Overview of some of the research activities I have been involved in.
The LZ detector aims at detecting dark matter via the low energy deposit produced by its interaction with the detector medium. To achieve this, it is necessary to understand very well the optical properties of the material constituting the detector. My R&D experimental work at LZ is the measurement of the reflectance, roughness, absorption and fluorescence of the PTFE material that surrounds the detector medium. Read more...
Right-handed neutral leptons can provide a mechanism to generate the Standard Model neutrino masses. Using the novel technology of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers, I have performed the first search in Liquid Argon for Heavy Neutral Leptons using a novel trigger tuned to exploit the longer time-of-flight of massive right-handed neutrinos with the MicroBooNE detector. Read more...
Neutrinos of atmospheric origin provide an exceptional tool for measuring several neutrino properties. Their production mechanism is however difficult to model due to large uncertainties on the parent cosmic-ray flux shape. I have determined improved uncertainties on atmospheric muon-neutrino fluxes arising from cosmic-ray primaries using recent cosmic-ray measurements and an alternative cosmic-ray parametrisation model. Read more...