CERN Academic Training Programme 2008/2009

LECTURE SERIES

12, 13, 14 & 15 May 2009

11:00-12:00 - TH Auditorium, Bldg. 4-3-006

Neutrino Physics

Prof. Carlo GIUNTI / Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare, Torino, Italy

The general theory of neutrino masses and mixing is introduced. The theory of neutrino oscillations in vacuum and in matter is reviewed, with discussion of the most important general phenomenological aspects. Topics:

- Dirac Neutrino Masses

Higgs Mechanism in the Standard Model

Three-Generation Neutrino Masses and Mixing

- Majorana Neutrino Masses

Two-Component Theory of a Massless Neutrino

Majorana Mass

Mixing of Three Majorana Neutrinos

- Dirac-Majorana Mass

One Generation

See-Saw Mechanism

Three-Generation Mixing

- Neutrino Oscillations in Vacuum

General Theory

Two-Neutrino Mixing and Oscillations

- Neutrino Oscillations in Matte

Effective Potentials in Matter

MSW Effect (Resonant Transitions in Matter)

Phenomenology of Solar Neutrinos

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