Detection of astrophysical neutrinos by core-collapse Supernovae in the JUNO Observatory

Research Topic
Abstract

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) (see http://juno.ihep.cas.cn) is a multipurpose neutrino experiment designed to determine neutrino mass hierarchy and measure oscillation parameters by detecting reactor neutrinos from the Yangjiang and Taishan Nuclear Power Plants, observe SuperNova (SN) neutrinos, study the atmospheric, solar neutrinos and geo-neutrinos and perform exotic searches, with a 20-thousand-ton liquid scintillator detector of at 700-meter deep underground. A feasibility study of neutrino detection by core-collapse Supernovae, especially in reconstructing of multi-flavour SN neutrino energy spectra, is the main goal of this proposal of PH.D. thesis with the opportunity to analyse the first data measured by the Observatory.

Keywords
computer simulation
Modeling
neutrino telescope
science and technology
semiconductors
ERC sector(s)
PE Physical Sciences and Engineering
Fields of study
Host Researcher Info
Name Surname
Rossella Caruso
E-mail
rossella.caruso@dfa.unict.it
Name of Department/Faculty/School
Department of Physics and Astronomy "Ettore Majorana"
EUNICE University
University of Catania (UNICT)
Country
Italy
EUNICE contact e-mail
eunice@unict.it
Mobility additional info
Thesis mode
Hybrid
Start date
Call deadline
Length of the research internship
6 months
Financial support available (other than E+)
Maybe
Applicant (Student) info
Thesis level
Master
Minimal language knowledge requisite
English B1