SBU HEP Seminar - Andrew Cudd - How neutrino interactions with matter, matter

Monday 12 Feb 2024, 12:00 → 13:00 America/New_York

Graduate Building D-122 (Stony Brook University)

Title: How neutrino interactions with matter, matter
Speaker: Andrew Cudd
Abstract: Neutrinos are the second most abundant particle in the universe; however they are not as well understood as the other standard model particles. Neutrinos interact only weakly with ordinary matter making them difficult to study experimentally, requiring huge detectors and intense sources to obtain enough data. But the properties of neutrinos may hold answers to exciting questions in physics, such as the matter versus antimatter asymmetry, or signs of new processes or interactions beyond the standard model. Many of these properties are probed through the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations, which requires a detailed understanding of how neutrinos interact with matter. This talk will begin with a brief introduction to neutrino oscillation and how to measure neutrino interactions with matter, while discussing the challenging aspects of neutrino measurements. Then I will discuss my research as part of the T2K and DUNE experiments to study neutrino interactions and the crucial role that they play in the study of neutrino oscillations and neutrino properties.

 

abcudd_stony_brook_interview.pdf

Link to video recording on Google Drive (SBU internal)