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Chao Zhang

Research Staff 6 Physics with Distinction of Tenure, Electronic Detector Group, Physics Department

Chao Zhang

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Physics Department
Bldg. 510E, Room 3-178
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-8320
czhang@bnl.gov

I am a physicist working on neutrino oscillation experiments. I have so far contributed to the measurement of four out of the seven fundamental neutrino oscillation parameters, including the solar neutrino mass splitting (delta-m-squared-21) and its mixing angle (theta-12), the atmospheric neutrino mass splitting (delta-m-squared-31), and the smallest neutrino mixing angle (theta-13). My current research aims to determine the remaining unknown parameters: the neutrino mass ordering (MO) and the CP-violation phase in the lepton sector (delta-CP). 

Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Awards


Research Activities

 Current Research
  • Accelerator Neutrino Experiments: DUNE, MicroBooNE, ICARUS
  • Reactor Neutrino Experiments: Daya Bay, PROSPECT
  • Detector R&D: liquid argon time projection chamber, water-based liquid scintillator
Past Research

Education

Professional Appointments

  • Tenured Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2022
  • Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2019
  • Associate Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2017
  • Physics Associate III, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2015
  • Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2011
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 2010
     

Selected Publications

  • Abratenko P, Alrashed M, An R, et al (2021) Cosmic Ray Background Rejection with Wire-Cell LArTPC Event Reconstruction in the MicroBooNE Detector. Physical Review Applied 15:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.15.064071
  • MicroBooNE Collaboration, Abratenko P, Alrashed M, et al (2020) Neutrino Event Selection in the MicroBooNE Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber using Wire-Cell 3-D Imaging, Clustering, and Charge-Light Matching. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2011.01375
  • Ji X, Gu W, Qian X, et al (2020) Combined Neyman–Pearson chi-square: An improved approximation to the Poisson-likelihood chi-square. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 961:163677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163677
  • Ashenfelter J, Balantekin AB, Band HR, et al (2019) Measurement of the Antineutrino Spectrum from U235 Fission at HFIR with PROSPECT. Physical Review Letters 122:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.251801
  • Qian X, Zhang C, Viren B, Diwan M (2018) Three-dimensional imaging for large LArTPCs. Journal of Instrumentation 13:P05032–P05032. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/05/p05032
  • Ashenfelter J, Balantekin AB, Baldenegro C, et al (2018) First Search for Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillations at HFIR with PROSPECT. Physical Review Letters 121:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.251802
  • An FP, Balantekin AB, Band HR, et al (2017) Evolution of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay. Physical Review Letters 118:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.118.251801
  • An FP, Balantekin AB, Band HR, et al (2016) Measurement of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay. Physical Review Letters 116:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.116.061801
  • Vogel P, Wen LJ, Zhang C (2015) Neutrino oscillation studies with reactors. Nature Communications 6:. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7935
  • An FP, Balantekin AB, Band HR, et al (2014) Search for a Light Sterile Neutrino at Daya Bay. Physical Review Letters 113:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.113.141802
  • An FP, Balantekin AB, Band HR, et al (2014) Spectral Measurement of Electron Antineutrino Oscillation Amplitude and Frequency at Daya Bay. Physical Review Letters 112:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.112.061801
  • Zhang C, Qian X, Vogel P (2013) Reactor antineutrino anomaly with knownθ13. Physical Review D 87:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.87.073018
  • An FP, Bai JZ, Balantekin AB, et al (2012) Observation of Electron-Antineutrino Disappearance at Daya Bay. Physical Review Letters 108:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.108.171803

Awards & Recognition

Chao Zhang

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Physics Department
Bldg. 510E, Room 3-178
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-8320
czhang@bnl.gov

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