16–21 Sep 2024
Argonne National Laboratory
US/Central timezone

Status of the Short-Baseline Near Detector at Fermilab

19 Sep 2024, 13:45
20m
E1100 (#402)

E1100

#402

Talk: in-person WG5: Neutrino Beyond PMNS Parallel: WG5

Speakers

Tereza Kroupova (University of Pennsylvania) Tereza Kroupová (University of Pennsylvania)

Description

The Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND) is one of three Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) neutrino detectors positioned along the axis of the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab, as part of the Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) Program. The detector is currently being commissioned and is collecting neutrino beam data. SBND is characterized by superb imaging capabilities and will record over a million neutrino interactions per year. Thanks to its unique combination of measurement resolution and statistics, SBND will carry out a rich program of neutrino interaction measurements and novel searches for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). It will enable the potential of the overall SBN sterile neutrino program by performing a precise characterization of the unoscillated event rate, and constraining BNB flux and neutrino-argon cross-section systematic uncertainties. In this talk, the physics reach, current status, and future prospects of SBND are discussed.

Working Group WG 5: Neutrinos Beyond PMNS

Primary authors

Andrew Blake (Lancaster University) Raquel Castillo Fernandez (University of Texas at Arlington) Rhiannon Jones (University of Sheffield) Vishvas Pandey (Fermilab) Tereza Kroupova (University of Pennsylvania) Tereza Kroupová (University of Pennsylvania)

Presentation materials