Neutrino Physics
2nd Edition
Published on 2. August 2011
Book
Hardback
466 pages
978-1-4200-6471-1 (ISBN)
Description
When Kai Zuber's pioneering text on neutrinos was published in 2003, the author correctly predicted that the field would see tremendous growth in the immediate future. In that book, Professor Zuber provided a comprehensive self-contained examination of neutrinos, covering their research history and theory, as well as their application to particle physics, astrophysics, nuclear physics, and the broad reach of cosmology; but now to be truly comprehensive and accurate, the field's seminal reference needs to be revised and expanded to include the latest research, conclusions, and implications.
Revised as needed to be equal to the research of today, Neutrino Physics, Second Edition delves into neutrino cross sections, mass measurements, double beta decay, solar neutrinos, neutrinos from supernovae, and high energy neutrinos, as well as new experimental results in the context of theoretical models. It also provides entirely new discussion on:
Resolution of the solar neutrino problem
The first real-time measurement of solar neutrinos below 1 MeV
Geoneutrinos
Long baseline accelerator experiments
Written to be accessible to graduate students and readers from diverse backgrounds, this edition, like the first, provides both an introduction to the field as well as the information needed by those looking to make their own contribution to it. And like the first edition, it whets the researcher's appetite, going beyond certainty to pose those questions that still need answers.
Revised as needed to be equal to the research of today, Neutrino Physics, Second Edition delves into neutrino cross sections, mass measurements, double beta decay, solar neutrinos, neutrinos from supernovae, and high energy neutrinos, as well as new experimental results in the context of theoretical models. It also provides entirely new discussion on:
Resolution of the solar neutrino problem
The first real-time measurement of solar neutrinos below 1 MeV
Geoneutrinos
Long baseline accelerator experiments
Written to be accessible to graduate students and readers from diverse backgrounds, this edition, like the first, provides both an introduction to the field as well as the information needed by those looking to make their own contribution to it. And like the first edition, it whets the researcher's appetite, going beyond certainty to pose those questions that still need answers.
Reviews / Votes
praise for the first edtion:... extremely comprehensive and up-to-date ... an excellent introduction to this exciting field ... a handy reference source for the experts.
- Alan Watson, University of Leeds
... highly recommended to anyone interested in this field, and to any advanced student ... who needs to understand neutrino physics.
- Klaus Blaum, CERN Courier
. . . an excellent, up-to-date, and thorough introduction to the subject for new researchers in the field ... a valuable and handy reference for the more experienced scientist.
- Dan Hooper, E-streams
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Series
Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Upper level graduate students in particle physics and particle astrophysics.
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
227 s/w Abbildungen, 33 s/w Tabellen
33 Tables, black and white; 227 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
794 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4200-6471-1 (9781420064711)
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Kai Zuber
Neutrino Physics
Book
11/2003
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Institute of Physics Publishing
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Dresden University, Germany University of Oxford, UK Fermilab Astrophysics, Batavia, Illinois, USA
Content
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EXPERIMENTS
'The birth of the neutrino'
Nuclear recoil experiment by Rodeback and Allen
Discovery of the neutrino by Cowan and Reines
Difference between ?e and .?e and solar neutrino detection
Discovery of parity violation in weak interactions
Direct measurement of the helicity of the neutrino
Experimental proof that ?? is different from ?e
Discovery of weak neutral currents
Discovery of the weak gauge bosonsW and Z
Observation of neutrinos from SN 1987A
Number of neutrino flavours from the width of the Z
PROPERTIES OF NEUTRINOS
Helicity and chirality
Charge conjugation
Parity transformation
Dirac and Majorana mass terms
Lepton number
THE STANDARD MODEL OF PARTICLE PHYSICS
The V-A theory of the weak interaction
Gauge theories
The Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model
Experimental determination of fundamental parameters
NEUTRINOS AS A PROBE OF NUCLEAR STRUCTURE
Neutrino beams
Neutrino detectors
Total cross section for neutrino-nucleon scattering
Kinematics of deep inelastic scattering
Quasi-elastic neutrino-nucleon scattering
Coherent, resonant and diffractive production
Structure function of nucleons
The quark-parton model, parton distribution functions
y distributions and quark content from total cross sections
Charm physics
Neutral current reactions
Neutrino cross section on nuclei
NEUTRINO MASSES AND PHYSICS BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL
Running coupling constants
The minimal SU(5) model
The SO(10) model
Supersymmetry
Neutrino masses
Neutrino mixing
DIRECT NEUTRINO MASS SEARCHES
Fundamentals of ?-decay
Searches for m??e
Searches for m?e
m?? determination from pion-decay
Mass of the ?? from tau-decay
Electromagnetic properties of neutrinos
Neutrino decay
DOUBLE ?-DECAY
Introduction
Decay rates
Nuclear structure effects on matrix elements
Experiments
Interpretation of the obtained results
Future plans and activities
?+?+-decay
CP phases and double ?-decay
Generalization to three flavours
NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS
General formalism
CP and T violation in neutrino oscillations
Oscillations with two neutrino flavours
The case for three flavours
Experimental considerations
Nuclear reactor experiments
Accelerator-based oscillation experiments
Searches at higher neutrino energy
Neutrino oscillations in matter
Future activities - Determination of the PMNS matrix elements
Possible future beams
ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRINOS
Cosmic rays
Interactions within the atmosphere
Experimental status
Accelerator based searches-long-baseline experiments
SOLAR NEUTRINOS
The standard solar model
Solar neutrino experiments
Theoretical solutions - matter effects
Future potential experiments
NEUTRINOS FROM SUPERNOVAE
Supernovae
Neutrino emission in supernova explosions
Detection methods for supernova neutrinos
Supernova 1987A
Supernova rates and future experiments
Neutrino oscillations and supernova signals
ULTRA-HIGH ENERGETIC COSMIC NEUTRINOS
Sources of high-energy cosmic neutrinos
Detection
NEUTRINOS IN COSMOLOGY
Cosmological models
The cosmic microwave background (CMB)
Neutrinos as dark matter
Candidates for dark matter
Neutrinos and large-scale structure
The cosmic neutrino background
Primordial nucleosynthesis
Baryogenesis via leptogenesis
SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK
'The birth of the neutrino'
Nuclear recoil experiment by Rodeback and Allen
Discovery of the neutrino by Cowan and Reines
Difference between ?e and .?e and solar neutrino detection
Discovery of parity violation in weak interactions
Direct measurement of the helicity of the neutrino
Experimental proof that ?? is different from ?e
Discovery of weak neutral currents
Discovery of the weak gauge bosonsW and Z
Observation of neutrinos from SN 1987A
Number of neutrino flavours from the width of the Z
PROPERTIES OF NEUTRINOS
Helicity and chirality
Charge conjugation
Parity transformation
Dirac and Majorana mass terms
Lepton number
THE STANDARD MODEL OF PARTICLE PHYSICS
The V-A theory of the weak interaction
Gauge theories
The Glashow-Weinberg-Salam model
Experimental determination of fundamental parameters
NEUTRINOS AS A PROBE OF NUCLEAR STRUCTURE
Neutrino beams
Neutrino detectors
Total cross section for neutrino-nucleon scattering
Kinematics of deep inelastic scattering
Quasi-elastic neutrino-nucleon scattering
Coherent, resonant and diffractive production
Structure function of nucleons
The quark-parton model, parton distribution functions
y distributions and quark content from total cross sections
Charm physics
Neutral current reactions
Neutrino cross section on nuclei
NEUTRINO MASSES AND PHYSICS BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL
Running coupling constants
The minimal SU(5) model
The SO(10) model
Supersymmetry
Neutrino masses
Neutrino mixing
DIRECT NEUTRINO MASS SEARCHES
Fundamentals of ?-decay
Searches for m??e
Searches for m?e
m?? determination from pion-decay
Mass of the ?? from tau-decay
Electromagnetic properties of neutrinos
Neutrino decay
DOUBLE ?-DECAY
Introduction
Decay rates
Nuclear structure effects on matrix elements
Experiments
Interpretation of the obtained results
Future plans and activities
?+?+-decay
CP phases and double ?-decay
Generalization to three flavours
NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS
General formalism
CP and T violation in neutrino oscillations
Oscillations with two neutrino flavours
The case for three flavours
Experimental considerations
Nuclear reactor experiments
Accelerator-based oscillation experiments
Searches at higher neutrino energy
Neutrino oscillations in matter
Future activities - Determination of the PMNS matrix elements
Possible future beams
ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRINOS
Cosmic rays
Interactions within the atmosphere
Experimental status
Accelerator based searches-long-baseline experiments
SOLAR NEUTRINOS
The standard solar model
Solar neutrino experiments
Theoretical solutions - matter effects
Future potential experiments
NEUTRINOS FROM SUPERNOVAE
Supernovae
Neutrino emission in supernova explosions
Detection methods for supernova neutrinos
Supernova 1987A
Supernova rates and future experiments
Neutrino oscillations and supernova signals
ULTRA-HIGH ENERGETIC COSMIC NEUTRINOS
Sources of high-energy cosmic neutrinos
Detection
NEUTRINOS IN COSMOLOGY
Cosmological models
The cosmic microwave background (CMB)
Neutrinos as dark matter
Candidates for dark matter
Neutrinos and large-scale structure
The cosmic neutrino background
Primordial nucleosynthesis
Baryogenesis via leptogenesis
SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK