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GeV neutrinos are one of the most intensively studied particles. They come from Earth’s atmosphere above and below us and from laboratories in well-controlled beams. They are observed through their interactions with detectors, and their energy-dependent appearance and disappearance are very precisely inferred, which in turn reveals some of their most desired universal properties, like mass hierarchy and CP symmetry. In this seminar, we will review some near and far future experiments and facilities that study GeV neutrinos and compare their efforts to achieve the ultimate sensitivity in measuring neutrino interactions.
Dr. Xianguo Lu is an assistant professor at the University of Warwick, UK. His main research area is GeV neutrino physics. He has been in leadership positions in the neutrino interaction working groups of the JUNO, MINERvA, and T2K experiments. He is known for the development of an analysis technique called transverse kinematic imbalance, which provides a new framework for understanding accelerator-based neutrino interactions and influences the next generation of experimental design and detector R&D.
Dr. Lu received his BSc from Peking University and his master’s degree from the University of Hamburg. He moved to the University of Oxford as a postdoc after completing his PhD and a brief postdoc at the University of Heidelberg. He stayed on to become a faculty member of the Department of Physics at Oxford. Dr. Lu joined the University of Warwick in 2021 and now holds a visiting lectureship at the University of Oxford. He is also a regular runner, having logged 690 kilometres in 2022.