Conveners
T3-5 Study of Neutrino Oscillations (PPD-DTP-DNP) / Études des oscillations de neutrinos (PPD-DPT-DPN)
- Zoltan Gecse (University of British Columbia (CA))
Dr
Nicholas Hastings
(University of Regina)
6/16/15, 3:45 PM
Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)
Invited Speaker / Conférencier invité
The current generation of long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments
employ an off-axis $\nu_\mu$ (or $\bar{\nu}_\mu$) beam produced by the decay of pions
created when a proton beam strikes a target. The beam is monitored at
detector facilities near the production point before travelling hundreds
of kilometres to a far detector. Aiming the beam centre slightly away
from the far...
Fady Shaker
(university of winnipeg)
6/16/15, 4:15 PM
Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)
Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)
T2K is a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment in Japan, that
targets the measurement of the mixing angle between the first and the
third neutrino mass eigenstates ($\theta_{13}$) by looking for the
appearance of electron neutrinos ($\nu_e$) in a beam of muon neutrinos
($\nu_\mu$), as well as a precision measurement for the mass
difference between the the second and the third...
Christine Nielsen
(University of British Columbia)
6/16/15, 4:30 PM
Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)
Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)
The T2K long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment is composed of a near detector
at 280m and a far detector at Super-Kamiokande located 295 km from the neutrino beam
in Tokai. The main oscillation analyses are performed
using fits to the data collected at the far detector. These analyses depend on our
ability to predict the event rates and energy spectra at the far detector, which...
Ken Clark
(University of Toronto)
6/16/15, 4:45 PM
Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
IceCube and its low energy extension DeepCore have been deployed at the South Pole and taking data since early 2010. Originally designed to search for high energy (on the order of PeV) events, IceCube has recently published the detection of the highest energy events ever recorded. At the same time, enhancements to the detector have been installed to focus on lower energy events. With a...
Dr
Akira Konaka
(TRIUMF)
6/16/15, 5:00 PM
Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
In the past decade, a remarkable progress has been made in the neutrino oscillation determining the lepton mixing (PMNS) angles, except for the CP violating phase delta_CP. The next step is to determine this remaining phase and then over-constraining the PMNS matrix to test its unitarity. Testing the unitarity is an effective way to search for physics beyond the standard model, as is...
