Experimental Astroparticle and Neutrino Physics - NEXT-T2K

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2013-165

 
Description of research activity:

This line of research studies the intrinsic properties of neutrinos. It investigates the phenomenon of oscillations between neutrino families by measuring the parameters that define these oscillations and tries to elucidate the nature of the neutrino, i.e. whether it is a Dirac fermion or a Majorana fermion. IFIC is leading the NEXT experiment to search for double beta decays without neutrino production, the detection of which would imply that the neutrino is a Majorana particle. It is also involved in several neutrino oscillation experiments with accelerators: the T2K experiment, which is being carried out in Japan, and the next-generation DUNE experiment in the United States. In addition, the IFIC neutrino group develops advanced nuclear instrumentation, which could have important industrial applications, in particular in medical physics and nuclear proliferation control.

 
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Scientific-technical goals:
  • Demostracion de la naturaleza Majorana del neutrino en experimentos de busqueda de desintegracion doble beta sin emision de neutrinos
  • Descubrimiento de violacion de CP en el sector leptonico en experimentos de oscilaciones de neutrinos con aceleradores
  • Fisica de astroparticulas en grandes detectores de neutrinos: descubrimiento de la desintegracion del proton, deteccion de neutrinos de origen astrofisico y busqueda de fisica mas alla del Modelo Estandar de fisica de particulas
 
Research lines:
  • Neutrino Physics in the NEXT experiment.Search for neutrinoless double beta decay in the Xe-136 isotope with gaseous xenon detectors (NEXT experiment).
  • Neutrino Physics in the DUNE experiment.Physics of neutrino and astroparticle oscillations with liquid argon detectors (DUNE experiment).
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
NADIA YAHLALI HADDOUDirectorUniversitat de València
MICHEL SOREL -DirectorUniversitat de València - CSICexternal researcher - mixed centre
Research team
JUAN JOSE GOMEZ CADENASCollaboratorFundacion Donostia International Physics Centerresearcher
 
CNAE:
  • -
 
Associated structure:
  • Institute of Corpuscular Physics (IFIC)
 
Keywords:
  • Neutrinos, xenón, desintegración doble beta, NEXT, TPC
  • Neutrinos, argón, oscilaciones de neutrinos, DUNE, TPC