Speaker
Description
Next-generation experiments are poised to explore lepton-number violation, discern the neutrino
mass hierarchy, understand the particle nature of dark matter, and answer other fundamental
questions aimed at testing the validity and extent of the Standard Model. Nuclei are used for
these high-precision tests of the Standard Model and for searches of physics Beyond the
Standard Model. Without a thorough understanding of nuclei, including electroweak structure
and reactions, we will not be able to meaningfully interpret the experimental data nor can we
disentangle new physics signals from underlying nuclear effects.
In this talk, I will summarize on recent development in many-body calculations of electroweak properties of nuclei, including muon capture, and neutrino-nucleus scattering, and their connections to current experimental efforts in fundamental symmetries and neutrino physics.
