Name: Neutrinos in Cosmology and Astrophysics
Start: 2024-03-06T09:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-03-08T17:00:00-08:00
Location: TRIUMF

Neutrinos in Cosmology and Astrophysics

from Wednesday, 6 March 2024 (09:00) to Friday, 8 March 2024 (17:00)

Monday, 4 March 2024
Tuesday, 5 March 2024
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
12:55 Welcome to TRIUMF! - Ricky Mizuta (TRIUMF / University of British Columbia) Tsung-Han Yeh (TRIUMF) Michael Shamma (TRIUMF) Carlos Henrique de Lima (TRIUMF) Lilianna Hariasz (Queen's University) David McKeen (TRIUMF) David Morrissey (TRIUMF) Douglas Tuckler (TRIUMF and Simon Fraser University) Gopolang Mohlabeng (Simon Fraser University and TRIUMF) Nicole Vassh (TRIUMF)
Welcome to TRIUMF!
- Ricky Mizuta (TRIUMF / University of British Columbia)
- Tsung-Han Yeh (TRIUMF)
- Michael Shamma (TRIUMF)
- Carlos Henrique de Lima (TRIUMF)
- Lilianna Hariasz (Queen's University)
- David McKeen (TRIUMF)
- David Morrissey (TRIUMF)
- Douglas Tuckler (TRIUMF and Simon Fraser University)
- Gopolang Mohlabeng (Simon Fraser University and TRIUMF)
- Nicole Vassh (TRIUMF)
12:55 - 13:00
Room: Auditorium
13:00 Neutrino Mixing from Modular Flavor Symmetries - Mu-Chun Chen (UC Irvine)
Neutrino Mixing from Modular Flavor Symmetries
- Mu-Chun Chen (UC Irvine)
13:00 - 13:30
Room: Auditorium
13:30 Neutrinos: their origin and their role in the matter-antimatter asymmetry - Arnab Dasgupta (U Pittsburgh)
Neutrinos: their origin and their role in the matter-antimatter asymmetry
- Arnab Dasgupta (U Pittsburgh)
13:30 - 14:00
Room: Auditorium
14:00 Cosmology of Dirac Neutrino Mass Models - Michael Shamma (TRIUMF)
Cosmology of Dirac Neutrino Mass Models
- Michael Shamma (TRIUMF)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Auditorium
14:30 Tea and Cookies
Tea and Cookies
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Auditorium
15:00 A low-scale neutrino mass model and energy-dependent oscillation parameters - Pedro Machado (Fermilab)
A low-scale neutrino mass model and energy-dependent oscillation parameters
- Pedro Machado (Fermilab)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Auditorium
15:30 Discovering (A) Source of Neutrino Masses at the LHC - Seyda Ipek
Discovering (A) Source of Neutrino Masses at the LHC
- Seyda Ipek
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Auditorium
16:00 Old Data, New Forensics: The First Second of SN 1987A Neutrino Emission - Shirley Li (UC Irvine)
Old Data, New Forensics: The First Second of SN 1987A Neutrino Emission
- Shirley Li (UC Irvine)
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Auditorium
16:30 Open Discussion
Open Discussion
16:30 - 17:00
Room: Auditorium
Thursday, 7 March 2024
09:30 Relic neutrinos from collapsars and neutron star mergers - Liliana Caballero (U Guelph)
Relic neutrinos from collapsars and neutron star mergers
- Liliana Caballero (U Guelph)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Auditorium In highly dense matter scenarios, such as in Supernova, collapsars, and neutron star mergers, neutrinos decouple from matter much earlier and deeper than photons. Their detection in neutrino observatories would allow us to gain valuable insight into the interior, structure, and evolution of these astrophysical environments. While much can be learned from the neutrinos emitted by a single explosion, the rarity of these events combined with neutrinos' weakly interacting nature pose challenges for their detection. Relic neutrinos, emitted since the first Supernovae and mergers occurred in the universe, provide a continuous background flux that offers an additional avenue for the study of matter under strong gravity. In this talk, I shall discuss the diffuse neutrino background from collapsars and neutron star mergers, and the prospects of learning about the equation of state of nuclear matter from its possible detection.
10:00 Neutrinos, Collapsars, Neutron Star Mergers, and You: How neutrinos impact heavy element formation in the universe, and the resulting electromagnetic counterpart - Jonah Miller (Los Alamos)
Neutrinos, Collapsars, Neutron Star Mergers, and You: How neutrinos impact heavy element formation in the universe, and the resulting electromagnetic counterpart
- Jonah Miller (Los Alamos)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium
10:30 Tea and Cookies
Tea and Cookies
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Auditorium
11:00 Probing turbulence in core-collapse supernovae in the upcoming neutrino detectors - Mainak Mukhopadhyay (Penn State U)
Probing turbulence in core-collapse supernovae in the upcoming neutrino detectors
- Mainak Mukhopadhyay (Penn State U)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Auditorium
11:30 Presupernova Neutrinos: Realistic Emissivities and Detection Possibilities - Kelly Patton (Trinity College)
Presupernova Neutrinos: Realistic Emissivities and Detection Possibilities
- Kelly Patton (Trinity College)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Auditorium
12:00 P-ONE Neutrino Observatory - Matthias Danninger (Simon Fraser University)
P-ONE Neutrino Observatory
- Matthias Danninger (Simon Fraser University)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Auditorium
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Auditorium
14:00 TRIUMF Colloquium - Core-collapse supernovae as probes of (not only) non-standard neutrino physics - Anna Suliga (UC Berkely / N3AS)
TRIUMF Colloquium - Core-collapse supernovae as probes of (not only) non-standard neutrino physics
- Anna Suliga (UC Berkely / N3AS)
14:00 - 15:30
Room: Auditorium Core-collapse supernovae are one of the most complex phenomena in the Universe. Not only are they one of the production sites of the heavy elements that enable the existence of life, but their cores are also one of the densest environments we can probe, albeit indirectly. Core-collapse supernovae are also among the most spectacular and efficient neutrino factories. Detecting these neutrinos can allow us to probe physics in extreme conditions inaccessible on Earth. In this talk, I will discuss how we can prepare for the next nearby supernova neutrino detection to extract as much information as possible from the neutrino signal. I will also talk about how observing neutrinos from all the past collapses in our Universe – the diffuse supernova neutrino background - can help us better understand the supernova population and may provide hints about physics beyond the Standard Model.
15:30 Entaglement of Astrophysical Neutrinos - Baha Balantekin (U Wisconsin)
Entaglement of Astrophysical Neutrinos
- Baha Balantekin (U Wisconsin)
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Auditorium
16:00 Open Discussion
Open Discussion
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Auditorium

18:00 Workshop Dinner
Workshop Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
Friday, 8 March 2024
09:30 Neutrinos vs. Dark Matter - Kevin Kelly (Texas A&M)
Neutrinos vs. Dark Matter
- Kevin Kelly (Texas A&M)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Auditorium
10:00 Probes of Neutrinophilc Dark Matter - Douglas Tuckler (TRIUMF and Simon Fraser University)
Probes of Neutrinophilc Dark Matter
- Douglas Tuckler (TRIUMF and Simon Fraser University)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium
10:30 Tea and Cookies
Tea and Cookies
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Auditorium
11:00 Origins of (neutrino-ish) Dark Matter in the Matter Power Spectrum - Yue Zhang (Carleton U)
Origins of (neutrino-ish) Dark Matter in the Matter Power Spectrum
- Yue Zhang (Carleton U)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Auditorium
11:30 The flavour of high-energy neutrinos - Aaron Vincent (Queen's U)
The flavour of high-energy neutrinos
- Aaron Vincent (Queen's U)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Auditorium
12:00 Neutrinos as standard and nonstandard dark radiation and dark matter - Kevork Abazajian (UC Irvine)
Neutrinos as standard and nonstandard dark radiation and dark matter
- Kevork Abazajian (UC Irvine)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Auditorium
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Auditorium