学术报告第157期：Astronomical activity in Southern Africa: past, present and future

主讲人 (Speaker): 

Paschal Coyle

主讲人单位 (Speaker's Institute): 

Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille

邀请人 (Invited by): 

杨莉莉

时间 (Time): 

星期一, 2019/12/02 - 10:00 to 11:00

地点 (Location): 

珠海校区海滨红楼17栋107 (Rm 107, Red House 17)

摘要 (Abstract): 

The KM3NeT Collaboration is currently constructing the next generation of large-volume (km3-size) Cherenkov neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea.

KM3NeT/ARCA (Astroparticle Research with Cosmics in the Abyss), located offshore the Sicilian coast is optimised to measure high-energy neutrinos, above 100 GeV, of astrophysical origin. It will provide an optimal view of the Southern sky including the Galactic Center and enable for the first time, precision all flavour neutrino astronomy.

KM3NeT/ORCA (Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss), located offshore the French coast, is optimised to detect atmospheric neutrinos in the GeV range. Its main goal is a determination of the neutrino mass ordering and measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters. The detector is also sensitive to a wide variety of other physics topics, such as dark matter, non-standard interactions and sterile neutrinos.

The two detectors share the same innovative technology. The first Detection Units have been operated in the French and Italian sites. We will present results from the first data together with the status and the science perspectives of the project.

主讲人简介 (Speaker's CV): 

教育背景： 1979-1982 英国曼彻斯特大学，物理学士 1983-1984 英国曼彻斯特大学，深造学习学位 1984-1986 英国曼彻斯特大学，博士 工作经历： 1986-1990 美国加州大学Santa Cruz分校，博士后 1990-2005 法国马赛物理与粒子中心，IN2P3-CNRS，研究员 1994-1996 日内瓦，CERN，奖学金 2005-至今 法国马赛物理与粒子中心，IN2P3-CNRS，研究主任 研究方向： Paschal Coyle教授作为国际知名教授，常年活跃在高能粒子领域，于高影响因子的杂志发表一系列的文章，获得同行的高度肯定。他作为法国马赛物理与粒子中心的研究主任，曾参与到SLAC和CERN的一系列加速器实验中。自2000年加入到ANTARES的深海中微子望远镜项目以来，从2008到2014年担任合作组发言人，与2013至2016担任KM3NET的副发言人，自2016年以来一直作为KM3NET物理与软件项目的负责人，具有很高的国际声望。