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Abstract:
Neutrino oscillations remain one of our most powerful probes of physics beyond the Standard Model. Two of the field's biggest open questions — whether neutrinos violate CP symmetry, and the ordering of the neutrino masses — are now within reach of the accelerator-based long-baseline programme. In this seminar I will review the current status of long-baseline oscillation measurements, focusing on the T2K experiment and the recent first joint oscillation analysis of T2K and Super-Kamiokande atmospheric data, which together provide our tightest constraints to date on the oscillation parameters and a first indication of CP violation. I will then turn to Hyper-Kamiokande, the next-generation water-Cherenkov observatory now under construction in Japan, describing its design, current status, and the broad physics programme it will enable — from a definitive search for leptonic CP violation and determination of the neutrino mass ordering, to solar, supernova and astrophysical neutrinos and the search for proton decay. I will close on the international effort behind the experiment and the opportunities for new collaboration as Hyper-Kamiokande moves towards first data.
Biography：
Francesca Di Lodovico is Professor of Particle Physics at King's College London, where she heads the Experimental Particle and Astroparticle Physics group. She is co-Spokesperson of the Hyper-Kamiokande experiment and a long-standing member of the T2K and Super-Kamiokande collaborations, working on neutrino oscillations and the search for leptonic CP violation; her current interests also include the application of artificial intelligence to neutrino physics. She was awarded the 2025 Occhialini Medal and Prize and holds a Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship. She chairs the NuPhys conference series and serves on numerous international committees and review panels.
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Meeting ID: 985435256