Caio Licciardi
Biography
With research focusing at the fundamental questions of the Universe, I joined McDonald Institute as a faculty member at Laurentian University in September 2017. Since 2005, my attention has been particularly devoted to neutrino physics.
I hold both B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil, with a theoretical-oriented thesis on aspects of neutrino oscillations. I am also an Ingénieur de l’Ecole Polytechnique, France, with a master degree. In my Ph.D. at the University of Regina, I contributed to the T2K experiment within the near detector group, including testing (in TRIUMF) and commissioning (J-PARC, Japan) of the fine-grained detectors. In 2012, I took part in the quest for Majorana neutrino masses with the Enriched Xenon Observatory as a Research Associate at Carleton University.
I am currently the analysis coordinator of the EXO-200 detector, and have been helping to understand the sensitivity reach to neutrinoless double beta decay by the next-generation experiment nEXO.
Education
Ph.D., University of Regina, Canada (2012)
Ingénieur avec grade du master, Ecole Polytechnique, France (2008)
B.Phys. & M.Sc., Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil (2007)
Academic Appointments
Research Associate, Carleton University (2012-2017)
On The Web
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Personal: https://clicciardi.ca/
Research
Current projects:
- EXO-200 / nEXO : search for neutrinoless double beta decay
- Xe Still: cryogenic distillation
- HALO : detection of supernova neutrinos
- PICO : search for dark matter
Past projects:
- T2K experiment : neutrino oscillations and interactions with matter
Awards
2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (T2K Experiment)
2000 Brazilian Mathematics Olympics (honorable mention)
Teaching
List of courses currently teaching or recently taught.
Winter 2021
PHYS2117 - Experimental Physics
PHYS3466 - Theoretical Classical Physics
Fall 2020
PHYS1006 - Introductory Physics I
Winter 2020
PHYS3466 - Theoretical Classical Physics
PHYS4417 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Winter 2019
PHYS2117 - Experimental Physics
PHYS3616 - Use of Lasers and Optical Fibres in Health Sciences
PHYS4417 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Fall 2018
PHYS3466 - Theoretical Classical Physics
PHYS5226 - Selected Topics in Applied Physics
Winter 2018
PHYS3466 - Theoretical Classical Physics
PHYS4417 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics
PHYS5506 - Advanced Electromagnetic Theory I
Materials are available through Laurentian D2L.
Publications
G. Anton et al., “Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with the Complete EXO-200 Dataset,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 161802 (2019), arXiv:1906.02723.
nEXO Collaboration, “nEXO Pre-Conceptual Design Report,” (2018), arXiv:1805.11142.
J.B. Albert et al., “Sensitivity and Discovery Potential of nEXO to Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay,” Phys. Rev. C 67, 065503 (2018), arXiv:1710.05075.
J.B. Albert et al., “Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with the Upgraded EXO-200 Detector,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 072701 (2018), arXiv:1707.08707.
J.B. Albert et al., “Searches for double beta decay of Xe-134 with EXO-200,” Phys. Rev. D 96, 092001 (2017), arXiv:1704.05042.
J.B. Albert et al., “An improved measurement of the 2νββ half-life of Xe-136 with EXO-200,” Phys. Rev. C 89, 015502 (2014), arXiv:1306.6106.
P.-A. Amaudruz et al., “The T2K fine-grained detectors,” Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 696, 1 (2012), arXiv:1204.3666.
K. Abe et al., “Indication of Electron Neutrino Appearance from an Accelerator-produced Off-axis Muon Neutrino Beam,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 041801 (2011), arXiv:1106.2822.