From neutrino oscillations to lepton flavour violation and leptonic CP violation

11.01.2018 08:30 – 09:30

Abstract: The discovery of neutrino oscillations has shown that lepton flavor conservation is not a symmetry of Nature. The observation of neutrino oscillations one hand implies that neutrinos are massive and on the other hand, in the 3-flavor mixing scenario, opens up the possibility of observing CP violation also in the leptonic sector. After introducing the lepton flavor and mixing, I'll discuss the measurement of the neutrino oscillation parameters in the long baseline neutrino accelerator experiment T2K. These measurements require a precise prediction of the neutrino flux and a detailed description of neutrino-nucleus interactions. Then I'll examine prospects for charged lepton flavor violation searches in muon decays at PSI, which have the potential of probing for new physics at the PeV scale, and complement the neutrino experiments in the quest of elucidating the origin of the lepton flavor. I'll conclude by exploring future opportunities offered by the Hyper-Kamiokande project, like the possible observation of CP violation in the leptonic sector or the proton decay.

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Bâtiment: Ecole de Physique

Auditoire Stückelberg

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