Lectures on Neutrino Physics

30 mars 2026, 10:30 → 3 avr. 2026, 12:00 Europe/Paris

210/1-114 - Salle des Séminaires (IJCLab)

This series of PhD lectures, delivered by Prof. Renata Zukanovich Funchal, will provide an introduction to the fundamental aspects of neutrino physics, covering both theoretical foundations and current experimental developments. 

Lectures will take place in the theory seminar room (Building 210, first floor) at IJCLab. Tutorials are scheduled for Wednesday afternoon to reinforce key concepts. A topical seminar on the first JUNO results will be held on Thursday morning.

For practical reasons, we invite potentially interested participants to register in advance. Office space can be provided during the week for external members of IJCLab (please contact olcyr.sumensari@ijclab.in2p3.fr).

lun. 30 mars

10:30 → 12:00 Lecture I

Orateur: Prof. Renata Zukanovich Funchal (University of Sao Paulo)

mar. 31 mars

10:30 → 12:00 Lecture II

Orateur: Prof. Renata Zukanovich Funchal (University of Sao Paulo)

mer. 1 avril

10:30 → 12:00 Lecture III

Orateur: Prof. Renata Zukanovich Funchal (University of Sao Paulo)

14:00 → 15:30 Tutorials

Orateurs: Luighi Leal, Dr Salvador Urrea

jeu. 2 avril

11:00 → 12:00 Topical seminar: "Lessons from first JUNO results"

First results from the JUNO reactor neutrino experiment already determine with world-leading precision to the solar mixing parameters. This presentation will perform an exploratory study explaining why JUNO is able to determine with precision the solar mixing parameters and beyond these, taking advantage of the first JUNO data release to discuss its sensitivity to the large squared-mass splitting, the atmospheric mass-splitting.

This presentation will discuss why JUNO in the future will be able to determine the neutrino mass ordering. On the other side, the actual data, when combined with constraints from global oscillation data, may already contain some information on the neutrino mass ordering. Indeed, we find that the combination of the complementary solar and atmospheric mass splitting determinations gives a slight preference for Normal Ordering, with a p-value for Inverted Ordering of 2%–2.6% (2.2σ–2.3σ). We study the robustness of this result with respect to potential systematic uncertainties and statistical fluctuations. Taken at face value, a full global analysis of oscillation data including the publicly available JUNO information and data leads to a preference for Normal Ordering with \Delta\chi^2 = 4.6 and 9.4 without and with Super-K and IceCube-24 atmospheric neutrino data, respectively.

Orateur: Dr João Pinheiro (Tsung-Dao Lee Inst.)

14:00 → 16:00 Presentations by students

ven. 3 avril

09:30 → 11:00 Lecture IV

Orateur: Prof. Renata Zukanovich Funchal (University of Sao Paulo)