Carolina Symposium on Neutrino Physics: Its Impact on Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology

988661 Kubodera微观物理和天体物理现象之间的相互联系是自然界最迷人的方面之一。特别是，我们现在知道，中微子在粒子物理、核物理和天体物理的许多领域发挥着关键作用。最近中微子振荡的发现给出了超越标准模型的新物理的第一个令人兴奋的暗示。显然，进一步研究中微子的振荡和其他基本性质是极其重要的。提高我们对中微子-原子核反应的知识也很重要，这对于理解恒星坍塌和化学元素的起源至关重要。这些和许多其他有趣的问题可以在停止的介子中微子设施中进行研究，比如橡树岭国家实验室计划中的散裂中子源(SNS)。SNS提供了一个建造大型中微子探测器的独特机会，该探测器非常适合中微子振荡测量和研究中微子-核反应。显然，将这一项目放在中微子物理的一般现状及其与天体物理学和宇宙学的关系的大背景下进行研究是可取的。因此，我们希望组织一次为期三天的专题讨论会，题为卡罗莱纳中微子物理专题讨论会，主要目标有两个：(1)探讨和交流有关中微子物理实验和理论两个一般前沿领域的最新发展；(2)处理与上述停止介子中微子设施有关的具体问题。我们请求国家科学基金会提供一笔属于“会议、座谈会和研讨会”类别的赠款，以部分支持国家科学基金会。国家科学基金会还将包括一次教育会议，在该会议上，专题讨论会的主题将作为一种普遍看法向公众介绍。

9988661Kubodera Interconnection between microscopic physics and astrophysical phenomena is one of the most fascinating aspects of nature. In particular, we now know that neutrinos play a key role in many areas of particle physics, nuclear physics and astrophysics. The recent discovery of neutrino oscillation gives the first exciting hint of new physics beyond the standard model. It is clearly extremely important to further study the oscillation and other fundamental properties of neutrinos. It is also important to improve our knowledge of neutrinos-nucleus reactions, which are crucial for understanding stellar collapse and the origin of chemical elements. These and many other interesting questions can be investigated at stopped pion neutrino facilities like the planned spallation neutron source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The SNS offers a unique opportunity to build a large neutrino detectors that are ideally suited for neutrino oscillation measurements and studying neutrino-nucleus reactions. It is clearly desirable to place this project in the broad context of the current status of neutrino physics in general and its relation to astrophysics and cosmology. We therefore wish to organize a three-day symposium entitled Carolina Symposium on Neutrino Physics (CSNP), with two main goals: (1) To explore and exchange ideas on the latest developments in general frontiers of neutrino physics, both experimental and theoretical; (2) To address specific issues pertaining to the above-mentioned stopped-pion neutrino facility. We request the NSF to partially support CSNP with a grant belonging to the category: ``Conferences, Symposia and Workshops". The CSNP will also include an educational session in which the main themes of the symposium will be presented as a universal view for the general public.