[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Seminar today at 14:00

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Date/Time: Fri 2008-12-05 at 14:00

Location:  Auditorium          

Speaker:   Kendall Mahn (Columbia University)

Title:     Short baseline muon neutrino disappearance at Fermilab

Abstract: To search for neutrino oscillations in the few eV2 Dm2 region, the MiniBooNE experiment can either look for electron neutrino appearance or muon neutrino disappearance. Disappearance measurements are an uniquely sensitive probe of oscillations to sterile neutrinos or other exotic processes such as neutrino decay.  The 74% pure, high statistics CCQE muon neutrino sample in MiniBooNE can be used to make sensitive searches for disappearance of muon neutrinos and for the first time antineutrino disappearance in the few eV2 Dm2 range.  By combining MiniBooNE with SciBooNE, a near detector recently added to the beamline,  even better sensitivity to disappearance can be achieved.  Results for the MiniBooNE neutrino disappearance measurement will be presented along with the prospects for antineutrino and combined MiniBooNE/SciBooNE measurements.

Stimulants available 15 minutes before the talk.

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