Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA) at LBNL
The INPA Seminar weekly talks are on Fridays, starting at 12:00 pm, unless informed otherwise. The seminar talk starts with a brief presentation of the weekly scientific news. Typically, the talks conclude by 1:00 pm. The seminars are held in the Sessler Conference Room, located in Bldg. 50A- 5132.
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INPA Seminar Speaker: Krystal Alfonso (Virginia Tech)-Title: With or without ν? Probing double beta decay with CUORE
February 28 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Date: February 28, 2025
Time: 12:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room – 50A-5132 [Hybrid and In-Person]
Speaker: Krystal Alfonso (Virginia Tech)
Title: With or without ν? Probing double beta decay with CUORE
Abstract: The massive neutrino is our rabbit in a waistcoat. Prompted by the discovery of neutrino oscillations, our community has taken a keen interest in answering how neutrinos with mass affect our understanding of the Universe. One approach to probing the elusive neutrino is to search for neutrinoless double beta decay—a lepton number violating process that would confirm the Majorana nature of the neutrino and possibly constrain the absolute neutrino-mass scale. In this presentation, I will focus on the search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te with CUORE, a tonne-scale cryogenic calorimeter operated at milli-kelvin temperatures. Recently, the experiment has demonstrated over 5 years stable operation. I will describe this achievement in the context of the CUORE analysis framework and the latest results using over 2 tonne.yr TeO2 exposure.
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INPA guests from campus can now come to the lab early on Fridays. The INPA Common Room (50-5026) is reserved for our guests from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Note that the seminars are now held in 50A-5132 to accommodate a more significant number of attendees.
CPTea Series (also known as INPA Tea Series)
The Physics Division CPTea Series invites you to an In-Person Tea Series 1st Friday of every month at 3:30 pm INPA Conference Room 50-5026.
Everyone is welcome to attend the open forum. Tea and light refreshments will be served.
INPA Common Room (50-5026)
Fridays
3:30 pm
Access to the Lab
For a shuttle pass, please email Erica Hall. The pass is only valid for the day of the seminar.