September 24, 2024

Speaker: Marilena Loverde (Univ. of Washington)

Contact Information: mloverde@uw.edu

Title:  The Cosmic Quest for Neutrino Mass

Abstract: Neutrinos are the second most abundant particle in the known Universe yet they remain mysterious. While they played an important role in the early Universe, today they contribute at most 1-2% of the energy budget and leave only faint signatures. A major goal of the current decade of experiments is to measure the neutrino contribution to the energy budget at high significance, thereby determining the neutrino mass scale and perhaps even the ordering of masses. I will describe the physical effects of neutrino mass, highlighting the distinct roles played geometry and structure on constraints, and how some dataset combinations give a peculiar preference for “negative neutrino mass,” while others hint at a detection. I will also discuss novel astrophysical probes of neutrino mass that may ultimately help resolve current conundrums and contribute to validating any detection of relic neutrinos in the late Universe.

Visitor's room: 105A

Visit Schedule:

Wednesday :

• 9:30 a.m.: 

• 10:00 a.m:  Meeting

• 10:30 a.m.: Meeting

• 11:00 a.m.: Peter Melchior (131 Peyton)

• 11:30 a.m.: 

• 12:00 p.m.: Rodrigo Cordova (105A)

• 12:30 p.m.: Lunch / Wunch

• 1:00 p.m.: Lunch/Wunch

• 2:00 p.m.: 

• 2:30 p.m.: Neta Bahcall (137 Peyton)

• 3:00 p.m.: Adrian Bayer

• 3:30 p.m.: Adrian Bayer

• 4:00 p.m.: Justin Myles (115 Peyton)

• 4:30 pm.:  Alex Amon (102 Peyton)

• 5:00 pm.:

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Let’s gather in the lobby at 6 pm. Reservation is for 6:30 at Winberie’s

Day of week (25 Sep 2024)

1. Faculty Host: Peter Melchior

2. Postdoc Host: Adrian Bayer

3. Miguel Montalvo

4. Rodrigo Cordova

5. Christian Kragh Jespersen

6.  David Shlivko

7.  

8.  Speaker

STUDENTS HAVE PRIORITY.

PLEASE NO MORE THAN 8 PEOPLE (it is more difficult to properly interact with the speaker in larger groups).