OKC colloquia

Traversing the astrophysical neutrino landscape

by Erin O'Sullivan (Stockholm University)

Europe/Stockholm
FA32

FA32

Description
Astrophysical neutrinos allow us to probe some of the most extreme environments in the Universe. They are also notoriously difficult to measure. Spanning many orders of magnitude in energy, diverse detection technologies are required to fully realize the neutrino astrophysics picture. This talk will broadly explore the known and potential sources of astrophysical neutrinos, and will describe the current and future technologies used to detect them. We will then delve into the most intriguing questions in neutrino astrophysics: What is the source of the high energy astrophysical neutrino flux? How might neutrinos contribute to multimessenger astronomy? What could a modern day measurement of supernova neutrinos tell us about the thermodynamics of the system? Are there mysteries in our own Sun that can be solved using neutrinos? ​