Workshop

XIX International Neutrino Telescope Workshop

February 17, 2021

Neutrinos Group

The XIX International Neutrino Telescope Workshop takes place from the 18th to 24th of February. From IFAE, Danaisis Vargas, Thorsten Lux and Cesar Jesus will participate

The XIX International Neutrino Telescope Workshop takes place from the 18th to 24th of February.

From IFAE, Danaisis Vargas, Thorsten Lux and Cesar Jesus will participate. Cesar will give a 15+5 min talk about the physics reach of the ND280 Upgrade. Find the agenda here

The opening session will host the talks of three Nobel Prizes: S. Glashow, C. Rubbia, B. Barish. On February 19th Prof. Atsuto Suzuki will give a commemoration talk in honor of Prof. Masatoshi Koshiba.

Given the interest of these sessions, we will stream them on dedicated YouTube channels: opening session, commemorations session, more information here

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