337 research outputs found
Beyond the Standard Model
The standard model of particle physics is marvelously successful. However, it
is obviously not a complete or final theory. I shall argue here that the
structure of the standard model gives some quite concrete, compelling hints
regarding what lies beyond.Comment: 20 pages, 3 figures available upon request, IAS-HEP 92/2
Neutrino Oscillation and CP Violation
We reconsider the meaning of observing CP violation in neutrino oscillation.Comment: Talk given at the NUFACT'00: International Workshop on Muon Storage
Ring for a Neutrino Factory, Monterey, California, 22-26 May 2000. Several
typographical errors are correcte
Implications of a Minimal SO(10) Higgs Structure
A minimal SO(10) Higgs structure involving a single adjoint field along with
spinors, vectors and singlets has been shown to break the SO(10) gauge symmetry
to the standard model while stabilizing the F-flat directions and solving the
doublet-triplet splitting problem naturally. With this minimal set of Higgs
fields, we show how to construct quark and lepton mass matrices which explain
well the many features of the observed spectrum, including the Georgi-Jarlskog
mass relations. A large mixing of the muon- and tau-neutrinos results naturally
as observed in the atmospheric neutrino data. A particular model relying on a
family symmetry has been constructed which realizes the desired mass matrices.Comment: 10 pages, REVTEX, contribution submitted to NEUTRINO 98 Conferenc
Recent Results from the K2K (KEK-to-Kamioka) Neutrino Oscillation Experiment
The latest results of the K2K experiment are reported. The results are based
on data taken from June, 1999, to June, 2000, corresponding to a total protons on target. Twenty seven fully-contained events in the
22.5 kton fiducial volume of Super-Kamiokande (SK) are observed. The expected
number of events is estimated to be 40.3^{+4.7}_{-4.6} assuming the null
oscillations hypothesis.Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures. Talk given at the Sixth International Workshop on
Tau Lepton Physics, Victoria, BC, Canada, September 19, 200
Matter Effects in Atmospheric Neutrino Oscillations
The Kamiokande II and IMB data on contained events induced by atmospheric
neutrinos exhibit too low a ratio of muons to electrons, which has been
interpreted as a possible indication of neutrino oscillations. At the same
time, the recent data on upward--going muons in underground detectors have
shown no evidence for neutrino oscillations, strongly limiting the allowed
region of oscillation parameter space. In this paper we confront different
types of neutrino oscillation hypotheses with the experimental results. The
matter effects in and in oscillations are discussed and shown to affect
significantly the upward--going muons.Comment: LaTeX, 13 pages, 4 figures (appended as postscript file in the end of
the paper, one should cut them and process separately), Roma n. 91
Bounds on Dark Matter from the ``Atmospheric Neutrino Anomaly''
Bounds are derived on the cross section, flux and energy density of new
particles that may be responsible for the atmospheric neutrino anomaly. Decay of primordial
homogeneous dark matter can be excluded.Comment: 10 pages, TeX (revtex
The geometry of atmospheric neutrino production
The zenith angle distributions of atmospheric neutrinos are determined by the
possible presence of neutrino oscillations and the combination of three most
important contributions: (1) geomagnetic effects on the primary cosmic rays,
that suppress the primary flux in the Earth's magnetic equatorial region, (2)
the zenith angle dependence of the neutrino yields, due to the fact that
inclined showers produce more neutrinos, and (3) geometrical effects due to the
spherical shell geometry of the neutrino production volume. The last effect has
been recognized only recently and results in an important enhancement of the
flux of sub--GeV neutrinos for horizontal directions. In this work we discuss
the geometrical effect and its relevance in the interpretation of the
atmospheric neutrino data.Comment: 26 pages, 11 figure
Other Atmospheric Neutrino Experiments
The history and recent progress of atmospheric neutrinos are reviewed. An
emphasis is placed on results from experiments other than Super-Kamiokande.Comment: 8 pages, 10 figures, Contribution to Neutrino 200
Standard and exotic interpretations of the atmospheric neutrino data
The present status of some theoretical interpretations of the atmospheric
neutrino deficit is briefly discussed. Specifically, we show the results for
the FC mechanism and for the standard oscillation hypothesis, both in the
active and in the sterile channels. All these mechanisms are able to fit the
present data to a good statistical level. Among them, the nu_mu --> nu_tau
oscillation is certainly the best explanation to the atmospheric neutrino
deficit, providing a remarkably good agreement with the data.Comment: 3 pages, 2 figures, talk delivered at the 6th International Workshop
on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 99), September 1999,
Paris, (to appear in the Conference Proceedings, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc.
Suppl.), eds. M. Froissart, J. Dumarchez and D. Vignaud
Possible Effects of Quantum Mechanics Violation Induced by Certain Quantum Gravity on Neutrino Oscillations
In this work we tried extensively to apply the EHNS postulation about the
quantum mechanics violation effects induced by the quantum gravity of black
holes to neutrino oscillations. The possibilities for observing such effects in
the neutrino experiments (in progress and/or accessible in the near future)
were discussed. Of them, an interesting one was outlined specially.Comment: 18 pages, 0 figure, (1 REVTeX file
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