Pedestrian Seminar - Neutrino telescopes: present and future of a new astronomy

por Sr. Javier Barrios Martí (IFIC)

miércoles 16 jul. 2014 16:30 → 18:00 Europe/Madrid

1001-Primera-1-1-1 - Paterna. Seminario (Universe)

The scientific motivation of neutrino telescopes relies on the unique properties of neutrinos, which can be used to observe and study the high-energy universe: They are stable, neutral and weakly interacting particles, therefore they point directly back to their origin. Neutrinos are expected to originate at the same locations where the acceleration of cosmic rays and the associated production of high-energy photons take place. Furthermore, neutrino telescopes can also be used for the indirect detection of dark matter. The latest results of the ANTARES and IceCube telescopes will be explained. Among these results, a special attention to the first evidence of a cosmic neutrino signal will be given.