Current Work
Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillations
We study the composition of the NuMI neutrino beam as it propogates 735 km through the Earth's crust from Fermilab to northern Minnesota using the MINOS+ detectors. By measuring the disappearance (oscillation) of muon neutrinos to other flavors, we can constrain the neutrino mixing parameters θ23 and Δm232. Shown above is our latest result as of June 2016.
Very Short Baseline Neutrino Oscillations
Using solid-state detectors 2-4 meters from a 1MW TRIGA reactor, we hope to measure coherent neutrino scattering and uniquely probe sterile neutrino phase space. Shown above is the feasibility of such a search as outlined by my Fightin' Texas Aggie colleagues (arXiv:1511.02834). Some of our work characterizing backgrounds is documented here: arXiv:1511.02834.
Detector R&D
Technological advances have the ability to unlock scientific breakthroughs. Shown above is a plot of analog pulse areas from a SiPM preamplifier board which we designed and constructed for the LArIAT experiment. The peaks correspond to a discrete number of photons being observed by the detector.
Monte Carlo Simulation
From the LHC to neutrino experiments, we rely on Monte Carlo simulation to encapsulate the non-deterministic nature of the particles we measure.
