Speaker:
Alexandre B. Sousa
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Date:
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Time:
3:00 pm
Location:
FRH 4135
ABSTRACT:
Since the neutrino was postulated in 1930, neutrino physics has been a perennial source of baffling surprises, and the measurement of neutrino properties still poses many experimental challenges.
The MINOS and MINOS+ long-baseline neutrino experiments, located at Fermilab and northern Minnesota, use the most powerful neutrino beam in operation to measure neutrino oscillation phenomena with unprecedented precision. I will present the final results from the MINOS run and describe the current status and future plans for MINOS+ and NOvA, a next generation long-baseline experiment, which will make new inroads into our knowledge of neutrino physics using an upgraded 700 kW neutrino beam. I will conclude with an overview of future long-baseline neutrino experiments being proposed as part of the US High Energy Physics program.
Host:
Davide Gerbaudo