Ben Monreal (Case Western Reserve University)
Date: Thu. October 16th, 2025, 4:00 pm-5:00 pmLocation: Rockefeller 301
Supernova Neutrinos: from 1987 to today
In Febuary 1987, a supernova exploded in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The nearest supernova since 1604, it arrived at the right time to trigger the newest generation of neutrino detectors underground, a vast range of telescopes and cameras on Earth, and a few pre-Hubble space telescopes. Neutrino physicists are eager for another observation and have instruments ready and waiting—but there’s nothing but luck to say whether the next Milky Way supernova will be in our lifetimes or not. In this talk, I will review some supernova neutrino physics and talk about a new result—the chance to get information about supernova neutrinos, maybe in our lifetimes, using an optical observable that reaches beyond the Milky Way.