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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/2213
SUMMARY:Searching for Majorana neutrinos with NEXT
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Roxanne Guenette\, Harvard University\nHosted by: Chr
	istopher Grant\n\nPart of the HEE Seminar Series.\n\nNeutrinos are the only
	 particles of the Standard Model that could be of Majorana nature\, a chara
	cteristic that would give considerable strength to theories that propose to
	 explain the mass of these elusive particles and that intend to explain the
	 matter-antimatter asymmetry. After reviewing  this intriguing property of 
	neutrinos\, I will explain how searching for neutrinoless double beta decay
	s with the NEXT experiment could give us a unique opportunity to discover a
	 Majorana neutrino. The detector technology\, a Xenon High Pressure Time Pr
	ojection Chamber\, offers several key advantages\, including excellent ener
	gy resolution and powerful event classification based on track topology. Af
	ter reviewing the fundamentals of the experiment\, I will highlight recent 
	results from the NEXT-White prototype\, which has been acquiring data at th
	e Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc (LSC)\, in Spain\, for the last 3 ye
	ars\, showing excellent performance. I will discuss as well the status and 
	prospects of the upcoming NEXT-100\, expected to start its operation in ear
	ly 2020\, as well as the prospects for a ton-scale experiment.
LOCATION:PRB 595\, 3 Cummington Mall\, 02215
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