Speaker
Prof.
Gonzalo Diaz
(Rochester University)
Description
The MINERvA collaboration has performed important measurements on pion reactions off a scintillator (CH) target, using the NuMI beam at Fermilab in both neutrino and anti-neutrino configurations. These reactions, used by generators to improve nuclear models, are essential for a better understanding of neutrino oscillation experiment results. An important fraction of the signal and background systematic uncertainties in this experiments come from the misidentification of these reactions.
The current NOvA era, with a more energetic and intense NuMI beam, allows MINERvA to perform a more extensive exploration of these neutrino reactions, with more exciting results coming.
Primary author
Prof.
Gonzalo Diaz
(Rochester University)