CERN neutrinos to Gran Sasso detected in the Gulf of Taranto

by Friedrich Dydak (CERN-EP)

Tuesday 28 Jan 2003, 16:30 → 17:30 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

The discovery of finite neutrino mass underscores the importance of neutrino physics to making progress beyond the Standard Model. After a discussion of the relevance and experimental knowledge of the Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata mixing matrix, the plans for further experimentation with neutrino beams will be compared. The neutrino factory is the best option - but it is far in the future. Neutrino superbeams have less physics reach but nevertheless a high potential, and the advantage of being closer in time. We suggest an attractive medium-term objective: to study the CNGS neutrinos off-axis in an underwater detector located in the Gulf of Taranto, 1200 km from CERN, with a view to measuring the mixing angle &theta₁₃. The equipment for this experiment could later be re-configured to provide a one cubic kilometre underwater detector of TeV neutrinos from the universe.


Organiser: Jasper Kirkby / EP Division
* Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.