New Opportunities at the Next Generation Neutrino Experiments 2020

2 Apr 2020, 05:00 → 4 Apr 2020, 22:00 US/Eastern

Postponement due to COVI-19 outbreak

In light of the current outbreak of COVID-19 and the associated restrictions on travel, the organizing committee has taken the decision to postpone the workshop to a later date. We were very excited about having this workshop at this time, but the situation is currently too uncertain to ensure a safe and vibrant workshop. We have closed registration for the workshop. We ask that you please cancel any travel bookings that you have made for this workshop at this time. If we booked a hotel on your behalf, your booking will be canceled and refunded automatically, so there is no need for action on your part. As the situation with regards to COVID-19 develops, we will determine a new plan for this workshop. We hope to have your participation at a later date!

Workshop Overview

This workshop is to explore new opportunities for Beyond the Standard Model searches at future neutrino experiments: in long and short baseline oscillations, coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering, neutrino mass measurements, neutrinoless double beta decay searches or with astrophysical neutrinos.

A well-balanced mix of theorists and experimentalists will work together to exchange ideas for various BSM physics opportunities and to discuss tasks necessary to support the timely exploitation of these opportunities.

Expected physics topics of the workshop:

The workshop will explore the sensitivity of current and planned neutrino physics experiments to new physics. It will cover experimental and theoretical subjects related to these as well as the issues that need to be addressed to probe new physics at next generation neutrino experiments, such as the ones listed above. Example physics topics include non-standard interactions, light sterile neutrinos and heavy neutral leptons, neutrinoless double beta decay and nuclear matrix elements, new technologies for neutrino detectors, neutrino-dark matter interactions, light particle searches in neutrino experiments, and neutrino cross-section measurements and modelling.

Expected outcome of the workshop:

• Identify desired components in simulation and data analysis tools
• Prepare for a list of signal channels together with relevant trigger schemes
• Design preliminary studies at ongoing experiments
• Form a working group consisting of theorists and experimentalists to continue cooperative efforts in the field

One of the strategic goals would be to prepare for contribution to the upcoming Snowmass on these new opportunities.

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Thursday, 2 April

08:00 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 10:30 Talk

09:00 Theory Overview

09:45 Experiment Overview

Speaker: Albert De Roeck (CERN)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:30 Talk

11:00 Status of eV-scale Sterile Neutrinos

Speakers: Carlos Arguelles (MIT), Carlos Arguelles (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

11:30 Searches for Heavy Neutral Leptons

Speaker: Pawel Guzowski (University of Manchester)

12:00 Discussion

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Talk

14:00 Neutrino Trident Production

Speaker: Matheus Hostert (University of Minnesota / Perimeter Institute)

14:30 Coherent Neutrino Nucleus Elastic Scattering

Speaker: Richard Van de Water (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

15:00 BSM physics in Coherent Neutrino Nucleus Elastic Scattering

Speaker: Bhaskar Dutta (Texas A&M University)

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:30 Talk

16:00 Light Particle Detection at Reactor Experiments

Speaker: Doojin Kim (Texas A & M University (US))

16:30 sin^2 theta_W Measurements at Neutrino Experiments

Speaker: Yuber Perez

17:00 Discussion

Friday, 3 April

08:00 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 10:30 Talk

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:30 Talk

11:00 Neutrino Cross Section Modeling

Speaker: Shirley Li (SLAC)

11:30 Recent Developments in GENIE

Speaker: Steven Dytman (Univ of Pittsburgh)

12:00 Discussion

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Talk

14:00 Theory Overview of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Speaker: Frank Deppisch (DESY)

14:30 Nuclear Matrix Elements Calculations for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decays

Speaker: emanuele mereghetti

15:00 Experimental Overview of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Speaker: Ben Jones (UTA)

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:30 Talk

19:00 → 22:00 Workshop Banquet

Saturday, 4 April

08:00 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 10:30 Talk

09:00 Searches for Proton Decay

Speaker: Volodymyr Takhistov

09:30 Neutrino-Dark Matter Connection

Speaker: Eung Jin Chun (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)

10:00 Discussion

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 13:00 Talk

11:00 Discussion

11:30 Physics Beyond Colliders

Speaker: Gaia Lanfranchi (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))

12:00 Planning for Snowmass

Speaker: Elizabeth Turner Worcester (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

12:30 Closing Remarks

Speaker: Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))