scholarly journals Search for GeV-Scale Sterile Neutrinos Responsible for Active Neutrino Oscillations and Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Gninenko ◽  
D. S. Gorbunov ◽  
M. E. Shaposhnikov
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Neutrino Oscillations ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Decay Length ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos ◽  
Active Neutrino ◽  
The Universe

Standard Model fails to explain neutrino oscillations, dark matter, and baryon asymmetry of the Universe. All these problems can be solved with three sterile neutrinos added to SM. Quite remarkably, if sterile neutrino masses are well below the electroweak scale, this modification—Neutrino Minimal Standard Model (νMSM)—can be tested experimentally. We discuss a new experiment on search for decays of GeV-scale sterile neutrinos, which are responsible for the matter-antimatter asymmetry generation and for the active neutrino masses. If lighter than 2 GeV, these particles can be produced in decays of charm mesons generated by high energy protons in a target, and subsequently decay into SM particles. To fully explore this sector ofνMSM, the new experiment requires data obtained with at least1020incident protons on target (achievable at CERN SPS in future) and a big volume detector constructed from a large amount of identical single modules, with a total sterile neutrino decay length of few kilometers. The preliminary feasibility study for the proposed experiment shows that it has sensitivity which may either lead to the discovery of new particles below the Fermi scale—right-handed partners of neutrinos—or rule out seesaw sterile neutrinos with masses below 2 GeV.

Testing sterile neutrino extensions of the Standard Model at the Circular Electron Positron Collider

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (23) ◽  
pp. 1544004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Antusch ◽  
Oliver Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
Expected Improvement ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Electroweak Scale ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos ◽  
Precision Data ◽  
Electron Positron ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Masses

Extending the Standard Model with sterile (“right-handed”) neutrinos is one of the best motivated ways to account for the observed neutrino masses. We discuss the expected sensitivity of the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) for testing such extensions. An interesting scenario is given by symmetry protected seesaw models, which theoretically allow for sterile neutrino masses around the electroweak scale with up to order one mixings with the active (SM) neutrinos. When the masses of the sterile neutrinos are well above the electroweak scale, they affect precision data via effective non-unitarity of the leptonic mixing matrix in a model independent way. The expected improvement of the electroweak precision observables from the CEPC may allow to test mixings between active and sterile neutrinos down to [Formula: see text] (using currently discussed CEPC performance parameters). For sterile neutrinos with masses around the electroweak scale, direct searches are possible. Such tests are given by the search for sterile neutrino decays at the [Formula: see text] pole, by deviations from the SM cross section for four leptons at and beyond the [Formula: see text] threshold, and by Higgs boson production and decays. The expected sensitivities at the CEPC could reach down to mixings as small as [Formula: see text].

scholarly journals NEUTRINOS AND THE MATTER-ANTIMATTER ASYMMETRY IN THE UNIVERSE

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (supp01) ◽  
pp. 56-64
Author(s):  
RICARDO GONZÁLEZ FELIPE
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Physics ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Neutrino Oscillations ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Seesaw Mechanism ◽  
Challenging Issue ◽  
Puzzling Problem ◽  
The Universe

The discovery of neutrino oscillations provides a solid evidence for nonzero neutrino masses and leptonic mixing. The fact that neutrino masses are so tiny constitutes a puzzling problem in particle physics. From the theoretical viewpoint, the smallness of neutrino masses can be elegantly explained through the seesaw mechanism. Another challenging issue for particle physics and cosmology is the explanation of the matter-antimatter asymmetry observed in Nature. Among the viable mechanisms, leptogenesis is a simple and well-motivated framework. In this paper we briefly review these aspects, making emphasis on the possibility of linking neutrino physics to the cosmological baryon asymmetry originated from leptogenesis.

scholarly journals Search for Hidden Particles in Intensity Frontier Experiment SHiP

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 689
Author(s):  
V. M. Gorkavenko
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Neutrino Oscillations ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Heavy Particles ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Universe

Despite the undeniable success of the Standard Model of particle physics (SM), there are some phenomena (neutrino oscillations, baryon asymmetry of the Universe, dark matter, etc.) that SM cannot explain. This phenomena indicate that the SM have to be modified. Most likely, there are new particles beyond the SM. There are many experiments to search for new physics that can be can divided into two types: energy and intensity frontiers. In experiments of the first type, one tries to directly produce and detect new heavy particles. In experiments of the second type, one tries to directly produce and detect new light particles that feebly interact with SM particles. The future intensity frontier SHiP experiment (Search for Hidden Particles) at the CERN SPS is discussed. Its advantages and technical characteristics are given.

Search for direct and indirect unitarity violation in neutrino oscillation experiments

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (21) ◽  
pp. 1444006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Luo
Keyword(s):  
Neutrino Oscillation ◽  
Neutrino Oscillations ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos ◽  
The Difference

If three standard neutrinos mix with other degree of freedoms like sterile neutrinos, no matter how heavy the sterile neutrino masses are, it could result in the unitarity violation in the MNSP matrix. Nevertheless, the unitarity violation induced by the existence of light or heavy sterile neutrinos can have very different effects on neutrino oscillations, we call the former case direct unitarity violation and the later case the indirect unitarity violation. We will explain in this paper the difference of these two kinds of unitarity violations, then focus on the possibilities of searching the unitarity violation in neutrino oscillation experiments, of which the precision reactor experiments with multiple baselines are discussed in detail.

scholarly journals PULSAR KICKS FROM NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2065-2084 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER KUSENKO
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Gravity Waves ◽  
Neutrino Oscillations ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Core Collapse ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Core Collapse Supernova

Neutrino oscillations in a core-collapse supernova may be responsible for the observed rapid motions of pulsars. Given the present bounds on the neutrino masses, the pulsar kicks require a sterile neutrino with mass 2–20 keV and a small mixing with the active neutrinos. The same particle can be the cosmological dark matter. Its existence can be confirmed the by the X-ray telescopes if they detect a 1–10 keV photon line from the decays of the relic sterile neutrinos. In addition, one may be able to detect gravity waves from a pulsar being accelerated by neutrinos in the event of a nearby supernova.

scholarly journals Sterile neutrinos with non-standard interactions in β- and 0νββ-decay experiments

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Dekens ◽  
J. de Vries ◽  
T. Tong
Keyword(s):  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Sterile Neutrinos ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
O 10 ◽  
Theory Framework

Abstract Charged currents are probed in low-energy precision β-decay experiments and at high-energy colliders, both of which aim to measure or constrain signals of beyond-the-Standard-Model physics. In light of future β-decay and LHC measurements that will further explore these non-standard interactions, we investigate what neutrinoless double-β decay (0νββ) experiments can tell us if a nonzero signal were to be found. Using a recently developed effective-field-theory framework, we consider the effects that interactions with right-handed neutrinos have on 0νββ and discuss the range of neutrino masses that current and future 0νββ measurements can probe, assuming neutrinos are Majorana particles. For non-standard interactions at the level suggested by recently observed hints in β decays, we show that next-generation 0νββ experiments can determine the Dirac or Majorana nature of neutrinos, for sterile neutrino masses larger than $$ \mathcal{O}(10) $$ O 10 eV.

scholarly journals Current and future neutrino oscillation constraints on leptonic unitarity

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian A. R. Ellis ◽  
Kevin J. Kelly ◽  
Shirley Weishi Li
Keyword(s):  
Precise Measurement ◽  
Sterile Neutrino ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Unknown Origin ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Matrix Elements ◽  
Neutrino Mixing ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Active Neutrino ◽  
Mixing Matrix

Abstract The unitarity of the lepton mixing matrix is a critical assumption underlying the standard neutrino-mixing paradigm. However, many models seeking to explain the as-yet-unknown origin of neutrino masses predict deviations from unitarity in the mixing of the active neutrino states. Motivated by the prospect that future experiments may provide a precise measurement of the lepton mixing matrix, we revisit current constraints on unitarity violation from oscillation measurements and project how next-generation experiments will improve our current knowledge. With the next-generation data, the normalizations of all rows and columns of the lepton mixing matrix will be constrained to ≲10% precision, with the e-row best measured at ≲1% and the τ-row worst measured at ∼10% precision. The measurements of the mixing matrix elements themselves will be improved on average by a factor of 3. We highlight the complementarity of DUNE, T2HK, JUNO, and IceCube Upgrade for these improvements, as well as the importance of ντ appearance measurements and sterile neutrino searches for tests of leptonic unitarity.

BARYOGENESIS IN AN SO(10) GUT MODEL WITH PATI–SALAM INTERMEDIATE SYMMETRY

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 1539-1546
Author(s):  
F. BUCCELLA ◽  
O. PISANTI ◽  
L. ROSA
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Neutrino Oscillations ◽  
Baryon Asymmetry ◽  
Gauge Model ◽  
Electroweak Scale ◽  
Proton Lifetime ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Breaking Scale

The possibility of generating the observed baryon asymmetry of the universe in an SO(10) gauge model with spontaneous symmetry breaking pattern [Formula: see text] is studied. We find it possible to generate a [Formula: see text], converting the leptonic number produced at the B- L breaking scale via the B+L violating processes mediated by sphalerons at the electroweak scale. The resulting picture is tested against the limit coming from experimental data: proton lifetime and neutrino oscillations.

scholarly journals Baryogenesis and dark matter in U(1) extensions

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (15) ◽  
pp. 1740005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan-Zhe Feng ◽  
Pran Nath
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Standard Model ◽  
Lepton Number ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Neutrino Masses ◽  
Neutrino Experiment ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Reactor Neutrino ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Neutrino Masses And Mixings

A brief review is given of some recent works where baryogenesis and dark matter have a common origin within the U(1) extensions of the Standard Model (SM) and of the minimal supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). The models considered generate the desired baryon asymmetry and the dark matter to baryon ratio. In one model, all of the fundamental interactions do not violate lepton number, and the total [Formula: see text] in the Universe vanishes. In addition, one may also generate a normal hierarchy of neutrino masses and mixings in conformity with the current data. Specifically, one can accommodate [Formula: see text] consistent with the data from Daya Bay reactor neutrino experiment.

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