Physics Colloquium, October 21, 2003

PERSPECTIVES ON NEUTRINO PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS

A.B. Balantekin

University of Wisconsin-Madison

This talk will first explore the physics potential of solar neutrino and related reactor and atmospheric neutrino experiments. It will concentrate on three different areas of physics that can be probed in these experiments: i) Neutrino Physics: Doing global analyses of the existing data to determine neutrino mass and mixings; ii) Solar Physics: Measuring solar temperature and density in these experiments; iii) Nuclear Physics: In particular measuring the weak axial two-body current. Examples will be given for these three different areas. In the latter part of the talk the implications of the findings of these experiments on r-process nucleosynthesis in core-collapse supernovae will be highlighted.

3.30 p.m., Smith Laboratory, Room 1005

Refreshments served in Smith 1094 at 3:00 p.m.