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Physics Colloquium: “Nu-e or not Nu-e? And other fundamental questions"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Department of Physics
Location
Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Mar 5, 2025   4:00 pm  
Speaker
Janet Conrad (MIT)
Contact
Kelly H Darr
E-Mail
khdarr@illinois.edu
Phone
217-300-7821
Views
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Originating Calendar
Physics - Colloquium

The recent results involving electron neutrino interactions that are not in agreement with the Standard Model are certainly intriguing and warrant further investigation. The discrepancies, which vary in significance from the 2-5 sigma level, suggest that there may be new physics at play beyond what we currently understand.  This talk reviews the data and introduces a new experiment, IsoDAR (Isotope Decay At Rest) to investigate these discrepancies in more detail. The proposed experiment involves the use of a state-of-the-art cyclotron that drives a small-scale isotope-based neutrino source that would be located in close proximity to the Liquid Scintillator Counter at Yemilab, an underground laboratory in South Korea.  Once operational, the IsoDAR experiment will provide the largest sample of electron neutrino interactions ever acquired.   The outcome of the accelerator development is a design that can also be applied to medical isotope production and neutron production for materials testing.

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