| Seminar Date: | Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
| Time: | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Location: | Madrone |
| Abstract: | The observation that neutrinos change from one flavor to another as they propagate, or "neutrino oscillation", has been one of the most surprising results in particle physics in the last two decades. Through neutrino oscillation, we now know neutrinos have a small but non-zero mass, which has wide ranging implications for astrophysics, and cosmology. The T2K experiment studies neutrino oscillation by using a>99.5% pure beam of muon neutrinos sent through Japan. This seminar will describe the recent T2K results on electron neutrino appearance and muon neutrino disappearance in a muon neutrino beam, the consequences for the origin of neutrino mass and implications for the future of neutrino physics. The wider T2K physics program, including cross section measurements and dark matter searches, will also be discussed. |
| Speaker: | Kendall Mahn - Triumf
 Kendall Mahn is a postdoctoral research fellow at TRIUMF. Kendall studies neutrinos as a member of a large (~500 person) international experiment called T2K. The Tokai-to-Kamioka experiment sends a beam of neutrinos from the eastern coast of Japan to a mine on the western side (295km) to make precision measurements of neutrino oscillation and neutrino interactions. Kendall currently serves as the T2K oscillation co-convener and T2K cross section co-convener. She has also done work on nonstandard neutrino interactions, as her PhD thesis was on a search for sterile neutrino oscillations with MiniBooNE."
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