PhD Midterm Presentation

Title: Neutrinos, new physics and the astroparticle frontier

Speaker: K. A. Shivasankar

Date: 5月 22, 2026

Time: 10:30

Location: 2-10-04

Astrophysical neutrinos provide a unique window into physics at extreme energies and distances, making them powerful probes of both fundamental interactions and the environments in which they are produced. In this presentation, I will discuss my ongoing research program focused on using neutrinos from astrophysical sources to investigate physics beyond the Standard Model and explore the astroparticle frontier.

I will first present phenomenological studies of beyond Standard Model scenarios using high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, with particular emphasis on probing leptoquark signatures at IceCube-Gen2 through analytical calculations and numerical simulations. I will also discuss current work on the cosmic neutrino background and its interactions with ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, including theoretical calculations and the reproduction of key results in the literature.

In addition, I will briefly describe exploratory work at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and High-Energy Physics, focusing on interpretability and the extent to which machine learning models capture underlying physical structures and how those techniques can be adopted to astroparticle physics. Finally, I will outline the broader direction of my doctoral research and future plans toward developing a unified astroparticle phenomenology program based on astrophysical neutrino probes of new physics.