Neutrinos

Author : Vernon Barger,Danny Marfatia,Kerry Whisnant
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400845590

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The Physics of Neutrinos by Vernon Barger,Danny Marfatia,Kerry Whisnant Pdf

The physics of neutrinos--uncharged elementary particles that are key to helping us better understand the nature of our universe--is one of the most exciting frontiers of modern science. This book provides a comprehensive overview of neutrino physics today and explores promising new avenues of inquiry that could lead to future breakthroughs. The Physics of Neutrinos begins with a concise history of the field and a tutorial on the fundamental properties of neutrinos, and goes on to discuss how the three neutrino types interchange identities as they propagate from their sources to detectors. The book shows how studies of neutrinos produced by such phenomena as cosmic rays in the atmosphere and nuclear reactions in the solar interior provide striking evidence that neutrinos have mass, and it traces our astounding progress in deciphering the baffling experimental findings involving neutrinos. The discovery of neutrino mass offers the first indication of a new kind of physics that goes beyond the Standard Model of elementary particles, and this book considers the unanticipated patterns in the masses and mixings of neutrinos in the framework of proposed new theoretical models. The Physics of Neutrinos maps out the ambitious future facilities and experiments that will advance our knowledge of neutrinos, and explains why the way forward in solving the outstanding questions in neutrino science will require the collective efforts of particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.

Author : Frank Close
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199695997

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Neutrino by Frank Close Pdf

A history of the neutrino discusses how the atomic particle was sought and found, and how it allows astronomers to perform more in-depth research about distant galaxies and stars.

Author : Frank F Deppisch
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781643276809

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A Modern Introduction to Neutrino Physics by Frank F Deppisch Pdf

A deeper understanding of neutrinos, with the goal to reveal their nature and exact role within particle physics, is at the frontier of current research. This book reviews the field in a concise fashion and highlights the most pressing issues and areas of strongest topical interest. It provides a clear, self-contained, and logical treatment of the fundamental physics aspects, appropriate for graduate students. Starting with the relevant basics of the SM, neutrinos are introduced, and the quantum mechanical effect of oscillations is explained in detail. A strong focus is then set on the phenomenon of lepton number violation, especially in 0nbb decay, as the crucial probe to understand the nature of neutrinos. The role of neutrinos in astrophysics, expected to be of increasing importance for future research, is then described. Finally, models to explain the neutrino properties are outlined. The central theme of the book is the nature of neutrino masses and the above topics will revolve around this issue.

Author : Masataka Fukugita,Tsutomu Yanagida
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540438009

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Physics of Neutrinos by Masataka Fukugita,Tsutomu Yanagida Pdf

This book provides a survey of the current state of research into the physics of neutrinos. It is presented in a form accessible to non-specialists and graduate students, but will also be useful as a handbook for researchers in this field. The reader finds here a global view of the areas of physics in which neutrinos play important roles, including astrophysics and cosmology. The book is intended to be self-contained: Starting from the standard theory of electroweak interactions, the key notions are explained in detail and the fundamental equations are derived explicitly, so that readers can understand their precise content. Prime emphasis is given to the mass of neutrinos and its implications. The first eight chapters deal mostly with well-established knowledge whilst later chapters probe into research problems.

Author : Samoil Bilenky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642140426

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Introduction to the Physics of Massive and Mixed Neutrinos by Samoil Bilenky Pdf

For many years neutrino was considered a massless particle. The theory of a two-componentneutrino,whichplayedacrucialroleinthecreationofthetheoryof theweakinteraction,isbasedontheassumptionthattheneutrinomassisequalto zero. We now know that neutrinos have nonzero, small masses. In numerous exp- iments with solar, atmospheric, reactor and accelerator neutrinos a new p- nomenon, neutrino oscillations, was observed. Neutrino oscillations (periodic transitionsbetweendifferent?avorneutrinos? ,? ,? )arepossibleonlyifneutrino e ? ? mass-squareddifferencesaredifferentfromzeroandsmalland?avorneutrinosare “mixed”. The discovery of neutrino oscillations opened a new era in neutrino physics: an era of investigation of neutrino masses, mixing, magnetic moments and other neutrino properties. After the establishment of the Standard Model of the el- troweak interaction at the end of the seventies, the discovery of neutrino masses was the most important discovery in particle physics. Small neutrino masses cannot be explained by the standard Higgs mechanism of mass generation. For their explanation a new mechanism is needed. Thus, small neutrino masses is the ?rst signature in particle physics of a new beyond the Standard Model physics. It took many years of heroic efforts by many physicists to discover n- trino oscillations. After the ?rst period of investigation of neutrino oscillations, manychallengingproblemsremainedunsolved.Oneofthemostimportantisthe problem of the nature of neutrinos with de?nite masses. Are they Dirac n- trinos possessing a conserved lepton number which distinguish neutrinos and antineutrinos or Majorana neutrinos with identical neutrinos and antineutrinos? Many experiments of the next generation and new neutrino facilities are now under preparation and investigation. There is no doubt that exciting results are ahead.

Author : José Wagner Furtado Valle,Jorge Romao
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527671014

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Neutrinos in High Energy and Astroparticle Physics by José Wagner Furtado Valle,Jorge Romao Pdf

This self-contained modern textbook provides a modern description of the Standard Model and its main extensions from the perspective of neutrino physics. In particular it includes a thorough discussion of the varieties of seesaw mechanism, with or without supersymmetry. It also discusses schemes where neutrino mass arises from lighter messengers, which might lie within reach of the world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider. Throughout the text, the book stresses the role of neutrinos due to the fact that neutrino properties may serve as a guide to the correct model of unification, hence for a deeper understanding of high energy physics, and because neutrinos play an important role in astroparticle physics and cosmology. Each chapter includes summaries and set of problems, as well as further reading.

Author : Zhizhong Xing,Shun Zhou
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642175602

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Neutrinos in Particle Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology by Zhizhong Xing,Shun Zhou Pdf

"Neutrinos in Particle Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology" provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to neutrino physics, neutrino astronomy and neutrino cosmology. The intrinsic properties and fundamental interactions of neutrinos are described, as is the phenomenology of lepton flavor mixing, seesaw mechanisms and neutrino oscillations. The cosmic neutrino background, stellar neutrinos, supernova neutrinos and ultrahigh-energy cosmic neutrinos, together with the cosmological matter-antimatter asymmetry and other roles of massive neutrinos in cosmology, are discussed in detail. This book is intended for researchers and graduate students in the fields of particle physics, particle astrophysics and cosmology. Dr. Zhizhong Xing is a professor at the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Dr. Shun Zhou is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Physics, Germany.

Author : Felix Boehm,Petr Vogel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1992-06-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521428491

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Physics of Massive Neutrinos by Felix Boehm,Petr Vogel Pdf

Neutrinos play a decisive part in nuclear and elementary particle physics, as well as in astrophysics and cosmology. Some of their most basic properties, such as their mass and charge conjugation symmetry, are largely unknown. This book focuses on what we know and may hope to know about the mass of the neutrino and its particle-antiparticle symmetry. Topics include neutrino mixing, neutrino decay, neutrino oscillations, double beta decay, solar neutrinos, supernova neutrinos and related issues. The authors stress the physical concepts, and discuss both theoretical and experimental techniques. This updated second edition differs from the first in that it contains an expanded coverage of experimental results and theoretical advances. Since publication of the first edition, many issues that were at that time unresolved, such as tritium beta decay and reactor neutrino oscillations, have been clarified and are discussed here. Also included is an expanded coverage of solar and supernova neutrinos. This book deals with one of the most intriguing issues in modern physics, and will be of value to researchers, graduate students and advanced undergraduates specializing in experimental and theoretical particle physics and nuclear physics.

Author : Tino Ahrens
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000-07-31
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0792378865

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From Dirac to Neutrino Oscillations by Tino Ahrens Pdf

1bis text is meant to be a view of the quantum mechanical fonnalism as it develops with the successive introduction of different types oftransfonnations. In particular, it is meant to help the readers with three tasks: acquainting themselves with a general and direct approach to the quantum mechanics of spin one-half and spin-one particles, primarily leptons, photons and massive vector bosons, and to some extent quarks; finding out what some of the related areas of current research interest are; and, last and foremost, trying to understand the subject, beginning with and stressing the principles involved. The exposition is based on finite-dimensional representations of the homogeneous Lorentz group, and the subsequent introduction of gauge transformations, of the Abelian and non Abelian varieties. Reference to classical mechanics is avoided. Acting on the simple basis spinors and vectors, Lorentz transfonnations generate wave and field functions. Equations are obtained by the relativistic generalization of the addition of angular momenta, the wave or field functions being the solutions. For zero mass the equations may be obtained as the limits of the equations for the massive cases or by the application of the Euclidian group in two dimensions. The latter approach is illuminating in that it uncovers a loss in generality resulting from the former. Identifying momenta as eigenvalues of translations demonstrates covariance under the inhomogeneous Lorentz or Poincare group. Various representations of wave and field functions are given.

Author : Charles E Lane,Richard I Steinberg
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1993-11-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814552349

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Discovery Of The Neutrino, Franklin Symposium Proceedings In Celebration Of The by Charles E Lane,Richard I Steinberg Pdf

The Franklin symposium reviews the state of experimental neutrino physics, particularly those areas in which the properties of neutrinos are the subject of current research. The primary topics of the symposium are: solar neutrinos, neutrino mass, double-beta decay, neutrino oscillations and supernova neutrinos.

Author : Lothar Oberauer,Aldo Ianni,Aldo Serenelli
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527412747

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Solar Neutrino Physics by Lothar Oberauer,Aldo Ianni,Aldo Serenelli Pdf

A guide to the fascinating interplay between particle physics and astrophysics that highlights the discovery of neutrino oscillations Written by three international experts on the topic, Solar Neutrino Physics offers a review of the status of solar physics with its strong link to neutrino physics. The book explores constitutive physics and the governing equations of standard solar models. The authors also review the theory of neutrinos in the Standard Model and the related detector experiments. The book contains a summary of the results from various experiments and develops a coherent view of the current state-of-the-art of solar neutrino physics. Solar Neutrino Physics shows how solar models can be calibrated with the observational constraints of the age, mass, radius, and luminosity of the sun. The authors present general evolutionary properties of the sun as a star, past and future. They also discuss the solar neutrino production via the pp-chains and CNO-cycle, including the important role of the chemical composition of the sun. A very important source of information about the solar interior is offered by helioseismology, the study of solar oscillations. This important book: Presents a high-level overview of the field of solar neutrino physics Brings together data and their interpretation of results obtained at various solar neutrino observatories Combines the theory of nuclear reactions with solar neutrino experiments Contains a review of SNO+, JUNO, LENA, Hyper-Kamiokande, and DUNE. Written for astronomers, physicists, and high energy physicists, Solar Neutrino Physics contains a review of the field of neutrino physics, the relevant equations, and the impact of matter on the behavior of neutrino oscillations.

Author : Y. Suzuki,Y. Totsuka
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080548768

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Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics by Y. Suzuki,Y. Totsuka Pdf

The scientific program of these important proceedings was arranged to cover most of the field of neutrino physics. In light of the rapid growth of interest stimulated by new interesting results from the field, more than half of the papers presented here are related to the neutrino mass and oscillations, including atmospheric and solar neutrino studies. Neutrino mass and oscillations could imply the existence of a mass scale many orders of magnitudes higher than presented in current physics and will probably guide scientists beyond the standard model of particle physics.

Author : Jennifer A. Thomas,Patricia L. Vahle
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789812771971

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Neutrino Oscillations by Jennifer A. Thomas,Patricia L. Vahle Pdf

This book reviews the status of a very exciting field OCo neutrino oscillations OCo at a very important time. The fact that neutrinos have mass has only been proved in the last few years and the acceptance of that fact has opened up a whole new area of study to understand the fundamental parameters of the mixing matrix. The book summarizes the results from all the experiments which have played a role in the measurement of neutrino oscillations and briefly describes the scope of some new planned experiments. Contributions include a theoretical introduction by Stephen Parke from FNAL, as well as articles from all the major experimental groups who have been pivotal in uncovering the nature of the neutrino mass. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Neutrino Oscillation Phenomenology (677 KB). Contents: Neutrino Oscillation Phenomenology (S J Parke); The Super-Kamiokande Experiment (C W Walter); Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (S J M Peeters & J R Wilson); Neutrino Oscillation Physics with KamLAND: Reactor Antineutrinos and Beyond (K M Heeger); K2K: KEK to Kamioka Long-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment (R J Wilkes); MINOS (P Vahle); The LSND and KARMEN Neutrino Oscillation Experiments (W C Louis); MiniBooNE (S J Brice); The OPERA Experiment in the CNGS Beam (D Autiero et al.); The T2K Experiment (D L Wark); The NO?A Experiment (G J Feldman); Double Chooz (G A Horton-Smith & T Lasserre); Daya Bay: A Sensitive Determination of ? 13 with Reactor Antineutrinos (K B Luk & Y Wang). Readership: Physicists, researchers and graduate students in high energy/nuclear and particle physics."

Author : Behram N. Kursunogammalu,Stephan L. Mintz,Arnold Perlmutter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781489915641

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Neutrino Mass, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Monopole Condensation, and Light Cone Quantization by Behram N. Kursunogammalu,Stephan L. Mintz,Arnold Perlmutter Pdf

The International Conference, Orbis Scientiae 1996, focused on the topics: The Neutrino Mass, Light Cone Quantization, Monopole Condensation, Dark Matter, and Gravitational Waves which we have adopted as the title of these proceedings. Was there any exciting news at the conference? Maybe, it depends on who answers the question. There was an almost unanimous agreement on the overall success of the conference as was evidenced by the fact that in the after-dinner remarks by one of us (BNK) the suggestion of organizing the conference on a biannual basis was presented but not accepted: the participants wanted the continuation of the tradition to convene annually. We shall, of course, comply. The expected observation of gravitational waves will constitute the most exciting vindication of Einstein's general relativity. This subject is attracting the attention of the experimentalists and theorists alike. We hope that by the first decade of the third millennium or earlier, gravitational waves will be detected, opening the way for a search for gravitons somewhere in the universe, presumably through the observations in the CMBR. The theoretical basis of the graviton search will take us to quantum gravity and eventually to the modification of general relativity to include the Planck scale behavior of gravity -at energies 19 of the order of 10 Ge V.

Author : Cline David B
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814553674

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Gamma Ray-neutrino And Planck Scale Physics - Proceedings Of The 2nd Ucla International Conference And Other Meetings by Cline David B Pdf