Speaker:
Xianguo Lu
Institution:
University of Oxford, Pembroke College
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Date:
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Time:
3:00 pm
Location:
FRH 4135
Abstract:
Neutrinos are so far the most important messenger for physics beyond the Standard Model. Their interactions with nuclei have provided evidence for neutrino oscillations, and will remain the major experimental tools to study leptonic CP-symmetry violation in detail. In this talk, I will discuss the challenges and opportunities with neutrino interactions, and introduce a new experimental technique, the so-called neutrino shadow play where the shadow cast by the neutrinos reveals the secrets of the interactions. With this technique, different underlying nuclear effects can be identified, and the most difficult systematic uncertainties to the discovery of leptonic CP violation could be much reduced. The conceptual and experimental aspects of this technique will be discussed.
Neutrinos are so far the most important messenger for physics beyond the Standard Model. Their interactions with nuclei have provided evidence for neutrino oscillations, and will remain the major experimental tools to study leptonic CP-symmetry violation in detail. In this talk, I will discuss the challenges and opportunities with neutrino interactions, and introduce a new experimental technique, the so-called neutrino shadow play where the shadow cast by the neutrinos reveals the secrets of the interactions. With this technique, different underlying nuclear effects can be identified, and the most difficult systematic uncertainties to the discovery of leptonic CP violation could be much reduced. The conceptual and experimental aspects of this technique will be discussed.
Host:
Henry Sobel