March 5, 2003
Wednesday - 4:00 pm in Swain West 119
Speaker: Gail McLaughlin (University of North Carolina)
Title: Supernova Neutrino Oscillations: What can we learn?

Abstract:
The possibility of detecting supernova neutrinos is fascinating, because we could perhaps learn so much from them. They are our window deep into the supernova, and their spectra tell us about the conditions in the core. In addition we would like to use the supernova neutrino signal to tell us something about the fundamental properties of the neutrinos themselves. I will discuss the ways in which supernova neutrinos can oscillate in light of the latest solar, atmospheric and reactor neutrino data. I will also discuss how we might try to disentangle the many different types of physics that can alter the supernova neutrino signal.