INTENSE ITN: particle physics experiments at the intensity frontier

Neutrinos come in three types or flavours: electron, muon and tau. They are known to oscillate in and out of the three flavours as they travel in space, but only further evidence will help scientists determine whether they also oscillate into a fourth type – a sterile neutrino. The EU-funded INTENSE project constitutes a new European training network between universities, research centres and industries. The project's researchers will take leading roles in the Short-Baseline Neutrino programme at Fermilab, which focusses on the search for the sterile neutrino. They will participate in the commissioning of the two particle detectors comprising this programme (Icarus and the Short-Baseline Near Detector) and develop new detector technologies, data acquisition and analysis techniques. Their endeavours will foster the development of cutting-edge technologies with spin-offs outside particle physics

Coordinator: UniPisa, Italy

Scientist in Charge from CERN: Marzio Nessi

Full costs of the project: 

EU funding: 2.6 M€

EU funding for CERN: 141 K€

9 January 2020 - 31 August 2024