June 22, 2020 to July 2, 2020
US/Central timezone

Neutrino Tridents in the NOvA Near Detector

Not scheduled
10m

Speakers

Dr Erica Smith (Indiana University) Kelli Michaels (Indiana University)

Description

NOvA is a long-baseline accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiment that uses the NuMI beam from Fermilab to measure electron-neutrino appearance and muon-neutrino disappearance using a Near Detector, located at Fermilab, and a Far Detector, located in Ash River, Minnesota. The high flux of muon neutrinos at the Near Detector allows for measurement of rare processes such as neutrino trident scattering, a Standard Model process in which a charged-lepton pair is produced via neutrino-nucleus scattering. The event rate of this process may give insight into a Beyond the Standard Model interaction involving a Z' boson as a mediator. This poster will discuss estimates of the event rates, which are on the order of tens to hundreds, detail a method to reconstruct these events, and evaluate the viability of measuring an event rate in the NOvA Near Detector.

Mini-abstract

Looking for neutrino tridents in the NOvA Near Detector

Experiment/Collaboration NOvA

Primary authors

Dr Erica Smith (Indiana University) Kelli Michaels (Indiana University)

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