Project Details
Projekt
TRR 27: Neutrinos and Beyond - Weakly Interacting Particles in Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Subject Area
Physics
Term
from 2007 to 2011
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 13573508
The Transregional Collaborative Research Centre focuses on central questions in experimental and theoretical neutrino physics. After the discovery of neutrino oscillations we know that neutrinos are massive. This opens a window to physics beyond the standard model of elementary particle science. Several projects of the Transregional Collaborative Research Centre aim to measure the absolute neutrino masses and pursuit to answer the question whether the neutrino is it's own antiparticle. Additionally, a more precise extraction of oscillation parameters, the theoretical question of the genesis of neutrino masses and the link between astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics are main aspects of this programme.
Search for dark matter is also in the focus of some projects due to the similarity of neutrinos to the proposed weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), which can be responsible for cold dark matter in the universe. In general low energy physics of neutrinos and WIMPs is the programme of the Transregional Collaborative Research Centre as the discovery potential in this field is very high. The groups involved exhibit a large expertise in this field, too. The theoretically orientated projects however are distributed in a wide manner as they will act as a common bracket for the whole Transregional Collaborative Research Centre and as a tie to external activities in this field.
In this programme several new international experiments (GERDA, KATRIN, DOUBLE-CHOOZ, CRESST) are present as well as projects where the feasibility of experiments in the near and far future is studied. This encompasses the development of cryogenic detectors as well as studies of the discovery potential of a new observatory for low energy neutrinos (LENA) coming either from the Sun, the Earth or from supernova explosions.
Search for dark matter is also in the focus of some projects due to the similarity of neutrinos to the proposed weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), which can be responsible for cold dark matter in the universe. In general low energy physics of neutrinos and WIMPs is the programme of the Transregional Collaborative Research Centre as the discovery potential in this field is very high. The groups involved exhibit a large expertise in this field, too. The theoretically orientated projects however are distributed in a wide manner as they will act as a common bracket for the whole Transregional Collaborative Research Centre and as a tie to external activities in this field.
In this programme several new international experiments (GERDA, KATRIN, DOUBLE-CHOOZ, CRESST) are present as well as projects where the feasibility of experiments in the near and far future is studied. This encompasses the development of cryogenic detectors as well as studies of the discovery potential of a new observatory for low energy neutrinos (LENA) coming either from the Sun, the Earth or from supernova explosions.
DFG Programme
CRC/Transregios
Completed projects
- A01 - Improved ß-Spectroscopy for v-Mass Measurements (Project Heads Bornschein, Lutz ; Drexlin, Guido )
- A02 - Improved Detection of Low-Energy Electrons (Project Heads Blümer, Johannes ; Wolf, Joachim )
- A03 - Novel Background Reduction and Discrimination Techniques for 0vßß Decay Search in 76Ge (Project Heads Schönert, Stefan ; Simgen, Hardy )
- A04 - Development of Segmented Germanium Detectors for the Investigation of Neutrino-Less Double Beta Decay (Project Head Altmann, Michael )
- A05 - Development of Cryogenic Detectors for Low-Energy Neutrino Physics (Project Head Oberauer, Lothar )
- A06 - Determination and Suppression of Backgrounds in the Double-Chooz Experiment (Project Heads Göger-Neff, Marianne ; Lachenmaier, Tobias )
- A07 - Low-Energy Neutrino Astronomy (LENA): Prototype Development and Data Analysis (Project Heads von Feilitzsch, Franz ; Oberauer, Lothar )
- B01 - Analysis of Data from DM Searches and Background Investigations (Project Heads de Boer, Wim ; Eitel, Klaus )
- B02 - Detectors for Weakly Interacting Particles (Project Heads Jochum, Josef ; Potzel, Walter )
- B03 - Nuclear Recoil Calibration for Direct Dark Matter Search (Project Heads Clement, Heinz ; Potzel, Walter )
- C01 - Theoretical Neutrino Physics: Models and Phenomenology (Project Head Lindner, Manfred B. )
- C02 - Massive Neutrinos in Astrophysics and Cosmology (Project Head Raffelt, Georg )
- C03 - Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts as Neutrino Sources (Project Head Janka, Hans-Thomas )
- C04 - Neutrinos, Dark Matter, and Cosmology in Unified Theories (Project Head Ratz, Michael )
- C05 - Neutrinos, Nuclear Structure, and Physics Beyond the Standard Model (Project Head Fäßler, Amand )
- Z - SFB/Transregio Administration (Project Head Oberauer, Lothar )
Applicant Institution
Technische Universität München (TUM)
Co-Applicant Institution
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Campus Süd (aufgelöst); Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Campus Süd (aufgelöst); Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Participating Institution
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik / Werner-Heisenberg-Institut (MPPMU)
Abteilung Theoretische Physik; Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Abteilung Theoretische Physik; Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Spokesperson
Professor Dr. Lothar Oberauer
