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Title:

Neutrino Oscillations: Past, Present and Future

Abstract:

Neutrino oscillations had been one of the most successful stories in the history

of particle physics. The speaker will review the discovery of neutrino oscillation

and confirmations afterwards. In particular, he will explain a reactor-based neutrino

experiment, Daya Bay, for mixing angle theta-13 and its successor, JUNO experiment

for the neutrino mass hierarchy as well studies for supernovae neutrinos,

Geoneutrinos, solar neutrinos, proton decay, etc.

Speaker: Yifang Wang (IHEP)

Host: Luis Ho

Place: KIAA-PKU Auditorium

Time: Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 4:00pm

Introduction to the speaker:

Professor Yifang Wang obtained his BSc degree in Physics from Nanjing University in

1984 and his PhD degree from the University of Florence in 1992. He worked subsequently

at MIT as a research staff and at Stanford University as a research associate. He become a

Professor at the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Chinese Academy of Sciences,

Beijing, China in 2001. He is the current director of IHEP. His research interests include

neutrino physics, e+ e- collision physics, cosmic rays, astrophysics, detector design and

construction, and methods for data analysis. He has been involved in a number of

international experiments, including L3, AMS, Palo Verde, KamLAND, and BES. At IHEP,

he led the effort for the design and successful construction of the BESIII detector.

He led the Daya Bay neutrino oscillation experiment in China, which precisely measured

the neutrino mixing angle theta13. This neutrino oscillation result was selected as one

of the top 10 scientific breakthroughs by Science magazine in 2012. For his seminal

discovery, Professor Wang was awarded the prestigious 2016 Breakthrough Prize.