Supernova Neutrino Observations: What can we learn? What should we do?

Europe/Berlin
02.430 (Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University)

02.430

Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
Description

The experimental landscape for low-energy neutrino astronomy (few to few tens of MeV) is evolving rapidly. Several existing or planned large detectors world-wide will produce high-statistics signals of the next Galactic stellar collapse event (supernova or black-hole formation), and the diffuse supernova neutrino background (DSNB) is coming into reach with the gadolinium enhancement of Super-Kamiokande and the JUNO scintillator detector.

This topical workshop is meant to interface the communities of supernova and neutrino theorists and protagonists of the evolving experimental side. The goals are to enhance the information flow and mutual understanding between these communities and to develop a better definition of the observational targets (What can we learn?) and of the deliverables that should be provided by neutrino and SN theory as possible benchmarks for detector optimization and observation strategies (What should we do?). The program continues the discussions of a previous workshop at the INT in Seattle in August 2016.

The conference photo can be found here.

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Poster
    • 09:00 11:30
      Registration 02.430

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      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
    • 11:45 12:45
      Lunch 1h 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
    • 13:00 14:00
      IceCube: Building a new window on the Universe from Antarctica 1h Hörsaal 1 (Institut für Kernphysik)

      Hörsaal 1

      Institut für Kernphysik

      Speaker: Prof. Francis Halzen
    • 14:15 17:00
      Multimessenger SN physics 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Convener: John Beacom
      slides
      • 14:15
        Dark Gamma Ray Bursts 15m
        Speaker: Vedran Brdar
        Slides
    • 09:30 10:00
      Supernova models: neutrino signals and gravitational waves 30m 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Speaker: Bronson Messer
      Slides
    • 10:10 10:40
      Microphysics for supernovae modelling 30m 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Speaker: Charles Horowitz
      Slides
    • 14:00 17:30
      Modelling aspects of the source 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Conveners: Evan O'Connor, Sanjay Reddy
      • 14:00
        The Mont Blanc signal from SN1987A: a 2nd look, possible mechanisms, and lessons for future detectors 20m
        Speaker: Stanley Yen
        Slides
    • 09:30 10:00
      Neutrino oscillation theory 30m 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Speaker: Alessandro Mirizzi
      Slides
    • 10:10 10:25
      Non-standard physics in supernovae 15m 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Speaker: Alexander Friedland
      Slides
    • 10:30 10:45
      Quantum Kinetic Equations 15m 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Speaker: Christina Volpe
      Slides
    • 14:00 17:30
      Neutrino oscillations 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Convener: Gabriel Martinez-Pinedo
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      • 14:00
        Quantum breaks: role in SN and connections to other physics 30m
        Speaker: Ray Sawyer
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      • 14:40
        Fast oscillations - A classical picture? 10m
        Speaker: Manibrata Sen
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      • 14:55
        Neutrino flavour evolution in presence of non-standard interactions in binary neutron star mergers 10m
        Speaker: Amélie Chatelain
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      • 15:10
        Spontaneous symmetry breaking in SN neutrino oscillations 10m
        Speaker: Ninetta Saviano
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      • 15:25
        Neutrino-neutrino refraction with linear equations 10m
        Speaker: Rasmus Hansen
        Slides
    • 09:30 10:00
      Overview of SN neutrino detectors 30m 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Speaker: Kate Scholberg
      Slides
    • 10:10 10:25
      Scintillator based detectors and low background detectors 15m 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Speaker: Shun Zhou
      Slides
    • 10:30 10:45
      Large detectors with high background 15m 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Speaker: Lutz Köpke
      Slides
    • 14:00 17:30
      Network for supernova detectors 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Convener: Kate Scholberg
      • 14:00
        SNARE proposal 10m
        Speaker: Kate Scholberg
        Slides
      • 14:15
        HALO and HALO 1t 10m
        Speaker: Janet Rumleskie
        Slides
      • 14:30
        Probing the neutrino mass and mass ordering with supernova neutrinos 10m
        Speaker: Yufeng Li
        Slides
      • 14:45
        Simulating the kinematics of supernova neutrino interactions in the three phases of SNO+ 10m
        Speaker: Mark Stringer
        Slides
    • 09:30 10:00
      DSNB theory 30m 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Speaker: John Beacom
      Slides
    • 10:10 10:40
      DSNB: Experimental challenges 30m 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Speaker: Mark Vagins
      Slides
    • 10:50 11:05
      DSNB: Oil-based scintillator detectors 15m 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Speaker: Lothar Oberauer
      Slides
    • 11:10 14:00
      DSNB: Theory & Experiment 02.430

      02.430

      Mainz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University

      Staudingerweg 9 / 2nd floor, 55128 Mainz
      Convener: Irene Tamborra
      slides
      • 11:10
        DSNB detection in Liquid Scintillator Cherenkov Detectors 10m
        Speaker: Michael Wurm
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