Special Particle and Astroparticle Physics Seminar

Searching for ν physics with Liquid Argon detectors

Roxanne Guenette

Oxford University

Neutrinos have been very surprising and the discovery that these particles have a non-zero mass has definitely challenged the well-established Standard Model of Physics. Furthermore, they could hold the key to many great mysteries of physics, such as the imbalance in the Universe between matter and anti-matter. We have now entered an exciting era in the field of neutrino physics and major discoveries are now within our reach.

Liquid Argon (LAr) detectors offer high image quality and they are very promising to study neutrinos. Many current and future experiments, such as MicroBooNE and DUNE, are focusing on this technology. After reviewing the open questions of the field, I will describe LAr detectors and demonstrate how they can be use to shed light on some of the great puzzles of physics.