레아 가우르 Rhea Gaur

Ph.D. Student

Email: rgaur@pusan.ac.kr

Research Interests

  • Extreme events
  • Earth-system dynamics and modeling
  • Socio-economic impacts and modeling

Education

2023 M.Sc. in Physics, TRIUMF & University of British Columbia
2021 B.Sc. in Honours Physics & Astronomy, University of Waterloo

Work Experience

2020 2021 Gravitational Wave Research Assistant | University of Waterloo
2019 2019 TUCAN Ultra-Cold Neutron Research Assistant | TRIUMF
2018 2019 SNO+ Neutrino Physics Research Assistant | SNOLAB
2018 2018 Space Exploration & Strategic Planning | Canadian Space Agency

Fellowships, Awards, and Honors

2022 Graduate Exchange Award | Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute
2022 Mitacs-JSPS Fellowship | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science & Mitacs
2020 Doreen Brisbin Award | University of Waterloo
2020 President's Research Award | University of Waterloo
2020 DAAD & Mitacs Rise Germany Scholarship | Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics

Publications

The following publications are from my time on the Super-Kamiokande experiment, where I am a co-author within the collaboration.

  1. K. Abe et al. “First Joint Oscillation Analysis of Super-Kamiokande Atmospheric and T2K Accelerator Neutrino Data”. In: Phys. Rev. Lett. 134 (1 Jan. 2025), p. 011801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.011801.
  2. K. Abe et al. “Search for Periodic Time Variations of the Solar 8B Neutrino Flux between 1996 and 2018 in Super-Kamiokande”. In: Phys. Rev. Lett. 132 (24 June 2024), p. 241803. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.241803.
  3. K. Abe et al. “Second gadolinium loading to Super-Kamiokande”. In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 1065 (2024), p. 169480. issn: 0168-9002. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.169480.
  4. K. Abe et al. “Solar neutrino measurements using the full data period of Super-Kamiokande-IV”. In: Phys. Rev. D 109 (9 May 2024), p. 092001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.109.092001.
  5. S. Abe et al. “Combined Pre-supernova Alert System with KamLAND and Super-Kamiokande”. In: The Astrophysical Journal 973.2 (Sept. 2024), p. 140. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad5fee.
  6. M. Harada et al. “Search for Astrophysical Electron Antineutrinos in Super-Kamiokande with 0.01% Gadolinium-loaded Water”. In: The Astrophysical Journal Letters 951.2 (July 2023), p. L27. doi: 10.3847/2041- 8213/acdc9e.
  7. Y. Kashiwagi et al. “Performance of SK-Gd’s Upgraded Real-time Supernova Monitoring System”. In: The Astrophysical Journal 970.1 (July 2024), p. 93. doi: 10.3847/1538- 4357/ad4d8e.
  8. H. Kitagawa et al. “Measurements of the charge ratio and polarization of cosmic-ray muons with the Super-Kamiokande detector”. In: Phys. Rev. D 110 (8 Oct. 2024), p. 082008. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.082008.
  9. M Mori et al. “Development of a Data Overflow Protection System for Super-Kamiokande to Maximize Data from Nearby Supernovae”. In: Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics 2024.10 (Aug. 2024), 103H01. issn: 2050-3911. doi: 10.1093/ptep/ptae128.
  10. S. Sakai et al. “Measurement of the neutrino-oxygen neutral-current quasielastic cross section using atmospheric neutrinos in the SK-Gd experiment”. In: Phys. Rev. D 109 (1 Jan. 2024), p. L011101. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.109.L011101.
  11. M. Shinoki et al. “Measurement of the cosmogenic neutron yield in Super-Kamiokande with gadolinium loaded water”. In: Phys. Rev. D 107 (9 May 2023), p. 092009. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.107.092009.
  12. N. Taniuchi et al. “Search for proton decay via p → e+η and p → μ+η with a 0.37 Mton-year exposure of Super-Kamiokande”. In: Phys. Rev. D 110 (11 Dec. 2024), p. 112011. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.112011.
  13. T. Wester et al. “Atmospheric neutrino oscillation analysis with neutron tagging and an expanded fiducial volume in Super-Kamiokande I–V”. In: Phys. Rev. D 109 (7 Apr. 2024), p. 072014. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.109.072014.

The following publications are from my time on the TUCAN ultra-cold neutron and neutron electric dipole moment experiment, where I am a co-author within the collaboration.

  1. H. Akatsuka et al. “Characterization of electroless nickel-phosphorus plating for ultracold-neutron storage”. In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 1049 (2023), p. 168106. issn: 0168-9002. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168106.