119222739
Leptonic CP violation phases, quark–lepton similarity and seesaw mechanism
We explore generic features of the leptonic CP violation in the framework of the seesaw type I mechanism with similarity of the Dirac lepton and quarks mass matrices mD. For this, we elaborate on the standard parametrization conditions which allow to simultaneously obtain the Dirac and Majorana phases. If the only origin of CP violation is the left-handed (LH) transformation which diagonalizes mD (similar to quarks), the leptonic CP violation is suppressed and the Dirac phase is close to π or to 0 with sinδCP≈(sinθ13q/sinθ13)cosθ23sinδq∼λ2sinδq. Here λ∼θC, is the Cabibbo mixing angle, and θ13q and θ13 are the 1–3 mixing angles of quarks and leptons respectively. The Majorana phases β1 and β2 are suppressed as λ3sinδq. For Majorana neutrinos implied by seesaw, the right-handed (RH) transformations are important. We explore the simplest extension inspired by Left–Right (L–R) symmetry with small CKM-type CP violation. In this case, seesaw enhancement of the CP violation occurs due to strong hierarchy of the eigenvalues of mD leading to δCP∼1. The enhancement is absent under the phase factorization conditions which require certain relations between parameters of the Majorana mass matrix of RH neutrinos.
18492548
Pontecorvo's original oscillations revisited
Abstract We show that a left-handed neutrino ν L can oscillate into its CPT -conjugate state ν R with maximal amplitude, in direct analogy with K 0 − K 0 oscillations. Peculiarities of such oscillations under different conditions are studied.
119540272
Self-induced spectral splits in supernova neutrino fluxes
In the dense-neutrino region above the neutrino sphere of a supernova (r < or approx. 400 km), neutrino-neutrino refraction causes collective flavor transformations. They can lead to 'spectral splits' where an energy E{sub split} splits the transformed spectrum sharply into parts of almost pure but different flavors. Unless there is an ordinary MSW resonance in the dense-neutrino region, E{sub split} is determined by flavor-lepton number conservation alone. Spectral splits are created by an adiabatic transition between regions of large and small neutrino density. We solve the equations of motion in the adiabatic limit explicitly and provide analytic expressions for a generic example.
31519375
Multiple spectral splits of supernova neutrinos.
Collective oscillations of supernova neutrinos swap the spectra f(nu(e))(E) and f(nu[over ](e))(E) with those of another flavor in certain energy intervals bounded by sharp spectral splits. This phenomenon is far more general than previously appreciated: typically one finds one or more swaps and accompanying splits in the nu and nu[over ] channels for both inverted and normal neutrino mass hierarchies. Depending on an instability condition, swaps develop around spectral crossings (energies where f(nu(e))=f(nu(x)), f(nu[over ](e))=f(nu[over ](x)) as well as E-->infinity where all fluxes vanish), and the widths of swaps are determined by the spectra and fluxes. Washout by multiangle decoherence varies across the spectrum and splits can survive as sharp spectral features.
115887973
Solar neutrinos: Theoretical aspects
59164737
Recent developments in neutrino phenomenology
The first phase of studies of the neutrino mass and mixing is essentially over. The outcome is the discovery of non-zero neutrino mass and determination of the dominant structure of the lepton mixing matrix. In some sense this phase was very simple, and nature was very collaborative with us: Two main effects - the vacuum oscillations and the adiabatic conversion in matter (the MSW-effect) - provide complete interpretation of the experimental results. Furthermore, with the present accuracy of measurements the $3\nu-$mixing analysis is essentially reduced to the $2\nu$ consideration. I will present a concise and comprehensive description of this first phase. The topics include: (i) the concept of neutrino mixing in vacuum and matter; (ii) physics of the oscillations and adiabatic conversion; (iii) the experimental evidences of the flavor transformations and determination of the oscillation parameters. Some implications of the obtained results are discussed. Comments are given on the next phase of the field that will be much more involved.
55043207
DESIGN OF THE NUCLOTRON BOOSTER IN THE NICA PROJECT
NICA is the new complex being constructed on the JINR aimed to provide collider experiments with ions up to uranium at energy of 3.5x3.5 GeV/u. The NICA layout includes Electron String Ion Source, 6.2 Mev/u linac, 600 MeV/u booster synchrotron, upgraded Nuclotron and ion collider with average luminosity of 10 27 cm -2 s -1 . The main goals of the Booster are the following: accumulation of 4·10 9 Au 32+ ions; acceleration of the heavy ions up to energy required for effective stripping; forming of the required beam emittance with electron cooling system. The present layout makes it possible to place the Booster having 211 m circumference and four fold symmetry lattice inside the yoke of the Synchrophasotron (shut down in 2002). The features of this booster, the requirement to the main synchrotron systems and their parameters are presented in this paper.
118758893
Minimal four-color model with quark-lepton symmetry and constraints on the Z{prime}-boson mass
A minimal model with quark-lepton symmetry is considered. This model, which describes unified electroweak and strong interactions, is a minimal extension of the standard model that involves four-color symmetry of quarks and leptons. Predicted relations between the masses of leptoquarks and W{sup +-}, Z, and Z{prime} bosons are studied, and the contributions of an additional Z{prime} boson to the cross sections for e{sup +}e{sup -} annihilation and the asymmetry A{sub FB} at TRISTAN and LEP200 energies are analyzed. Experimental data are shown to be consistent with the existence of a relatively light Z{prime} boson associated with four-color quark-lepton symmetry. 12 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.
120359559
Z′-boson decays as a test of the four-color symmetry of quarks and leptons
The quark and leptonic widths of the Z′ boson that arises from four-color quark-lepton symmetry are calculated and compared with the predictions of the E6 and the left-right (LR) model. It is shown that this four-color symmetry leads to a specific relation of the type v′q+a′q between the vector and axial coupling constants for Z′-boson interaction with quarks and leptons. Calculations with allowance for the four-color symmetry in question yield leptonic widths of the Z′ boson that are considerably greater than those predicted within the E6 and the LR model and result in a relativelys mall hadronic-to-leptonic width ratio. Since these features are associated with the four-color symmetry, their observation would suggest its manifestation in Z′-boson decays.
18167542
Fermionic Decays of Scalar Leptoquarks and Scalar Gluons in the Minimal Four-Color Symmetry Model
Fermionic and weak decays of the scalar leptoquarks S = S1(+), S1(−), and Sm and the scalar gluons F = F1 and F2 predicted by the minimal model involving four-color symmetry and the Higgs mechanism of quark-and lepton-mass splitting are considered. The widths and the branching ratios are calculated for these decays, and the results are analyzed versus the couplings and masses of decaying particles. It is shown that, at relatively small mass splittings Δm within scalar doublets (Δm mW, the weak decays S → S′W and F → F’W compete with the above fermionic decays. In the case of mS < mt, the processes S1(+) → clj+, S1(−) → vi\(\tilde b\), Sm → blj+, and Sm → c\(\tilde \nu \)j, whose total branching ratios are Br(S1(+) → cl+) ≈ Br(S1(−) → v\(\tilde b\)) ≈ 1, Br(Sm → bl+) ≈ 0.9, and Br(Sm → c\(\tilde \nu \)) ≈ 0.1, appear to be dominant decays of scalar leptoquarks. Searches for these decays at LHC and the Tevatron are of interest.
15376747
ON A POSSIBLE MANIFESTATION OF THE FOUR-COLOR SYMMETRY Z' BOSON IN μ+μ- EVENTS AT THE LHC
The cross section of the μ+μ- pair production in pp-collisions at the LHC is calculated with account of the Z' boson induced by the minimal four-color quark–lepton symmetry (MQLS). The μ+μ- invariant mass spectrum with account of the MQLS Z' boson is analyzed in dependence on the Z' mass. The mass region for the MQLS Z' boson observable at the LHC is found in dependence on the significance and on the integrated luminosity.