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:20260630T201430Z UID:ad2087c0-b9ca-4e60-8bf6-1c39f1fd8292 SEQUENCE:2 CREATED:20251017T135828Z DESCRIPTION: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 overall expe rimental methodology for over a century\, relying on cumbersome shielding\ , including deep underground locations\, as the only possible solutions. W ith the invention of LiquidO (2012)\, detection and topological imaging ar e now possible\, thus overcoming a challenge posed to open up a new genera tion 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\, using LiquidO\, pioneers a new generation of reactor antineutrino research where antineutrinos wil l be tagged via their unique antimatter signature (e+ annihilation)\, thus opening the potential for both industrial reactor monitoring\, with direc t interest to the IAEA\, and fundamental research. The latter constitutes the complementary neutrino science programme of the CLOUD experiment for t he characterisation of reactors using both antineutrinos and\, possibly\, their unobserved neutrinos. The neutrino sensitivity is so high that the m ain expected background is solar neutrinos to be detected\, for the first time\, on the surface location — a possible revolution in neutrino scien ces. LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T135839Z LOCATION:Anfiteatro PA1 (Piso -1 do Pavilhão de Matemática) do IST URL:http://df.vps.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pt/eventos/towards-antimatter-based-n uclear-reactor-tomography-and-beyond/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Since the discovery of the neutrino in 1956\, reactor antineutr inos have been a tool for fundamental neutrino research\, a vector for man y discoveries\, and the framework for pioneering much of today'\;s neu trino detection technology. Indeed\, many of the 50s developments are at t he core of today'\;s transparent and monolithic neutrino detector expl oiting Cherenkov radiation and scintillation. Despite their remarkable suc cess leading\, collectively\, to several Nobel prizes\, those detectors ha ve been limited in terms of their inability to identify the particle impin ging on the detector.

This limitation has given shape to the ove rall experimental methodology for over a century\, relying on cumbersome s hielding\, including deep underground locations\, as the only possible sol utions. With the invention of LiquidO (2012)\, detection and topological i maging are now possible\, thus overcoming a challenge posed to open up a n ew generation of physics potential.

For reactors\, this implies we may distinguish to unprecedented levels the antineutrino signal (e+\; a ntimatter) from the main backgrounds. The AntiMatter-OTech project\, using LiquidO\, pioneers a new generation of reactor antineutrino research wher e antineutrinos will be tagged via their unique antimatter signature (e+ a nnihilation)\, thus opening the potential for both industrial reactor moni toring\, 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 an tineutrinos and\, possibly\, their unobserved neutrinos. The neutrino sens itivity 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 sciences.

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