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We investigate quantitatively the extent to which having a primordial leptonic asymmetry (n_nu \neq n_nubar) relaxes the bounds on light sterile neutrinos imposed by BBN and LSS. We adopt a few assumptions that allow us to solve the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Yi-Zen Chu , Marco Cirelli

We point out the simple reversibility between the fundamental neutrino mixing parameters in vacuum and their effective counterparts in matter. The former can therefore be expressed in terms of the latter, allowing more straightforward…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 Zhi-zhong Xing

I discuss some problems connected with the high precision study of neutrino oscillations. In the general case of $n$-neutrino mixing I derive a convenient expression for transition probability in which only independent terms (and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-02-24 S. M. Bilenky

The general status of neutrino physics are given. The history of the neutrino, starting from Pauli and Fermi, is presented. The phenomenological V-A theory of the weak interaction and the unified theory of the weak and electromagnetic…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. M. Bilenky

We review the status of neutrino masses and mixings in the light of the solar and atmospheric neutrino data. The result from the LSND experiment is also considered. We discuss the present knowledge and the expected sensitivity to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-02-07 M. C. Gonzalez-Garcia , C. Peña-Garay

In the last two decades experiments have established the existence of neutrino oscillations and most of the related parameters have by now been measured with reasonable accuracy. These results have accomplished a major progress for particle…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-19 Guido Altarelli

The specific violated mirror symmetry model is capable of generating the observed lepton weak mixing matrix with a structure similar to the observed one that almost lacks any visible regularities (the "flavor riddle"). The peculiarities of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-09-13 Igor T. Dyatlov

Basics of neutrino oscillations is discussed. Importance of time-energy uncertainty relation is stressed. Neutrino oscillations in the leading approximation and evidence for neutrino oscillations are briefly summarized.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 S. M. Bilenky

A summary of neutrino oscillation results is given along with a discussion of neutrino mass generation mechanisms, including high and low-scale seesaw, with and without supersymmetry, as well as recent attempts to understand flavor. I argue…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-01-30 J. W. F. Valle

Implications of a simple model for the mass generation of leptons are studied, in particular for the upcoming long-baseline neutrino experiments. The flavor mixing angles are large (nearly maximal). The probability for the long-baseline…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Harald Fritzsch , Zhi-zhong Xing

This review demonstrates the unique role of the neutrino by discussing in detail the physics of and with neutrinos. We deal with neutrino sources, neutrino oscillations, absolute masses, interactions, the possible existence of sterile…

Theory suggests the existence of neutrino masses, but little more. Facts are coming close to reveal our fantasy: solar and atmospheric neutrino data strongly indicate the need for neutrino conversions, while LSND provides an intriguing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-17 J. W. F. Valle

The radiative decay of ultrarelativistic massive neutrino $\nu_i \rightarrow \nu_j \gamma$ is investigated in electromagnetic fields in the framework of the Standard Model with lepton mixing. Estimates of the decay probability and ``decay…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. A. Gvozdev , N. V. Mikheev , L. A. Vassilevskaya

What information about the neutrino mass spectrum and mixing matrix can be inferred from the existing neutrino oscillation data? We discuss here the answer to this question in the case of mixing of three and four neutrinos. We present the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. M. Bilenky , C. Giunti , W. Grimus

In addition to the problem of galaxy formation, one of the greatest open questions of cosmology is represented by the existence of an asymmetry between matter and antimatter in the baryonic component of the Universe. We believe that a net…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-09 M. Lattanzi , R. Ruffini , G. Vereshchagin

The content of physical massess, mixing angles and CP-violating phases in the lepton sector of extended standard model, both renormalizable and non-renormalizable, with arbitrary numbers of the singlet and left-handed doublet neutrinos is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-09-13 Yu. F. Pirogov

One can describe cosmological relic neutrinos by adding Lagrange multipliers to the Standard Model Lagrangian for them. The two possible Lagrange multipliers are a chemical potential, which fixes the mean neutrino/anti-neutrino asymmetry,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-02-13 Bob McElrath

We propose a novel theoretical understanding of neutrino masses and mixings, which is attributed to the intrinsic vector-like feature of the regularized Standard Model at short distances. We try to explain the smallness of Dirac neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 She-Sheng Xue

The Standard Model of Particle Physics has proven to be tremendously successful as the fundamental theory that describes the elementary particles that compose our Universe, as well as the interactions among them. Despite the countless…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-09 Manuel González-López

The theoretical and experimental bases of neutrino mass and mixing are reviewed. A brief chronological evolution of the weak interactions, the electroweak Standard Model, and neutrinos is presented. Dirac and Majorana mass terms are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-03-02 Paul Langacker , Jens Erler , Eduardo Peinado