WNPPC2026 - 63rd Winter Nuclear & Particle Physics Conference

Session

Neutrino Physics

Feb 13, 2026, 10:15 a.m.

Kinnear Centre Room (KC 303) (Banff, Alberta)

Conveners

Neutrino Physics: EDI and Neutrino Physics

• Heather Russell (University of Victoria)

Neutrino Physics

• Erica Caden (SNOLAB)

78. EDI in Physics

Prof. Rowan Thomson (Carleton University)

2026-02-13, 10:15 a.m.

60. Time-Charge HEALPix Direction Reconstruction Fitter for Supernova Neutrinos in Super-Kamiokande

Nikolas Boily (University of Regina)

2026-02-13, 10:45 a.m.

Neutrino properties

Contributed Oral

Supernova (SN) localization from water-Cherenkov neutrino detectors is critical for capturing early optical observations of the next galactic SN, as neutrinos are the earliest observables arriving well before shock breakout. SN neutrino bursts detected by Super-Kamiokande (SK) produce thousands of PMT time-charge (TQ) signals which contain directional information. Our current direction...

51. Design and construction of the first P-ONE detector line

Ben Nührenbörger (Simon Fraser University)

2026-02-13, 11:00 a.m.

Neutrino properties

Contributed Oral

Astrophysical neutrinos at the TeV scale would open a new observational window into currently obscured and inaccessible extreme environments, such as the centre of other galaxies. Detecting them poses significant challenges due to their low rate and weak interactions with matter. The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE) addresses this problem by instrumenting a large volume of water at a...

39. Creating accurate optical module models in IceTray for the Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment

Bennett Winnicky-Lewis (University of Victoria)

2026-02-13, 11:15 a.m.

Neutrino properties

Contributed Oral

The detection of high-energy cosmic neutrinos by the IceCube and KM3NeT collaborations has raised questions of what astrophysical processes are creating these particles. In order to answer this question, additional large volume neutrino detectors must be constructed to offer full sky sensitivity to neutrino flux. The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE) is a future underwater neutrino...

72. Understanding neutrinos with accelerator beams and liquid argon time-projection chambers: ICARUS and DUNE

Bruce Howard (York University/Fermilab)

2026-02-14, 5:30 p.m.

Neutrino properties

Invited Oral

A global program of experiments has worked towards characterizing neutrino oscillation over the past few decades. However, important parameters remain to be measured, and mysteries remain to be elucidated. Current and upcoming experiments are targeting the open questions and probing the consistency of the neutrino oscillation paradigm. Likewise, the liquid argon (LAr) time-projection chamber...

49. Energy Calibration Studies for the Reactor Antineutrino Search at SNO+

Anthony Allega (Queen's University)

2026-02-14, 6:00 p.m.

Neutrino properties

Contributed Oral

The SNO+ experiment is a kilo tonne-scale liquid scintillator neutrino detector located 2 km underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Ontario. Within its broad physics program, SNO+ detects anti-neutrinos through an inverse beta decay (IBD) reaction, producing a characteristic delayed-coincidence signal that can be easily separated from most backgrounds. This allows SNO+ to make two key...

47. Scintillator Phase Deployment of the ‘Laserball’ Optical Calibration Source in SNO+

Jamie Grove (Queen's University)

2026-02-14, 6:15 p.m.

Neutrino properties

Contributed Oral

The SNO+ experiment is a multi-phase, kilotonne-scale neutrino detector located 2km underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Ontario. SNO+ has an extensive physics program, where the primary objective is a search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0$\nu$$\beta$$\beta$) in $^{130}$Te. To achieve the physics goals, it is essential to have a thorough understanding and calibration of the detector...

40. Combining PYTHIA and Geant4 for High-Energy Event Simulation in Neutrino Telescopes

Karen Rodriguez (University of Alberta)

2026-02-14, 6:30 p.m.

Neutrino properties

Contributed Oral

Neutrino telescopes are large volume detectors $(\sim$ $1$ $km^3)$ embedded in optically transparent media that observe the secondary particles produced when neutrinos —ranging in energy from GeV to TeV— interact in the medium. These experiments rely on detailed Monte Carlo simulations to interpret their data, yet events at TeV energies and above produce extensive hadronic and electromagnetic...

30. Pion Photoproduction Analysis in the Water Test Cherenkov Experiment (WCTE)

Rituparna Banerjee

2026-02-14, 6:45 p.m.

Neutrino properties

Contributed Oral

The Water Cherenkov Test Experiment (WCTE) at CERN was designed to provide controlled measurements of processes central to large-scale water Cherenkov detectors such as Hyper-Kamiokande. Using a water target together with a high-precision tagged-photon beam, WCTE recorded detailed data on charged-pion hadronic scattering, secondary neutron production, and Cherenkov-light emission from...

54. βNMR Spectroscopy of Ta films for the BeEST Sterile Neutrino Search

Maisy Willett (TRIUMF)

2026-02-14, 7:00 p.m.

Neutrino properties

Contributed Oral

The BeEST experiment (Beryllium Electron-capture in Superconducting Tunnel-junctions (STJs)) is a world-leading search for beyond the standard model (or “new”) neutrino physics and investigating quantum properties of weak decay using radioactive beryllium atoms embedded into thin-film superconducting quantum sensors. These sensors provide a unique tool for eV-scale measurements of the...