Neutrino physics at Gran Sasso Laboratory

Abstract

Experiments in underground laboratories have shown strong evidence of physics beyond the standard model. The anomalies observed in electron-neutrinos from the sun and muon-neutrinos from cosmic rays interactions in the atmosphere can be explained if neutrino oscillate and are massive. The physics program at the Gran Sasso Laboratory that we are defining will be focussed on the next phase of neutrino physics with a complementary set of experiments on the muon-neutrino beam from CERN (CNGS project), on solar neutrinos, on atmospheric neutrinos and on neutrinos from supernova explosion. The relevant thermonuclear cross-sections will be measured. The Majorana vs. Dirac nature of electron neutrinos will be explored with the search for neutrino-less double beta decays in different isotopes.