Probing Neutrino Properties with Short-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiments

por Michel Sorel (Columbia University , NY)

viernes 19 dic. 2003 12:00 → 13:00 Europe/Madrid

Sala Seminarios (Dpto. de Física Teórica (UVEG))

Short-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments offer unique opportunities to make precision measurements of basic neutrino properties of direct relevance to particle physics, cosmology, and astrophysics. The impact of past short-baseline neutrino experiments on our understanding of neutrino masses and mixings will be reviewed. In particular, the puzzling evidence for neutrino oscillations seen by the LSND experiment at Los Alamos would have far-reaching consequences, if confirmed. The MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab was designed to conclusively address this evidence. The recent first physics results from MiniBooNE will be presented, and the projected experiment's sensitivity to neutrino oscillations will be discussed.