Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2017
Volume 62, Number 1
Saturday–Tuesday, January 28–31, 2017; Washington, DC
Session J10: 3-Flavor Neutrino OscillationsInvited
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Sponsoring Units: DPF Chair: Kate Scholberg, Duke University Room: Roosevelt 2 |
Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:45AM - 11:21AM |
J10.00001: Intense and exciting: current and future accelerator-based measurements of neutrino oscillation Invited Speaker: Lisa Whitehead Accelerator-based experiments have been crucial in our understanding of neutrino oscillations. In this talk, I will give an overview of current accelerator-based neutrino oscillation experiments, which have observed electron neutrino appearance and made precision measurements of the parameters governing muon neutrino disappearance. I will discuss what the current set of experiments can contribute to the remaining questions in neutrino oscillation physics, including measuring the CP violating phase, determining the mass hierarchy, resolving the $\theta_{23}$ octant, and searching for sterile neutrinos. Finally, I will describe the plans and physics goals for future accelerator-based neutrino experiments. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:21AM - 11:57AM |
J10.00002: 3-flavor oscillations with current and future reactor experiments Invited Speaker: Dan Dwyer Nuclear reactors have been a crucial tool for our understanding of neutrinos. The disappearance of electron antineutrinos emitted by nuclear reactors has firmly established that neutrino flavor oscillates, and that neutrinos consequently have mass. The current generation of precision measurements rely on some of the world's most intense reactor facilities to demonstrate that the electron antineutrino mixes with the third antineutrino mass eigenstate ($\overline{\nu}_3$). Accurate measurements of antineutrino energies robustly determine the tiny difference between the masses-squared of the $\overline{\nu}_3$ state and the two more closely-spaced $\overline{\nu}_1$ and $\overline{\nu}_2$ states. These results have given us a much clearer picture of neutrino mass and mixing, yet at the same time open major questions about how to account for these small but non-zero masses in or beyond the Standard Model. These observations have also opened the door for a new generation of experiments which aim to measure the ordering of neutrino masses and search for potential violation of CP symmetry by neutrinos. I will provide a brief overview of this exciting field. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, January 29, 2017 11:57AM - 12:33PM |
J10.00003: 3-flavor oscillations with current and future atmospheric experiments Invited Speaker: Ed Kearns Atmospheric neutrinos are comprised of both electron and muon neutrinos with a wide range of energies and baselines. In addition, those that pass through the earth are subject to substantial matter effects. Therefore, atmospheric neutrinos are a natural laboratory for exploring 3-flavor neutrino oscillation with sensitivity to the unknown mass ordering and CP violating phase. I will review the results from current experiments and the prospects for future experiments. [Preview Abstract] |
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