9704314
Neutrino masses and oscillations
New effects related to refraction of neutrinos in different media are reviewed and implication of the effects to neutrino mass and mixing are discussed. Patterns of neutrino masses and mixing implied by existing hints/bounds are described. Recent results on neutrino mass generation are presented. They include neutrino masses in SO(10) GUT's and models with anomalous U(1), generation of neutrino mass via neutrino-neutralino mixing, models of sterile neutrino.
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.
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.
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.
115887973
Solar neutrinos: Theoretical aspects
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.
73596822
Transverse laser cooling by synchro-betatron coupling
Transverse laser cooling with the use of a synchrobetatron coupling is being carried out at S-LSR. Bunched 40 keV Mg beams are cooled by a co-propagating laser with a wavelength of 280 nm. Synchrotron oscillation and horizontal betatron oscillation are coupled by an RF drifttube at a finite dispersive section (D = 1.1 m) in order to transmit longitudinal cooling force to the horizontal degree of freedom. The time evolution of horizontal beam size during laser cooling are measured by a CCD camera. The measured beam size after 35 s is reduced to 0.55 mm on the resonance, compared to 0.85 mm measured or larger at non-resonance conditions. Momentum spreads are 1.7 × 10−4 on the resonance otherwise 1.2 × 10−4. These results indicate that the horizontal heat is connected to the longitudinal direction by the synchro-betatron coupling, which is cooled down by a longitudinal bunched beam laser cooling.
120951273
Parameters S, T, and U of radiative corrections and masses of scalar leptoquarks in the minimal model featuring four-color symmetry
The contributions to the parameters S, T, and U of radiative corrections are discussed within the minimal model featuring four-color symmetry of the Pati-Salam type. A numerical analysis of these contributions is given for the Higgs mechanism of mass generation for scalar leptoquarks and the simplest version of scalar-leptoquark mixing. It is shown that up-to-date experimental data on S, T, and U are compatible with the existence of relatively light scalar leptoquarks (of masses about 1 TeV or below), still lighter scalar leptoquarks (of masses below 1 TeV) improving the agreement of theoretical results with experimental data on S, T, and U.
17035129
CHIRAL COLOR SYMMETRY AND POSSIBLE G′-BOSON EFFECTS AT THE TEVATRON AND LHC
A gauge model with chiral color symmetry is considered and possible effects of the color G′-boson octet predicted by this symmetry are investigated in dependence on two free parameters, the mixing angle θG and G′ mass mG′. The allowed region in the mG'–θG plane is found from the Tevatron data on the cross section and forward–backward asymmetry of the production. The mass limits for the G′-boson are shown to be stronger than those for the axigluon. A possible effect of the G′-boson on the production at the LHC is discussed and the mass limits providing for the G′-boson evidence at the LHC are estimated in dependence on θG.
119111785
Applications of FIESTA
Sector decomposition in its practical aspect is a constructive method used to evaluate Feynman integrals numerically. We present a new program performing the sector decomposition and integrating the expression afterwards. The program can be also used in order to expand Feynman integrals automatically in limits of momenta and masses with the use of sector decompositions and Mellin--Barnes representations. The program is parallelizable on modern multicore computers and even on multiple computers. Also we demonstrate some new numerical results for four-loop massless propagator master integrals.
118565164
Cross Section and Forward-Backward Asymmetry of $t\bar{t}$ Production in the Model with Four Color Symmetry
The contributions to the cross section $\sigma_{t\bar{t}}$ and to the forward-backward asymmetry $A_{\rm FB}^{t \bar t}$ of $t\bar{t}$ production at the Tevatron from $Z'$-boson and scalar leptoquarks $S^{(\pm)}_a$ and scalar gluons $F_a$ predicted by the minimal model with four color quark-lepton symmetry are calculated. These contributions are shown to be small in tree approximation and can be significant with account of the 1-loop $gt\bar{t}$ effective vertex induced by the scalar doublets. The lower mass limit for scalar gluons $m_F \gtrsim 320\, GeV$ from the Tevatron data is obtained and it is shown that for $m_{F_1}\lesssim 990\,GeV$ the scalar gluon $F_1$ can be evident at LHC at the significance not less that $3\sigma$ (for $\sqrt{s}=14$ TeV, $L=10\,fb^{-1}$).