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December 7, 2023 | 03:40 pm

Rochester research with ‘ghostly’ neutrinos among Physics World’s breakthroughs of the year

Led by researchers from the University of Rochester, scientists from the international collaboration MINERvA have, for the first time, used a beam of hard-to-detect neutrinos to investigate the structure of protons.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, Kevin McFarland, neutrinos, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
August 30, 2016 | 10:09 am

Why neutrinos ‘matter’ in the early universe

When the highly anticipated findings from the Japan-based T2K neutrino experiment were finally presented at the International Conference on High Energy Physics this month, it was Rochester graduate student Konosuke (Ko) Iwamoto who updated the physics world on the puzzle behind the imbalance between matter and antimatter.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, global engagement, Kevin McFarland, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Steven Manly,
Science & Technology
November 9, 2015 | 05:16 pm

Rochester team among those awarded $3 million Breakthrough Prize for work with neutrinos

A team led by professors Steven Manly and Kevin McFarland was honored “for the fundamental discovery of neutrino oscillations, revealing a new frontier beyond, and possibly far beyond, the standard model of particle physics.”

topics: announcements, awards, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Kevin McFarland, School of Arts and Sciences, Steven Manly,
Science & Technology
December 30, 2014 | 12:26 pm

Researchers show neutrinos can deliver not only full-on hits but also ‘glancing blows’

In what they call a “weird little corner” of the already weird world of neutrinos, physicists have found evidence that these tiny particles might be involved in a surprising reaction. In an experiment conducted with the international MINERvA collaboration at Fermilab, physics professor Kevin McFarland and his students and colleagues provide evidence that neutrinos can sometimes interact with a nucleus but leave it basically untouched, resulting in a new particle being created out of a vacuum.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Fermilab, Kevin McFarland, neutrinos, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
July 23, 2013 | 05:04 pm

New Type of Neutrino Oscillation Confirmed

The new finding could help explore a fundamental question of science – why is the universe made up almost exclusively of matter, when matter and antimatter were created in equal amounts in the Big Bang?

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, global engagement, Japan, Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, Kevin McFarland, quantum science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Steven Manly,