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Description
For the first time the scientific community working at the forefront of research in High-Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (HECAP) in Latin American have come together to discuss and provide scientific input towards the development of a regional strategy for these fields of knowledge. The strategy, LASF4RI for HECAP, is coordinated with the Highest Authorities of Science and Technology of the region and scaled to the Heads of States. LASF4RI is unfolded in two main avenues: the development of new experiments/facilities in the region and the construction of synergies for a more compelling and coordinated participation in global projects.
Neutrinos constitutes a fundamental part of LASF4RI, with a significant participation of Latin American scientists and engineers both in experiments trying to pin down the fundamental nature and properties of neutrinos, as well as in experiments using neutrinos as a probe. Groundbreaking applications are also seen in the horizon, specifically in emerging technologies for Nuclear Safeguards with a regional hallmark. Theorists in the region address a wealth of physics domains including precision oscillation measurements, neutrinos cross-sections, non-standard interactions, CP-violation, new neutrino states, astrophysical neutrinos, etc.
This contribution presents the status of LASF4RI from the Neutrino perspective, with a focus on strengthening the synergies between experimentalists and theorists towards common and coordinated targets along working groups in the COlombian Network of High Energy Physics (CONHEP). Furthermore, the strategic leverage on accessible infrastructures and science framed into global data analysis networks.
