Conveners
Plenary 4: The Neutrino Sector
- Session chair: Prof. Christos Touramanis
Dr
Helen O'Keeffe
08/04/2014, 10:30
The Neutrino Sector
In the last decade, neutrino experiments have provided overwhelming evidence for physics beyond the Standard Model. In this talk I will introduce the theory of neutrino oscillations and discuss current long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. Recent results from the T2K and MINOS experiments and prospects for the current generation of experiments will be presented.
Dr
Jeff Hartnell
08/04/2014, 11:05
The Neutrino Sector
Neutrinos are the second most abundant particle in the universe and yet one of the least understood. Their fundamental nature, whether they are their own antiparticle, is not yet known and the heaviest neutrino has a mass that we currently only known to within a range that spans about two orders of magnitude. In this talk I will review single beta decay experiments, which give us a model...
Dr
Ryan Nichol
08/04/2014, 11:35
The Neutrino Sector
Neutrino particle astrophysics is a frontier field at the crossroads of particle physics and astrophysics. Given the low fluxes of astrophysical neutrinos, gigantic detection volumes are necessary to detect the weakly interacting particles. The past twelve months have been an exciting time in the field on neutrino particle astrophysics, with the IceCube experiment claiming the first evidence...
