Dean Karlen

Current graduate students

• Joseph Adegun (PhD)
• Marla Cervantes (PhD)
• Kyle Gao (MSc)
• Paul Jung (MSc)
• Purvaja Karthikeyan (PhD)
• Spencer Kiy (MSc)
• Fernando Maldonado (PhD)
• Olivier Shelbaya (PhD)
• Muhammad Usman (MSc)

Graduated students (UVic)

• Jason Abernathy (MSc)
• Casey Bojechko (PhD)
• Marla Cervantes (MSc)
• Kyle Fransham (MSc)
• Andre Gaudin (MSc)
• Fernando Maldonado (MSc)
• Jordan Myslik (PhD)
• Gabe Rosenbaum (MSc)
• Nicolas Savard (MSc)
• Doug Storey (MSc, PhD)

• The TRIUMF Neutrino Program - T2K  Invited presentation at the TRIUMF 50th Anniversary Science Symposium, July 17, 2018
• Latest results from the T2K neutrino experiment  Presentation at the 7th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics, Crete, July 12, 2018
• T2K: Investigating nature’s ghostly particles, the neutrinos  Colloquim at the University of Oregon, June 5, 2014.
• Recent Progress on Neutrino Oscillations  Invited presentation at the NW-APS Meeting, Oregon State University, October 21, 2011.
• Oscillating Neutrinos and T2K  Colloquim at the University of Victoria, September 14, 2011.
• Progress on Θ13  Invited presentation at the Physics in Collision Conference, Vancouver, August 31, 2011.
• Neutrino Experiments Invited lectures at the Lake Louise Winter Institute, Lake Louise, February 15-16, 2010.
• Shooting neutrinos across Japan: the T2K long baseline neutrino experiment Invited presentation at the Winter Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference, Banff, February 14, 2010.
• UVic Experimental Particle Physics Program Presentation to the NSERC Subatomic Physics GSC, Victoria, October 26, 2009.
• T2K Near Detectors Presentation to the JPARC Program Advisory Committee, KEK, Japan, July 18, 2009.
• ND280 Construction Status Report Presentation to the T2K collaboration, KEK, Japan, July 10, 2009.
• Canada's Role in Major International Projects: T2K and ILC A presentation at the Canada-Japan Particle Accelerator Science Symposium, Embassy of Canada, Tokyo, Japan, July 7, 2009.
• Time Projection Chambers for the T2K experiment A presentation at Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics conference, Tsukuba, Japan, March 13, 2009.
• Superconducting electron accelerator for Canada A presentation at the CFI review, Toronto, February 16, 2009.
• T2K ND280 Time Projection Chambers A presentation at the NSERC review, TRIUMF, December 8, 2008.
• Large scale TPC development at TRIUMF An invited presentation at the TRIUMF-GSI workshop, April 29, 2008.
• T2K ND280 Time Projection Chambers A presentation at the NSERC review, TRIUMF, December 16, 2007.
• Tracking in a TPC An invited plenary talk at the ALCCPG07 workshop, Fermilab, October 24, 2007.
• e-linac and the ILC A presentation at the TRIUMF Board of Management Meeting, September 14, 2007.
• Measuring distortions in a TPC with photoelectrons A presentation LCWS07 meeting, Hamburg, June 2, 2007.
  • conference proceedings writeup
• T2K-Canada Accelerator and Detector Status A presentation at the TRIUMF ACOT meeting, May 12, 2007.
• ILC Detector R&D and Test Beams An invited talk (Joint Experimental-Theoretical Seminar), Fermilab, January 19, 2007.
• T2K ND280 Time Projection Chambers A presentation at the NSERC review, TRIUMF, January 8, 2007.
• The T2K TPC An invited talk at the 2006 Berkeley TPC workshop April 7, 2006.
• GEM-TPC development in Canada Presentation to TPC technology recommendation panel, KEK, January 16, 2006.
• T2K 280m Detector An invited talk at the NuInt05 conference, Okayama, Japan, September 27, 2005.
• Study of GEM TPC Performance in Magnetic Fields A presentation at the Snowmass Linear Collider Workshop, Snowmass CO, August 18, 2005.
• The Large Detector Concept Plenary talk at the Snowmass Linear Collider Workshop, Snowmass CO, August 15, 2005.
• The International Linear Collider A presentation at the IPP Town Hall Meeting, TRIUMF, June 4, 2005.
• The International Linear Collider An invited talk at the APS NW section meeting, Victoria, May 13, 2005.
• The jtpc Analysis Package An invited talk at the Berkeley TPC R&D workshop, March 24, 2005.
• Study of GEM-TPC Performance in Magnetic Fields A talk at the International Linear Collider Workshop, Stanford, California, March 21, 2005.
  • conference proceedings writeup
• T2K TPC Conceptual Design A presentation at the T2K collaboration meeting at KEK, Japan, March 11, 2005.
• TPC Momentum Resolution – a full simulation A talk at the LC TPC workshop, LAL-Orsay, Paris, January 12, 2005.
• TPC report A presentation at the T2K near detector meeting, Rome, December 7, 2004.
• The T2K Near Detector Tracker An invited talk given Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, November 4, 2004.
  • Also given as a seminar at Carleton University on November 11, 2004.
• The T2K TPC A talk given at the ECFA Durham Linear Collider Workshop, September 3, 2004.
• Update of Victoria TPC R&D A talk given at the ECFA Durham Linear Collider Workshop, September 3, 2004.
• Near Detector Tracker A talk given at the 3rd International Workshop on Nuclear and Particle Physics at J-PARC (Neutrino Session) at KEK, Japan on August 25, 2004.
• Near detector tracker concepts A talk given at the T2K ND280m meeting at KEK (Japan) on August 22, 2004.
• The Future Linear Collider Project A talk given at the annual CAP congress in Winnipeg, June 14, 2004.
• NSERC SAP GSC 2004 Competition Report A talk given at the IPP AGM (and DNP business meeting) in Winnipeg, June 13 (and 15), 2004.
• The Linear Collider A talk given at the IPP AGM in Winnipeg, June 13, 2004.
• GEM-TPC performance in a magnetic field A talk given at the 2004 International Conference on Linear Colliders in Paris, France, April 19-23.
  • conference proceedings writeup
• TPC Studies at University of Victoria A talk given at the SLAC 2004 ALCPG Workshop on January 7, 2004.
• Track Resolution Measurements for a TPC with GEM Readout A talk given at the 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Instrumentation Conference (Portland, Oregon) on October 22, 2003.
  • conference record writeup
• LC-TPC R&D Overview An invited talk given at the Linear Collider TPC R&D Meeting(LBNL) on October 18, 2003.
• TPC R&D in Canada (pdf) A talk given at the Cornell Linear Collider Workshop, July 2003.
• Development of a Time Projection Chamber with Gas Electron Multipliers A talk given at the 2003 CAP congress in Charlottetown, PEI, June 2003.
• Status of GEM-TPC R&D at Victoria A talk given at the DESY/ECFA workshop in Amsterdam in April 2003.
• Review of detector concepts for the future linear collider experiment A seminar given at the University of Victoria on March 7,2003.
• The linear e+e- collider An invited talk given at the 2003 Western Regional Nuclear and Particle Physics Conference (Lake Louise) on February 16, 2003.
• GEM-TPC Track Resolution Studies A talk given at the Arlington Linear Collider Workshop (UTA) on January 9, 2003.
• GEM-TPC resolution studies A talk given at the ECFA-DESY Linear Collider Workshop(Prague) in November 2002.
• The linear collider and the 3rd TRIUMF Five year plan A presentation at the TRIUMF 5 year plan townhall meeting on September 21, 2002.
• Review of Detector Concepts A plenary talk given at the 2002 International Workshop on Linear Colliders (Jeju Island, Korea) on August 26, 2002.
  • proceedings writeup
• Pad Geometry Study for a Linear Collider TPC A talk given at the 2002 International Workshop on Linear Colliders (Jeju Island, Korea) on August 26, 2002.
  • proceedings writeup
• TPC Readout R&D in Canada A talk given at the Santa Cruz Linear Collider Retreat(University California Santa Cruz) on June 2002.
• A Framework for TPC Simulation A talk given at the Santa Cruz Linear Collider Retreat(University California Santa Cruz) on June 2002.
• Linear Collider TPC R&D at Carleton University A talk given at the ECFA-DESY Linear Collider Workshop (St. Malo France) on April 2002.
• Credibility of Confidence Intervals A talk given at the Workshop on Advanced Statistical Techniques in Particle Physics (Durham University) on March 19, 2002.
  • proceedings writeup
• GEM R&D for TPC readout A talk given at the RHIC detector workshop (Brookhaven National Lab) on November 14, 2001.
• Linear Collider: The Next Mega-Science Project? A colloquium given at the University of Victoria in September, 2001.
  • powerpoint source for animations
• TPC GEM readout R&D. A talk given at the APS Snowmass 2001 Summer Study (Snowmass CO) on July 14, 2001.
• Prospects for a future e+e- linear collider. A talk given at CAP congress (University of Victoria) on June 18, 2001.
• Investigation of GEM space point resolution for a TPC tracker. A talk given at theInternational Linear Collider Workshop (Fermilab) on October 26, 2000.
  • proceedings writeup
• Future e+e- linear colliders. A talk given at the IPP forward planning meeting (York University) on June 3, 2000.
• Gems from OPAL: Highlights from a LEP experiment. A seminar given at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on February 24, 2000.

INSPIRE listing (all publications)

Selected Publications:

Neutrino physics

K. Abe, et al., Precise Measurement of the Neutrino Mixing Parameter θ23 from Muon Neutrino Disappearance in an Off-axis Beam, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 181801 (2014).

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K. Abe, et al., Observation of Electron Neutrino Appearance in a Muon Neutrino Beam,Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 061802 (2014).

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K. Abe, et al., Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters from Muon Neutrino Disappearance with an Off-Axis Beam , Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 211803 (2012).

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K. Abe, et al., First muon-neutrino disappearance study with an off-axis beam, Phys. Rev. D85, 031103(R) (2012).

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K. Abe, et al., Indication of Electron Neutrino Appearance from an Accelerator-produced Off-axis Muon Neutrino Beam, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 041801 (2011).

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D. Karlen, Progress on θ13, Proceedings of 2011 Physics in Collision Conference, Vancouver, August 2011.

D. Karlen, The Number of Light Neutrino Types from Collider Experiments, in Review of Particle Physics, Phys. Rev. D86, 010001 (2012).

Time Projection Chambers

D. Karlen et al., TPC Performance in Magnetic Fields with GEM and Pad Readout, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, A555 (2005) 80-92.

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D. Karlen, Time Projection Chambers, in Review of Particle Physics, Phys. Rev. D86, 010001 (2012).

N. Abgrall, et al., Time Projection Chambers for the T2K experiment, Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A637 (2011) 25-46.

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2018-19

• Physics 342: Computer Modeling and Analysis
• Physics 515: Data Analysis Techniques

The websites for these courses are hosted on UVic CourseSpaces.

Highlights of research career