The KEK/J-PARC neutrino group is elucidating the origin of the neutrino massand related phenomena by conducting neutrino oscillation experiments.
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We welcomed Yoshikazu Nagai as new members of the Neutrino Group. We have also updated the web page to the latest version for the new fiscal year.
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A Ph.D. thesis defense was held at SOKENDAI.
From the Neutrino Group, PORTOCARRERO and Nishimori presented their research. They successfully passed the examination and were awarded their Ph.D. degrees. -
The results of the first joint analysis by the T2K experiment and the NOvA experiment have been published in the journal Nature. A press release on this achievement has also been issued.
About us
The KEK/J-PARC neutrino group is conducting studies of neutrino physics. An intense muon neutrino beam is artificially generated at J-PARC. The muon neutrinos travel over 295km to the far detector, Super-Kamiokande (SK). We study neutrino oscillation (the transition between different kinds of neutrinos) which occur in flight by measuring neutrino interactions in both near and far detectors. We aim to elucidate mysteries such as why our universe is filled primarily with matter (little anti-matter), and why neutrinos have a tiny mass compared to other elementary particles. Furthermore, utilizing neutrinos produced by a different method at J-PARC, we are exploring oscillation phenomena related to sterile neutrinos that cannot be described by the current Standard Model. The KEK/J-PARC neutrino group accepts graduate students from SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan, etc.
