Neutrino masterclasses in IMC 2019

Ken Cecire, Rob Fine, Spencer Pasero, Shane Wood

Aspirations

MMA

Existing masterclass!

Fermilab short baseline

MINERvA

MINERvA detector Interaction of interest

Event display

Results from UF → low statistics → Fermi motion

The numbers

• Expect 2000-5000 events - sets of 50 with BG and signal
• Students select signal, paste kinematics
• Determine if neutrons in target are moving → lower bound for nuclear radius
• First major test Jan or Feb
• Testing 3 days MINERvA masterclasses in IMC 2019 schedule
• Fri 29 Mar
• Sat 06 Apr
• Thu 11 Apr
• Videoconferences moderated from Fermilab

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Extra slides

Modified plan for rollout

Background events

“Vertex” background

“Recoil” background

spreadsheet

Results from UF → low statistics → beam energy

Results from UF → low statistics → proton absorption

Progress on MINERvA

Progress made

• More data > 500 events
• Includes BG
• Understanding of BG
• Refinement of result
• Additional measurement

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Progress needed

• More data > 2000 events
• Refine understanding
• Documentation, website

https://quarknet.org > MASTERCLASSES > NEUTRINO PROJECT MAP

Looking forward

Masterclass design:

• 2000-5000 events total
• Students examine sets of 50 events/pair; 20-40 students/masterclass; ≤5 mc/videocon
• Each set has mix of signal events, vertex background, recoil background
• Students choose signal events, transfer data to shared spreadsheet
• Use combined results to find beam energy, probe nucleus, probe interaction of energized proton with matter; draw conclusions
• Google sheets should work; more advanced method maybe better

Looking forward

IMC 2019:

• First major test Jan or Feb
• Testing 3 days MINERvA masterclasses in IMC 2019 schedule
• Fri 29 Mar
• Sat 06 Apr
• Thu 11 Apr
• Videoconferences moderated from Fermilab
• Use what we learn to scale up in 2020 and beyond, inform other neutrino masterclass development