Neutrino Oscillations: A Practical Guide to Basics and Applications

✍ Scribed by Fumihiko Suekane (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Tokyo
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 193
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics 898
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Neutrino oscillation (N.O.) is the only firm evidence of the physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics and is one of the hottest topics in elementary particle physics today. This book focuses on the N.O., from its history to the future prospects, from the basic theories to the experiments.

Various phenomena of N.O. are described intuitively with thorough explanations of the fundamental physics behind well-known formulations. For example, while many textbooks start with a discussion of the mixing matrix, this book stresses that N.O. is caused by the transition amplitudes between different neutrino flavors, and that the purpose of N.O. experiments is to measure transition amplitudes and think of its origin. The current understanding of neutrino oscillation is also summarized using the most up-to-date measurements, including the recently measured neutrino mixing angle θ₁₃, and the future prospects of N.O. studies are described as well.

The level of this book makes it a bridge between introductory textbooks and scientific papers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Neutrinos and Weak Interactions in the Standard Model....Pages 7-29
Particle Oscillations....Pages 31-43
Neutrino Oscillation....Pages 45-75
Experiments....Pages 77-110
Present Status....Pages 111-128
Future Possibilities of Neutrino Oscillation Experiments....Pages 129-154
Appendix....Pages 155-177
Back Matter....Pages 179-185

✦ Subjects

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics; Astrophysics and Astroparticles