Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA) at LBNL
The INPA Seminar weekly talks are on Fridays, starting at 12:00 pm, unless informed otherwise. The seminar talk starts with a brief presentation of the weekly scientific news. Typically, the talks conclude by 1:00 pm. The seminars are held in the Sessler Conference Room, located in Bldg. 50A- 5132.
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The seminar schedule for the Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA) is tentative and becomes final a few days before the Friday talk.
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Speaker: Ben Smithers (UTA)- Title: A Multi-Channel Search for Signatures of eV-Scale Sterile Neutrinos in IceCube
June 16, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
This is an In-Person [HYBRID] Event
LOCATION: Sessler CR, 50A-5132
DATE: June 16, 2023
TIME: 12:00- 1:00 PM
TITLE: A Multi-Channel Search for Signatures of eV-Scale Sterile Neutrinos in IceCube
ABSTRACT: The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer-scale neutrino observatory built using a gigaton of instrumented ice near the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica; it measures the Cherenkov light emitted by the daughter particles of neutrino-nucleon interactions occurring inside and around the detector from neutrinos of both astrophysical and atmospheric origin. For eV2-scale sterile neutrino models, matter-effects can yield resonant $\bar{\nu}_{\mu}\to\bar{\nu}_{s}$ oscillations for TeV-scale up-going neutrinos. For certain combinations of mixing angles, this is also expected to yield resonant $\bar{\nu}_{\mu}\to\bar{\nu}_{\tau}$ oscillations at the same energies and zeniths as the $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance. This superimposed $\nu_{\mu}$ disappearance and $\nu_{\tau}$ appearance presents itself as an ideal signature with which we can search for indications of sterile neutrino oscillations. Here, we discuss a multi-channel analysis searching for signs of both resonant muon neutrino disappearance as well as tau neutrino appearance.
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https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/95016696011?pwd=Tk1XOW1Xd3RYRnlsc2tEYmRWZlVVZz09
Meeting ID: 950 1669 6011
Passcode: 247722
INPA guests from campus can now come to the lab early on Fridays. The INPA Common Room (50-5026) is reserved for our guests from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Note that the seminars are now held in 50A-5132 to accommodate a more significant number of attendees.
CPTea Series (also known as INPA Tea Series)
The Physics Division CPTea Series invites you to an In-Person Tea Series 1st Friday of every month at 3:30 pm INPA Conference Room 50-5026.
Everyone is welcome to attend the open forum. Tea and light refreshments will be served.
INPA Common Room (50-5026)
Fridays
3:30 pm
Access to the Lab
For a shuttle pass, please email Erica Hall. The pass is only valid for the day of the seminar.