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DTSTART:20161214T203000Z
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LOCATION:5280 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:New opportunities with solar neutrinos\, NPAC (Nuclear/Particl
 e/Astro/Cosmo) Forum\, Shirley Li\, Ohio State University
DESCRIPTION:Crucial questions about solar neutrinos remain unanswered.
    Our knowledge of stellar fusion processes and neutrinos themselves 
 is incomplete.  Neutrino detectors such as Super-Kamiokande have the e
 xposure needed\, but backgrounds are limiting.  A leading background i
 s the beta decays of isotopes produced by cosmic-ray muons and their s
 econdary particles\, which initiate nuclear spallation reactions.  I w
 ill discuss my comprehensive studies of the spallation backgrounds\, f
 rom calculating their production rates\, to understanding their produc
 tion mechanisms\, to how to implement better background rejection meth
 ods.  I will also discuss the applications of our MeV work in detectin
 g PeV astrophysical neutrinos in IceCube.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=4380
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