A Modern Introduction to Neutrino Physics
A Modern Introduction to Neutrino Physics

Author: Frank F Deppisch

Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers

Published: 2019-11-07

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 1643276808

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A deeper understanding of neutrinos, with the goal to reveal their nature and exact role within particle physics, is at the frontier of current research. This book reviews the field in a concise fashion and highlights the most pressing issues and areas of strongest topical interest. It provides a clear, self-contained, and logical treatment of the fundamental physics aspects, appropriate for graduate students. Starting with the relevant basics of the SM, neutrinos are introduced, and the quantum mechanical effect of oscillations is explained in detail. A strong focus is then set on the phenomenon of lepton number violation, especially in 0nbb decay, as the crucial probe to understand the nature of neutrinos. The role of neutrinos in astrophysics, expected to be of increasing importance for future research, is then described. Finally, models to explain the neutrino properties are outlined. The central theme of the book is the nature of neutrino masses and the above topics will revolve around this issue.

Neutrino
Neutrino

Author: Frank Close

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-02-23

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0199695997

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A history of the neutrino discusses how the atomic particle was sought and found, and how it allows astronomers to perform more in-depth research about distant galaxies and stars.

The Physics of Neutrino Interactions
The Physics of Neutrino Interactions

Author: M. Sajjad Athar

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-12-03

Total Pages: 975

ISBN-13: 1108489060

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A comprehensive introduction to neutrino physics with detailed description of neutrinos and their properties.

Neutrino Cosmology
Neutrino Cosmology

Author: Julien Lesgourgues

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-02-21

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 110701395X

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A self-contained guide to the role played by neutrinos in the Universe and how their properties influence cosmological and astrophysical observations.

I'm a Neutrino: Tiny Particles in a Big Universe
I'm a Neutrino: Tiny Particles in a Big Universe

Author: Eve M. Vavagiakis

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2022-03-08

Total Pages: 39

ISBN-13: 1536226750

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An accessible and visually arresting picture book about one of the universe's most mysterious particles for the youngest scientific minds Before you finish reading this sentence, trillions upon trillions of neutrinos will have passed through your body. Not sure what a neutrino is? Get an up-close-and-personal introduction in this dazzling picture book from MIT Kids Press, told in lilting rhyme from the neutrino’s point of view and filled with mind-bending, full-bleed illustrations that swirl and splash the cosmos to life. Some of the smallest bits of matter known to exist—and they exist everywhere—neutrinos are inspiring cutting-edge and Nobel Prize–winning research. Here, playful text and watercolor illustrations blended with photographs distill the concept of these mysterious particles down to its essence. “Know Your Neutrinos” end notes provide context for each spread, amplifying the science and making complex astrophysics and physics concepts approachable. This indispensable STEM title urges children to dream of contributing their own discoveries.

Neutrino Hunters
Neutrino Hunters

Author: Ray Jayawardhana

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-12-10

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 144341428X

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The incredibly small bits of matter we call neutrinos may hold the secret to why antimatter is so rare, how mighty stars explode as supernovas and what the universe was like just seconds after the big bang. They even illuminate the inner workings of our own planet. For more than eighty years, adventurous minds from around the world have been chasing these ghostly particles, trillions of which pass through our bodies every second. Extremely elusive and difficult to pin down, neutrinos are not unlike the brilliant and eccentric scientists who doggedly pursue them. Ray Jayawardhana recounts in Neutrino Hunters a captivating saga of scientific discovery and celebrates a glorious human quest, revealing why the next decade of neutrino hunting could redefine how we think about physics, cosmology and our lives on Earth.

Physics of Massive Neutrinos
Physics of Massive Neutrinos

Author: Felix Boehm

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-06-26

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780521428491

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Neutrinos play a decisive part in nuclear and elementary particle physics, as well as in astrophysics and cosmology. Some of their most basic properties, such as their mass and charge conjugation symmetry, are largely unknown. This book focuses on what we know and may hope to know about the mass of the neutrino and its particle-antiparticle symmetry. Topics include neutrino mixing, neutrino decay, neutrino oscillations, double beta decay, solar neutrinos, supernova neutrinos and related issues. The authors stress the physical concepts, and discuss both theoretical and experimental techniques. This updated second edition differs from the first in that it contains an expanded coverage of experimental results and theoretical advances. Since publication of the first edition, many issues that were at that time unresolved, such as tritium beta decay and reactor neutrino oscillations, have been clarified and are discussed here. Also included is an expanded coverage of solar and supernova neutrinos. This book deals with one of the most intriguing issues in modern physics, and will be of value to researchers, graduate students and advanced undergraduates specializing in experimental and theoretical particle physics and nuclear physics.

Measurements of Neutrino Mass
Measurements of Neutrino Mass

Author: F. Ferroni

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2009-09-29

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 1607504502

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This volume offers a valuable insight into various aspects of the ongoing work directed at measuring neutrino mass. It took twenty years to refute the assertions of Bethe and Peierls that neutrinos were not observable, but it has since been realised that much can be learnt from these particles. The moral is, as Fiorini argues here, that the study of neutrinos was and remains demanding but rewarding. Subjects addressed in this volume include; clarifying the meaning of the Klapdor-Kleingrothaus results, probing the Majorana nature of neutrinos, observing lepton number violating effects for the first time, studying the end point of the spectrum in the search for neutrino masses and speculating whether it is possible to measure neutrino masses in cosmology. Lectures are enriched with rich historical overviews and valuable introductory material. Attention is also given to theoretical topics such as the evolution of the concept of mass in particle physics, a status report on neutrino oscillations and current discussion on neutrino masses. The reader is further reminded that neutrino masses may also have some bearing on the very origin of the matter among us, and have many deep links with other important lines of current physics research.