Speaker:
Michael Smy
Institution:
UC Irvine, Dept. of Phys. & Astron.
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Date:
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Time:
3:30 pm
Location:
RH 101
ABSTRACT:
Neutrinos from the stars allow the study of both neutrino and stellar properties: the first observation of neutrinos from the sun simultaneously demonstrated solar power generation via nuclear fusion and provided the first hint of neutrino flavor oscillation and non-zero neutrino mass. Solar neutrinos remain an important tool to study neutrino mass, mixing, magnetic couplings, non-standard neutrino interactions as well as hydrogen burning via pp-chain or CNO cycle, solar heavy element abundance, solar core temperature etc. The observation of the neutrinos from a galactic supernova might reveal non-linear neutrino self-interactions, the neutrino mass-hierarchy, as well
as initial neutronization, the supernova explosion mechanism, black hole formation etc.
as initial neutronization, the supernova explosion mechanism, black hole formation etc.
Host:
Peter Taborek