Whittington is a particle physicist specializing in the design, construction, and operation of neutrino detectors and the analysis of neutrino interaction data.

• Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics
• Development of neutrino detectors

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Particle detectors, data analysis

“Design, construction, and operation of the ProtoDUNE-SP Liquid Argon TPC,”
A. Abed Abud et al. (DUNE Collaboration), JINST 17 (2022) 01, P01005

“Improved measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters by the NOvA experiment,”
M.A. Acero et al (NOvA Collaboration), Phys.Rev.D 106 (2022) 3, 032004

“Supernova neutrino burst detection with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment,”
B. Abi et al. (DUNE Collaboration), Eur. Phys. J. C 81 (2021) 5, 423

“Seasonal variation of multiple-muon cosmic ray air showers observed in the NOvA detector on the surface,”
M.A. Acero et al (NOvA Collaboration), Phys.Rev.D 104 (2021) 1, 012014

“First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test…”
B. Abi et al. (DUNE Collaboration), JINST 15 (2020) 12, P12004

“Adjusting neutrino interaction models and evaluating uncertainties using NOvA near detector data,”
M.A. Acero et al. (NOvA Collaboration), Eur. Phys. J. C 80, 1119 (2020)

“Design and performance of a 35-ton liquid argon time projection chamber as a prototype…”
D.L. Adams, M. Baird, G. Barr, N. Barros, A. Blake, et al. JINST 15 (2020) 03, P03035

“New Technologies for Discovery”
Z. Ahmed et al., e-Print: 1908.00194 [physics.ins-det]

First Measurement of Neutrino Oscillation Parameters using Neutrinos and Antineutrinos by NOvA
M.A. Acero et al. (NOvA Collaboration), Phys.Rev.Lett. 123 (2019) 15, 151803

“A Novel Use of Light Guides and Wavelength Shifting Plates for the Detection of Scintillation Photons...”
B. Howard, S. Mufson, D. Whittington, B. Adams, B. Baugh, et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 907 (2018) 9-21

“New constraints on oscillation parameters from νe​ appearance and νμ disappearance in the NOvA experiment,”
M.A. Acero et al. (NOvA Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 98 (2018) 032012

“Photon detector system timing performance in the DUNE 35-ton prototype liquid argon TPC,”
D.L. Adams et al. (DUNE Collaboration), JINST 13 (2018) 06, P06022

“Constraints on Oscillation Parameters from νe Appearance and νμ Disappearance in NOvA,”
P. Adamson et al. (NOvA Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 231801 (2017)

“Measurement of the Neutrino Mixing Angle θ23 in NOvA,”
P. Adamson et al. (NOvA Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 151802 (2017)

“Scintillation light from cosmic-ray muons in liquid argon,”
D. Whittington, S. Mufson, and B. Howard, JINST 11 P05016 (2016)

“Photon Detector Designs for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment,”
D. Whittington, JINST 11 C05019 (2016)

“First measurement of electron neutrino appearance in NOvA,”
P. Adamson et al. (NOvA Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 151806 (2016)

“First measurement of muon-neutrino disappearance in NOvA,”
P. Adamson et al. (NOvA Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 93 051104 2016

“Summary of the second workshop on liquid argon time projection chamber research and development in the United States,”
R. Acciarri et al., 2015 JINST 10 T07006 (contributor, editor)

“Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC,”
G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration), Phys. Lett. B 716 (2012) 1-29

“Search for violation of Lorentz invariance in top quark pair production and decay,”
V.M. Abazov et al. (DØ Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 261603 (2012)

Physics Faculty Teaching Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Majors Course, 2023

Physics Social Justice and Community Building Award, 2023

Physics Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2018