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SUMMARY:The SNO+ Project - Prof. Steven Biller (Oxford)
DTSTART:20101109T150000Z
DTEND:20101109T160000Z
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CONTACT:John Marshall
DESCRIPTION:The continuously surprising and peculiar nature of  neutrinos 
 and the weak interaction have been a source of puzzlement since they were 
 first discovered. In recent years\, a remarkable paradigm has emerged that
  seeks to explain hidden symmetries\, the scale of neutrino masses and the
  reason for the imbalance between matter and antimatter in the universe. A
  cornerstone of this includes the notion that the physical neutrinos we se
 e are their own antiparticles. A pioneering new approach to searching for 
 this rare process involves a novel use of the SNO detector in Canada as pa
 rt of the SNO+ programme\, which has a large UK involvement. In addition\,
  the unique nature of the SNO+ instrument will allow for the study a remar
 kable variety of other physics as well. These include the ability to perfo
 rm precision measurements of solar neutrinos at the transition between mat
 ter and vacuum-dominated oscillations to critically test fundamental neutr
 ino couplings\; making the first measurement of neutrinos from the CNO cyc
 le to solve the "Solar Composition Problem"\; the study of geo-neutrinos\,
  reactor neutrinos and potential supernova neutrinos\; and will even provi
 de the most sensitive search for "invisible" modes of nucleon decay.
LOCATION:Rutherford Seminar Room B
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