Super-NEMO Extension
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
Neutrinos are one of the fundamental particles that make up the universe and they are one of the least understood. They are similar in some ways to electrons but they don't have any electric charge. It was recently found that neutrinos are not massless but have a very small mass. Super-NEMO is one of several planned future experiments to investigate the nature of the neutrino and in particular whether a neutrino is the same as its antiparticle or not.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Julia Sedgbeer (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Argyriades J
(2011)
Spectral modeling of scintillator for the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO detectors
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Argyriades J
(2010)
Results of the BiPo-1 prototype for radiopurity measurements for the SuperNEMO double beta decay source foils
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Argyriades J
(2009)
Measurement of the background in the NEMO 3 double beta decay experiment
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Argyriades J
(2009)
Measurement of the double- ß decay half-life of Nd 150 and search for neutrinoless decay modes with the NEMO-3 detector
in Physical Review C
Argyriades J
(2010)
Measurement of the two neutrino double beta decay half-life of Zr-96 with the NEMO-3 detector
in Nuclear Physics A
Arnold R
(2010)
Probing new physics models of neutrinoless double beta decay with SuperNEMO
in The European Physical Journal C
Arnold R
(2020)
Search for the double-beta decay of 82Se to the excited states of 82Kr with NEMO-3
in Nuclear Physics A
Arnold R
(2015)
Results of the search for neutrinoless double- ß decay in Mo 100 with the NEMO-3 experiment
in Physical Review D
| Description | Project grant |
| Amount | £260,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2009 |
| End | 10/2012 |
| Description | Summer school - Brunel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lecture to about 30 physics teachers, resulting in education of teachers in neutrino physics. I am not aware of any notable impacts - you would need to ask the teachers if it had an impact on them. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |