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SUMMARY:SBND -- a state of the art Liquid Argon TPC for Neutrino Physics -
  Nicola McConkey (University of Manchester)
DTSTART:20190212T150000Z
DTEND:20190212T160000Z
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CONTACT:William Fawcett
DESCRIPTION:The field of neutrino physics is now moving towards the era of
  precision physics in order to test the 3-neutrino paradigm\, neutrino mas
 s hierarchy and CP asymmetry in the lepton sector.  The next generation of
  neutrino detectors\, currently under development and construction\, will 
 have sensitivity to the fundamental parameters which describe these phenom
 ena.\n\nLiquid argon is an excellent detector medium\, with good scintilla
 tion and charge transport properties. Coupled with the three dimensional p
 osition reconstruction possible with a time projection chamber\, it makes 
 for a powerful particle detector which has become one of the detectors of 
 choice for rare event physics\, especially in neutrino detection.  This ra
 pidly developing field has many technical challenges as the desired detect
 or volume increases to the multi-kiloton scale. \n\nI will discuss the Sho
 rt Baseline Neutrino (SBN) programme\, with a focus on the detector techno
 logy used\, current status and future prospects for the Short Baseline Nea
 r Detector (SBND).
LOCATION:Ryle Seminar Room (Rutherford 930) 
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