Neutrino physics  

Neutrino physics (struttura)

Brief description

This research line involves different experiments. Borexino, at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, has performed the first direct measurement of neutrinos from the interior of the sun and of antineutrinos coming from inside the earth. Now, by means of the use of (anti-)neutrino sources, it will shed light on the possible oscillation of a sterile neutrino (SOX project).

The search of sterile neutrinos is also an objective of Icarus, whose upgrade is under preparation at CERN.

The group is also committed in the next goal of neutrino physics: the determination of the mass hierarchy by means of the Juno experiment, based in China, that will measure reactor antineutrions in 20kt of liquid scintillator.

Research group

Particle and Astroparticle Physics

Useful links

ICARUS:
http://icarus.lngs.infn.it

JUNO:
http://english.ihep.cas.cn/rs/fs/juno0815/

BOREXINO:
http://borex.lngs.infn.it

 

Staff

Name	Position	Web page	Photo
Giuseppe Battistoni	INFN Research Director
Paola Sala	INFN Senior Researcher
Barbara Caccianiga	INFN Researcher
Davide D'Angelo	Assistant Professor
Marco Giammarchi	INFN Senior Researcher
Paolo Lombardi	INFN Senior Technologist	Personal web page
Livia Ludhova	INFN Post-doc
Emanuela Meroni	Full Professor
Lino Miramonti	Associate Professor	Personal web page
Gioacchino Ranucci	INFN Senior Technologist
Alessandra Re	Post-doc