BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//linuxsoftware.nz//NONSGML Joyous v1.4//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Towards AntiMatter-based Nuclear Reactor Tomography and Beyond DTSTART:20251105T160000Z DTEND:20251105T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260724T161729Z UID:ad2087c0-b9ca-4e60-8bf6-1c39f1fd8292 SEQUENCE:1 CREATED:20251017T135805Z DESCRIPTION: Since the discovery of the neutrino in 1956\, reactor antineu trinos have been a tool for fundamental neutrino research\, a vector for m any discoveries\, and the framework for pioneering much of today'\;s n eutrino detection technology. Indeed\, many of the 50s developments are at the core of today'\;s transparent and monolithic neutrino detector ex ploiting Cherenkov radiation and scintillation. Despite their remarkable s uccess leading\, collectively\, to several Nobel prizes\, those detectors have been limited in terms of their inability to identify the particle imp inging on the detector. This limitation has given shape to the overall exp erimental methodology for over a century\, relying on cumbersome shielding \, including deep underground locations\, as the only possible solutions. With the invention of LiquidO (2012)\, detection and topological imaging a re now possible\, thus overcoming a challenge posed to open up a new gener ation of physics potential. For reactors\, this implies we may distinguish to unprecedented levels the antineutrino signal (e+\; antimatter) from th e main backgrounds. The AntiMatter-OTech project\, using LiquidO\, pioneer s a new generation of reactor antineutrino research where antineutrinos wi ll be tagged via their unique antimatter signature (e+ annihilation)\, thu s opening the potential for both industrial reactor monitoring\, with dire ct interest to the IAEA\, and fundamental research. The latter constitutes the complementary neutrino science programme of the CLOUD experiment for the characterisation of reactors using both antineutrinos and\, possibly\, their unobserved neutrinos. The neutrino sensitivity is so high that the main expected background is solar neutrinos to be detected\, for the first time\, on the surface location — a possible revolution in neutrino scie nces. LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T135805Z LOCATION:Anfiteatro PA1 (Piso -1 do Pavilhão de Matemática) do IST URL:http://df.vps.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/events/towards-antimatter-based-nu clear-reactor-tomography-and-beyond/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Since the discovery of the neutrino in 1956\, reactor antineut rinos have been a tool for fundamental neutrino research\, a vector for ma ny discoveries\, and the framework for pioneering much of today'\;s ne utrino detection technology. Indeed\, many of the 50s developments are at the core of today'\;s transparent and monolithic neutrino detector exp loiting Cherenkov radiation and scintillation. Despite their remarkable su ccess leading\, collectively\, to several Nobel prizes\, those detectors h ave been limited in terms of their inability to identify the particle impi nging on the detector.

This limitation has given shape to the ov erall experimental methodology for over a century\, relying on cumbersome shielding\, including deep underground locations\, as the only possible so lutions. With the invention of LiquidO (2012)\, detection and topological imaging are now possible\, thus overcoming a challenge posed to open up a new generation of physics potential.

For reactors\, this implies we may distinguish to unprecedented levels the antineutrino signal (e+\; antimatter) from the main backgrounds. The AntiMatter-OTech project\, usin g LiquidO\, pioneers a new generation of reactor antineutrino research whe re antineutrinos will be tagged via their unique antimatter signature (e+ annihilation)\, thus opening the potential for both industrial reactor mon itoring\, with direct interest to the IAEA\, and fundamental research.

The latter constitutes the complementary neutrino science programme of the CLOUD experiment for the characterisation of reactors using both a ntineutrinos and\, possibly\, their unobserved neutrinos. The neutrino sen sitivity is so high that the main expected background is solar neutrinos t o be detected\, for the first time\, on the surface location — a possibl e revolution in neutrino sciences.

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