Colloquium: Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux
Using Nuclear Reactors to Probe Neutrino Oscillations: Latest Results from JUNO
Event Details:
- Time: 3:45 - 4:45 PM
- Location: 1080 Physics Research Building
- Faculty Host: Zoya Vallari
Abstract
Neutrinos are elusive particles with unique properties that offer key insights into the
fundamental structure of matter and the cosmic sources that produce them. The Jiangmen
Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a next-generation, 20-kiloton liquid scintillator
detector, the largest of its kind in the world, that studies neutrinos emitted by eight nuclear
reactors in southern China, as well as by other terrestrial and cosmic sources. The experiment
recently began operations after more than a decade of design and construction. In this talk, I will
briefly review the state of the field and present our latest results, which provide world-leading
measurements of three neutrino oscillation parameters and the first indication of the ordering
of neutrino masses involving reactor neutrinos. I will also briefly outline JUNO’s broader physics
program and the experiment’s prospects.
