Physics and Astronomy Colloquium: Dr. Kevin Mcfarland
This event is in the past.
When:
September 28, 2023
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Where:
Event category:
Seminar
In-person
Measuring the Structure of Protons with Accelerator Neutrinos
High energy electron elastic scattering measurements, in which the target remains intact after the collisions, have been used to study the time-averaged structure of protons, neutrons, and atomic nuclei since the 1950s. So it might seem surprising that such measurements using artificial beams of neutrinos had never before been performed until recently, especially given that the structure measured in such an experiment is both interesting and difficult to calculate. I’ll discuss the technical challenges of making such a measurement, what we have found in making it, and future prospects.