[On_site_list] Jefferson Lab Colloquium: Today at 3 p.m.

[deborah magaldi]

Jefferson Lab Colloquium: Today at 3 p.m. in the CEBAF Center auditorium:

Back to the Salt Mines: The Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in 
Xe-136

Lisa J. Kaufman

Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter

Department of Physics, Indiana University

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*ABSTRACT*

Neutrinos are all around us, yet many of their properties remain 
a mystery. The study of neutrinoless double beta decay can shed light on 
the properties of neutrino mass and whether the neutrino is its own 
anti-particle.In addition, because neutrinoless double beta decay 
violates lepton number conservation, its discovery would lead the way to 
physics beyond the Standard Model.  The Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) 
program is aimed at searching for this decay in Xe-136. The speaker will 
discuss the current status of double beta decay with special emphasis on 
recent results from EXO-200 which has made the most precise measurement 
of the two-neutrino double beta decay of any isotope and has placed one 
of the most stringent limits on the absolute neutrino mass to date.

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*(Please note special day and time)***

*Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 at 3 p.m.*

*CEBAF Center auditorium*

*Cookies & coffee in the CEBAF Center lobby, 2:30 p.m.*


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