Neutrinos: in and out of the standard model

Conference · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · AIP Conf.Proc.885:69-84,2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2563180· OSTI ID:908689

Parke, Stephen

The particle physics Standard Model has been tremendously successful in predicting the outcome of a large number of experiments. In this model Neutrinos are massless. Yet recent evidence points to the fact that neutrinos are massive particles with tiny masses compared to the other particles in the Standard Model. These tiny masses allow the neutrinos to change flavor and oscillate. In this series of Lectures, I will review the properties of Neutrinos In the Standard Model and then discuss the physics of Neutrinos Beyond the Standard Model. Topics to be covered include Neutrino Flavor Transformations and Oscillations, Majorana versus Dirac Neutrino Masses, the Seesaw Mechanism and Leptogenesis.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 908689
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-06-527-T; TRN: US0703747
• Journal Information: AIP Conf.Proc.885:69-84,2007, Conference: Lectures given at CINVESTAV Advanced Summer School in Physics, Mexico City, Mexico, 10-14 Jul 2006
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
NEUTRINOS
OSCILLATIONS
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STANDARD MODEL
TRANSFORMATIONS
PARTICLES
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Phenomenology-HEP