IIHE invited seminar: Future long baseline experiments
by
DrLaura Molina Bueno(ETH Zürich)
→
Europe/Brussels
Jean Sacton Seminar room (1G003) (IIHE (ULB-VUB))
Jean Sacton Seminar room (1G003)
IIHE (ULB-VUB)
Description
In the standard model of particle physics neutrinos are massless particles. However, twenty years ago, neutrino created with a specific flavour were later measured to have a different one. This phenomenon is called “neutrino oscillation” and can be explained by allowing neutrinos to carry a mass. Being the first evidence of physics beyond the standard model, this discovery boosted neutrino research globally. As of today, we still do not know many things about neutrinos, such as how they acquire mass and their mixing mechanism. Moreover, neutrinos may help casting light on some fundamental questions of particle physics and cosmology, like the matter/antimatter asymmetry of the universe. As a consequence, there is a world-wide effort to unravel the neutrino puzzle. Next long baseline experiments aim to address the value of the charge-parity (CP) phase, the neutrino mass ordering, the octant,...), nucleon decay searches and measurement of neutrino fluxes from supernova collapses. The discovery of CP violation in neutrino oscillations may give insight into the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry. In addition, other phenomena as non standard neutrino interactions, presence of sterile neutrino or dark matter searches can be also addressed by this kind of multipurpose experiment. In this talk, we will describe the future experiments and how they plan to reach these goals.