Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems

Date and Time: Friday, 3 April 2020, at 11:00 AM

Venue: Online conference in Zoom

Seminar topic: “Oscillation Analysis in the NOvA Accelerator Neutrino Experiment”

Speaker: Ludmila Kolupaeva

Abstract:

NOvA is an accelerator experiment at FNAL (USA) devoted to studying neutrino oscillations (electron neutrino appearance and muon neutrino disappearance in both neutrino and antineutrino modes). This is one of the off-axis new generation experiments with two detectors sited at 14 mrad off the NuMI beam axis and separated by 810 km of the Earth crust.

The main goals of this experiment are the search for CP violation in the lepton sector, measurement of neutrino mass hierarchy and some oscillation parameters with better precision. The latest oscillation analysis results obtained with the 9e20 POT (neutrino) and 12.33e20 POT (antineutrino) statistics will be presented at this seminar. The experiment prospects for the upcoming years, as well as the next generation DUNE experiment that will continue NOvA’s studies will be discussed.