Speaker
Prof.
Robert Wilson
(Colorado State University)
Description
Results from the last decade of experiments have established that neutrinos are remarkably different than they appear in the Standard Model of particle physics: they have nonzero mass, flavor mix with one another and oscillate between generations. These features are rare indications of physics beyond the Standard Model so new theoretical and experimental work is needed to understand neutrino properties and their role in the Universe as the most abundant known particle of matter. I will first describe briefly the expected neutrino oscillation parameter sensitivity of the current or near-future experiments, T2K and NOvA, followed by future experiments currently under design: the Europe-based LBNO and the US-based LBNE. The science goals for these programs are primarily the determination of leptonic CP violation, the neutrino mass hierarchy, evidence for non-standard interactions and underground physics, including the exploration of proton decay and supernova neutrinos.
Author
Prof.
Robert Wilson
(Colorado State University)
