PPT-Solar Neutrinos

and Earth Structures By Miriam Aczel What are neutrinos They are almost massless hardly feel the force of gravity They have no electric chargedont feel the electromagnetic force Have no . Susan Cartwright. University of Sheffield. Neutrinos and the Universe. Discovering neutrinos. Detecting neutrinos. Neutrinos and the Sun. Neutrinos and Supernovae. Neutrinos and Dark Matter. Neutrinos and the Universe. Susan Cartwright. University of Sheffield. Introduction: . Massive neutrinos in the Standard Model. Dirac and . Majorana. masses. The mixing matrix and neutrino oscillations . Massive neutrinos in the . :. past present future. Heidi Schellman @ Frank Merritt Fest 2015. 1. What we knew in 1971. 2. Neutrinos exist (Cowan, . Reines. 1956). There are two kinds (Lederman, Schwartz, Steinberger - 1962 ). 16.1 Physical Properties of the Sun. 16.2 The Solar Interior. . SOHO. : Eavesdropping on the Sun. 16.3 The Sun’s Atmosphere. 16.4 Solar Magnetism. 16.5 The Active Sun. Solar. –. Terrestrial Relations. Solar Physics. Course structure. My part - 12 lectures: week 1 – week 6. 6 assignments: . 5 (each week) to do at home (5% of final mark). 1 assignment – computational work (10%) ?. Exam: 70% two parts . . . Neutrinos Are Very Elusive!. We now understand that neutrinos are produced in nuclear reactions, but they were actually . predicted several decades before they were finally discovered. . O. n what basis was that prediction made?. Be . Majorana. States?. and Other Puzzlers Inspired by Adrian Melissinos. KT . McDonald. Princeton U. .. (March 7, 2017). Seminar at University . of Rochester. http://physics.princeton.edu/~. mcdonald/examples/majorana_170307.pptx. Art McDonald, Professor Emeritus. Queen’s University, Kingston, . Ontario, Canada. T. he middle of the sun is so hot that the centers of the atoms (nuclei). f. use together, giving off lots of energy and neutrinos. The neutrinos penetrate easily through the dense material in the Sun and reach the earth.. :. past present future. Heidi Schellman @ Frank Merritt Fest 2015. 1. What we knew in 1971. 2. Neutrinos exist (Cowan, . Reines. 1956). There are two kinds (Lederman, Schwartz, Steinberger - 1962 ). Dr Susan Cartwright. Department of Physics and Astronomy. Discovering neutrinos. Routes to scientific discovery:. Accident!. You find something unexpected in your data. For example, gamma-ray bursts (discovered by satellites designed to look for clandestine nuclear tests). Past and Present. Art McDonald. Queen’s University. And. SNOLAB. 1940’s to 1960’s:. Neutrino oscillations were proposed by . Pontecorvo. in 1957 motivated by initial reports of measurements by Davis with a Chlorine detector at a reactor. At that point, the transitions being considered were electron neutrino to electron anti-neutrino.. Art McDonald, Professor Emeritus. Queen’s University, Kingston, . Ontario, Canada. T. he middle of the sun is so hot that the centers of the atoms (nuclei). f. use together, giving off lots of energy and neutrinos. The neutrinos penetrate easily through the dense material in the Sun and reach the earth.. Kavli. IPMU, Univ. of Tokyo. for Super-K collaboration . Recent results from. Super-. Kamiokande. Neutrinos and Dark Matter in Nuclear Physics 2015, June 1st, . 2015. 1. Neutrinos and Dark Matter in Nuclear Physics 2015, June 1st, . ?. History in the Making?. 1862: Maxwell found that there should be electromagnetic waves travelling at approximately the (known) speed of light. 1905: Einstein used universal speed of light as foundation of geometric description of physics.