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Neutrino masses are clear evidence for physics beyond the standard model and much more remains to be understood about the neutrino sector. We highlight some of the outstanding questions and research opportunities in neutrino theory. We show…

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The Standard Model of Fundamental Interactions (SM) represents one of the most precise theories in physics. Among the predictions of the SM we find, for instance, the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron $a_e = 0.001159652181643(764)$.…

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We perform a comprehensive study of cosmological constraints on non-standard neutrino self-interactions using cosmic microwave background (CMB) and baryon acoustic oscillation data. We consider different scenarios for neutrino…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-22 Thejs Brinckmann , Jae Hyeok Chang , Marilena LoVerde

Neutrino interaction uncertainties are a limiting factor in current and next-generation experiments probing the fundamental physics of neutrinos, a unique window on physics beyond the Standard Model. Neutrino-nucleon scattering amplitudes…

The nature of dark matter is one of the open problems of the Standard Model of particle physics. Despite the great experimental efforts, we have not yet found a positive signal of its interactions with ordinary matter. One possible…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-04-09 M. Blennow , E. Fernández-Martínez , A. Olivares-Del Campo , S. Pascoli , S. Rosauro-Alcaraz , A. V. Titov

The cosmic neutrino background is both a dramatic prediction of the hot Big Bang and a compelling target for current and future observations. The impact of relativistic neutrinos in the early universe has been observed at high significance…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-08 Daniel Green , David E. Kaplan , Surjeet Rajendran

Neutrino interactions beyond the Standard Model (BSM) are theoretically well motivated and have an important impact on the future precision measurement of neutrino oscillation. In this work, we study the sensitivity of a multi-ton-scale…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-08-05 Jonathan M. Link , Xun-Jie Xu

Neutrinos are the least known particle in the Standard Model of elementary particle physics. They play a crucial role in cosmology, governing the universe's evolution and shaping the large-scale structures we observe today. In this chapter,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-01 Eleonora Di Valentino , Stefano Gariazzo , Olga Mena

Neutrino oscillations have become well-known phenomenon; the measurements of neutrino mixing angles and mass squared differences are continuously improving. Future oscillation experiments will eventually determine the remaining unknown…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-09-30 O. G. Miranda , H. Nunokawa

In this talk, we will discuss phenomenology of new physics associated with neutrinos, in particular, non-standard neutrino interactions, non-unitarity of the lepton mixing matrix, and secret neutrino interactions mediated by a light field.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-12-20 Toshihiko Ota

As low-threshold dark matter detectors advance in development, they will become sensitive to recoils from solar neutrinos which opens up the possibility to explore neutrino properties. We predict the enhancement of the event rate of solar…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-07-20 Thomas Schwemberger , Tien-Tien Yu

Neutrinos are one of the most promising messengers for signals of new physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM). On the theoretical side, their elusive nature, combined with their unknown mass mechanism, seems to indicate that the neutrino…

Neutrino-electron scattering experiments play a crucial role in investigating the non-standard interactions of neutrinos. In certain models, these interactions can include interference terms that may affect measurements. Next-generation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-19 Jong-Chul Park , Gaurav Tomar

The interplay between neutrino masses and the interactions of neutrinos with matter is discussed with an eye to extending the latter to include possible new interactions. This conjecture may resolve the conundrum posed by the present…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Ernest Ma

Short baseline neutrino oscillation experiments have shown hints of the existence of additional sterile neutrinos in the eV mass range. Such sterile neutrinos are incompatible with cosmology because they suppress structure formation unless…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-30 Maria Archidiacono , Steen Hannestad , Rasmus Sloth Hansen , Thomas Tram

keV scale sterile neutrinos are excellent warm dark matter candidates. In the early Universe, these can be produced from oscillations and scatterings of active neutrinos. However, in the absence of any new physics, this mechanism is in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-03-02 Manibrata Sen

We discuss novel ways in which neutrino oscillation experiments can probe dark matter. In particular, we focus on interactions between neutrinos and ultra-light ("fuzzy") dark matter particles with masses of order $10^{-22}$ eV. It has been…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-02-05 Vedran Brdar , Joachim Kopp , Jia Liu , Pascal Prass , Xiao-Ping Wang

Of the many proposed extensions to the $\Lambda$CDM paradigm, a model in which neutrinos self-interact until close to the epoch of matter-radiation equality has been shown to provide a good fit to current cosmic microwave background (CMB)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 Minsu Park , Christina D. Kreisch , Jo Dunkley , Boryana Hadzhiyska , Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine

Several long-standing anomalies from short-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments -- most recently corroborated by new data from MiniBooNE -- have led to the hypothesis that extra, 'sterile', neutrino species might exist. Models of this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-12-06 Xiaoyong Chu , Basudeb Dasgupta , Mona Dentler , Joachim Kopp , Ninetta Saviano

Our present knowledge of neutrinos can be summarized in terms of the "standard neutrino scenario". Phenomenology of this scenario as well as attempts to uncover physics behind neutrino mass and mixing are described. Goals of future studies…

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