Speaker
Dr
Mitchell Soderberg
(Yale University)
Description
Liquid Argon Time Pro jection Chamber (LAr TPC) detectors are
ideally suited for studying neutrino interactions and probing the pa-
rameters that characterize neutrino oscillations. The ability to drift
ionization particles over long distances in purified argon and to trigger
on abundant scintillation light allows for excellent particle identifica-
tion and triggering capability. In this talk the details of the ArgoNeuT
(Argon Neutrino Test) test-beam pro ject will be presented. ArgoNeuT
is a 175 liter LAr TPC exposed to Fermilab’s NuMI neutrino beam-
line. The first neutrino interactions observed in ArgoNeuT will be
presented, along with discussion of the various physics analyses to be
performed on this data sample.
Author
Dr
Mitchell Soderberg
(Yale University)
