Neutrinos in Cosmology, Astro, Particle and Nuclear Physics

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Front Cover
Neutrinos in Cosmology, Astro, Particle and Nuclear Physics
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1. 40 Years of Neutrino Physics
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
Chapter 2. A Review of the Homestake Solar Neutrino Experiment
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
THE HOMESTAKE EXPERIMENT
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
COMPARISON WITH KAMIOKANDE II DETECTOR
CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
REFERENCES
Chapter 3. GALLEX Solar Neutrino Results and their Implications
References
Chapter 4. Statistical Treatment of the Low-Level Counting Data in GALLEX
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
INTRODUCTION
MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS OF LOW COUNT RATE DATA
THE COMPLETE LIKELIHOOD FUNCTION AND RESULTS
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
Chapter 5. Solar Flare Neutrinos Real or Not?
Abstract
1 Introduction
2 The Baksan Underground Neutrino Scintillation Telescope (BUNST)
3 Analysis of Baksan Events
4 Solar Flare June 4, 1991 (Run 117)
5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 6. BAIKAL Neutrino Telescope: Experience of Large Phototube Quasar-370 Application
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
BAIKAL NEUTRINO TELESCOPE NT-200
OPTICAL MODULE
PHOTOTUBE
TIMING
REFERENCES
Chapter 7. Neutrino Halos Around Baryonic Stars and Supermassive Neutrino Stars - Atoms of the Macrocosm?
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. DEGENERATE NEUTRINO HALOS
3. IMPLICATIONS OF NEUTRINO HALOS
4. GALACTIC NUCLEI, QSO'S AND SUPERMASSIVE NEUTRINO STARS
5. OBSERVATIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF NEUTRINO STARS
6. COSMOLOGICAL PROBLEMS WITH HEAVY NEUTRINOS
7. FORMATION OF SUPERMASSIVE NEUTRINO STARS
8. NEUTRINO COOLING AND PLASMA REHEATING
9. NEUTRINO ANNIHILATION AND THE 'PSEUDO-RADIATION' PHASE
10. HEAVY NEUTRINO COSMOLOGY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
References
Chapter 8. Neutrino Physics and Supernovae
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Basic input physics
3. Models of core-collapse supernovae
4. Theoretical predictions of neutrino fluxes and energies
5. Supernova observations as diagnostic tools of core collapse
6. Concluding remarks
References
Chapter 9. Neutrinos and the Evolution of Newly Born Neutron Stars
Abstract
Keywords
1. The role of neutrinos in the evolution of a neutron star
2. Consequences of our incomplete knowledge of neutrino cross sections
References
Chapter 10. MACRO as a Detector of Neutrinos from Stellar Gravitational Collapse
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
DETECTION OF GC NEUTRINOS IN LIQUID SCINTILLATOR
THE MACRO DETECTOR
DETECTION OF GC NEUTRINOS WITH MACRO
REFERENCES
Chapter 11. Neutrinos and the Dark Matter of the Universe
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
EVIDENCE FOR DARK MATTER
APPARENT NEED FOR MIXED DARK MATTER
HOT DARK MATTER
COLD DARK MATTER
FUTURE DIRECT DETECTION OF DARK MATTER
CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 12. Study of Neutrino and Dark Matter by High Sensitivity ßß, ? and X Ray Spectrometer ELEGANTS
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 13. Electron Antineutrino Mass from ß-Decay
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
INTRODUCTION
THE ZURICH EXPERIMENT
TRITIUM EXPERIMENTS IN COMPARISON
References
Chapter 14. The Mainz Neutrino Mass Experiment
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP
3. MEASUREMENTS
4. DATA ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
5. CONCLUDING REMARKS ON MEASUREMENT STRATEGIES
References
Chapter 15. Future Perspectives of the Mainz Neutrino Mass Experiment
References
Chapter 16. The Garching Neutrino Mass Experiments (Status Report)
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
INTRODUCTION
TRITIUM EXPERIMENTS
REFERENCES
Chapter 17. Some Aspects of ß"-Spectra Evaluation with Respect to the Neutrino Mass
KEYWORDS
FERMI FUNCTION
NUCLEAR STRUCTURE
ELECTRON BACKSCATTERING
REFERENCES
Chapter 18. Massive Neutrinos as Probes of Fundamental Left-Right Symmetry of Nature
Abstract
I.Introduction
II.Neutrino Mass Matrices Suggested by Data
III. Massive Neutrinos , and Spontaneous Parity Violation
IV.Suggestions on the SU(2)R Scale from Cosmology
V. Minimal SO(10) GUT and Predictions for Neutrino Masses and Mixings
VI. An SO(10) Model with Measurable Double Beta Decay Life-time
VII. Summary and Conclusions
References
Chapter 19. Update on the Physics of Neutrino Mass
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
1 LIMITS ON NEUTRINO MASSES
2 HINTS FOR NEUTRINO MASSES
3 LEPTON FLAVOUR VIOLATION
4 NEUTRINO MASS SIGNALS AT HIGH ENERGIES
6 CONCLUSION
7 REFERENCES
Chapter 20. Double-Beta Decay: Some Recent Results and Developments
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS
NUCLEAR STRUCTURE CONSIDERATIONS
PROGRESS ON THE IGEX EXPERIMENT
CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRST PHASE-II DETECTOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
Chapter 21. Tracking Electrons from Double Beta Decay - How Far CanYou Push the TPC?
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
INTRODUCTION
ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF THE TPC
TPC PERFORMANCE
REFERENCES
Chapter 22. Double Beta Decay and Neutrino Mass. The Heidelberg-Moscow Experiment
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. CALCULATION OF ßß MATRIX ELEMENTS, QRPA AND OEM
3. STATUS OF THE HEIDELBERG-MOSCOW EXPERIMENT
4. APPLICATION OF ßß-TECHNOLOGY TO DARK MATTER SEARCH AND ?-LINE ASTROPHYSICS
Acknowledgement
REFERENCES
Chapter 23. Background Recognition in Germanium Detectors by Pulse Shape Analysis
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
INTRODUCTION
DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD
REFERENCES
Chapter 24. Measurement of the 2vßß Decay of 76Ge
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
EXPERIMENT
DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD
REFERENCES
Chapter 25. Grand Unification, Nuclear Structure and the Double Beta-Decay
ABSTRACT
1. Introduction
2. Description of the two-neutrino double beta-decay
3. The neutrinoless double beta-decay
References
Chapter 26. Two Neutrino (2 v) Double and Single Beta Decay by QRPA with Neutron-Proton Pairing
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
1. Introduction of the 0v and 2v double beta decay
2. Motivation
3. Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS)and/or Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) with np pairing
4. QRPA with np pairing
5. 2v double beta decay with np pairing
6. Sum rule for the single beta decay with np pairing
7. Summary and future plan
8. References
Chapter 27. Two Vacua Particle Number Projected Random Phase Approximation
ABSTRACT
REFERENCES
Chapter 28. Proton-Neutron Correlations, Particle Number Conservation and Double Beta Decay
REFERENCES
Chapter 29. Pseudo SU (3) Approach to the ßß Decay
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
REFERENCES
Chapter 30. A Discussion of the (µ-,e-) Conversion
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
REFERENCES
Chapter 31. Neutrino Experiments at Nuclear Reactors
Abstract
Introduction
Gerneral considerations
Neutrino mixing and neutrino oscillations
Reactor as neutrino source
Search for neutrino oscillations
Neutrino masses and mixing from v-decay
Radiative decay
Reaction cross-sections
Neutrino electron scattering
Neutrino-Deuteron interaction
New experiments
References
Chapter 32. KARMEN: Neutrino Physics at ISIS
ABSTRACT
1 Introduction
2 The KARMEN Experiment
3 Neutrino - Nucleus Interactions
4 Experimental Status
5 Charged Current Reaction 12C ( ve, e- ) 12Ng.s.
6 Neutral Current Reaction 12C ( v, u' ) 12C* ( 1+ 1 )
7 Flavour universality of the v - Z° coupling
8 Charged Current Reaction 12C ( ue, e- ) 12N
9 Outlook
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 33. KARMEN: Precision Tests of the Standard Model with Neutrinos from Muon and Pion Decay
ABSTRACT
1 Introduction
2 The KARMEN experiment at ISIS
3 Neutrino Oscillations
4 Lorentz Structure of Weak Charged Currents
5 Rare Decays
Acknowledgement
References
Chapter 34. Neutrino Electron Scattering at ISIS
ABSTRACT
References
Chapter 35. Neutral Current Coupling Constants from Neutrino-Electron Scattering
1 Introduction
2 Some Theoretical Remarks
3 Experimental methods and results
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 36. vt - Detection Using a New Capillary Target
ABSTRACT
PHYSICS MOTIVATION
CONCEPT AND LAYOUT OF THE CAPILLARY TARGET
RECENT RESULTS FROM A HADRON BEAM
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
REFERENCES
Chapter 37. Development of a High Resolution Cryogenic Detector with Applications in Neutrino Physics
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
INTRODUCTION
DISCUSSION OF SOLAR NEUTRINO APPLICATION
REFERENCES
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