Measuring neutrino interactions for next-generation oscillation experiments

Oct 21, 2024, 8:30 AM → Oct 25, 2024, 7:00 PM Europe/Rome

Aula Renzo Leonardi (ECT*)

Callum Wilkinson (LBNL), Clarence Wret (University of Oxford), Luke Pickering (STFC), Stephen Dolan (CERN)

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Measuring neutrino interactions for next-generation oscillation experiments

Accelerator neutrino oscillation experiments have the potential to revolutionize our understanding of fundamental physics, including: characterizing charge-parity violation in the lepton sector; determining the neutrino mass ordering; and exploring physics beyond three-flavor neutrino mixing. However, the next generation of long baseline experiments (DUNE and Hyper-K) require precise control over the systematic uncertainties in their analyses. The most challenging uncertainties come from the modeling of neutrino-nucleus interactions and are related to subtle details of the pertinent nuclear physics, such as those of the target nucleus ground state, and the transport of hadrons through the nuclear medium. Confronting such uncertainties requires significantly improved theoretical models as well as targeted measurements with the current generation of experiments to inform model development. This workshop will bring together neutrino oscillation experimentalists, nuclear theorists and those measuring neutrino-nucleus interactions, and will provide a unique opportunity for cross-field discourse.

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Monday, October 21

1 WORKSHOP REGISTRATION

2 Workshop introduction

Speakers: Callum Wilkinson (LBNL), Clarence Wret (University of Oxford), Luke Pickering (STFC), Stephen Dolan (CERN)

openingTalk.pdf

Experiment introduction

3 Overview of next-generation oscillation experiments

Speaker: Callum Wilkinson (LBNL)

ECT_wilkinson_Oct24.pdf

4 T2K and NOvA's experience, with applications to future experiments

Speaker: Jeremy Wolcott (Tufts University)

2024-10-21 Wolcott NOvA and T2K osc experience - ECTstar.pdf

10:30 AM Coffee

Generator introduction

5 Generator overview

Speaker: Patrick Stowell (University of Sheffield)

ECT*-Generators-Reduced-Final.pdf

6 Tuning of generators

Speaker: Julia Tena Vidal (Tel Aviv University)

ECT_talk_Generators_Oscillations.pdf

12:20 PM Lunch

Experiment introduction

7 Help from CH-land

Speaker: Kevin McFarland (University of Rochester)

ECT Carbon Measurements McFarland 2024.pdf

ECT Carbon Measurements McFarland 2024.pptx

8 Help from LAr-land (remote)

Speaker: Andrew Furmanski (University of Minnesota)

ECTStar_WhatLArCanDoForYou.pdf

Theory introduction

9 Overview of CC0pi modelling

Speaker: Raul Gonzalez Jimenez (Universidad de Sevilla)

overview_pionless.pdf

10 Moving up into the 1pi region

Speaker: Natalie Jachowicz (Gent University)

trento1024jachowicz.pdf

3:20 PM Coffee

11 Welcome Incoming ECT* Director Prof. U. van Kolck

Speaker: Ubirajara van Kolck

12 Workshop dinner Restaurant Antico Pozzo - Trento

Tuesday, October 22

Uncertainties in experiment and theory

Convener: Stephen DOLAN (LLR / CEA Saclay)

13 Uncertainties in T2K analyses

Speaker: Kamil Skwarczynski (Royal Holloway, University of London (GB))

Kamil_T2K_Uncertainties.pdf

14 Uncertainties in NOvA analyses

Speaker: Jeremy Wolcott (Tufts University)

2024-10-22 Wolcott XS unc in NOvA - ECTstar.pdf

10:20 AM Coffee

Uncertainties in experiment and theory

Convener: Stephen DOLAN (LLR / CEA Saclay)

15 Uncertainties in SBN analyses

Speaker: Afroditi Papadopoulou

Papadopoulou_ECT_Trento_xsec_systematics_Oct_21_2024.pdf

16 Uncertainties developed for MINERvA analyses

Speaker: Deborah Harris (York University)

MINERvA_Systematics_ECT_v5.pdf

17 Uncertainties in SIS and hadronization

Speaker: Julia Tena Vidal (Tel Aviv University)

ECT_talk_SIS_DIS.pdf

12:30 PM Lunch

Uncertainties in experiment and theory

Convener: Stephen DOLAN (LLR / CEA Saclay)

18 Uncertainties in theory 2

Speakers: Joanna Sobczyk (JGU), Joanna Sobczyk (IFIC)

jsobczyk_UQ.pdf

19 Uncertainties in theory models 1

Speaker: Raul Gonzalez Jimenez (Universidad de Sevilla)

uncertainties.pdf

20 Future uncertainties for oscillation experiments

Speaker: Laura Munteanu (CERN)

Future_Uncertainties.pdf

3:30 PM Coffee

Uncertainties in experiment and theory

21 Panel discussion

What uncertainties are we missing at the moment?
What is the roadmap for getting them?
What don't we have good prospects for that matters?
What are the real approximations in theory calculations vs what uncertainties can be provided?

Wednesday, October 23

Final State Interactions

Conveners: Callum Wilkinson (LBNL), Clarence Wret (University of Oxford), Luke Pickering (STFC), Stephen Dolan (CERN)

22 FSIs and The Inclusive Cross Sections

Speaker: Dr Juanma Franco Patiño (IFIC, Valencia)

ECT_trento_Juanma.pdf

23 The Hadron Cascade

Speaker: Kajetan Niewczas (Ghent University, Belgium)

kniewczas_241023.pdf

24 INCL for Neutrino Scattering

Speaker: Anna Ershova (LLR, École polytechnique)

presentation.pdf

10:30 AM Coffee

Final State Interactions

25 INCL in GEANT4 (remote)

Speaker: Jean-Christophe David (CEA)

INCL.pdf

INCL.pptx

26 Neutrino Scattering in GEANT4 (remote)

Speaker: Vladimir Grichine (LPI)

27 Discussion: Hadron Transport -- In and Out of Medium

12:20 PM Lunch

SIS and Alternate Probes

Conveners: Callum Wilkinson (LBNL), Clarence Wret (University of Oxford), Luke Pickering (STFC), Stephen Dolan (CERN)

28 What do Theorists Want From Alternate-probe Measurements

Speakers: Artur Ankowski (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University), Artur Ankowski (University of Wroclaw)

2024_10_21_ECT.pdf

29 What can Electron Constraints do for Neutrino Interaction Uncertainties (0pi, 1pi, Npi) (remote)

Speaker: adi ashkenazi (MIT)

241023_ECTstar_e4nu.pdf

30 Discussion: Incorporating Data From non-Neutrino Probe Measurements

3:30 PM Coffee

SIS and Alternate Probes

31 Recent Multi-pion-production Measurements

Speaker: Anezka Klustova (Imperial College London)

klustova_multipion_ect_workshop.pdf

32 Hadron-Argon Scattering Measurements

Speaker: Richard Diurba (Bern)

Trento_PDSP.pdf

Thursday, October 24

Free nucleon cross sections and neutron measurements

Convener: Stephen DOLAN (LLR / CEA Saclay)

33 QE on the nucleon: from bubble chambers to LQCD

Speaker: Aaron Meyer (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

ectstar-4.pdf

34 What we don't know about Npi and nuclear effects in nu-D

Speaker: Minoo Kabirnezhad (Imperial College London)

ECT_Minoo.pdf

10:20 AM Coffee

Free nucleon cross sections and neutron measurements

Convener: Stephen DOLAN (LLR / CEA Saclay)

35 LQCD outlook and prospects

Speaker: Sara Collins (University of Regensburg)

talk.pdf

36 Discussion: next steps for bubble chamber and LQCD analysis

What is useful for theorists for LQCD?
Bubble Chambers: new data, new interpretations, use of more niche measurements

12:20 PM Lunch

Free nucleon cross sections and neutron measurements

Convener: Stephen DOLAN (LLR / CEA Saclay)

37 Constraining free-nucleon measurements using kinematic separation

Speaker: Stephen DOLAN (LLR / CEA Saclay)

NeutronsTalk.pdf

38 MINERvA's free nucleon measurement and other neutron analyses

Speaker: Andrew Olivier (University of Notre Dame du Lac)

ECTStart_MINERvANeutrons_v2.pdf

39 Neutron tagging in argon

Speaker: Afroditi Papadopoulou

Papadopoulou_ECT_Trento_Neutron_Tagging_Oct_21_2024.pdf

3:30 PM Coffee

Free nucleon cross sections and neutron measurements

Convener: Stephen DOLAN (LLR / CEA Saclay)

40 Challenges and prospects for neutron detection

Speaker: Steve Manly (University of Rochester)

Manly_Trento_Neutrino_Int_wkshop_Oct2024.pdf

41 Discussion: next steps for neutron measurements: H and beyond

42 Workshop Restaurant Orso Grigio - Trento

Friday, October 25

Model dependence and data utility

43 Statistical methods in cross-section extraction

Speaker: Lukas Koch (JGU Mainz)

XSEC-methods.pdf

44 New methods for cross-section extraction

Speaker: Steven Gardiner (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

GardinerXSecExtractionMethods.pdf

45 OmniFold

Speaker: Andrew Cudd (University of Colorado)

ectstar_omnifold_20241025.pdf

10:30 AM Coffee

Model dependence and data utility

46 Data releases and preservation

Speaker: Luke Pickering (STFC)

ECT*_DataRelAndPres.pdf

47 Successes and challenges in using XSEC measurements: theoretical perspective

Speaker: Dr Guillermo D. Megias (DPhP, CEA-Irfu (France) and University of Seville (Spain))

Successes and challenges in using cross section measurements: theoretical perspective

48 Discussion: data presentation

12:30 PM Lunch

Future planning

49 New directions for XSEC measurements

Speaker: Daniel Cherdack (University of Houston)

Cherdack_ECT_Xsec_Workshop_Oct2024v5.pdf

50 Discussion: future directions

3:30 PM Coffee

Future planning: Closeout