Neutrino Interaction Reconstruction in Liquid Argon
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Warwick
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
This project will focus on developing the algorithmic reconstruction of neutrino interactions in liquid argon volumes for the DUNE long baseline neutrino oscillation project. This is a crucial topic for the DUNE programme to be able to realise it's full design sensitivity for the measurement of CP-violation in the neutrino sector. The Warwick group is already making significant contributions in this area. A specific aim of this studentship will be to apply the DUNE reconstruction tools to the analysis of data from a large prototype experiment scheduled to take data in 2018 at the CERN Neutrino Platform. The results will provide the necessary quantitative performance parameters of the both the software and detector that will feedback into the design of the far detector for DUNE as we enter the construction phase of the project.
People |
ORCID iD |
G Barker (Primary Supervisor) | |
James Pillow (Student) |
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ST/N504506/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2021 | |||
1764319 | Studentship | ST/N504506/1 | 03/10/2016 | 31/05/2020 | James Pillow |
Description | DUNE |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I have helped develop software tools used for data acquisition, event reconstruction, and data analysis. |
Collaborator Contribution | Fermilab has helped provide the code base for which to develop software. It also provides a significant sum of funding for further development of DUNE. CERN helped provide resources and a location to build a prototype detector. CERN also provided a particle beam to allow the prototype to collect data. |
Impact | There are currently no definite outcomes from the collaboration I have with my partners. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | DUNE |
Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | I have helped develop software tools used for data acquisition, event reconstruction, and data analysis. |
Collaborator Contribution | Fermilab has helped provide the code base for which to develop software. It also provides a significant sum of funding for further development of DUNE. CERN helped provide resources and a location to build a prototype detector. CERN also provided a particle beam to allow the prototype to collect data. |
Impact | There are currently no definite outcomes from the collaboration I have with my partners. |
Start Year | 2016 |