SPEAKER: Roger Huang – LBNL – TITLE: Neutrinos from Different Angles

This is an IN-PERSON Event

Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132

TITLE: Neutrinos from Different Angles

ABSTRACT:

There still remain many outstanding questions about the behavior and properties of neutrinos, which are the subject of a wide range of experimental programs around the world. CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) is a cryogenic calorimetric experiment operating at ~10 mK to search for neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay in Te-130, which could shed light on the nature of neutrino masses and whether they are Majorana particles. I will present the most recent 0νββ results from CUORE, as well as discuss development of deep-cryogenic electronics aimed towards its next-generation upgrade to CUPID (CUORE Upgrade with Particle ID).

In a different regime of neutrino physics, DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment) is a long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment that will enable a variety of precision measurements, including determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy and high-resolution probes of the neutrino CP-violating phase factor. I will discuss the current status and plans for DUNE and its upcoming prototype program ProtoDUNE-II, with a focus on the cryogenic charge readout electronics for the far detectors. I will also discuss efforts to improve neutrino cross-section unfolding methods with the aid of neural networks using the Omnifold technique