Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2020 Fall Meeting of the APS Prairie Section
Volume 65, Number 22
Friday–Sunday, November 13–15, 2020; Virtual
Session A01: Particle Physics |
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Chair: Zack Sullivan, Illinois Institute of Technology |
Friday, November 13, 2020 8:40AM - 9:00AM |
A01.00001: Welcome Zack Sullivan, Christopher Fasano Welcome to the Fall Meeting of the Prairie Section of the American Physical Society. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, November 13, 2020 9:00AM - 9:30AM |
A01.00002: An Update on Anomalies in Reactor Neutrino Physics Invited Speaker: Bryce Littlejohn Models of antineutrino production in nuclear reactors predict absolute detection rates and energy spectra at odds with the existing body of direct reactor antineutrino measurements. If these discrepancies are taken seriously, then they must be indicative of a misunderstanding of neutrino production in nuclear reactor cores and/or the fundamental properties of neutrinos. A variety of reactor neutrino experiments at short (<20 m) and long (>100m) reactor-detector distances have provided new insights into these two explanations for existing flux and spectrum anomalies. This talk will provide an overview of these developments while highlighting recent measurements performed by PROSPECT, which has operated a 4 ton segmented lithium-doped liquid scintillator detector covering baseline ranges of ~7-11 meters from the U235-enriched High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This experiment has demonstrated the feasibility of precision on-surface reactor antineutrino detection, advanced understanding of antineutrino production by the primary fission isotope U235, and placed world-leading limits on sterile neutrino oscillations. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, November 13, 2020 9:30AM - 10:00AM |
A01.00003: Highlights from the LHC Physics Center (LPC) at Fermilab Invited Speaker: Sergo Jindariani The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle collider in the world. The LHC Physics Center (LPC) at Fermilab is a regional center focusing on physics analysis, detector operations, and upgrades. The center was established in 2004 and has been steadily growing since then and currently involves hundreds of scientists In this talk, I will discuss the LPC model, present various activities and programs taking place at the center, highlight some of the recent physics results and accomplishments, and outline future directions. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, November 13, 2020 10:00AM - 10:30AM |
A01.00004: Particles beyond the Standard Model Invited Speaker: Bogdan Dobrescu The Standard Model of particle physics has been remarkably successful at predicting the results of a wide range of experiments. Although there is evidence that phenomena beyond the Standard Model exist, their description in terms of particles and quantum fields is not yet known. This talk will cover some of the theoretical models for physics beyond the Standard Model, and the experimental searches that will probe them. [Preview Abstract] |
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