Mitchell Soderberg
Mitchell Soderberg
Professor and Associate Chair
CONTACT
Physics
331 Physics Building
Email: msoderbe@syr.edu
Degrees
- 2006 Ph.D. in Physics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 2004 M.S. in Physics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 2000 B.S in Physics Truman State University
Social/Academic Links
- Neutrino flavor oscillations using long-baseline experiments.
- Development of noble liquid detectors for neutrino physics.
- Development of data-analysis techniques for noble liquid detectors.
Research Spotlight
Liquid argon detectors are an exciting class of neutrino experiments. While they can provide bubble chamber quality images, they have excellent background rejection.
(Feb. 14, 2024)
The excavation of massive caverns in South Dakota paves the way for an international team of researchers, including Syracuse University physicists, to further explore neutrinos’ role in the Universe.
(Aug. 10, 2023)
The Syracuse University Research in Physics program brings Syracuse City School District students to campus labs for six weeks of physics research.
(Aug. 31, 2022)
Thanks to grants from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, A&S physicists Mitch Soderberg and Denver Whittington will continue their research at the cutting edge of neutrino discovery.
(Oct. 29, 2021)
Four complementary analyses by Fermilab’s MicroBooNE show no signs of a theorized fourth kind of neutrino known as the sterile neutrino.
(April 4, 2019)
Ph.D. candidate Avinay Bhat discusses his research into the Universe's smallest, most elusive particles
(Dec. 20, 2018)
Physicists build major components for multinational neutrino experiment
(Nov. 17, 2017)
NSF grant funds Mitchell Soderberg’s role in neutrino research
(July 21, 2017)
Professors participate in groundbreaking of Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility in South Dakota, future home of Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
(Nov. 2, 2015)
Professor Mitchell Soderberg leads researchers on 'MicroBooNE' experiment at Fermilab
Syracuse Physicists Aid in Study of Elusive Neutrinos
Syracuse Revels in Mega-Science Experiment to Study Neutrinos
“Measurement of of nu_mu and anti-nu_mu Neutral Current π0→γγ Production in the ArgoNeuT Detector”, Phys. Rev. D 96, 012006 (2017), arXiv:1511.00941
“First Observation of Low Energy Electron Neutrinos in a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber”, Phys. Rev. D 95, 072005 (2017), arXiv:1610.04102
“Construction and Assembly of the Wire Planes for the MicroBooNE Time Projection Chamber”, JINST 12 (2017) no.03, T03003, arXiv:1609.06169
“Design and Construction of the MicroBooNE Detector”, JINST 12 (2017) no.02, P02017, arXiv:1612.05824
“First Measurement of Neutrino and Antineutrino Coherent Charged Pion Production on Argon”, Phys.Rev.Lett. 113 (2014) no.26, 261801, arXiv:1408.0598
“Measurements of Inclusive Muon Neutrino and Antineutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon in the NuMI Antineutrino Beam”, Phys. Rev. D 89, 112003 (2014), arXiv:1404.4809
"First Measurements of Inclusive Muon Neutrino Charged Current Differential Cross Sections on Argon", C. Anderson et al., PRL 108 (2012) 161802, arxiv:1111.0103.