First neutrino oscillation results from JUNO

by Sindhujha Kumaran

Tuesday 5 May 2026, 15:30 → 16:30 US/Eastern

LARGE SEMINAR ROOM

Neutrinos remain the most elusive of fundamental particles and a lot is yet to be known about the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations. The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is a 20-kton liquid scintillator detector, by far the largest of its kind, with unprecedented energy resolution. JUNO is located ~700 m underground in southern China, at an optimal distance of 53 km from the Taishan and Yangjiang nuclear power plants, powerful sources of antineutrinos. This unique setup allows JUNO to probe neutrino oscillations with extraordinary precision. Following the completion of detector filling in summer 2025, JUNO has already produced world-leading measurements using just 59 days of data. This colloquium will present these first results, discuss their implications for the neutrino landscape, and review the initial performance of the detector.

 

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