Abstract:
The search for neutrinoless double beta decay, a process whose observation would establish the Majorana nature of the neutrino, is a search that presents fearsome challenges to experimentalists. But these are challenges that are slowly being met, through experimental innovation and though the perfection of traditional techniques. The coming years will see experiments of unprecedented variety, scale and sensitivity; indeed, within the decade, they may reach the tonne-scale and sensitivity to the whole of the inverted mass hierarchy. The search for neutrinoless double beta decay is entering a golden age of experimentation and, should nature be kind, it may be a golden age of discovery too.
Coffee and tea will be served 20 minutes prior to the seminar.