Donna Naples

  • Professor
415 Allen Hall
dnaples@pitt.edu

Research

My research focuses on the study of neutrinos and their properties. Neutrinos are difficult to produce and detect because of their small interaction cross sections in matter. Their fundamental properties such as their masses, and mixing matrix, as well as their interactions are current topics of importance for both particle physics and cosmology. My experiments are based at Fermilab and use the NuMI and Booster high intensity neutrino beams. Main experimental efforts include the long-baseline oscillation experiment  NOvA  and ICARUS , which searches for eV scale sterile neutrinos. I am also involved in planning the next generation oscillation experiment DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment) which will help us further unravel neutrino mysteries.

Awards

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2018

Selected Publications

  • "Measurement of the electron neutrino-nucleus charged current double-differential cross section at neutrino energy - 2.4 GeV using NOvA'', M.A. Acero et al.,  PRL 130 (2023) 5, 051802.
  • "Measurement of the axial vector form factor from antineutrino-proton scattering'', T. Cai et al.,  Nature 614 (2023) 7946, 48-53.
  • "Search for an Excess of Electron Neutrino Interactions in MicroBooNE Using Multiple Final State Topologies'', MicroBoone collaboration.,  PRL 128 (2022) 24, 241801.
  • "First Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters using Neutrinos and Antineutrinos by NOvA'', M.A. Acero et al.,  PRL 123 (2019) 15, 151830.
  • "Measurement of the antineutrino to neutrino charged-current interaction cross section ratio in MINERvA'', L. Ren et al.,  Phys.Rev. D95 (2017) no.7, 072009.
  •  ``Search for flavor-changing nonstandard neutrino interactions using electron neutrino appearance in MINOS'', P. Adamson, et al.,  Phys.Rev. D95 (2017) no.1, 012005.
  • ``Combined analysis of muon neutrino disappearance and electron neutrino appearance in MINOS using accelerator and atmospheric neutrinos'', P. Adamson, et al., Phys.Rev.Lett. 112 (2014) 191801.
  • "Observation of Electron Neutrino Appearance in a Muon Neutrino Beam", K. Abe et al. , Phys. Rev. Lett.112. , 061802 (2014)
  • "A search for non-standard neutrino flavor-changing interactions by MINOS,", P. Adamson et al., Phys. Rev. D88 , 072011 (2013).

Postdoctoral Affiliates

Wanwei Wu
London Cooper-Troendle

Graduate Advisor

Mohamed Ismail
Dihan Senadheera