主持人:凌家杰 教授
报告简介:Neutrinos in the early Universe decoupled essentially in helicity eigenstates. As they propagate through the Universe, their helicities could be modified via two effects. First, neutrinos with a finite magnetic moment would rotate their spins with respect to their momenta as they encounter cosmic magnetic fields, modifying their helicities. Second, the bending of neutrino's spin by a gravitational field lags the bending of its momentum, again modifying its helicity. We calculate both effects and investigate the implications of the helicity modification on the detection of relic neutrinos using the Inverse Tritium Beta Decay (ITBD) reaction. We find that the ITBD rate depends sensitively on the neutrino mass hierarchy and on the Dirac or Majorana nature of the neutrinos.
报告人简介:彭仁杰教授主要研究原子核中的夸克和反夸克模型、基础对称性和中微子物理,先后参与了美国的AGS、LAMPF、Jafferson实验室、费米实验室和欧洲核子中心和中国大亚湾等实验,先后担任了数10个核物理实验的发言人,超过180次在国际大会上做受邀报告。
彭仁杰教授于1975年获美国匹兹堡大学博士学位,1975-1979年先后在法国Saclay核物理研究所、美国匹兹堡大学和美国洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室做博士后研究,1980-2002年在美国洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室物理系担任研究员,2002年后加入美国伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校物理系。
彭任杰教授先后入选美国物理协会会员(APS fellow)、日本学术振兴会会员(JSPS fellow)和台湾中研院院士。先后荣获美国洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室杰出表现奖、美国物理协会核物理Tom Bonner奖和基础物理突破奖。