{"id":5172,"date":"2026-05-13T15:05:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/?post_type=profiles&#038;p=5172"},"modified":"2026-08-11T17:26:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:26:48","slug":"jordan-sexton","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/profiles\/jordan-sexton\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Sexton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Sexton-Jordan.jpg\" alt=\"by Corban Swain\" class=\"wp-image-5636\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Sexton-Jordan.jpg 400w, https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Sexton-Jordan-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Howard University<\/strong><br>Faculty Advisor: Prof. Joseph Formaggio<br>Research Supervisor: Junior Pe\u00f1a<br>Department: Physics<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jordan Sexton is a rising senior at Howard University from Dallas, Texas, studying<br>both Physics and Mathematics. He is a proud member of the 7th cohort of the Karsh STEM<br>Scholars Program at Howard, and he aspires to earn his Ph.D. in physics after completing his<br>undergraduate education. Jordan has a diverse and impressive record of research experience at<br>multiple universities, spanning reaction engineering of biopolymers, seismic wave simulation,<br>and proof-of-concept long-range Raman spectroscopy. Currently, he&#8217;s working under Prof.<br>Joseph Formaggio at MIT on reconstruction analysis for simulations modeled after the CRES<br>experiments of the Project 8 collaboration. He is intrigued by all of physics, but is most<br>interested in the interactions and properties of the smallest building blocks of the universe.<br>When he&#8217;s not studying or running simulations, Jordan&#8217;s competing for Howard Esports&#8217; Mario<br>Kart team or finding new books for his reading list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Event Reconstruction of the Project 8 Neutrino Mass Experiment<br>Jordan Sexton1, Junior Pe\u00f1a2, and Joseph Formaggio2<\/strong><br>1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University<br>2Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The Project 8 Experiment aims to probe the neutrino mass scale to a precision of 40 meV\/<br>c^2 by analyzing the endpoint of the tritium beta-decay energy spectrum. The collaboration<br>pioneers the Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES) technique\u2014a method to<br>measure cyclotron frequencies of beta electrons through the electromagnetic radiation they<br>emit when gyrating due to an external magnetic field. By reconstructing the beta-decay<br>spectrum through the inverse relationship between electron kinetic energy and cyclotron<br>frequency, the collaboration can probe the neutrino mass scale. The current reconstruction<br>process does not account for the azimuthal asymmetry of CRES components, disregarding<br>features that can impact results. This study addresses the present gap by completing event<br>reconstruction for simulated CRES data that varies electron energy, axial momentum,<br>radial position, and azimuthal position, focusing on the effects of azimuthal variation on<br>the algorithm\u2019s performance. This study adapts the existing pipeline to incorporate novel<br>simulation data and analyze azimuthal position impacts on interpolation frequency cuts,<br>energy residuals, and event band classification. A more complete understanding of electron<br>position effects within the CRES detection volume will help Project 8 improve both event<br>reconstruction and, consequently, the precision of energy measurements for neutrino mass<br>scale probing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5421,"template":"","profile_category":[25],"class_list":["post-5172","profiles","type-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-2026-interns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profiles"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5752,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5172\/revisions\/5752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"profile_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_category?post=5172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}