LIP Neutrino Physics group 20th anniversary

Tuesday 26 May 2026, 15:00 → 17:00 Europe/Lisbon

LIP-Lisboa/3-311 - Sala de Seminários (LIP Lisboa)

The neutrino group
Speaker: Prof. José Maneira (FCUL, LIP)

Experimental neutrino physics in Portugal started at LIP, with the participation in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). The SNO+ collaboration was also being formed in those early years and we joined from the start. Over time the group grew and we also joined the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) in 2018. This talk will revisit the history of the group, tracing back the people that joined our path over the years and highlighting a few of our activities and the connections we established.

From SNO to SNO+
Speaker: Prof. Mark Chen (Queen's University)

The goal to prove that the Sun is powered by nuclear reactions was achieved roughly 50 years ago, but gave birth to a puzzle: why was there a deficit in the flux of solar neutrinos detected? This “solar neutrino problem" was solved by the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) via the discovery of neutrino oscillations. This talk will look back on the journey completed by SNO that then led to the successor SNO+ experiment, conceived to further study neutrinos and their properties. Results from two phases of SNO+ will be highlighted in this talk.

 

Dune
Speaker: Prof. José Maneira (FCUL, LIP)

DUNE is one of the two world's flagship neutrino physics experiments, aiming at a comprehensive and amibitious set of neutrino oscillation measurements, in addition to a rich non-accelerator physics program. After a very successful prototyping program at CERN, construction of DUNE Phase I is moving full-speed ahead, and LIP is strongly involved in the Far Detector calibrations. This talk will provide a brief overview of the physics goals and technology developments of DUNE, including the LIP contributions.