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McKelvey School of Engineering

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Bowling in Neutrino Alley

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 | 4:00 PM

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Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) was first predicted in 1974; it’s a process in which a neutrino scatters off an entire nucleus. This By neutrino standads, CEvNS occurs frequently, but is tremendously challenging to detect. The only way to observe it is to detect the minuscule thump of the nuclear recoil. CEvNS was measured for the first time by the COHERENT collaboration using the unique, high-quality source of neutrinos from the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, USA.

COHERENT has now made CEvNS measurements in two different materials, cesium iodide and argon, and is planning several more. This talk will describe the use of CEvNS to search for physics beyond the standard model of particle physics, COHERENT's recent measurements, and the status and future plans of COHERENT's suite of detectors at the SNS.

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Event Type

Seminar/Colloquia

Schools

Arts & Sciences

Topic

Science & Technology

Website

https://artsci.wustl.edu/events/physi...

Department
Physics
Event Contact

physics@wustl.edu

Speaker Information
Kate Scholberg (Hosted by Pastore/Errando) from Duke University will be presenting the colloquium "Bowling in Neutrino Alley"
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