Introduction to neutrino physics
Neutrinos, together with other charged leptons and quarks,
are elementary particle whose interactions are described by "The Standard Model" which assumes they have a zero mass. However the phenomenon of "neutrino oscillations",(indirectly) suggests that neutrinos should have a (tiny) mass that paves the way to new physics in particle physics, in astrophysics and cosmology.
Similarly to what has already been measured in the quark sector, a mixing matrix describes the neutrino oscillations including the CP-violation.
Course Contents
The course is organized as follows:
-Introduction to charged and neutral neutrino interactions;
-Introduction to the phenomenology of the neutrino oscillations,
experimental results in neutrino oscillation in reactors, solar,
accelerators.
-Results of the Katrin experiment on the electron-neutrino mass;
-neutrinoless double beta decay.
-Results of the T2K experiment on CP violation in neutrino oscillations;
-Neutrino in the universe: from supernovae, partner in
gravitational waves, relic from big bang.
-The exam will consist on an oral discussion of an article
on experimental results on neutrino physics.
- Docente: VINCENZO CAVASINNI