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DTSTART:20170124T220000Z
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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:Hunting for Sterile Neutrinos at Long and Short Baselines\, NP
 AC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum\, Adam Aurisano\, UC Cincinnat
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DESCRIPTION:The discovery that neutrinos can change flavor as they tra
 vel over long distances is one of the first indications of physics bey
 ond the Standard Model.  Long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment
 s\, where detectors are placed far from the production point of the ne
 utrinos\, agree well with the three-flavor neutrino oscillation paradi
 gm.  However\, some short-baseline experiments\, where detectors are p
 laced close to the production point of the neutrinos\, show anomalous 
 results.  In particular\, LSND and MiniBooNE observed excesses of elec
 tron neutrinos in muon neutrino beams which cannot be explained by thr
 ee-flavor oscillations.  These anomalies can be explained by the addit
 ion of new sterile neutrino flavors\, but for this to be the correct e
 xplanation\, long and short-baseline experiments must be consistent. I
 f confirmed\, the discovery of sterile neutrinos would be a paradigm s
 hift in our understanding of neutrino properties and potentially of th
 e evolution of the Universe. I will give an introduction to sterile ne
 utrinos\, present recent results from the MINOS and NOvA experiments\,
  discuss new Deep Learning methods to improve sterile analyses\, and d
 escribe prospects for the future.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=4394
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