Speaker
Dr
Gavin Davies
(Indiana University)
Description
NOvA is a long-baseline accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment that is optimized for $\nu_\mu-\nu_e$ measurements. It uses the upgraded NuMI beam from Fermilab and measures $\nu_e$ appearance and $\nu_\mu$ disappearance at its Far Detector in Ash River, Minnesota. The $\nu_e$ appearance analysis at NOvA aims to resolve the neutrino mass hierarchy problem and to constrain the CP-violating phase. The first data set of 2.74 x $10^{20}$ protons on target equivalent exposure taken by was analyzed in 2015 and provided evidence of $\nu_\mu-\nu_e$ oscillation. At PASCOS we plan to update the community with new analyses using approximately twice the beam exposure.
Co-author
Robert Group
(University of Virginia)
