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

• Autore: Giunti Carlo
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (727 p.)
• Disciplina: 539.7215
• Soggetto topico: Neutrino astrophysics; Neutrinos
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KimChung Wook <1934->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [671]-704) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 Historical introduction; 2 Quantized Dirac fields; 2.1 Dirac equation; 2.2 Representations of γ matrices; 2.3 Products of γ 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 bosons3.7 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 neutrinos6.4 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 Δm[sup(2)] dominance; 7.8 Active small Δm[sup(2)]; 8 Theory of neutrino oscillations in vacuum; 8.1 Plane-wave approximation ; 8.2 Wave-packet treatment8.3 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 Earth10.10 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
• 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. - ;This book deals with neutrino physics and astrophysics - a field in which some of the most exciting recent developments in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology took place. The book is the most up-to-date, comprehensive and self-contained treatment of key issues in neutrino physics. It
• Titolo autorizzato: Fundamentals of neutrino physics and astrophysics
• ISBN: 1-281-16005-9; 1-4294-8843-3; 9786611160050; 0-19-152322-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465776903321
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