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SUMMARY:Low-energy resonant neutrino processes - Rolf Oldeman (University 
 of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Rolf Oldeman
DESCRIPTION:The neutrino\, once invented to save the conservation of energ
 y in nuclear beta decay\, now constitutes a rich field of research\, and m
 ay hold the key to understanding the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the un
 iverse.\n\nPresent neutrino experiments are hampered by very low interacti
 on cross-sections between neutrinos and matter\, resulting in the need for
  powerful beams of hundreds of kilowatts and massive detectors that can we
 igh tens of kilotons.\n\nResonant processes have the potential to result i
 n cross-sections that can be larger by orders of magnitude than the contin
 uum cross-sections\, an effect that is commonly exploited in e+e- collider
 s running at a J/psi\, Upsilon or Z resonance.\n\nIn this seminar I will d
 iscuss two resonant processes of neutrinos with ordinary matter: the inver
 se reaction of bound beta decay and that of muon capture. One of the main 
 challenges is to produce monochromatic neutrinos with precisely the right 
 energy to match the resonant process.\n
LOCATION:Rutherford Seminar Room B
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