Name:
Deep Talks: What’s the matter with neutrinos?
Date:
February 23, 2023
Time:
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM MST
Event Description:
Physicists know a lot about neutrinos. We know that neutrinos act like ghosts, passing straight through most matter (including space dust, planets, and humans) without interacting at all. Neutrinos are the universe’s most plentiful particle and are created, in part, by stars like our Sun. We know that neutrinos come in three types and can oscillate back and forth between types as they travel long distances.
But what we don’t know about neutrinos is even more fascinating. In fact, one of the biggest questions in physics has to do with neutrinos: Are neutrinos their own antiparticles?
If the answer is yes, it will require rewriting the Standard Model of Particles and Interactions, our basic understanding of the physical world.
To get one step closer to an answer, physicists built the Majorana Demonstrator nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. After six years of taking data, the collaboration of more than 100 researchers from 16 institutions has published their final results.
At “Deep Talks: What’s the matter with neutrinos?” researchers will explain how the Majorana Demonstrator worked, what they’ve learned, and what questions remain.
The Deep Talks lecture series is sponsored by Crow Peak Brewing Company, RCS Construction, Northern Hills Federal Credit Union, Edward Jones, and Chuck and Jolene Lichtenwalner.
How to attend:
Deep Talks is held at the Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center, 160 W. Main Street, in Lead, South Dakota. The event begins at 5 p.m. MT with a social hour that includes a Crow Peak Brewing Company beer tasting (must be 21 and older to drink) and light refreshments. The presentation will begin in the Visitor Center classroom at 6 p.m. MT.
Want to attend virtually? The presentation will be livestreamed on this webpage starting at 6 p.m. MT.
But what we don’t know about neutrinos is even more fascinating. In fact, one of the biggest questions in physics has to do with neutrinos: Are neutrinos their own antiparticles?
If the answer is yes, it will require rewriting the Standard Model of Particles and Interactions, our basic understanding of the physical world.
To get one step closer to an answer, physicists built the Majorana Demonstrator nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. After six years of taking data, the collaboration of more than 100 researchers from 16 institutions has published their final results.
At “Deep Talks: What’s the matter with neutrinos?” researchers will explain how the Majorana Demonstrator worked, what they’ve learned, and what questions remain.
The Deep Talks lecture series is sponsored by Crow Peak Brewing Company, RCS Construction, Northern Hills Federal Credit Union, Edward Jones, and Chuck and Jolene Lichtenwalner.
How to attend:
Deep Talks is held at the Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center, 160 W. Main Street, in Lead, South Dakota. The event begins at 5 p.m. MT with a social hour that includes a Crow Peak Brewing Company beer tasting (must be 21 and older to drink) and light refreshments. The presentation will begin in the Visitor Center classroom at 6 p.m. MT.
Want to attend virtually? The presentation will be livestreamed on this webpage starting at 6 p.m. MT.