment is in progress in an effort to start data taking in 2015. The simulation studies, detector R&D and development of SiC target are ongoing. The current status of DeeMe will be reported.
        Speaker: Yohei Nakatsugawa (KEK)
        Slides
      • 14:30
        Status of the New Muonium HFS Experiment at J-PARC/MUSE 30m
        At the J-PARC Muon Science Facility (MUSE), we are now planning a new measurement of the ground state hyperfine structure (HFS) of muonium. High precison measurements of muonium HFS is the most sensitive tool for testing QED theory. Fundamental constants of the muon mass and magnetic moment are currently determined by the previous muonium HFS experiment at LAMPF. The new high intensity muon beam that will soon be available at MUSE H-Line will provide an opportunity to improve the precision of these experimental values. An overview of the different aspects of this new muonium HFS measurement, and the current status of the preparation of the gas chamber/RF cavity, detectors and magnetic field measurement system will be presented.
        Speaker: Dr Patrick Strasser (KEK)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        Status of the Alcap experiment 30m
        The AlCap experiment is a joint project between the COMET and Mu2e collaborations. Both experiments intend to look for the lepton-flavour violating conversion $\mu + A \rightarrow e + A$, using tertiary muons from high-power pulsed proton beams. In these experiments the products of ordinary muon capture in the muon stopping target are a important concern, both in terms of hit rates in tracking detectors and radiation damage to equipment. The goal of the AlCap experiment is to provide precision measurements of the products of nuclear capture on Aluminium, which is the favoured target material for both COMET and Mu2e. The results will be used for optimising the design of both conversion experiments, and as input to their simulations. Data was taken in December 2013 and is currently being analysed.
        Speaker: Phillip Litchfield (U)
        Slides
    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee/Tea Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
    • 16:00 18:30
      Plenary Session 4: Neutrino Oscillation Facilities Strategy Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 16:00
        Asian Neutrino Strategy 30m
        Speaker: Tsuyoshi Nakaya (Kyoto University)
        Slides
      • 16:30
        American Neutrino Strategy: Consequences of P5 Report 30m
        Speakers: Jim Strait (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)), Mary Bishai (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 17:00
        ICFA Neutrino Panel: First Findings 30m
        Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Long (Imperial College London)
        Slides
      • 17:30
        Global Neutrino Strategy Discussion 1h
    • 18:30 20:30
      Whisky tasting: David Wishart Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 18:30
        Talk on Malt Whiskys in Scotland 30m
        Speaker: Dr David Wishart (University of St andrews)
        Paper
      • 19:00
        "Practical' Whisky Tasting and Poster exhibition 1h 30m
    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary session 5: Neutrino Oscillation Experiments Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Jorge G. Morfin (Fermilab)
      • 09:00
        Reactor Neutrino Oscillation Results and Prospects 30m
        Speaker: Prof. Yifang Wang (IHEP, Beijing)
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Long-baseline Neutrino Oscillation Results and Prospects 30m
        Speaker: Dr Alfons Weber (STFC/RAL)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        Searches for Sterile Neutrino Mixing 30m
        Speaker: Joshua Spitz (MIT)
        Slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee/Tea Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
    • 11:00 12:15
      WG1: Neutrino Physics: The search for the neutrino mass hierarchy Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 11:00
        INO 20m
        Speaker: Moon Moon Devi (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,Colaba,Mumbai.)
        Slides
      • 11:20
        PINGU 20m
        Speaker: Joao Pedro Athayde Marcondes de Andre (P)
        Slides
      • 11:40
        Quantifying the sensitivity of oscillation experiments to the neutrino mass ordering 20m
        During the last two years, there has been some confusion in the field on how to assess the sensitivity of future neutrino oscillation experiments to the neutrino mass ordering. A factor of two difference to the common approach has been proposed. We resolve the situation by going back to the basic statistical definitions and apply the results to compare future possibilities of experiments aiming for determination of the mass ordering. We find that the typical median sensitivity measure is very close to that given by the common approach. We also discuss other possible measures of sensitivity and briefly discuss the situation for other observables, such as CP violation and the octant of $\theta_{23}$.
        Speaker: Dr Mattias Blennow
        Slides
    • 11:00 12:15
      WG2: Neutrino Scattering Physics Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 11:00
        The CTEQ Nuclear Parton Distribution Functions 25m
        Nuclear parton distribution functions (nPDFs) are important for the comparison of experimental scattering results off different nuclear targets in the middle-to-high W kinematic regime. The latest CTEQ nPDF study now has a new set of these distributions along with their errors. A review of an earlier CTEQ nPDF study that found a difference in nPDFs from neutino-A vs mu/e-A scattering will also be presented for discussion.
        Speaker: Jorge G. Morfin (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 11:25
        Hadronization processes in neutrino interactions 25m
        Current and future high precision neutrino oscillation experiments try to measure outgoing hadrons on top of leading leptons. For example, such hadron measurement allows to perform a better energy-momentum reconstruction of neutrinos. For this purpose, precise simulation of hadron production is necessary. Traditionally, PYTHIA6 is used to simulate the hadronization processes, but the agreement with bubble chamber neutrino-hadron production data is not always good. In this talk, I would like to review recent work on this subject, and discuss the impact on future projects, such as PINGU.
        Speaker: Teppei Katori (Queen Mary University of London)
        Slides
      • 11:50
        Extraction of Neutrino Flux from the Inclusive Muon Cross Section 25m
        Extraction of the neutrino-flux from the data of the neutrino-nucleus reaction is of crucial importance to obtain the parameters of neutrino mixing. The observed events of neutrino reaction are the average over the neutrino flux. In this presentation, we report a new method to extract neutrino flux from the data of inclusive muon production cross section by using maximum entropy method (MEM). The method is tested by using pseudo data of muon distribution. The results shows that the neutrino flux is well reconstructed without assuming quasi-elastic reaction mechanism using MEM.
        Speaker: Mr Tomoya Murata (Department of Physics, Osaka University)
        Slides
    • 11:00 12:15
      WG3: Accelerator Physics: ESS and CSNS Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Dr Marcos Dracos (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR))
      • 11:00
        ESS linac modifications 18m
        Speaker: David McGinnis (European Spallation Source)
        Slides
      • 11:18
        Accumulator ring for the ESS neutrino Super Beam 18m
        Speaker: Dr Elena Wildner (CERN)
        Slides
      • 11:36
        ESSvSB: Update on secondary beam studies 18m
        Speaker: Nikolaos Vassilopoulos (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR))
        Slides
      • 11:54
        An Experimental muon source for neutrino beam R&D at CSNS 18m
        Speaker: Hantao Jing
        Slides
    • 11:00 12:15
      WG4: Muon Physics and High Intensity applications Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Dr Patrick Strasser (KEK)
      • 11:00
        J-PARC MUSE 30m
        The J-PARC MUSE is designed to extract efficiently either pions or muons from a muon production graphite target to the four muon beam lines, the so-called D-Line, U-Line, S-Line and H-Line, enabling a variety of muon related experiments, at the ten experimental areas (D1, D2, U1A, U1B, S1, S2, S3, S4, H1 and H2) utilizing unique features of the pulsed muon beams. In the symposium, the present status of the J-PARC MUSE will be reported.
        Speaker: Yasuhiro Miyake (KEK)
      • 11:30
        Tuning of the ultra slow muon beamline by utilizing ionized hydrogen. 30m
        The ultra slow muon beam, which has the kinetic energy range from a few eV to 30 keV and small beam size, is expected to be an innovative probe for surface and interface, and extends the scope of the μSR technique to thin films and small samples. A new muon beamline called "U-line", which designed to supply ultra slow muon beam, is now under construction at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) in J-PARC. Surface muons are transported to a hot tungsten foil at the middle of the beamline. The muons stopped in the foil evaporated to vacuum as thermal muoniums. Then, the ultra slow muons are generated by the laser resonant ionization of muoniums. Before transporting ultra slow muons through the beamline, we ionized and transported H+ ions as an ultra slow beam and optimized the beam transportation and the beam properties. The latest results of tuning will be reported in the presentation.
        Speaker: Taihei Adachi (KEK)
        Slides
    • 12:15 13:25
      Lunch 1A The Square Cafeteria

      1A The Square Cafeteria

      University of Glasgow

    • 13:25 17:55
      Excursion Stirling Castle Stirling Castle

      Stirling Castle

    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary session 6: Muon Accelerator Future Facilities Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Dr Alan Bross (Fermilab)
      • 09:00
        nuSTORM 30m
        Speaker: David Adey (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Muon Accelerator R&D Programme 30m
        Speaker: Dr Dyktis Stratakis (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        Staging of a Neutrino Factory 30m
        Speaker: Dr Mark Palmer (FNAL)
        Slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee/Tea Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
    • 11:00 12:30
      WG1: Neutrino Physics: Sterile Neutrino Searches Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 11:00
        Status of MicroBooNE and future FNAL short-baseline program 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Antonio Ereditato (Universitaet Bern (CH))
        Slides
      • 11:20
        Source neutrino experiments 20m
        Speaker: Dr Jonathan Link
        Slides
      • 11:40
        Tagged electron neutrinos 20m
        Speaker: Francesco Terranova (Universita & INFN, Milano-Bicocca (IT))
        Slides
      • 12:00
        Short-baseline oscillation measurements at T2K 20m
        The T2K experiment has searched for electron-neutrino disappearance in a electron-neutrino flux at short base-line due to oscillation to sterile neutrinos. The reactor and gallium anomalies, not explinable by the three neutrino framework and compatible with the hypothesis of a new mass eigenstate of $\sim 1eV^2$, are tested with the near detector (ND280) of T2K. At $280$m from the hadron production point and with an average electron-neutrino energy of $\sim500 MeV$, ND280 is sensitive to non-standard neutrino oscillations for a neutrino mass difference of $\sim 2eV^2$. The analysis of the electron-neutrino interaction rates as well as a good understanding of the backgrounds allow to constrain the oscillation parameter space and to reject some regions of the gallium and reactor anomalies. On the other hand, the performances of the future nuPRISM detector on searches of electron-neutrino appearance at short base-line will be also discussed.
        Speaker: Javier Caravaca (IFAE)
        Slides
    • 11:00 12:30
      WG2: Neutrino Scattering Physics Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 11:00
        Quasielastic neutrino-nucleus scattering in a continuum random phase approximation approach 25m
        We present a detailed description of a continuum random phase approximation approach to inclusive quasielastic electron and neutrino-nucleus scattering. The description of the nucleus starts from a mean field (MF) potential, where long-range correlations are added by means of a continuum random phase approximation (CRPA) based on a Green's function approach using an effective Skyrme interaction as residual interaction. The formalism is validated by confronting our cross-section predictions with inclusive electron-scattering data for a variety of nuclear targets ($^{12}$C, $^{16}$O, $^{40}$Ca), in the kinematic region where quasi-elastic scattering is expected to be the dominant process. We report on cross sections calculations for charged-current quasielastic (anti)neutrino scattering off $^{12}$C in the energy range of interest for the MiniBooNE experiment and compare our results with the MiniBooNE (anti)neutrino cross-section measurements. The CRPA predictions reproduce the gross features of the measured double-differential cross sections. We pay special attention to the low-energy excitations which can account for non-negligible contributions in the MiniBooNE, T2K and other similar experiments, and require a microscopic nuclear investigation beyond the Fermi gas model.
        Speaker: Mr Vishvas Pandey (Ghent University)
        Slides
      • 11:25
        Using electron scattering to constrain the axial-vector form factor 25m
        An important number of neutrino scattering experiments involve nuclei as targets. Many of these experiments are placed at the intermediate energy regime (from hundreds of MeV to a few GeV) where the quasi-elastic (QE) scattering process is one of the dominant channels in the reaction mechanism. Some examples are MiniBooNE, Miner$\nu$a, NOMAD and T2K experiments. We have analysed elastic electron-proton and QE electron-nucleus scattering reactions aiming to show how these processes can be used as tools to constrain the axial-vector form factor. This is a fundamental ingredient for the description of QE neutrino-nucleus cross sections. % From an experimental point of view, the use of electrons as projectiles, in comparison to neutrinos, has important advantages. For instance, it is possible to produce monochromatic beams with a better control of the kinematics that makes easier to determine the channels involved in the reaction. Although the electromagnetic (EM) interaction is dominant in electron-nucleon/nucleus scattering reactions, the electron feels also the weak neutral current (WNC) interaction. The parity violating asymmetry (${\cal A}^{PV}$) is defined as ${\cal A}^{PV}=(\sigma^+ - \sigma^-)/(\sigma^+ - \sigma^-)$, where $\sigma^{+/-}$ represents the electron-proton or electron-nucleus differential cross section with positive/negative helicity of the incident electron. This observable is different from zero due exclusively to the presence of the weak interaction. Thus, the PV asymmetry serves to study the different ingredients that enter in the nucleon weak neutral current, particularly, the WNC form factors. There exist an important number of PV electron-proton asymmetry data taken at different kinematics. By performing a statistical analysis of the full set of data we provide estimates on the electric and magnetic strange form factors ($G_{E,M}^s$) and on the axial-vector one ($G_A$). Additionally, we find that these three form factors ($G_{E,M}^s$ and $G_A$) are strongly correlated % (see refs. [1,2] for more details). We also present a brief discussion on the PV asymmetry linked to the QE electron-nucleus scattering process. This observable could provide information on the WNC nucleon form factors that complements the one obtained from the elastic reaction. In particular, it can help to constrain the isovector contribution in the axial-vector form factor [3]. [1] R. González-Jiménez, J. A. Caballero, T. W. Donnelly. arXiv:1403.5119 [nucl-th] (2014). [2] R. González-Jiménez, J. A. Caballero, T. W. Donnelly. Phys. Rep., 524, 1 (2013). [3] R. González-Jiménez, J. A. Caballero, T. W. Donnelly. In preparation.
        Speaker: Dr Raúl González-Jiménez (Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, University of Seville)
        Slides
      • 11:50
        2p-2h excitations in neutrino scattering: angular distribution and frozen approximation 25m
        We study the phase-space dependence of 2p-2h excitations in neutrino scattering using the relativistic Fermi gas model \cite{Rui14}. We follow a similar approach to Refs. \cite{Pace03,Ama10}, but focusing in the phase-space properties, comparing with the non-relativistic model of \cite{Van81}. A careful mathematical analysis of the angular distribution function for the outgoing nucleons is performed. Our goals are to optimize the CPU time of the 7D integral to compute the hadronic tensor in neutrino scattering, and to conciliate the different relativistic and non relativistic models by describing general properties independently of the two-body current. For some emission angles the angular distribution becomes infinite in the Lab system, and we derive a method to integrate analytically around the divergence. Our angular distribution is the same as the one obtained in the Monte Carlo generators by a boost from the CM isotropical distribution. Our formalism is applied to neutrino scattering from C-12, in the particular case of the seagull MEC diagrams. Our results show that the frozen approximation, obtained by neglecting the momenta of the two initial nucleons inside the integral of the hadronic tensor, reproduces fairly the exact response functions. \begin{thebibliography}{expo92} \bibitem{Rui14} I. Ruiz Simo, C. Albertus, J.E. Amaro, M.B. Barbaro, J.A. Caballero, T.W. Donnelly, arXiv:1405.4280 [nucl-th]. \bibitem{Pace03} A. De pace, M. Nardi, W.M. Alberico, T.W. Donnelly, A. Molinari, \bibitem{Ama10} J.E. Amaro, C. Maieron, M.B. Barbaro, J.A. Caballero, T.W. Donnelly, Phys. Rev. C 82, 044601 (2010). \bibitem{Van81} J.W. Van Orden, T.W. Donnelly, Published in Annals Phys. 131 (1981) 451. \end{thebibliography}
        Speaker: Dr Ignacio Ruiz Simo (University of Granada)
        Slides
    • 11:00 12:30
      WG4: Muon Physics and High Intensity applications: J34: Joint session between WG3 and WG4 Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Yoshitaka Kuno (Osaka University)
      • 11:00
        Status of MuSIC facility 20m
        A muon beam facility called “MuSIC” has been built at Research Center of Nuclear Physics, Osaka University. MuSIC consists of the pion capture solenoid and the muon transport with a 36° curved solenoid. The intensity of MuSIC is expected to be 2 x 108[μ+/sec/μA] from an experiment performed at MuSIC. In 2014 a new beamline was built downstream of the curved solenoid. The new beamline has slits, quadrupole magnets, bending magnets and a spin rotator. This new beam line will be utilized for muon experiments including μSR experiments. In this talk, I will talk about its detail design and prospects of MuSIC including the new beamline.
        Speaker: Yuki Matsumoto (Tohoku University)
        Slides
      • 11:20
        COMET Phase-I 20m
        Speaker: Phillip Litchfield (U)
        Slides
      • 11:40
        Mu2e 30m
        Speaker: Yury Kolomensky (UC Berkeley/LBNL)
        Slides
      • 12:10
        PRISM 20m
        Speakers: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London), Jean-Baptiste Lagrange
        Slides
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1A The Square Cafeteria

      1A The Square Cafeteria

      University of Glasgow

    • 14:00 15:30
      WG2: Neutrino Scattering Physics: Joint WG1 + WG2 session Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 14:00
        Implications of recent MINERvA results for neutrino energy reconstruction 30m
        Among the most important tasks of neutrino oscillation experiments is correctly estimating the parent neutrino energy from the by-products of their interactions. Large uncertainties in our current understanding of such processes can significantly hamper this effort. We explore two recent measurements made using the MINERvA detector in the few-GeV NuMI muon neutrino beam at Fermilab: the differential cross-section vs. $Q^2$ for charged-current quasi-elastic scattering, and the differential cross-sections vs. pion angle and pion kinetic energy for resonant single charged pion production. We furthermore discuss their implications for energy reconstruction in oscillation measurements.
        Speaker: Jeremy Wolcott (University of Rochester)
        Slides
      • 14:30
        Recent results from the ARGONEUT liquid argon TPC 30m
        The liquid argon TPC (LArTPC) is a particle detection technique that provides excellent energy and space resolution and is an optimal tool to study neutrino-nucleus interactions. ArgoNeuT, a 175 liter LArTPC, exposed to NUMI neutrino beamline at Fermilab, has collected thousands of low-energy neutrino and anti-neutrino interaction events. Latest results, including measurements of charged current neutrino cross sections, studies of nuclear effects in neutrino-argon interactions and electron/gamma separation will be presented and discussed.
        Speaker: Prof. Antonio Ereditato (Universitaet Bern (CH))
        Slides
      • 15:00
        The impact of new neutrino scattering data on generator models 30m
        Monte Carlo event generators need to keep up with recent data. This is important but difficult since the models are strongly dependent of data/models from other probes. Recent data are of high quality and provide new challenges. This talk will examine recent results from Minerva and Argoneut using the GENIE event generator.
        Speaker: Steven Boyd (University of Warwick)
        Slides
    • 14:00 15:30
      WG3: Accelerator Physics: J34: Joint session between WG3 and WG4 Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Ajit Kurup (Imperial College London)
      • 14:00
        Design Update for MOMENT 25m
        Speaker: Jingyu Tang (IHEP)
        Slides
      • 14:25
        Opportunities for Experiments Based on Stored Muon Beams at Fermilab 25m
        In an attempt to better utilize the existing accelerator complex, we revisit the idea of using the Debuncher as a storage ring for muons. As it stands now, the accelerator complex providing beam to the New Muon g-2 Experiment will deliver 6x10-6 stored muons/POT. Our initial estimates show that Neutrino cross-sections can be measured to better than 10% using a detector positioned approximately10 meters downstream of one of the Debuncher straights. The existing ICARUS detector would be an excellent candidate for this application. Providing a suitable building to house the detector would be the only investment required. Finally, we describe possible improvements in collecting and storing muons that would allow cross-section measurements with a precision of a few percent with a modest additional investment.
        Speaker: Milorad Popovic (FNAL)
        Slides
      • 14:50
        Synergies between muon projects (discussion) 40m
        Slides
    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee/Tea Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
    • 16:00 18:00
      Plenary session 7: Frontiers of Neutrino Physics Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Prof. Jonathan Link (Virginia Tech)
      • 16:00
        Neutrinos in Cosmology 30m
        Speaker: Licia Verde (University of Barcelona (ES))
      • 16:30
        Prospects for Heavy Neutrino Searches at Accelerators 30m
        Speaker: Andrei Golutvin (Imperial College London)
        Slides
      • 17:00
        Neutrinos from Decays at Rest 30m
        Speaker: Matthew Toups (MIT)
        Slides
      • 17:30
        Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Searches 30m
        Speaker: Prof. Gabriel Orebi Gann (University of California, Berkeley)
        Slides
    • 19:00 22:00
      Banquet dinner Bute Hall

      Bute Hall

      University of Glasgow

    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary session 8: Charged Lepton Flavour Violation Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Prof. Akira Sato (Osaka University)
      • 09:00
        Lepton Flavour Violation Theory 30m
        Speaker: Lorenzo Calibbi
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Lepton Flavour Violation Experiments 30m
        Speaker: Ajit Kurup (Imperial College London)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        Muon Facilities for Precision Experiments 30m
        Speaker: Naohito SAITO (KEK)
        Slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee/Tea Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
    • 11:00 12:30
      WG1: Neutrino Physics: Joint session WG1 and WG4 Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Enrique Fernandez Martinez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (ES))
      • 11:00
        Testing the Standard Model with the lepton g-2 30m
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        Speaker: Massimo Passera (INFN Padova)
        Slides
      • 11:30
        Testing New Physics with the lepton g-2 30m
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        Speaker: Paride Paradisi (Universita e INFN (IT))
        Slides
      • 12:00
        IsoDAR and DAEdALUS 30m
        IsoDAR is a novel experimental concept to use a powerful low energy cyclotron to produce a source of electron antineutrinos. Such a source, when combined with a liquid scintillator based detector such as KamLAND, can provide a direct probe of the reactor antineutrino anomaly and, in general, a definitive probe of the sterile neutrino. Further, IsoDAR can differentiate between one and two sterile neutrinos in many scenarios as well as collect a sample of antineutrino-electron elastic scattering events that is approximately five times greater than has been collected to date. The experiment will be introduced within the context of the overall DAE$\delta$ALUS program for discovering CP violation in the neutrino sector and recent progress will be discussed.
        Speaker: Joshua Spitz (MIT)
        Slides
    • 11:00 12:30
      WG2: Neutrino Scattering Physics Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 11:00
        Measurement of electron neutrino CCQE-like cross-section in MINERvA 25m
        The electron-neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic (CCQE) cross-section on nuclei is an important input parameter to appearance-type neutrino oscillation experiments. Current experiments typically work from the muon neutrino cross-section and apply corrections from theoretical arguments to obtain a prediction for the electron neutrino cross-section, but to date there has been no experimental verification of the estimates for this channel at an energy scale appropriate to such experiments. We present a preliminary result from the MINERvA experiment on the first measurement of an exclusive reaction in few-GeV electron neutrino interactions, namely, the cross-section for a CCQE-like process. The result is given both as differential cross-sections vs. the electron energy, electron angle, and $Q^{2}$, as well as a total cross-section vs. neutrino energy.
        Speaker: Jeremy Wolcott (University of Rochester)
        Slides
      • 11:25
        Inclusive and Coherent Interactions with MINERvA Nuclear Targets 25m
        MINERvA is a neutrino experiment designed for detailed studies of neutrino nucleus scattering physics. Cross sections and nuclear effects can be measured with a large active core of scintillator (CH) and an upstream array of various A nuclear targets. This presentation will review the measured ratio of inclusive cross sections of the CH, C, Fe and Pb targets and, using the active scintillator core, introduce the latest MINERvA measurement; neutrino and antineutrino coherent pion production on CH.
        Speaker: Jorge G. Morfin (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 11:50
        Measurement of Resonance Interaction in The NOMAD Detector 25m
        Resonance interaction is one of the most important modes in the oscillation region of the next generation long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments, but it is also the least well measured. This talk presents a measurement of charge current resonance interaction in NOMAD detector following techniques developed for the LBNE near-detector. The measurement uses two topologies induced by resonance-interactions: 3-track and 2-track. The cross-section of the full-resonance and its ratio to the inclusive charge current interactions will be reported. Precise measurement of resonance interaction to constrain the nuclear effect will also be discussed.
        Speaker: Hongyue Duyang (University of South Carolina)
        Slides
    • 11:00 12:30
      WG3: Accelerator Physics: Proton drivers, targetry Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Dr Jingyu Tang
      • 11:00
        Targetry 20m
        Speaker: Kirk McDonald (Princeton University)
        Slides
      • 11:20
        Powder target 20m
        Speaker: Chris Densham (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))
        Slides
      • 11:40
        Proton driver at FNAL 20m
        Speaker: Dr Milorad Popovic (FNAL)
        Slides
      • 12:00
        High-intensity muon sources for high energy physics experiments 30m
        Speaker: Diktys Stratakis (BNL)
        Slides
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch 1A The Square Cafeteria

      1A The Square Cafeteria

      University of Glasgow

    • 14:00 15:30
      WG1: Neutrino Physics: Reactor Neutrino Experiments Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 14:00
        Recent oscillation analysis results from Daya Bay 20m
        The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment is designed to precisely determine the neutrino mixing angle θ13 utilizing eight functionally identical electron-antineutrino (υe ) detectors. Using 217 days of data with six detectors, and 404 days with eight detectors, 108907 (613813 and 383402) antineutrino candidates were detected in the far hall (near halls). Combining the neutrino rate deficit and spectral distortion, the Daya Bay experiment made the improved measurement of $\sin^{2}2\theta_{13} = 0.084 \pm 0.005$ and $\Delta m_{ee} = 2.44^{+0.10}_{-0.11} \times 10^{-3}~{\rm eV^{2}}$. In this talk, we will focus on the improvement of the detector energy response and backgrounds, the consistency of detectors, and the combined fitting to the six and eight detector data set.
        Speaker: Jie Zhao (I)
        Slides
      • 14:20
        New Results from RENO 20m
        The Reactor Experiment for Neutrino Oscillation(RENO) started data-taking from August, 2011 and has observed the disappearance of reactor electron antineutrinos to measure the smallest neutrino mixing angle theta 13. The experiment has accumulated roughly 800 days of data to make an accurate measurement of the reactor neutrino flux and spectral shape. Antineutrinos from six reactors at Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant in Korea, are detected and compared by two identical detectors located in the near and far distances from the reactor array center. In this talk, we present new results on precisely measured theta 13 value as well as reactor neutrino flux and spectrum based on the 800 day data sample.
        Speakers: Hyunkwan Seo (Sungkyunkwan University (KR)), Dr Hyunkwan Seo
        Slides
      • 14:40
        Status of the Double Chooz experiment 20m
        The Double Chooz reactor antineutrino experiment aims for a precision measurement of the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$, by measuring an energy-dependent deficit in the detected antineutrino spectrum. Double Chooz is located at the Chooz nuclear power plant in France, and currently operates with a single far detector filled with gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator at a baseline of 1.05\,km. A second near identical detector is currently finished being assembled, and will start its commissioning phase. In this talk, I will give an overview of the current status of the experiment. The physics motivations and the working principle of the detectors will be briefly reviewed. The different measurements of $\theta_{13}$ conducted so far by the collaboration, each sensitive to different systematics and giving consistent results, will be presented, with a special emphasis on the latest $\theta_{13}$ oscillation results. Finally, a brief status of the near detector on-site integration will be presented.
        Speaker: Dr Matthieu Vivier (CEA-Saclay)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        The measurement of the reactor antineutrino flux and spectrum of Daya Bay Experiment 20m
        Fengpeng An
, On behalf of the Daya Bay Collaboration East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment collected ~300,000 inverse beta decay events in three antineutrino detectors at two sites near the reactor cores, over 217 days. This talk will present the methods we use to convert the observed positron energy spectrum to a reactor antineutrino spectrum, including normalization to reactor power. We also present our results for the absolute reactor antineutrino flux and spectrum. Comparisons are made with the predictions of various flux models, and an example of using our spectrum to predict the spectrum from other reactor experiments will also be described.
        Speaker: Mr Fengpeng An (East China University of Science and Technology)
        Slides
    • 14:00 15:30
      WG2: Neutrino Scattering Physics Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 14:00
        Charged-Current Cross Section Measurements in the NOvA Experiment 25m
        The NOvA experiment is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment with a 300 ton near detector and 14 kton far detector, located 810 km away, both positioned 14 mrad off-axis of the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beam. A 220 ton prototype Near Detector On the Surface (NDOS) was built on the surface at Fermilab 106 mrad off-axis of the NuMI beam. NDOS has been taking data since 2010. Two separate cross section measurements have been completed using NDOS data. In one analysis, muon-neutrino charged-current quasi-elastic (CCQE) events were identified and used to calculate the cross-section for CCQE interactions as a function of energy between 0.5 and 2.0 GeV. The second study measured the muon-neutrino inclusive charged-current cross section at 1.97 GeV. This talk will give an overview of the two analyses.
        Speaker: Dr Lisa Goodenough (Argonne National Lab)
        Slides
      • 14:25
        Study of muon neutrino quasielastic scattering on iron using the MINOS near detector 25m
        A sample enriched in quasielastic scattering events is selected from charged-current $\nu_{\mu}$ interactions in iron using the MINOS near detector exposed to a wide-band $\nu_{\mu}$ beam with peak flux at 3 GeV. Contributions from non-quasielastic backgrounds are evaluated using four independent kinematic sideband samples. The shapes of data distributions in four-momentum transfer, $Q^2$, are compared to expectations from a conventional Monte Carlo treatment of neutrino reactions within a nuclear medium modeled as a relativistic Fermi gas. Inclusion of a data-driven suppression of baryon resonance production at low $Q^2$ into the neutrino-nucleus simulation yields good agreement over the sidebands and a good description of the $Q^2$ distribution of the quasielastic-enhanced sample. By fitting the shape of the latter distribution using the dipole axial-vector form factor of the neutron,the effective value of the axial-vector mass is obtained: $M_{A} = 1.23 ^{+0.13} _{-0.09} \mbox{(fit)} ^{+0.12} _{-0.15} \mbox{(syst.)}$ GeV. This measurement probes quasielastic scattering in the nuclear medium of a large ($A$ = 56) target nucleus using 123,000 candidate quasielastic $\nu_\mu$Fe interactions of energies $1 < E_{\nu} < 8$ GeV.
        Speaker: Dr Nathan Mayer (Tufts University)
        Slides
      • 14:50
        The observation of gamma rays via neutral current interaction at Super-Kamiokande using the T2K neutrino beam. 25m
        We report the first measurement of the neutral current quasi-elastic (NCQE) cross section on oxygen by observing nuclear de-excitation gamma rays with the T2K neutrino beam. These gamma rays are observed in the Super-Kamiokande water Cherenkov detector. We select candidate events by using the T2K beam timing, and observed 43 events in the 4-30MeV reconstructed energy region, comparing to the MC prediction 55.7. We observed an NCQE cross section of 1.35X10^{38}cm^{-2} with a 68% confidence interval of (1.06, 1.94)X10^{38}cm^{-2}.
        Speaker: Yusuke Koshio (Okayama University)
        Slides
    • 14:00 15:30
      WG3: Accelerator Physics: Muon colliders Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Dr Milorad Popovic
      • 14:00
        Hybrid 6D cooling channel 20m
        Speaker: Dr Diktys Stratakis (BNL)
        Slides
      • 14:20
        Bright muon sources 20m
        Speaker: Dr Pavel Snopok (IIT/Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 14:40
        Final cooling 20m
        Speaker: David Neuffer (Fermilab)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        MICE Closed session on Step 3pi/2 30m
        Speaker: Prof. Kenneth Richard Long (Imperial College London)
    • 14:00 15:30
      WG4: Muon Physics and High Intensity applications Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 14:00
        Muon g-2/EDM at J-PARC 30m
        A new experiment is under preparation to measure the muon g-2 and EDM at J-PARC with a novel technique called ultra-slow muon beam. I present the recent progresses, especially those in the ultra-slow muon beam production.
        Speaker: Katsuhiko Ishida (RIKEN)
        Slides
      • 14:30
        g-2 at Fermilab 30m
        Speaker: George M. Grange (Argonne National Laboratories)
        Slides
    • 15:30 16:00
      Coffee/Tea Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
    • 16:00 17:30
      WG1: Neutrino Physics: Prospects for future neutrino oscillation facilities Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 16:00
        CHIPS 20m
        Speaker: Dr Justin Evans (University of Manchester (UK))
        Slides
      • 16:20
        MIND at Neutrino Factories 20m
        Magnetized iron calorimeters have been previously used in neutrino detection applications, with MINOS being a good example. This technology provides the benefits of excellent charge and particle identification while being trivial to scale up in mass. These properties make a magnetized iron neutrino detector (MIND) the ideal far detector for neutrino factory applications. A full simulation of MIND has been produced in conjunction with the Neutrino Factory International Design Study (IDS-NF) to evaluate its detector response. The digitized simulation is subject to a full reconstruction of muon tracks. A multivariate analysis was developed to select muon tracks with a high purity to reduce backgrounds from charge and flavour mis-identification. The detector response and background suppression is optimized for the requirements for the specific experiment and will be discussed. The sensitivity of oscillation physics experiments using a MIND at a neutrino factory will be discussed using the response derived from this analysis will be discussed with a focus on leptonic CP violation.
        Speaker: Ryan Bayes (University of Glasgow)
        Slides
      • 16:40
        Constraints on non-standard flavor-dependent interactions from Superkamiokande and Hyperkamiokande 20m
        Flavor-dependent neutral current non-standard interactions in propagation of neutrino induce extra matter effect for neutrinos. Such interactions for the nu-e and nu-tau sectors have poor constraints from current experimental data, and they can be as large as those in the Standard Model. In this talk I would like to discuss the constraints on such non-standard interactions from atmospheric neutrino experiments such as Superkamiokande and Hyperkamiokande.
        Speaker: Osamu Yasuda (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
        Slides
    • 16:00 17:30
      WG2: Neutrino Scattering Physics Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 16:00
        WG2 summary and discussion 1h
        Speaker: Hidekazu TANAKA (University of Tokyo)
    • 16:00 17:30
      WG3: Accelerator Physics: Summary preparation Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London)
      • 16:00
        Summary preparation/discussion 1h 30m
        Speaker: Dr Pavel Snopok (IIT/Fermilab)
    • 16:00 17:30
      WG4: Muon Physics and High Intensity applications Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      Convener: Phillip Litchfield (U)
      • 16:00
        Backgrounds studies for the COMET Phase-I and Phase-II 30m
        The COMET experiment will search the muon to electron conversion , which violates lepton-flavor conservation, with a phased approach. The first stage, COMET-Phase-I, will achieve a single event sensitivity of $3×10^{−15}$ with a short muon transport solenoid and a cylindlical detector system. Then in the stage two, COMET Phase-II, finally achieves the sensitivity of $3×10^{−16}$ with a long C shape muon transport solenoid and a curved solenoid spectrometer system. We plan to start the data taking from 2016 and 2019 for Phase-I and Phase-II, respectively. Construction COMET experimental hall and detector are currently underway as well as detailed simulation studies. In this presentation, status and results of backgrounds studies will be reported.
        Speaker: Akira SATO (Osaka University)
        Slides
      • 16:30
        COMET Phase II 30m
        The COMET experiment aims to search for muon to electron conversion with a sensitivity of $<10^{-17}$. The experiment will be built in two phases, with Phase-I aiming at a sensitivity of $<10^{-15}$ using a cylindrical drift chamber. The design of COMET Phase-II has a longer beam line to improve the quality of the muon beam and perform momentum selection of electrons. The detector system will include a straw tracker and a calorimeter, which will be prototyped and tested at Phase-I. Staging the experiment is very important as this allows important measurements of the beam that will lead to a better understanding of backgrounds and the muon yield. These measurements can then be used to optimise the design of COMET Phase-II and will provide an improved estimate of the sensitivity of the experiment. The construction of Phase-I already underway and data taking will start in 2016 and Phase-II is scheduled to start data taking in 2019.
        Speaker: Ajit Kurup (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))
        Slides
    • 17:30 19:00
      Programme Committee Meeting Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
    • 19:30 22:00
      Programme Committee Dinner TBD (Glasgow)

      TBD

      Glasgow

    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary session 9: Working Group Answers to Questions Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 09:00
        WG1 Answers to Questions 30m
        Speakers: Alexandre Sousa (University of Cincinnati), Enrique Fernandez Martinez (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (ES)), Mark Hartz
        Slides
      • 09:30
        WG2 Answers to Questions 30m
        Speakers: Hidekazu TANAKA (University of Tokyo), Kendall Mahn (TRIUMF), Luis Alvarez-Ruso
        Slides
      • 10:00
        WG3 Answers to Questions 30m
        Speakers: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College, London), Dr Jingyu Tang (IHEP, Beijing), Dr Pavel Snopok (IIT/Fermilab)
        Slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee/Tea Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
    • 11:00 12:40
      Plenary session 10: WG4 Answers to Questions and General Outlook Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre

      University of Glasgow

      University Avenue Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
      • 11:00
        WG4 Answers to Questions 30m
        Speakers: Andrew Norman (Fermilab), Giovanni Signorelli (INFN), Hai-Bo Li (IHEP)
        Slides
      • 11:30
        Status and Outlook of Neutrino Physics 1h
        Speaker: Dave Wark (RAL / Imperial College London)
        Slides
      • 12:30