The Physics of Neutrinos

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Princeton University Press, 2012 - 224 էջ
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The physics of neutrinos--uncharged elementary particles that are key to helping us better understand the nature of our universe--is one of the most exciting frontiers of modern science. This book provides a comprehensive overview of neutrino physics today and explores promising new avenues of inquiry that could lead to future breakthroughs.



The Physics of Neutrinos begins with a concise history of the field and a tutorial on the fundamental properties of neutrinos, and goes on to discuss how the three neutrino types interchange identities as they propagate from their sources to detectors. The book shows how studies of neutrinos produced by such phenomena as cosmic rays in the atmosphere and nuclear reactions in the solar interior provide striking evidence that neutrinos have mass, and it traces our astounding progress in deciphering the baffling experimental findings involving neutrinos. The discovery of neutrino mass offers the first indication of a new kind of physics that goes beyond the Standard Model of elementary particles, and this book considers the unanticipated patterns in the masses and mixings of neutrinos in the framework of proposed new theoretical models.



The Physics of Neutrinos maps out the ambitious future facilities and experiments that will advance our knowledge of neutrinos, and explains why the way forward in solving the outstanding questions in neutrino science will require the collective efforts of particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.


 

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1 Introduction
1
2 Neutrino Basics
11
3 Neutrino Mixing and Oscillations
33
4 Solar Neutrinos
45
5 Atmospheric Neutrinos
59
6 Global Threeneutrino Fits
68
7 Absolute Neutrino Mass
71
8 Longbaseline Neutrino Oscillations
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9 Model Building
99
10 Supernova Neutrinos
116
11 Highenergy Astrophysical Neutrinos
126
12 Beyond Three Neutrinos
147
13 Summary and Outlook
172
References
177
Index
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The Physics of Neutrinos
Vernon Barger,Danny Marfatia,Kerry Whisnant
Մասամբ դիտվող - 2012

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Vernon Barger is professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the coauthor of Collider Physics. Danny Marfatia is associate professor of physics at the University of Kansas. Kerry Whisnant is professor of physics at Iowa State University.

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ՎերնագիրThe Physics of Neutrinos
AuthorsVernon Barger, Danny Marfatia, Kerry Lewis Whisnant
Editionillustrated
ՀրատարակիչPrinceton University Press, 2012
ISBN0691128537, 9780691128535
Length224 էջ
  
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