Institute for Nuclear Theory Program Focus Period on

Direct Measurements of the Neutrino Mass

July 19 -23

Program of events


MONDAY, July 19

  • 8:00 am - 10:00 am: Registration
  • Morning Session, A114 Physics/Astronomy Bldg.
  • 10:00 am John Wilkerson Welcome and Organizational Meeting
  • 11:00 am, INT Seminar E. Otten Direct Neutrino Mass Measurements from Tritium Beta Decay
  • Afternoon Session, A114 Physics/Astronomy Bldg.
  • 2:00 pm, INT Seminar V. Lobashev Results from INR-Moscow Tritium Beta Decay Measurements
  • 3:30 pm Focus Group Session General Discussion on Recent and Current Tritium Beta Decay Experiments

  • TUESDAY, July 20

  • Morning Session, A114 Physics/Astronomy Bldg.
  • 9:00 am Focus Group Session Comparing Results - Functional Approximations used near the End Point
  • 11:00 am, INT Seminar L. Wolfenstein Perspectives on Neutrino Mass
  • Afternoon Session, Nuclear Physics Laboratory Conference Room 178
  • 2:00 pm, Joint INT-NPL Seminar E. Otten A Future Tritium Beta Decay Experiment
  • 3:30 pm Focus Group Session Unified Confidence Levels (Feldman and Cousins Approach) - Systematic Considerations
  • 5:00 pm Picnic/Cook-out Hosted by Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Located at NPL

  • WEDNESDAY, July 21

  • Morning Session, A114 Physics/Astronomy Bldg.
  • 9:00 am Focus Group Session Theoretical expectations and possibilities
  • 11:00 am, INT Seminar J. Beacom Neutrino Mass Constraints from Supernovae
  • Afternoon Session, A114 Physics/Astronomy Bldg.
  • 2:00 pm Focus Group Session General discussion on future experiments and possible limits

  • THURSDAY, July 21

  • Morning Session, A114 Physics/Astronomy Bldg.
  • 11:00 am, INT Seminar B. Kayser The Evidence for Neutrino Oscillations and the Role of Direct Mass Measurements


  • Last modified 15 July 1999, baha@nucth.physics.wisc.edu.