Tel Aviv 360: Interview with Prof. Adi Ashkenazi from the Department of Particle Physics on the Challenge and Promise of Neutrino Research (Hebrew Only)
Another episode in the podcast series on "Particle Physics" and this time we focus on one of the most difficult particles to detect - the neutrino. Neutrinos can pass through sophisticated particle detectors without leaving a trace. According to estimates, the number of particles in the universe reaches 10 to the 86th power.
The newly discovered neutrino-type particle In the depths of the Mediterranean Sea, Could revolutionize physics. The studio hosted Dr. Adi Ashkenazi, an experimental particle physicist who focuses on the study of neutrino particles. She is from the Department of Particle Physics, School of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Exact Sciences here at Tel Aviv University. And a member of the Young Israeli Academy. We asked her about the 'ghost particle' of the universe – the neutrino, which passes by us all the time, but leaves almost no trace. What is so challenging about its discovery, and why is it even important for us to try to 'catch' it? How did the discovery of neutrino oscillations – their ability to change their identity – change what we thought about the Standard Model of particle physics?
We also asked about the research being done in the laboratory she heads – which is supposed to produce a series of measurements that will improve existing models for the interaction of a neutrino particle with a nucleus and support the needs of the future DUNE experiment. And, how do the giant detectors – in the Mediterranean Sea or in the ice of Antarctica, complement the work being done in the laboratories?
Listen to another episode of the "Tel Aviv 360" podcast series, the largest and most diverse science podcast in Israel, hosted by Vered Levkowitz.
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