Speaker
Mr
Kirk Bays
(Caltech)
Description
The NOvA long-baseline neutrino experiment is uniquely positioned to measure a multitude of important neutrino parameters in both the appearance and disappearance channels, including constraints on or even determination of the mass hierarchy. With its 810 km baseline and 14 kton liquid scintillator far detector, study of muon neutrino disappearance will give NOvA competitive sensitivity to $\theta_{23}$ and the atmospheric mass squared difference, as well as potential determination of the octant. Numerous analysis techniques are employed to optimize this analysis, including isolation of quasi elastic events and novel algorithms for background reduction and energy estimation. An overview of the entire analysis chain is detailed within.
Primary author
Mr
Kirk Bays
(Caltech)