Department of Physics

neutrino and nuclear physics

Our group investigates the properties and interactions of neutrinos. This includes both the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations as well as using the neutrino to probe the structure of the nucleon and nucleus. The phenomenon of neutrino oscillations, where a neutrino of one type spontaneously transforms into another, has important and far-reaching implications for particle physics and cosmology. For this to occur, at least one neutrino must be massive and the heretofore-observed lepton-flavor conservation law must be violated. Neutrino oscillations have been observed in a variety of experiments throughout the world. We are currently looking more carefully at one class of these observations called "short-baseline-oscillations". The neutrino may also be as a probe to investigate the structure of the nucleus and nucleon as seen by the electroweak force.

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neutrino and nuclear physics

Our group investigates the properties and interactions of neutrinos. This includes both the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations as well as using the neutrino to probe the structure of the nucleon and nucleus. The phenomenon of neutrino oscillations, where a neutrino of one type spontaneously transforms into another, has important and far-reaching implications for particle physics and cosmology. For this to occur, at least one neutrino must be massive and the heretofore-observed lepton-flavor conservation law must be violated. Neutrino oscillations have been observed in a variety of experiments throughout the world. We are currently looking more carefully at one class of these observations called "short-baseline-oscillations". The neutrino may also be as a probe to investigate the structure of the nucleus and nucleon as seen by the electroweak force.

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