Neutrino Mass, Mixing, and Flavor Change | p. 1 |
Neutrino Masses and Mixing, and the Seesaw | p. 1 |
What is a Majorana Neutrino? | p. 11 |
Neutrino Flavor Change | p. 15 |
Double Beta Decay | p. 21 |
Conclusion | p. 23 |
References | p. 23 |
Laboratory Limits on Neutrino Masses | p. 25 |
Introduction | p. 25 |
Decay Kinematics of Weak Decays | p. 26 |
m(¿¿) | p. 27 |
m(¿¿) | p. 27 |
m(¿e) | p. 28 |
Search for Neutrinoless Double ß Decay | p. 41 |
Double ß Decay | p. 42 |
Double-ß-Decay Experiments | p. 45 |
Summary and Outlook | p. 49 |
Acknowledgments | p. 50 |
References | p. 51 |
Astrophysical and Cosmological Constraints on Neutrino Masses | p. 53 |
Introduction | p. 53 |
The Cosmological Relic Density of Stable Neutrinos | p. 54 |
Neutrinos as Dark Matter | p. 57 |
Neutrinos and Big Bang Nucleosynthesis | p. 59 |
BBN Limits on Neutrino Masses and Lifetimes | p. 62 |
BBN Limits on Neutrino Mixing Parameters | p. 64 |
Neutrinos and Supernovae | p. 66 |
Neutrinos and Cosmic Rays | p. 70 |
Acknowledgments | p. 72 |
References | p. 72 |
Experimental Results on Neutrino Oscillations | p. 75 |
Introduction | p. 75 |
A Brief History of Neutrinos | p. 75 |
Neutrino Sources | p. 77 |
Neutrino Oscillations and Their Detection | p. 80 |
Neutrino Oscillations | p. 80 |
Matter Effects | p. 83 |
Detection of Neutrino Oscillations | p. 84 |
Solar Neutrino Experiments | p. 85 |
Radiochemical Experiments | p. 87 |
Real-Time Experiments | p. 88 |
Discussion of Results | p. 94 |
Atmospheric Neutrino Experiments | p. 97 |
Main Experimental Results | p. 99 |
Alternative Explanations | p. 102 |
Reactor Experiments | p. 105 |
Accelerator Experiments | p. 110 |
LSND and KARMEN | p. 110 |
CHORUS and NOMAD | p. 115 |
Long-Baseline Experiments | p. 120 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 124 |
Acknowledgments | p. 126 |
References | p. 126 |
Theoretical Interpretation of Current Neutrino Oscillation Data | p. 135 |
Two-Neutrino Oscillations | p. 135 |
Three-Neutrino Oscillations | p. 136 |
3 ¿ Mass Spectra | p. 137 |
3 ¿ Mixing | p. 138 |
3 ¿ Dynamics | p. 138 |
Reactor Neutrinos in a 3 ¿ Interpretation | p. 139 |
Atmospheric Neutrinos in a 3 ¿ Interpretation | p. 141 |
Parameter Space | p. 141 |
Data | p. 142 |
Graphical Representations | p. 143 |
Constraints on 3 ¿ Parameters | p. 144 |
2 ¿ Subcase: Impact of the First K2K Data | p. 149 |
Solar Neutrinos in a 3 ¿ Interpretation | p. 151 |
2 ¿ Analysis (¿ = 0) | p. 151 |
3 ¿ Analysis (¿ ≠ 0, Within CHOOZ Limits) | p. 153 |
3 ¿ Analysis (¿ Unconstrained) | p. 154 |
Summary of 3 ¿ Mixing | p. 154 |
Four-Neutrino Oscillations in ""2+2"" Scenarios | p. 155 |
4 ¿ Mass Spectrum, Mixing, and Dynamics | p. 155 |
Atmospheric Neutrinos | p. 157 |
Solar Neutrinos | p. 158 |
Global ""2+2"" Interpretation | p. 159 |
Comments on ""3+1"" Mass Spectra | p. 161 |
Addendum: Impact of the Very Latest Neutrino Data | p. 161 |
Impact of New Solar Neutrino Data | p. 161 |
Impact of New Atmospheric and Accelerator Data | p. 162 |
General Summary | p. 163 |
References | p. 163 |
Theoretical Models of Neutrino Masses and Mixings | p. 169 |
Introduction | p. 169 |
Neutrino Masses and Lepton Number Nonconservation | p. 170 |
Baryogenesis via Leptogenesis from Heavy- ¿c Decay | p. 172 |
Models with Four (or More) Neutrinos | p. 174 |
Three-Neutrino Models | p. 176 |
Degenerate Neutrinos | p. 178 |
Inverted Hierarchy | p. 182 |
Normal Hierarchy | p. 184 |
Summary | p. 188 |
Importance of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay | p. 189 |
Expectations for ¿13 | p. 190 |
Grand Unified Models of Fermion Masses | p. 191 |
Models Based on Horizontal Abelian Charges | p. 192 |
GUT Models Based on SO(10) | p. 197 |
Conclusion | p. 198 |
Acknowledgments | p. 201 |
References | p. 201 |
The Physics Potential of Future Long-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiments | p. 209 |
Introduction | p. 209 |
Beams and Detectors | p. 210 |
The Oscillation Framework | p. 214 |
Correlations and Degeneracies | p. 220 |
Event Rates | p. 222 |
The LBL Setups Considered | p. 224 |
The Qualitative Picture | p. 228 |
The Analysis | p. 230 |
Results | p. 232 |
Conclusions | p. 237 |
Acknowledgements | p. 238 |
References | p. 238 |
Index | p. 243 |
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