Neutrino Oscillations
A special issue of Universe (ISSN 2218-1997). This special issue belongs to the section "High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 February 2022) | Viewed by 32610
Special Issue Editors
Interests: theory and phenomenology of elementary particle physics; neutrino physics
2. INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: neutrino physics; ultra high energy cosmic rays; astroparticle physics; undergroud physics; radioactive backgounds
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The study of neutrino properties has always been a central topic of elementary particle physics and astrophysics, and it offers a unique opportunity of creating a link between these two disciplines. Almost one century after its proposal by Pauli and sixty years after its experimental discovery by Cowan and Reines, we still do not have a clear view of many properties of this elusive and fascinating particle. Which is the exact value of its mass, why it is so light, and which hierarchy did nature choose for its mass eigenvalues? Is it a Dirac or Majorana particle? How big is the CP violation in the leptonic sector? The answers to these open questions would surely have a great impact on elementary particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, helping us in the search for the right extension of the Standard Model of electroweak interactions and offering a unique insight into the knowledge of fundamental interactions. Moreover, neutrino study will also be fundamental for the promising field of multimessenger astronomy, rapidly growing after the discovery of gravitational waves.
The quantum phenomenon of flavor oscillations played a central role in the study of neutrino properties, offering crystal-clear proof of the fact that neutrinos are massive particles, made even more robust during the last decade with the advent of appearance experiments, which added to the traditional disappearance ones. Fifteen years after 2004, usually denoted as the “annus mirabilis” of neutrino physics, it is worthwhile to analyze the state-of-the-art of neutrino oscillation studies, involving experiments with all the different natural and artificial neutrino sources: Solar, atmospheric, long- and short-baseline reactor and accelerator neutrinos, and neutrinos from supernovae. The aim of this Special Issue is to investigate the different theoretical and experimental aspects involved in these types of research, discussing the more recent results, on the basis of past advancements in this field and with a special attention to its possible future developments. All the contributions from researchers working in this multidisciplinary field are most welcome.
Prof. Dr. Vito Antonelli
Prof. Dr. Lino Miramonti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Neutrino properties
- Neutrino mass and oscillations
- Appearance and disappearance experiments
- Solar neutrinos
- Atmospheric neutrinos
- Long- and short-baseline reactor neutrinos
- Long- and short-baseline accelerator neutrinos
- Neutrinos from supernovae
- Neutrino oscillations and astrophysics
- Mass models
- Nonstandard interactions
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