Wednesday 18 November 2009

Speaker: Dr. Steven Biller   (Oxford University)

Title: No Nu's is Good Nu's - Prospects for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay


Abstract:
 
The field of neutrino physics has undergone a revolution
in the last decade with the discovery of neutrino mass and
mixing - areas in which the UK has played a prominent role. 
There is now significant international activity in further exploration 
of neutrinos, with the search for neutrinoless double beta 
decay one of the highest priorities, involving more than a dozen 
efforts. The discovery of this phenomenon would not only 
establish the absolute mass of neutrinos, but could lead to 
an understanding of their relative scale and pave the way 
towards a picture of the evolution of matter in the universe 
via leptogenesis. This talk will briefly review the history
and motivation for neutrinoless double beta decay and review
some representative experimental approaches with a
particular focus on UK activities.