Associate Professor
About
Professor Spitz’s group studies experimental particle and astroparticle physics. The group is involved in carefully measuring the properties of the neutrino, one of nature's fundamental particles, and in trying to understand the role of the "little neutral one" in the evolution of the universe. Specifically, the Spitz group seeks to address fundamental questions such as (1) Are matter neutrinos different than anti-matter neutrinos? (2) How many neutrinos are there? and (3) How does the neutrino acquire mass? While there are clear paths forward for answering these questions unambiguously, detecting and characterizing neutrinos is famously quite difficult. As such, the Spitz group is actively involved in neutrino detection technology development and implementation towards the eventual goal of fully understanding the neutrino and its past and present role in the universe
Selected Publications
Measuring Changes in the Atmospheric Neutrino Rate Over Gigayear Timescales, (J.R. Jordan, S. Baum, P. Stengel, A. Ferrari, M.C. Morone, P. Sala, and J. Spitz), Physical Review Letters 125, 231802 (2020).
First Measurement of Electron Neutrino Scattering Cross Section on Argon, (R. Acciarri et al. [ArgoNeuT Collaboration]), Physical Review D 102, 011101(R) (2020).
First Measurement of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon at Enu~0.8 GeV with the MicroBooNE Detector, (P. Abratenko et al. [MicroBooNE Collaboration]), Physical Review Letters 123, 131801 (2019).
Severe Constraints on New Physics Explanations of the MiniBooNE Excess, (J.R. Jordan, Y. Kahn, G. Krnjaic, M. Moschella, and J. Spitz), Physical Review Letters 122, 081801 (2019).
Signatures of Pseudo-Dirac Dark Matter at High-Intensity Neutrino Experiments, (J.R. Jordan, Y. Kahn, G. Krnjaic, M. Moschella, and J. Spitz), Physical Review D 98, 075020 (2018).
First Measurement of Monoenergetic Muon Neutrino Charged Current Interactions, (A.A. Aguilar-Arevalo et al. [MiniBooNE Collaboration]), Physical Review Letters 120, 141802 (2018).
Cross Section Measurements with Monoenergetic Muon Neutrinos, (J. Spitz), Physical Review D 89, 073007 (2014).
A Sterile Neutrino Search with Kaon Decay-at-rest, (J. Spitz), Physical Review D 85, 093020 (2012).
Proposal for an Electron Antineutrino Disappearance Search Using High-Rate 8Li Production and Decay, (A. Bungau et al.), Physical Review Letters 109, 141802 (2012).
First Measurements of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon, (C. Anderson et al. [ArgoNeuT Collaboration]), Physical Review Letters 108, 161802 (2012).
