Aleena TITLE: Development of Neutrino Energy Estimator using Advance Computing in DUNE
Aleena Abstract: The accurate estimation of reconstructed neutrino energy is of utmost important for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) oscillation analysis. The Deep Underground neutrino experiment (DUNE), consisting of near (DUNE-ND) and far (DUNE-FD) detectors, is a long-baseline experiment that is designed to measure neutrino oscillations, proton decay, as well as searches beyond the standard model. The DUNE-FD will operate with a total volume of 70 kiloton liquid argon and will be situated at Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in South Dakota. The DUNE near detector (DUNE-ND) will be placed close to the neutrino source and measure an un-oscillated neutrino beam for precise measurement of oscillation parameters. I will present the initial studies and future plans of introducing novel ways to perform the neutrino energy scale measurements in DUNE using advanced computing at Argonne.
Katie TITLE: A Cryo-Optical Testbed for the Characterization of Millimeter Wavelength Telescope Cameras
Katie Abstract: Observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have and will continue to revolutionize our understanding of the contents and evolution of the universe. In the coming decades and as part of the cosmic frontier, CMB-S4 will map the temperature and polarization of the CMB to unprecedented levels of precision. These observations will constrain the energy scale of inflation, the number of relativistic particles in the early universe, primordial non-gaussianity, the sum of the neutrino masses, and much more. I will discuss the development of a testbed for cryogenic millimeter wavelength telescopes that will initially be used to optimize the optical design of the CMB-S4 South Pole Large Aperture Telescope camera and provide initial measurements of beam systematics that will be used in the development of mitigation techniques in the cosmological analyses.