New Insights in Neutrino Physics

by Dan Dwyer (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)

Friday 4 Mar 2016, 13:30 → 14:30 US/Pacific

Sycamore - B40 Room 195 (SLAC)

Neutrinos are one of the most plentiful particles in our universe, yet are nearly impossible to detect.  Despite this adversity, the past two decades have shown exciting progress in neutrino physics.  I will discuss the advances in our understanding of neutrino mass and flavor mixing, with a focus on recent measurements of electron antineutrino oscillation with the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino experiment.  I will also show how precision neutrino measurements are providing new insights into old puzzles.  This progress has opened the door for new experiments to address deep questions in neutrino physics, such as the nature of neutrino mass and potential origins of the matter asymmetry of the universe.

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