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Abstract:
Next-generation neutrino detectors will deliver a wealth of neutrino signals from core-collapse supernovae, binary neutron star mergers, pion decays, and nuclear reactors. Bridging the gap between merely detecting these signals and truly understanding them represents the central challenge, and the path forward for the field of multi-messenger nuclear astrophysics. The question I would like to discuss in this seminar is: What nuclear physics should be understood before we can learn from the CCSNe neutrino messengers? I will focus on a few types of neutrino-CCSNe matter interactions that may influence the explosion mechanism, the yield of heavy elements, the neutrino flavor oscillations, as well as the neutrino events observed on detectors.
Biography:
Dr. Zidu Lin is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University Bloomington in 2018 under the supervision of Prof. C. J. Horowitz. He subsequently held a postdoctoral position at Arizona State University (2018–2020) with Prof. C. Lunardini, followed by an NP3M Fellowship at the University of Tennessee (2020–2025) with Prof. A. W. Steiner.
Dr. Lin's research lies at the intersection of neutrino physics and nuclear astrophysics. His current work focuses on two directions: (1) improving the nuclear theories required for faithful modeling of core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) and binary neutron star (BNS) mergers; and (2) exploiting novel multi-messenger observables to constrain and test modern theories of compact stars.