Research
My group’s research focuses on understanding the fundamental properties of neutrinos, with particular emphasis on their mass and the mechanisms by which they acquire it. Neutrinos are the only fundamental particles with unknown mass, making them a unique window into physics beyond the Standard Model. Their tiny, yet nonzero mass has profound implications for our understanding of the universe, influencing the evolution of large-scale cosmic structures and offering clues about the early universe, the nature of mass generation, and potential extensions to current particle physics theories.
Neutrino Mass
Neutrinos are the only fundamental particles with unknown mass. The goal of the Project 8 experiment is to precisely measure the mass of neutrinos using the Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES). On the experiment, the group's efforts are focused on the development of advanced triggering and reconstruction algorithms to improve the sensitivity of the experiment to neutrino mass.
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
CUORE and CUPID are designed to decipher the nature of neutrinos by searching for neutrinoless double beta decay process. Our group's focus on these experiments has been to enhance their sensitivity by improving the detector's sensitivity to by understanding and mitigating various sources of noise.
Reactor Neutrinos
PROSPECT is a short baseline reactor antineutrino experiment with precisely measure reactor antineutrino spectrum and perform sterile neutrino induced oscillation searches. While our group is not part of the experiment, Pranava played an important role on the experiment during his Ph.D. and postdoc.