Research summary
Neutrinos are among the most mysterious particles in the Universe. Although they are produced by many natural phenomena—such as radioactive decay, elements fusing in the Sun, and cosmic rays hitting the Earth’s atmosphere—they are incredibly hard to detect. But they are also key to answering some of the biggest questions in physics, such as how the Universe evolved and what fundamental laws govern it.
As Canada Research Chair in Astroparticle Physics, Dr. Juan Pablo Yanez Garza is exploring the properties of neutrinos and using them as probes to search for new phenomena. He and his research team are using large-scale experiments called neutrino telescopes, which can detect naturally occurring but faint fluxes of neutrinos at extremely high energies. Their findings will advance both neutrino and particle physics, pushing the limits of our current understanding of the particles and forces that form the Universe.