12 June 2012
Fermilab
US/Central timezone

Calibration and Reconstruction in the NOvA Detectors

Not scheduled
Wilson Hall Atrium (Fermilab)

Wilson Hall Atrium

Fermilab

Board: 5

Speaker

Enrique Arrieta Diaz (Michigan State University)

Description

The NOvA long-baseline neutrino experiment will study electron neutrino appearance using two high-resolution, fully active scintillator detectors: a Near Detector at Fermilab and a Far Detector at Ash River MN. Precision measurements of neutrino oscillations with these detectors require careful calibration and sophisticated event reconstruction techniques. This poster presents the detector energy calibration scheme and discusses the strategy planned for the reconstruction of neutrino events. The performance of these routines will be demonstrated using cosmic and neutrino data collected in the Near Detector On the Surface prototype currently taking data at Fermilab.

Primary author

Enrique Arrieta Diaz (Michigan State University)

Presentation materials