20–25 Aug 2023
Universität Hamburg
Europe/Berlin timezone

Status of the Short-Baseline Near Detector at Fermilab

24 Aug 2023, 09:50
20m
Hörsaal J (Historic main building)

Hörsaal J

Historic main building

Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1
Parallel session talk Neutrino Physics T04 Neutrino Physics

Speakers

Dr Leonidas Aliaga Soplin (University of Texas at Arlington) Leonidas Aliaga Soplin (University of Texas at Arlington)Dr Vishvas Pandey (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

Description

The Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND) will be one of three Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) neutrino detectors positioned along the axis of the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) at Fermilab, as part of the Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) Program. The detector is anticipated to begin operation later this year. SBND is characterized by superb imaging capabilities and will record over a million neutrino interactions per year. Thanks to its unique combination of measurement resolution and statistics, SBND will carry out a rich program of neutrino interaction measurements and novel searches for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). It will enable the potential of the overall SBN sterile neutrino program by performing a precise characterization of the unoscillated event rate, and constraining BNB flux and neutrino-argon cross-section systematic uncertainties. In this talk, the physics reach, current status, and future prospects of SBND are discussed.

Collaboration / Activity SBND Collaboration

Primary authors

Dr Andrew Blake (Lancaster University) Dr Leonidas Aliaga Soplin (University of Texas at Arlington) Leonidas Aliaga Soplin (University of Texas at Arlington) Dr Raquel Castillo Fernandez (University of Texas at Arlington) Dr Rhiannon Jones (University of Sheffield) Dr Vishvas Pandey (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

Presentation materials