Conveners
Session 4a: Neutrinos and Dark Matter
- Alexander Friedland
Session 4a: Neutrinos and Dark Matter
- Vittorio Paolone (University of Pittsburgh (US))
In the past two decades, several results from short-baseline neutrino experiments have hinted that sterile neutrinos could be present. If confirmed, these new particles would be a definite proof of physics beyond the Standard Model and would offer attractive solutions to many unanswered questions in our field. After briefly reviewing selected results, I will present the current experimental...
In this talk I will review the short baseline anomalies and recent developments relevant to this topic. I will discuss theoretical interpretations of these anomalies, including sterile neutrinos, decaying neutrinos, and novel gauge forces. Limitations of the theoretical interpretations will be highlighted.
I will give a summary talk on long baseline neutrino measurements, with attention to topics and searches related to tau neutrinos. I will cover the latest results from T2K, NOvA, and OPERA, and future prospects from DUNE and Hyper-K.
Kilometer-scale neutrino detectors, like the IceCube Neutrino Observatory deployed in the ice cap at the South Pole, are uniquely capable of detecting energetic tau neutrinos and tau leptons. IceCube has sensitivity to tau neutrinos with energies at and above the threshold for tau lepton production, and has sufficiently large volume to contain tau leptons that travel hundreds of meters. The...
This talk will provide of overview on searches for particle dark matter, including direct, indirect, and accelerator searches that cover different energy and mass scales. I will highlight the future directions in particle dark matter searches, and how experiments can be complementary in maximizing the sensitivity to a broad range of viable models.
The neutrino astronomy is polluted by the atmospheric noise up TeVs energy. Anyway Icecube claimed an astrophysical signature (just above a few tens TeV energy), since the 2013. They discovered a sudden increase in the cascade event rate, surprisingly more abundant than the previous TeVs muon neutrino tracks. Such a flavor switch might be also mimic by an atmospheric charm rising presence....
