2026 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2026

Session

(PPD) M3-9 | (PPD)

M3-9

22 Jun 2026, 16:15

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

843. Neutrino Self-Interactions in Neutrino Scattering

Saeid Foroughi-Abari (Carleton University)

22/06/2026, 16:15

Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)

Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)

Testing new interactions in the neutrino sector, both in current and upcoming experiments, is essential for uncovering the nature of neutrinos. In many extensions of the Standard Model, active neutrinos may engage in self-interactions via the exchange of new light mediators, often motivated by the need to explain empirical puzzles such as the origin of neutrino mass. Cosmological data also...

606. Measurement of Inclusive Antineutrino Cross-Sections in 3.5 GeV and 6 GeV Antineutrino Beams and Neutrino Counterparts in Neutrino Beams

Maria Mehmood

22/06/2026, 16:45

Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

The next generation of long-baseline neutrino experiments requires a high precision understanding of neutrino-nucleus interactions. The MINERvA experiment at Fermilab was designed to provide this increased understanding with accurate measurements of these interactions that then guide the development of robust interaction models. In particular, cross-section measurements play a central role in...

645. The Development of Directional Calibration in P-ONE

Tyler Martin (University of Alberta)

22/06/2026, 17:00

Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

P-ONE is a high-volume neutrino telescope planned to span a cubic kilometre in the Pacific Ocean. It will consist of an array of optical modules (OMs) that house photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) to detect TeV-energy neutrinos via Cherenkov radiation. The timing and position of the light detected allow us to reconstruct the path and direction of the incoming neutrinos. While this information is...

859. Optical Calibration of the SNO+ Scintillator Phase using a ‘Laserball’

Jamie Grove (Queen's University)

22/06/2026, 17:15

Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

The SNO+ experiment is a kilotonne-scale neutrino detector located 2km underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Ontario. A primary goal of SNO+ is to further our understanding of the Standard Model (SM) and the nature of neutrinos through a search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0$\nu$$\beta$$\beta$) in $^{130}$Te. A 0$\nu$$\beta$$\beta$ detection would measure the absolute neutrino mass, extend...

691. Measurement of the muon flux at SNOLAB using the DEAP-3600 experiment

Akhil Maru (Carleton University)

22/06/2026, 17:30

Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

The DEAP-3600 experiment is a direct dark matter (DM) search located 2 km underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada, employing a spherical acrylic vessel capable of holding 3600 kg of liquid Argon (LAr) target surrounded by a water Cherenkov veto system. The inner vessel and the water tank are monitored by photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) to detect scintillation and Cherenkov light. Despite the...