118655384
CORRECTIONS TO TRIBIMAXIMAL MIXING FROM NONDEGENERATE PHASES
We propose a seesaw scenario that possible corrections to the tribimaximal pattern of lepton mixing are due to the small phase splitting of the right-handed neutrino mass matrix. We show that the small deviations can be expressed analytically in terms of two splitting parameters (δ1 and δ2) in the leading order. The solar mixing angle θ12 favors a relatively smaller value compared to zero order value (35.3°), and the Dirac type CP phase δ chooses a nearly maximal one. The two Majorana type CP phases ρ and σ turn out to be a nearly linear dependence. Also a normal hierarchy neutrino mass spectrum is favored due to the stability of perturbation calculations.
122049951
MCMC SAMPLING IN THE GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF SOLAR AND REACTOR NEUTRINO DATA
We present a global analysis of latest solar and reactor neutrino data in the three-neutrino mixing scheme by using both the simple grid scanning and the Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling methods. Accuracy and efficiency of the two sampling methods are compared and advantages of the latter are discussed. The fitting results of three oscillation parameters theta(12), theta(13) and Delta m(21)(2) are provided with both old and new evaluations of the reactor antineutrino flux. Possible correlation between the fitting parameters is also discussed.
119236714
A possible detection of the cosmic antineutrino background in the presence of flavor effects
Abstract Lusignoli and Vignati have recently pointed out that it is in principle possible to directly detect the cosmic antineutrino background ( C ν ¯ B ) by using the rather stable isotope 163 Ho as a target, which can decay into 163 Dy via electron capture (EC) with a very small energy release. In this Letter we calculate the rate of the relic antineutrino capture on 163 Ho nuclei against the corresponding EC decay rate by taking account of different neutrino mass hierarchies and reasonable values of θ 13 . We show that such flavor effects are appreciable and even important in some cases, and stress that a calorimetric measurement of the C ν ¯ B might be feasible in the far future.
118606894
Possible capture of keV sterile neutrino dark matter on radioactive beta-decaying nuclei
There exists an observed "desert" spanning six orders of magnitude between O(0.5) eV and O(0.5) MeV in the fermion mass spectrum. We argue that it might accommodate one or more keV sterile neutrinos as a natural candidate for warm dark matter. To illustrate this point of view, we simply assume that there is one key sterile neutrino nu(4) and its flavor eigenstate nu(s) weakly mixes with three active neutrinos. We clarify different active-sterile neutrino mixing factors for the radiative decay of nu(4) and beta decays in a self-consistent parametrization. A direct detection of this keV sterile neutrino dark matter in the laboratory is in principle possible since the nu(4) component of nu(e) can leave a distinct imprint on the electron energy spectrum when it is captured on radioactive beta-decaying nuclei. We carry out an analysis of its signatures in the capture reactions nu(e) + H-3 -> He-3 + e(-) and nu(e) + Ru-106 -> Rh-106 + e(-) against the beta-decay backgrounds, and conclude that this experimental approach might not be hopeless in the long run. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
118493214
Vanishing effective mass of the neutrinoless double beta decay including light sterile neutrinos
Light sterile neutrinos with masses at the sub-eV or eV scale are hinted by current experimental and cosmological data. Assuming the Majorana nature of these hypothetical particles, we discuss their effects in the neutrinoless double beta decay by exploring the implications of a vanishing effective Majorana neutrino mass (m)(ee). Allowed ranges of neutrino masses, mixing angles and Majorana CP-violating phases are illustrated in some instructive cases for both normal and inverted mass hierarchies of three active neutrinos. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
117727003
Neutrinos as Hot or Warm Dark Matter
Both active and sterile sub-eV neutrinos can serve for hot dark matter (DM). On the other hand, keV sterile neutrinos could be a good candidate for warm DM. The beta-decaying (e.g., H-3 and Ru-106) and EC-decaying (e.g., Ho-163) nuclei are considered as the most promising targets to capture those extremely low energy neutrinos and antineutrinos, respectively. We calculate the capture rates of relic electron neutrinos and antineutrinos against the corresponding beta-decay or EC-decay backgrounds in different flavor mixing schemes. We stress that such direct laboratory measurements of hot or warm DM might not be hopeless in the long term.
73528276
Temporal characteristics of a SASE FEL
We have performed a single-shot, time-resolved measurement of the output field of a SASE FEL using the frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) technique. The measurement reveals the phase and the amplitude of the SASE output as functions of time and frequency, hence enables us to perform a full characterization of the SASE FEL output. We examined both the single-shot field evolution as well as the statistics over multiple shots on the phase and intensity evolution.
120312696
A study of the CKM angle $\gamma$ using the LHCb experiment and a distributed workload management system
The LHCb experiment, at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), will make precision CP violation measurements and search for new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The 14 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC will produce the full range of B-hadrons, at a data rate of peta-bytes per year. In order to process this unprecedented amount of data, distributed computing resources (the Grid) located across four continents are coordinated by a series of workload management systems (Grid middlewares). DIRAC, the LHCb distributed workload management system for event simulation, reconstruction and user analysis is extended from the Linux operating platform to the Windows platform, allowing a transparent integration of Windows resources to the existing Linux system. The B±→ D/D (KS π π−) K± decay, a key channel for the precision measurement of the CKM angle γ, is studied using the multiplatform DIRAC system. The expected annual yield from this channel for 2 fb−1 of data (a full data taking year) is ∼4200 events, with a total physics background to signal ratio (B/S) of < 0.54 at the 90% confidence level. The dominant background is expected to arise from a real D/D candidate reconstructed with a fake kaon from the underlying event, with a B/S = 0.35± 0.03 where the error is statistical. The potential background arising from a real D/D candidate reconstructed with a mis-identified pion is greatly reduced, with a B/S < 0.095 at the 90% confidence level, by the use of particle identification information from the RICH sub-detector. The estimated LHCb statistical sensitivity to γ is ∼12° for 2 fb−1 of data, using a model dependent Dalitz analysis with a model error of ∼9°.
18559665
Topological sigma-models with H-flux and twisted generalized complex manifolds
We study the topological sector of N = 2 sigma-models with HH-flux. It has been known for a long time that the target-space geometry of these theories is not Kahler and can be described in terms of a pair of complex structures, which do not commute, in general, and are parallel with respect to two different connections with torsion. Recently an alternative description of this geometry was found, which involves a pair of commuting twisted generalized complex structures on the target space. In this paper, we define and study the analogs of A and B-models for N = 2 sigma-models with HH-flux and show that the results are naturally expressed in the language of twisted generalized complex geometry. For example, the space of topological observables is given by the cohomology of a Lie algebroid associated to one of the two twisted generalized complex structures. We determine the topological scalar product, which endows the algebra of observables with the structure of a Frobenius algebra. We also discuss mirror symmetry for twisted generalized Calabi-Yau manifolds.
121764295
Neutron-proton bremsstrahlung calculation: Noncoplanarity effects
116807042
Disentangling radiative corrections using the high-mass Drell-Yan process at the LHC
We present a detailed numerical study of lepton-pair production via the Drell-Yan process above the Z-peak at the LHC. Our results consistently combine next-to-next-to-leading order QCD corrections and next-to-leading order electroweak effects, and include the leading photon-initiated processes using a recent extraction of the photon distribution function. We focus on the effects of electroweak corrections and of photon-photon scattering contributions, and demonstrate which kinematic distributions exhibit sensitivity to these corrections. We show that a combination of measurements allows them to be disentangled and separately determined.