Fundamentals of neutrino physics and astrophysics [[electronic resource] /] / Carlo Giunti, Chung W. Kim

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808641703321
• Autore: Giunti Carlo
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 0191523224; 9780191523229
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xvi, 710 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): KimChung Wook <1934->
• Disciplina: 539.7215
• Soggetti: Neutrino astrophysics; Neutrinos
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [671]-704) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- 1 Historical introduction -- 2 Quantized Dirac fields -- 2.1 Dirac equation -- 2.2 Representations of &amp -- #947 -- matrices -- 2.3 Products of &amp -- #947 -- matrices -- 2.4 Relativistic covariance -- 2.5 Helicity -- 2.6 Gauge transformations -- 2.7 Chirality -- 2.8 Solution of the Dirac equation -- 2.9 Quantization -- 2.10 Symmetry transformation of states -- 2.11 C, P, and T transformations -- 2.12 Wave packets -- 2.13 Finite normalization volume -- 2.14 Fierz transformations -- 3 The Standard Model -- 3.1 Electroweak Lagrangian -- 3.2 Electroweak interactions -- 3.3 Three generations -- 3.4 The Higgs mechanism -- 3.5 Fermion masses and mixing -- 3.6 Gauge bosons -- 3.7 Effective low-energy CC and NC Lagrangians -- 4 Three-generation mixing -- 4.1 Diagonalization of the mass matrix -- 4.2 Physical parameters in the mixing matrix -- 4.3 Parameterization of the mixing matrix -- 4.4 Degenerate masses -- 4.5 Mixing matrix with one vanishing element -- 4.6 CP violation -- 4.7 Rephasing invariants -- 4.8 Unitarity triangles -- 4.9 Conditions for CP violation -- 5 Neutrino interactions -- 5.1 Neutrino-electron interactions -- 5.2 Hadron decays -- 5.3 Neutrino-nucleon scattering -- 6 Massive neutrinos -- 6.1 Dirac masses -- 6.2 Majorana neutrinos -- 6.3 Mixing of three Majorana neutrinos -- 6.4 One-generation Dirac-Majorana mass term -- 6.5 Three-generation Dirac-Majorana mixing -- 6.6 Special cases -- 6.7 Majorana mass matrix -- 7 Neutrino ; oscillations in vacuum -- 7.1 Standard Derivation of the Neutrino Oscillation Probability -- 7.2 Antineutrino case -- 7.3 CPT, CP, and T transformations -- 7.4 Two-neutrino mixing -- 7.5 Types of neutrino oscillation experiments -- 7.6 Averaged transition probability -- 7.7 Large &amp -- #916 -- m[sup(2)] dominance -- 7.8 Active small &amp -- #916 -- m[sup(2)].; 8 Theory of neutrino oscillations in vacuum -- 8.1 Plane-wave approximation -- 8.2 Wave-packet treatment -- 8.3 Size of neutrino wave packets -- 8.4 Questions -- 9 Neutrino oscillations in matter -- 9.1 Effective potentials in matter -- 9.2 Evolution of neutrino flavors -- 9.3 The MSW effect -- 9.4 Slab approximation -- 9.5 Parametric resonance -- 9.6 Geometrical representation -- 10 Solar neutrinos -- 10.1 Thermonuclear energy production -- 10.2 Standard solar models -- 10.3 Model-independent constraints on solar neutrino fluxes -- 10.4 Homestake experiment -- 10.5 Gallium experiments -- 10.6 Water Cherenkov detectors -- 10.7 Vacuum oscillations -- 10.8 Resonant flavor transitions in the Sun -- 10.9 Regeneration of solar ν[sub(e)]'s in the Earth -- 10.10 Global fit of solar neutrino data -- 11 Atmospheric neutrinos -- 11.1 Flux of atmospheric neutrinos -- 11.2 Atmospheric neutrino experiments -- 12 Terrestrial neutrino oscillation experiments -- 12.1 Sensitivity -- 12.2 Reactor experiments -- 12.3 Accelerator experiments -- 13 Phenomenology of three-neutrino mixing -- 13.1 Neutrino oscillations in vacuum -- 13.2 Matter effects -- 13.3 Analysis of oscillation data -- 14 Direct measurements of neutrino mass -- 14.1 Beta decay -- 14.2 Pion and tau decays -- 14.3 Neutrinoless double-beta decay -- 15 Supernova neutrinos -- 15.1 Supernova types -- 15.2 Supernova rates -- 15.3 Core-collapse supernova dynamics -- 15.4 SN1987A -- 15.5 Neutrino mass -- 15.6 Neutrino mixing -- 15.7 Other neutrino properties -- 15.8 Future -- 16 Cosmology -- 16.1 Basic general relativity -- 16.2 Robertson-Walker metric -- 16.3 Dynamics of expansion -- 16.4 Matter-dominated Universe -- 16.5 Radiation-dominated Universe -- 16.6 Curvature-dominated Universe -- 16.7 Vacuum-dominated Universe -- 16.8 Thermodynamics of the early Universe -- 16.9 Entropy -- 16.10 Decoupling.; 16.11 Cosmic microwave background radiation -- 17 Relic neutrinos -- 17.1 Neutrino decoupling -- 17.2 Electron-positron annihilation -- 17.3 Neutrino temperature -- 17.4 Energy density of light massive neutrinos -- 17.5 Energy density of heavy neutrinos -- 17.6 Big-Bang nucleosynthesis -- 17.7 Large-scale structure formation -- 17.8 Global fits of cosmological data -- 17.9 Number of neutrinos -- 17.10 Neutrino asymmetry -- Appendices -- A: Conventions, useful formulas, and physical constants -- A.1 Conventions -- A.2 Pauli matrices -- A.3 Dirac matrices -- A.4 Mathematical formulas -- A.5 Physical constants -- B: Specialrelativity -- B.1 The Lorentz group -- B.2 Representations of the Lorentz group -- B.3 The Poincaré group and its representations -- C: Lagrangian theory -- C.1 Variational principle and field equations -- C.2 Canonical quantization -- C.3 Noether's theorem -- C.4 Space-time translations -- C.5 Lorentz transformations -- C.6 Complex fields -- C.7 Global gauge symmetry -- D: Gauge theories -- D.1 General formulation of gauge theories -- D.2 Quantum chromodynamics -- E: Feynman rules of the standard electroweak model -- E.1 External lines -- E.2 Internal lines -- E.3 Vertices -- E.4 Cross-sections and decay rates -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Our Universe is made of a dozen fundamental building blocks. Among these, neutrinos are the most mysterious - but they are the second ; most abundant particles in the Universe. This book provides detailed discussions of how to describe neutrinos, their basic properties, and the roles they play in nature.