New Perspectives 2019

Session

Tuesday Afternoon I

11 Jun 2019, 14:00

One West (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

Conveners

Tuesday Afternoon I

• Nadja Strobbe (Fermilab)

Contribution list Timetable

64. FSPA report

Dr Deepika Jena (FERMILAB)

11/06/2019, 14:00

65. UEC report

Dr Gavin S. Davies (Indiana University)

11/06/2019, 14:10

61. NOvA in 10 minutes

Miranda Elkins (Iowa State University)

11/06/2019, 14:20

Oral

The long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment named NOvA is comprised of two detectors utilizing liquid scintillator tracking calorimeters. Both are positioned 14 mrad off-axis with respect to the NuMI beam with the near detector being at Fermilab. The far detector, at 14 kton, can be found approximately 810 km away in Ash River, Minnesota. The main physics goals of NOvA include, but are...

38. NuMi Beam Muon Monitor Simulation for Neutrio Beam Quality Improvement

Yiding Yu

11/06/2019, 14:35

Oral

Muon monitors are a very important diagnostic tool for the NOvA experiment at Fermilab. With the MINOS experiment decommissioned, MM are the only detectors to indicate and help mitigate the issues with the NuMI beam. The goal of our study is to maintain the quality of the MM signal and to establish the neutrino beam profile and MM signal correlations. This study could also inform the LBNF...

46. Neutrino Event Classification with Deep Learning in NOvA

Grant Nikseresht

11/06/2019, 14:50

Oral

Deep learning has aided the NOvA experiment in selection of NuMI beam neutrino events. Low statistics makes enhancements in signal efficiency especially critical to the success of the NOvA analysis. Use of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for event and particle identification has led to significant gains in signal efficiency for neutrino event selection while also reducing the complexity...

53. NOvA's far detector predictions and understanding key systematic uncertainties.

Dr Ashley Back (Iowa State University)

11/06/2019, 15:05

Oral

NOvA continues as one of the leading long-baseline neutrino experiments, thanks to Fermilab's powerful 700 kW NuMI beam, which provides NOvA with a beam of predominantly muon neutrinos or antineutrinos. NOvA studies neutrino oscillations using two detectors, both constructed from plastic extrusions filled with liquid scintillator, placed 810 km apart and both slightly off-axis from the...

35. NOvA’s approaches on estimation of wrong sign contamination

Mr abhilash dombara (syracuse university)

11/06/2019, 15:20

Oral

NOvA is a long-baseline neutrino experiment with two functionally identical liquid scintillator detectors 809 km apart, off-axis from the NuMI beam. The main goal of this experiment is to determine the mass hierarchy and precise measurement of several neutrino oscillation parameters. To measure these parameters precisely we need to have a correct estimate of the neutrino and antineutrino...

30. Cross section model tuning and multiplicity studies in NOvA

Maria Martinez-Casales

11/06/2019, 15:35

Oral

NOvA is a long baseline neutrino experiment based at Fermilab that studies neutrino oscillation parameters via electron neutrino appearance and muon neutrino disappearance. The oscillation measurements compare the Far Detector data to an oscillated prediction which accounts for the Near Detector (ND) data and our understanding of neutrino interactions and cross-sections by using GENIE...

10. The NOvA Test Beam Program

Teresa Lackey

11/06/2019, 15:50

Oral

NOvA is a two-detector long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment which aims to make a determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy, the octant of ${\theta}_{23}$, and measure possible CP violation. The NOvA Test Beam program consists of a scaled-down NOvA detector placed in a beamline capable of delivering 0.3 - 2.0 GeV/c protons, electrons, pions, and kaons. The beamline detectors provide...