Wright Lab researchers developing new neutrino detector technologies
May 5, 2021
A team of Wright Lab researchers from the Yale High Energy Neutrino Physics group, including associate research scientist Domenico Franco and graduate students Lee Hagaman and Giacomo Scanavini, have recently joined the research and development (R&D) effort for a new detector technology that is being developed for use by the international ArgonCube collaboration. ArgonCube, with its novel modular Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) detector design and innovative technique of pixelated charge readout, will serve as the near detector for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE).
DUNE is a planned neutrino experiment with a detector composed of multiple LArTPCs. This experiment will send a high energy neutrino beam over a distance of 1,300 km from Fermilab in Batavia, IL to the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota. DUNE will be used to study a phenomenon
Yale Physics welcomes history-making class of incoming graduate students
May 3, 2021
Yale Physics is pleased to welcome 35 new graduate students, including 18 women, 17 men, and 7 students from underrepresented minorities (URM) to our department. This includes 12 international students from 6 countries. This class has already started making history with the highest percentage of women and URM students of any incoming Yale Physics class.
Stacey Watts, graduate registrar for the department, said “This is the most diverse class we’ve ever had in terms of who applied, were offered, and accepted. The incoming class will be 51% female and 20% URM.”
Simon Mochrie, professor of physics and of applied physics and the Director of Graduate Admissions (DGA) for the Yale Department of Physics said, “The Yale Physics Department is excited and proud to welcome a graduate class with a majority of women for the first time ever and a record percentage of URMs. This historic outcome refle
Fleming collaborates in the composition of MicroBooNE music
January 22, 2021
Wright Lab’s professor of physics Bonnie Fleming has collaborated in the composition of a new piece of music called “MicroBooNE” by David Ibbett, the first composer-in-residence at Fermilab, through a series of discussions with the composer about the science of the Micro Booster Neutrino Experiment (MicroBooNE), which is the inspiration for the piece.
“MicroBooNE” premiered on December 8 at an online evening of talks and performances hosted by the Fermilab Arts and Lecture Series. During the event, Ibbet discussed “his inspirations and techniques for translating neutrino science into sound through a variety of sonification methods” and Fleming explained the science behind the composition. The recording of the event, called “Neutrino music: a composer’s journey,” and the piece itself can both be found on the composer’s website and on YouTube.