The Neutrino Physics Center Summer Lectures are informal presentations for students at all levels interested in finding out more about neutrino physics in general, with some emphasis on neutrino experiments being carried out at Fermilab. The lectures are geared towards undergraduate and graduate students.
This page contains information (schedule, slides, video) of the past series of the Neutrino University Lectures.
This year’s schedule can be found here.
2023 Schedule
Organizers: Innes Bigaran and Lauren Yates.
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 14 | Introduction to neutrino physics | Pedro Machado
Fermilab |
video |
| June 21 | Astrophysical neutrinos | Shirley Li
UC Irvine |
video |
| June 28 | Accelerator neutrinos | Louise Suter
Fermilab |
video |
| July 5 | How do we detect neutrinos? |
Tanaz Mohayai Fermilab |
reach out to Teresa for the video |
| July 12 | Leptogenesis | Jessica Turner
Durham U |
video |
| July 19 | Reactor neutrinos | Bryce Littlejohn
Illinois Institute of Technology |
video |
| July 26 | How could neutrinos have mass? | K. S. Babu
University of Oklahoma |
video |
| August 2 | No talk, Lattice 2023 on-site | N/A | N/A |
| August 9 | Atmospheric and solar neutrinos | Linyan Wan
Fermilab |
video |
| August 16 | What do we do with neutrino data? | Kevin Kelly
Texas A&M |
video |
2022 Schedule
Organizers: Ryan Plestid and Lauren Yates.
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 9 | Introduction to Neutrino Physics | Joachim Kopp, CERN and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
slides, video |
| June 16 | Neutrino Detectors | Nicola McConkey, University of Manchester | slides, video |
| June 23 | Neutrinos & Flavor Physics | Yuval Grossman, Cornell University | slides, video |
| June 30 | Atmospheric and High-Energy Astrophysical Neutrinos |
Francis Halzen, University of Wisconsin at Madison |
slides, video |
| July 7 | Solar Neutrinos & Recent Results from Borexino |
Andrea Pocar, University of Massachusetts at Amherst |
slides, video |
| July 14 | Lepton Number Violation & Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay |
André de Gouvêa, Northwestern University | slides, video |
| July 21 | Supernovae & Neutrinos | Evan O’Connor, Stockholm University | slides, video |
| July 28 | Neutrino Beams & Sources | Joshua Spitz, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor |
slides, video |
| August 4 | Neutrino Mass Generation & Connections to New Physics |
Mu-Chun Chen, University of California at Irvine |
N/A |
| August 11 | Neutrino Interactions | Kirsty Duffy, Oxford University | slides, video |
2021 Schedule
Organizers: Supraja Balasubramanian and Shirley Li.
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 3 | Introduction & Neutrino Oscillations | Silvia Pascoli, University of Bologna | Slides, Video |
| June 10 | Neutrino Sources & Beams | Mark Messier, Indiana University | Slides, Video |
| June 17 | Neutrino Detectors & Detection Techniques | Tanaz Mohayai, Fermilab | Slides |
| June 24 | Neutrino Cross Sections | Adi Ashkenazi, Tel Aviv University | Slides, Video |
| July 1 | Neutrinos in Cosmology | Dan Green, UC San Diego | Slides, Video |
| July 8 | Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay | Julieta Gruszko, University of North Carolina | Slides, Video |
| July 15 | Supernova Neutrinos | Georg Raffelt, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik | Slides, Video |
| July 22 | Astrophysical Neutrinos & Radio Telescopes | Amy Connolly, Ohio State University | Slides, Video |
| July 29 | Beyond the Standard Model Physics with Neutrinos | Kevin Kelly, Fermilab | Slides, Video |
2019 Schedule
Organizers: Elena Gramellini and Kevin Kelly.
| Date/Location | Topic | Speaker | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 4 , Curia II WH2W | Introduction & Neutrino Oscillations | André de Gouvêa, Northwestern | Slides |
| June 12, Curia II WH2W | Neutrino Sources | Bonnie Fleming, Yale | Slides |
| June 19, Curia II WH2W | Neutrino Detectors | Michelle Stancari, Fermilab | Slides |
| June 26, Curia II WH2W | Neutrino Cross Sections | Noemi Rocco, Argonne National Lab/Fermilab | Slides |
| July 3, One West WH1W | Mass Models for Neutrinos | Renata Zukanovich Funchal, University of São Paolo | Slides |
| July 10, One West WH1W | Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay | Ben Jones, University of Texas Arlington | Slides |
| July 17, One West WH1W | Beyond the Standard Model Physics with Neutrinos | Ornella Palamara & Pedro Machado, Fermilab | Slides |
| July 24, Hornet’s Next WH8XO | Leptogenesis | Jessica Turner, Fermilab | Slides unavailable |
| August 14, One West WH1W | Neutrinos and Machine Learning | Alex Radovic, Borealis AI | Slides |
2018 Schedule
Organizers: Simone Marcocci and Jessica Turner.
| Date/Remarks | Topic | Speaker | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 14 | Introduction and History of Neutrinos | Boris Kayser, Fermilab | slides video |
| June 26 | Neutrino Sources | Stephen Parke, Fermilab | slides video |
| June 28 | Neutrino Detection Techniques | Jennifer Raaf, Fermilab | slides |
| July 5 | Why are neutrinos important for physics beyond the Standard Model? | Mu-Chun Chen, UC Irvine | slides video |
| July 12 | Neutrino Interactions and Cross Sections | Camillo Mariani, Virginia Tech | slides video |
| July 19 | Neutrino Production at Accelerators | Tom Kobilarcik, Fermilab | slides video |
| July 26 | Neutrino Oscillation Experiments | Georgia Karagiorgi, Columbia University | slides video |
| August 2 (One West) |
Searching for Neutrinos through Cosmology | Olga Mena, Valencia University | slides video |
| August 9 | Low-Energy Neutrino Investigations | Juan Jose Gomez Cadenas, Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) | slides video |
2017 Schedule
Organizers: Andy Mastbaum, Jiyeon Han, and Pedro Machado.
| Date/Remarks | Topic | Speaker | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 28 | Introduction to Neutrino Physics | Pedro Machado, Fermilab | Slides Video |
| July 5 | Neutrino Beams and Sources | Leo Aliaga, Fermilab | Slides Video |
| July 12 | Neutrino Physics Beyond the Standard Model | André de Gouvêa, Northwestern | Slides Video |
| July 19 | Neutrino Cross Sections | Gabe Perdue, Fermilab | Slides Video |
| July 26 | Astrophysical Neutrinos | John Beacom, The Ohio State University | Slides Video |
| August 2 | No lecture this week | — | — |
| August 9 | Low-Energy Neutrino Physics | Lindley Winslow, MIT | Slides Video |
| August 16 (CDF Big Room) |
The State of Neutrino Physics | Hisakazu Minakata, Yachay Tech | Slides Video |
| August 23 | Physics of Neutrino Detection | Roxanne Guenette, Harvard University | Slides Video |
Please email the organizers if you have any questions or concerns.
2016 Schedule
Organizers: Pilar Coloma and Louise Suter.
| Date/Remarks | Topic | Speaker | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 30 (5pm – 6:30pm) |
Introduction to Neutrino oscillations | Enrique Fernandez-Martinez, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid | Whiteboard lecture Video |
| July 7 | Neutrino cross sections | Minerba Betancourt, Fermilab | Slides Video |
| July 14 | Neutrino masses and neutrinoless double beta decay | Boris Kayser, Fermilab | Slides Video |
| July 21 (WH1W) |
Status of the field after the Neutrino2016 conference | Stephen Parke, Fermilab | Slides Video |
| July 28 | Sterile neutrinos at the eV scale | Joachim Kopp, MITP | Slides Video |
| August 4 | Neutrino sources and beams | Zarko Pavlovic, Fermilab | Slides Video unavailable |
| August 11 | No lecture this week (Neutrino seminar at 1:30pm) |
— | — |
| August 18 | Physics of neutrino detection | Ornella Palamara, Fermilab | Slides Video |
| August 25 (WH1W) |
Current and future neutrino oscillation experiments | Elizabeth Worcester, BNL | Slides Video |
Please email the organizers if you have any questions or concerns.
2015 Schedule
Organizers: Giulia Brunetti and Paul Nienaber
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday June 16 |
Neutrino Physics: A General Overview | Jon Paley, Argonne National Laboratory | Slides |
| Thursday June 25 |
Neutrino Beams | Alberto Marchionni, FNAL | Slides |
| Thursday July 2 |
Liquid Argon TPCs | Jon Asaadi, Syracuse University | Slides |
| Thursday July 9 |
Other Physics with large detectors | Jen Raaf, FNAL | Slides |
| Thursday July 16 |
Neutrinos and Nuclear Physics | Rex Tayloe, Indiana University | Slides |
| Monday July 20 |
LBL, present and future experiments | Peter Shanahan, FNAL | Slides |
| Thursday July 30 |
Cross Sections | Flavio Cavanna, FNAL | Slides |
| Thursday August 6 |
Cosmology | Dan Hooper, FNAL | Whiteboard Lecture! |
Please email the organizers if you have any questions or concerns.
2014 Schedule
Organizers: Giulia Brunetti and Paul Nienaber
| Date | Topic | Speaker | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday June 5 |
Neutrino Beams and Sources | Zarko Pavlovic, Los Alamos National Laboratory | Slides |
| Thursday June 19 |
Neutrinos: General Overview of the Experimental Situation | Mark Messier, Indiana University | Slides |
| Thursday June 26 |
Silicon Photomultipliers | Adam Para, FNAL | Slides |
| Thursday July 10 |
Neutrinos: Cross Sections and What They Tell us | Laura Fields, Northwestern University | Slides |
| Thursday July 17 |
Liquid Argon TPCs | Sarah Lockwitz, FNAL | Slides |
| Thursday July 24 |
Superconducting Magnets | Mauricio de Lima Lopes,FNAL | Slides |
| Thursday July 31 |
Exploring New Physics Via the Muon Sector | Roni Harnik, FNAL | Slides |
| Thursday Aug 7 |
Particle Physics and Cosmology | Dan Hooper, FNAL/University of Chicago | Slides |
Please email the organizers if you have any questions or concerns.