One last reminder about tomorrow (Tuesday)'s seminar, 10:30am in room 310.
-Jeremy
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.
On 2/5/25 4:34 PM, Jeremy Wolcott wrote:
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