Conveners
W2-4 Neutrino Physics (PPD-DNP-DTP) / Physique des neutrinos (PPD-DPN-DPT)
- Christine Kraus
Blair Jamieson
(University of Winnipeg)
15/06/2016, 13:15
Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)
Invited Speaker / Conférencier invité
T2K is a accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment operating in Japan, sending a muon (anti)neutrino beam produced at J-PARC to the Super-Kamiokande detector 295 km away. The neutrino oscillation process along the way, which results in some fraction of these muon neutrinos being detected as neutrinos of different flavors. T2K has reached several important milestones recently, including...
Mr
Colin Bruulsema
(Laurentian University)
15/06/2016, 13:45
Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)
Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)
Supernovae are the only location where the effects of neutrino-neutrino scattering could plausibly be observed, and they are also the favored location in the universe for certain processes necessary for the formation of heavy elements. This makes supernovae mechanics relevant to the fields of both particle physics and nuclear astrophysics.
A core collapse supernova can be detected by...
Tom Feusels
(UBC)
15/06/2016, 14:00
Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
The recent discovery of muon neutrino to electron neutrino conversion arising from neutrino oscillations has opened the door to the possibility for CP violation in neutrino oscillations. Such CP violation will be an important clue to how our universe came to our matter dominated state and for understanding the mass and mixing structure of neutrinos, a question left unanswered by the Standard...
Mark Scott
(TRIUMF)
15/06/2016, 14:15
Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
CP violation in the lepton sector is the next major milestone in neutrino physics. Recent T2K and NOvA results show some preference for a large CP violation. In the next several years, the statistical sensitivity will start to reach the sensitive region if the systematic uncertainties are suppressed down to a few percent level, in particular for nuclear uncertainties in the neutrino cross...
Fabrice Retiere
(TRIUMF)
15/06/2016, 14:30
Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
The nEXO experiment is being designed to achieve unprecedented sensitivity to the neutrino-less double beta decay of 136Xenon. nEXO background rejection strategy includes in particular self-shielding, interaction site counting and energy resolution. Efficient light detection is critical for achieving the desired energy resolution of 2% (FHWM) or better. Simulations show that such an energy...