Speaker
Chris Marshall
(University of Rochester)
Description
Supersymmetric Grand Unified Theories predict proton decay with $p \rightarrow K^{+}\bar{\nu}$ as the dominant channel. Backgrounds arise from $K^{+}$ production by atmospheric neutrinos where other final-state particles are not detected. MINERvA identifies $K^{+}$ events by reconstructing the time difference between the kaon and its decay products, and expects to be able to constrain the rate of such neutrino-induced backgrounds. The current status of this analysis is presented.
Primary author
Chris Marshall
(University of Rochester)