04105nam 22006015 450 991030054940332120231115120024.03-319-74802-510.1007/978-3-319-74802-3(CKB)4100000003359354(DE-He213)978-3-319-74802-3(MiAaPQ)EBC5578941(PPN)226696324(EXLCZ)99410000000335935420180402d2018 u| 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIntroduction to the Physics of Massive and Mixed Neutrinos /by Samoil Bilenky2nd ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2018.1 online resource (XVI, 277 p. 14 illus.)Lecture Notes in Physics,0075-8450 ;9473-319-74801-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Weak Interaction Before the Standard Model -- The Standard Model of the Electroweak Interaction -- Neutrino Mass Terms -- Neutrino Mixing Matrix -- Neutrino Oscillations in Vacuum -- Neutrino in Matter -- Neutrinoless Double Beta-Decay -- On absolute Values of Neutrino Masses -- Neutrino Oscillation Experiments -- Neutrino and Cosmology -- Conclusion and Prospects.Small neutrino masses are the first signs of new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. Since the first edition of this textbook appeared in 2010, the Nobel Prize has been awarded "for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass". The measurement of the small neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ in 2012, launched the precision stage of the investigation of neutrino oscillations. This measurement now allows such fundamental problems as the three-neutrino mass spectrum - is it normal or inverted? – and the $CP$ violation in the lepton sector to be tackled. In order to understand the origin of small neutrino masses, it remains crucial to reveal the nature of neutrinos with definite masses: are they Dirac neutrinos possessing a conserved lepton number, which distinguishes neutrinos and antineutrinos, or are they Majorana neutrinos with identical neutrinos and antineutrinos? Experiments searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay are presently under way to answer this fundamental question. The second edition of this book comprehensively discusses all these important recent developments. Based on numerous lectures given by the author, a pioneer of modern neutrino physics (recipient of the Bruno Pontecorvo Prize 2002), at different institutions and schools, it offers a gentle yet detailed introduction to the physics of massive and mixed neutrinos that prepares graduate students and young researchers entering the field for the exciting years ahead in neutrino physics.Lecture Notes in Physics,0075-8450 ;947Elementary particles (Physics)Quantum field theoryAstrophysicsQuantum physicsElementary Particles, Quantum Field Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P23029Astrophysics and Astroparticleshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22022Quantum Physicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19080Elementary particles (Physics).Quantum field theory.Astrophysics.Quantum physics.Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.Astrophysics and Astroparticles.Quantum Physics.539.7215Bilenky Samoilauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut515329MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910300549403321Introduction to the Physics of Massive and Mixed Neutrinos855600UNINA