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

• Autore: Giunti Carlo
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xvi, 710 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 539.7215
• Soggetto topico: Neutrino astrophysics; Neutrinos
• Altri autori: KimChung Wook <1934->
• 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 & -- #947 -- matrices -- 2.3 Products of & -- #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 & -- #916 -- m[sup(2)] dominance -- 7.8 Active small & -- #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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fundamentals of neutrino physics and astrophysics
• ISBN: 0191523224; 9780191523229
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808641703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II