Long baseline neutrino oscillation physics experiments will address
some of the most fundamental questions in particle physics today.
These experiments, on the Intensity Frontier, will play a key role in
the future of US Particle Physics. This Nu Frontier includes
experiments combining precision detection with scalability to large
volumes, such as Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers. Their fine-grained tracking and total absorption calorimetry capabilities
translate to sensitivity to neutrino oscillation physics significantly
better than conventional detection techniques such as Water Cerenkov
detectors. Recently, interest in these detectors in the US has grown,
and a program to scale these detectors to the large sizes needed for
long baseline physics has come into focus. This program, including
the ArgoNeuT, MicroBooNE, and the LBNE projects, will be described.
Friday, January 22nd at 4:00 PM
Room L-211, Technological Institute
Refreshments are served at 3:30 PM
