22 January 2026
Physics Department Sapienza University
Europe/Rome timezone

1956-2026: the contribution of artificial neutrino sources to neutrino physics .

22 Jan 2026, 14:20
40m
Conversi (Physics Department Sapienza University)

Conversi

Physics Department Sapienza University

Speaker

Domizia Orestano (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Description

In 1956 Reines and Cowan observed for the first time the interaction of (anti)neutrinos from a reactor. Since then, both reactors and accelerators have been exploited as neutrino sources in experiments identifying their three flavors and corroborating the evidence for oscillations coming from solar and atmospheric neutrinos. A review of the main experimental techniques will be presented, together with the current status and prospects on neutrino mixing parameters.

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