Hello again,
Further info about this seminar below. Reminder: let me know if
you are interested in joining for lunch after the talk; so far
I've only had one taker :)
-Jeremy
Speaker: Julía Tena Vidal, Tel Aviv University
Date & time: Tuesday, February 18th, 10:30am
Location: 574 Boston Ave., Room 310
Title: Unravelling hadron formation through lepton-nucleus
scattering
Abstract:
Hadronization
is a quantum chromodynamics (QCD) process in which high-energy
quarks evolve into colourless hadrons. Its time evolution in the
nucleus, driven by non-perturbative QCD, is still not well
understood. Hadronization is influenced by finite timescales and
the nuclear environment, directly affecting the observed hadron
yields and kinematics in experiments. The precise study of
hadronization is a cornerstone of the scientific mission of the
future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) experiment. It is also
critical for neutrino experiments in the few-to-100 GeV range,
such as the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), where
pion production processes dominate. These depend on precise
hadron production models for neutrino energy reconstruction,
which is essential for neutrino oscillation studies and searches
for physics beyond the Standard Model. Hadron production is
studied in electron-scattering experiments, which benefit from
high statistics and well-known monochromatic beams. The CLAS
large-acceptance spectrometers provide with new exclusive
hadron-production data to uncover the properties of hadron
production by using 1–11 GeV electron beams with various nuclear
targets of interest for DUNE. This seminar presents a new pion
production measurement with CLAS data and a novel initiative to
develop the first data-driven hadronization model tailored for
and experiments at the few to 100 GeV energy range. By
integrating three interconnected efforts— improved
lepton-scattering simulations, new hadron-production and
measurements, and the tuning of lepton-nucleus event
generators—this work aims to advance our understanding of hadron
formation and hadronization in the nuclear medium and reduce
systematic uncertainties in experiments.
Hello folks!
We will be hosting a guest, Dr. Julía Tena Vidal from Tel Aviv University, on Tuesday the 18th of February. She's an expert on neutrino and electron scattering measurements and their implications for neutrino scattering models, particularly those affecting hadronization, and has worked on the models in the GENIE neutrino generator for a number of years.
She'll be giving a seminar on her work for us on Tuesday, Feb. 18th at 10:30am. I will be sending around a talk title & abstract, as well as a room location, when I have it---but please plan to attend if you can! Also, I plan to take her for lunch after the seminar; let me know if you're interested in joining.
If you have any questions, feel free to reply or stop by my office.
-Jeremy