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Probing the seesaw mechanism with neutrino data and leptogenesis
In the framework of the seesaw mechanism with three heavy right-handed Majorana neutrinos and no Higgs triplets we carry out a systematic study of the structure of the right-handed neutrino sector. Using the current low-energy neutrino data as an input and assuming hierarchical Dirac-type neutrino masses mDi, we calculate the masses Mi and the mixing of the heavy neutrinos. We confront the inferred properties of these neutrinos with the constraints coming from the requirement of a successful baryogenesis via leptogenesis. In the generic case the masses of the right-handed neutrinos are highly hierarchical: Mi∝mDi2; the lightest mass is M1 ≈ 103−106 GeV and the generated baryon-to-photon ratio ηB10−14 is much smaller than the observed value. We find the special cases which correspond to the level crossing points, with maximal mixing between two quasi-degenerate right-handed neutrinos. Two level crossing conditions are obtained: mee ≈ 0 (1-2 crossing) and d12 ≈ 0 (2-3 crossing), where mee and d12 are respectively the 11-entry and the 12-subdeterminant of the light neutrino mass matrix in the basis where the neutrino Yukawa couplings are diagonal. We show that sufficient lepton asymmetry can be produced only in the 1-2 crossing where M1 ≈ M2 ≈ 108 GeV,M3 ≈ 1014 GeV and (M2−M1)/M210−5.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Bounds on scalar leptoquark and scalar gluon masses from S, T, U in the minimal four color symmetry model
Abstract The contributions into radiative correction parameters S, T, U from scalar leptoquark and scalar gluon doublets are investigated in the minimal four color symmetry model. It is shown that the current experimental data on S, T, U allow the scalar leptoquarks and the scalar gluons to be relatively light (with masses of order of 1 TeV or less), the lightest particles are preferred to lie below 400 GeV. In particular, the lightest scalar leptoquarks with masses below 300 GeV are shown to be compatible with the current data on S, T, U at χ2
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Asymptotic behavior of amplitudes for longitudinal-leptoquark processes and structure of the scalar sector in the minimal model involving four-color symmetry
Within the minimal model based on the four-color symmetry of quarks and leptons of the Pati-Salam type, the asymptotic behavior of amplitudes for processes involving longitudinal leptoquarks (and W or Z′ bosons) is investigated, together with the mechanism according to which the growth of these amplitudes at high energies is suppressed by scalar fields. It is shown that, within the Higgs mechanism of mass generation and of the mass splitting of quarks and leptons, the four-color symmetry of quarks and leptons requires that scalar-leptoquark doublets, scalar-gluon doublets, and an extra color-singlet scalar doublet exist in addition to the standard Higgs doublet.
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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.
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Four Loop Massless Propagators: a Numerical Evaluation of All Master Integrals
Abstract We present numerical results which are needed to evaluate all non-trivial master integrals for four-loop massless propagators, confirming the recent analytic results of Baikov and Chetyrkin (2010) [1] and evaluating an extra order in e expansion for each master integral.