Speaker
Description
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a
20-kiloton liquid scintillator detector nearing completion in southern
China. JUNO is designed to achieve an energy resolution of 3% at 1
MeV, with its primary goal being the determination of the neutrino mass
ordering by resolving fine structure in the antineutrino energy spectrum
from nearby nuclear reactors. Additionally, with its large scale, extensive
PMT coverage, and low background, JUNO will carry on a broad physics
program, detecting neutrinos with energies from keV to GeV. JUNO will
perform neutrino oscillation measurements using atmospheric neutrinos,
increasing its sensitivity to mass ordering. It will further investigate solar
neutrinos, geoneutrinos, and neutrinos from supernova bursts,
contributing to the study of the physics of their sources. This talk will
focus on JUNO’s physics potential with neutrinos from natural sources.
