NOvA Masterclass on Long Island, June 2023

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Short URL for this page: http://tiny.cc/nova28jun23.

Full agenda for BNL-SB 2023 workshop.

Agenda

09:00 AM     Welcome, intros sign-in and ice-breaker

09:30 AM     Opening activity: Setting the stage

• From the big...to the small
• What is Physics? (map & video-to watch later)
    …from Dominic Walliman and Born to Engineer…and accompanying questions?
• Standard Model of particle physics

09:45 AM     NOvA Masterclass Measurement - Part 1a - Far Detector, Charged Current Interactions (Greg & Mike)

• Slides

•  Part 1A: Far Detector CC/"NuMu" Events

  • CC/"NuMu" Images ← Measure here
  • CC/"NuMu" Report Track Lengths ← Record here
  • Results of track length reporting form  ←- View together

10:30 AM     BREAK

10:45 AM     NOvA Masterclass Measurement - Part 1b - Far Detector, Neutral Current Interactions (Shane)

• Part 1B: Far Detector NC Events

  • NC Images ← Measure here
  • NC Report Track Lengths ← Record here
  • Result of track length reporting form ← View together
  • Discuss: What is our (imperfect) cutoff length that we will use to separate likely CC and NC events?

11:15 AM      NOvA Masterclass Measurement - Part 2- Near Detector, CC&NC with Coding (Mike)

• Python Near Event Analysis - Participant Version
  • Do a “File - Make a Copy”
  • Github link

12:30 PM     LUNCH - provided

• "Lunch with a physicist/grad student"
• Cool demos
• ...and this is when you eat!

1:00 PM     Conclude Part 2

• Report final results
• View final results

1:30 PM     Finish Masterclass

• Concluding video: How Neutrino Oscillations Work - From Even Bananas
• Discussion

2:00 PM     End: go to LIPTA cook-out