NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forums |
Organized by: Prof. Lu Lu
Events on Friday, May 4th, 2012
- CANCELED
- Uncovering the nature of neutrinos via double beta decay
- Time: 2:00 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Allen Caldwell, Director, Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich, Germany
- Abstract: Whether or not the neutrino is a Majorana particle is a fundamental question in particle physics. The search for neutrinoless double beta decay is a direct attempt to answer this question. The GERDA experiment, which started taking data last year, is such a search. After an introduction, the experiment status and plans will be described.
- Host: Westerhoff