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| Description | High Energy Seminar Speaker: Daniel Dwyer (LBNL) Title: Evidence against sterile neutrinos from the Daya Bay Experiment Host: Robert Svoboda Room: 285 Abstract: Prevailing models of antineutrino emission by nuclear reactors do not agree with observations. This discrepancy has been considered possible evidence for neutrino oscillation to non-interacting, or sterile, neutrino states. Although the existence of sterile neutrinos would have profound implications, a variety of measurements by the Daya Bay Experiment disfavor sterile models. I will summarize these observations with a particular focus on the latest result: a precise measurement of the antineutrino flux versus reactor fuel burn-up. I’ll wrap up with a provocative question: does any compelling evidence for sterile neutrinos remain? |
| Date | Tue, May 30, 2017 |
| Time | 9:10am-10:10am PDT |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Access | Public |
| Created by | High-Energy Seminars |
| Updated | Sat, May 20, 2017 7:02am PDT |
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