Project 8: A frequency-based approach to measure the absolute neutrino mass scale

Event Start:
2018-05-17T14:00:00
Event Information:

Neutrino flavor oscillation experiments prove that neutrinos do have nonzero masses. Extensions to the Standard Model of Particle Physics have been developed to explain the non-zero masses and can be directly tested by a measurement of the absolute neutrino mass scale. The mass of the electron antineutrino can be determined from the highest precision measurement of the beta-decay spectrum of tritium around its endpoint region (Q = 18.6 keV). The current state of the art experiment stretches all technological limits to probe the range of the electron antineutrino mass down to 200meV.

Event Location:
TRIUMF Auditorium
Speaker:
Martin Fertl (U Washington)
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Add to Calendar Event Start: 2018-05-17T14:00:00 Project 8: A frequency-based approach to measure the absolute neutrino mass scale Event Information: Neutrino flavor oscillation experiments prove that neutrinos do have nonzero masses. Extensions to the Standard Model of Particle Physics have been developed to explain the non-zero masses and can be directly tested by a measurement of the absolute neutrino mass scale. The mass of the electron antineutrino can be determined from the highest precision measurement of the beta-decay spectrum of tritium around its endpoint region (Q = 18.6 keV). The current state of the art experiment stretches all technological limits to probe the range of the electron antineutrino mass down to 200meV. Event Location: TRIUMF Auditorium

Source URL: https://phas.ubc.ca/project-8-frequency-based-approach-measure-absolute-neutrino-mass-scale