Wednesday 13 July 2016 

Speaker: Bruno Zamorano (University of Sussex)


Title: "Latest oscillation results from NOvA experiment" 

Abstract: The NuMI Off-axis νe Appearance (NOvA) experiment is a two-detector, long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment which addresses some of the main open questions in the neutrino sector through precision measurements of neutrino and antineutrino oscillations. NOvA uses the upgraded NuMI neutrino beam at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and a highly active, finely segmented 14-kton far detector at Ash River, Minnesota. This so-called “fully-active” design provides an outstanding event identification capacity, which allows for precision measurements of the oscillation parameters in both the appearance and disappearance of neutrinos and antineutrinos. In particular, NOvA will provide constraints on θ13, θ23, |Δm2atm|, the neutrino mass ordering and the CP-violation phase. In this seminar, I will report on the latest oscillation results from NOvA, in particular on muon neutrino disappearance, electron neutrino appearance as well as searches for sterile neutrinos using the neutral current spectrum.