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Research group phobos |
Neutrinos: The group is collaborating in efforts aimed to extend our understanding of the neutrino sector of particles. Through a series of beautiful experiments (see, for example: SuperKamiokande, SNO, 2002 Nobel Prize) it has been established that the neutrinos we see in the laboratory are quantum superpositions of neutrino states with slightly different masses. This means that neutrinos can change from one type to another as they propagate. It is important to understand and quantify the nature of this "mixing" in order to better understand the nature of matter, forces, mass and the matter-anti-matter asymmetry in the universe. In particular, we have expressed interest in an off-axis near experiment in the NUMI neutrino beam at Fermilab and we are also looking at a similar effort being mounted at the Japanese Hadron Facility. You can find out more in the expression of interest submitted to Fermilab. You can also learn more about this in talks given at the Second International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the few GeV Region, including a talk on the off-axis near experiment in the NUMI beam. |