Introduction to Neutrino Physics

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Introduction to Neutrino Physics Tommy Ohlsson tommy@theophys.kth.se Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Stockholm Center for Physics, Astronomy, and Biotechnology Stockholm, Sweden Uppsala, Sweden October 3, 2002 Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.1/24

Brief History & Introduction 4 December 1930: Wolfgang Pauli postulated the neutrino. 1933: Enrico Fermi and Francis Perrin concluded that neutrinos are massless particles. 1946: Bruno Pontecorvo proposed that neutrinos could be detected through the reaction. 1956: Clyde L. Cowan, Jr. and Frederick Reines discovered the electron antineutrino via inverse -decay,. Nobel Prize 1957: Neutrino oscillations were considered by Pontecorvo. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.2/24

Brief History & Introduction 1962: Mixing of two massive neutrinos was introduced and discussed by Z. Maki, M. Nakagawa, and S. Sakata. 1962: The muon neutrino was detected by the group of L.M. Lederman, M. Schwartz, and J. Steinberger at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Nobel Prize 1978 & 1985: The Mikheyev Smirnov Wolfenstein (MSW) effect was found. 23 February 1987: About 25 neutrinos from the supernova SN1987A were detected by the Kamiokande (Japan), IMB (USA), and Baksan (Sovjet Union) experiments. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.2/24

Brief History & Introduction June 1998: The Super-Kamiokande experiment in Japan reported strong evidence for neutrino oscillations from their atmospheric neutrino data and from which one can conclude that neutrinos are massive particles. July 2000: The tau neutrino was observed by the DONUT experiment at Fermilab. June 2001: The SNO experiment in Canada reported the first direct indication of a non-electron flavor component in the solar neutrino flux, i.e., the first stong evidence for solar neutrino oscillations. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.2/24

Brief History & Introduction April 2002: Continuation of the success of the SNO experiment, which reported its first results on the solar neutrino flux measurements via neutral-current (NC) interactions. The total neutrino flux measured via NC interactions is consistent with the Standard Solar Model (SSM) predictions. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.2/24

Sources of Neutrinos The Sun The atmosphere (cosmic rays) Reactors Accelerators Supernovae The Earth ( natural radioactivity ) The Big Bang (so-called relic neutrinos). Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.3/24

Neutrino Flavors What is the number of neutrino flavors? a Particle Data Group, K. Hagiwara et al., Review of Particle Physics, Phys. Rev. D 66, 010001 (2002), pdg.lbl.gov Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.4/24

Neutrino Flavors What is the number of neutrino flavors? A combined SM fit to LEP data a : A direct measurement of invisible decay width: a Particle Data Group, K. Hagiwara et al., Review of Particle Physics, Phys. Rev. D 66, 010001 (2002), pdg.lbl.gov Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.4/24

Neutrino Flavors What is the number of neutrino flavors? A combined SM fit to LEP data a : A direct measurement of invisible decay width:, i.e., there are three neutrino flavors. a Particle Data Group, K. Hagiwara et al., Review of Particle Physics, Phys. Rev. D 66, 010001 (2002), pdg.lbl.gov Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.4/24

Massive Neutrinos Within the standard model of elementary particle physics (SM), the neutrinos are massless particles. Massive neutrinos would mean physics beyond the SM. Neutrinos are most certain massive particles. The SM needs to be extended! Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.5/24

Massive Neutrinos The fermionic sector of the SM contains 13 parameters, i.e., 1. 9 mass parameters (quarks and charged leptons) and 2. 4 mixing parameters (CKM mixing matrix). A trivial extension of the SM would mean 7 (Dirac case) or 9 (Majorana case) new parameters, i.e., 1. 3 mass parameters (neutrinos) and 2. 4 or 6 (leptonic) mixing parameters (MNS mixing matrix). In total, the fermionic sector of the extended SM has 20 or 22 parameters. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.5/24

) (! ) Massive Neutrinos One possible extension of the SM: Simplest new physics (NP): Add new fields to the SM. The trivial extension is to add sterile neutrinos (right-handed SM singlets) to the three active neutrinos [ Two types of mass terms arise from renormalizable terms: ]. '& % %% #$ #" which can be written as.-.- / +*, where is the 0- ( 1! (43 21! Dirac Majorana neutrino mass matrix. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.5/24

The Seesaw Mechanism The seesaw mechanism is one of the most natural descriptions of the smallness of the neutrino masses. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.6/24

The Seesaw Mechanism The seesaw mechanism is one of the most natural descriptions of the smallness of the neutrino masses. One flavor Dirac Majorana neutrino mass matrix: where,, and are real mass parameters. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.6/24

The Seesaw Mechanism The seesaw mechanism is one of the most natural descriptions of the smallness of the neutrino masses. One flavor Dirac Majorana neutrino mass matrix: where,, and are real mass parameters. Diagonalization [ ] Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.6/24

The Seesaw Mechanism Assume that and $ which are called the seesaw mechanism formulas. (Gell-Mann, Ramond & Slansky, 1979; Yanagida, 1979; Mohapatra & Senjanović, 1980) Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.6/24

The Seesaw Mechanism Matrix generalization of the seesaw mechanism formulas for more than one flavor: where Here is the effective neutrino mass matrix, the Dirac mass matrix, and is is the Majorana mass matrix. (see, e.g., Lindner, Ohlsson & Seidl, 2002) Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.6/24

The Masses of the Neutrinos Assuming that the neutrino mass eigenstates,, and are the primary components of the neutrino flavor states,, and, the present upper bounds on the neutrino masses are: The electron neutrino: The muon neutrino: The tau neutrino: However, this picture is not entirely true! Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.7/24

Neutrino Oscillations Neutrino oscillations and mixed. Neutrinos are massive Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.8/24

Neutrino Oscillations Neutrino oscillations and mixed. Neutrinos are massive The neutrinos are particles that can be considered to be governed by the Schrödinger equation, i.e., the neutrino states can be represented by quantum mechanical states. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.8/24

Neutrino Oscillations Neutrino oscillations and mixed. Neutrinos are massive The neutrinos are particles that can be considered to be governed by the Schrödinger equation, i.e., the neutrino states can be represented by quantum mechanical states. The relations between flavor and mass states and fields are: where the matrix. s are matrix elements of the mixing Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.8/24

Neutrino Oscillations The time evolution of the neutrino mass eigenstates is: where is the energy of the th neutrino mass eigenstate neutrinos). Here momentum of the th neutrino mass eigenstate, respectively. and Furthermore, we can assume that and. $ (ultra-relativistic are the mass and Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.8/24

# " Neutrino Oscillations Thus, neutrino oscillations among different neutrino flavors occur with the transition probabilities which can be re-written as! "$$$$ " " " Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.8/24

The MSW Effect The neutrino oscillation transition probabilities in matter may differ drastically from the corresponding transition probabilities in vacuum. In particular, the presence of matter can lead to resonant amplification of the transition probability between two given types of neutrinos, even if the corresponding transition probability in vacuum is strongly suppressed by a small mixing. This is the so-called MSW effect. (Wolfenstein, 1978; Mikheyev & Smirnov, 1985, 1986) Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.9/24

Matter Effects The Schrödinger equation in vacuum:. where the total (free) Hamiltonian in the mass basis is Here are the number of flavors and. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.10/24

Matter Effects The Schrödinger equation in matter: In matter, we need to add the matter potential to the total Hamiltonian, i.e., where is the mixing matrix relating the mass and flavor bases and is a constant, the matter density parameter. Note! Only one entry in the matrix is non-zero. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.10/24

Two Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Models In vacuum: Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.11/24

Two Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Models In vacuum: The mixing matrix: where is the mixing angle. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.11/24

Two Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Models In vacuum: The mixing matrix: where is the mixing angle. The mass squared difference: where and are the masses of the two neutrino mass eigenstates, respectively. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.11/24

Two Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Models The transition probabilities: where energy. is the baseline length and 1 1 is the neutrino P ee (L) It holds that sin 2 2θ L osc. =4πE/ m 2 0 0 L osc. 2L osc. L P eµ (L) 0 sin 2 2θ L osc. =4πE/ m 2 0 L osc. 2L osc. L Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.11/24

Two Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Models In matter: The effective mixing angle in matter: $ The effective mass squared difference in matter: Here is the matter density parameter. and Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.11/24

Two Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Models MSW resonance condition: Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.11/24

Two Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Models MSW resonance condition: The effective mixing angle in matter obtains its maximal value when the condition is fulfilled. This condition is called the MSW resonance condition. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.11/24

Two Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Models MSW resonance condition: The effective mixing angle in matter obtains its maximal value when the condition is fulfilled. This condition is called the MSW resonance condition. It follows that, if the MSW resonance condition is satisfied, then the effective mixing angle in matter maximal, i.e., the vacuum mixing angle is, independently of the value of. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.11/24

Three Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Models The formulas in matter are much more complicated for the three flavor case than for the two flavor case! Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.12/24

Three Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Models The formulas in matter are much more complicated for the three flavor case than for the two flavor case! Using the Cayley Hamilton formalism, one finds the transition probabilities in matter: where. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.12/24

Three Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Models Here: The s ( ) are the eigenvalues of the matrix. (Ohlsson & Snellman, 2000; Ohlsson, 2001) Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.12/24

Three Flavor Neutrino Oscillation Models The survival transition probability that traverse the Earth as a function of the nadir angle and the neutrino energy : (Ohlsson, 2001) for neutrinos Parameter values:, and,,,. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.12/24

Neutrino Experiments Sun Earth Primary neutrino source Solar core ~10 8 kilometers Underground ν e detector p + p D + e + + ν e Other sources of neutrinos: e + 7 Be 7 Li + ν e 8 B 2 4 He + e + + ν e Cosmic-ray shower π + π 0 ~30 kilometers µ + e + ν e ν µ ν µ Atmospheric neutrino source π + µ + + ν µ e + + ν e + ν µ π µ + ν µ Underground ν e, ν e, ν µ, ν µ detector e + ν e + ν µ Proton Pions Muons and electrons Neutrinos ν e, ν µ, and ν µ ν e detector beam Water target Copper beam stop 30 meters Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.13/24

Neutrino Experiments Five different types of neutrino oscillation experiments: solar, atmospheric, accelerator, reactor, and cosmic. Old experiments: Homestake, SAGE, GALLEX, Kamiokande (solar); Baksan, NUSEX, Fréjus, IMB, MACRO, Soudan, Kamiokande (atmospheric); NO- MAD, CHORUS, LSND, KARMEN (accelerator); Bugey, CHOOZ, Gösgen, Palo Verde (reactor) Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.13/24

Neutrino Experiments Present and new experiments: Solar: Super-Kamiokande, Hyper-Kamiokande, SNO, GNO, BOREXINO Atmospheric: Super-Kamiokande, Hyper-Kamiokande, MONOLITH Reactor: KamLAND Accelerator LBL: K2K, MINOS, CERN-LNGS, MiniBooNE, BooNE Cosmic: AMANDA, Baikal, Antares, IceCube In the order of magnitude of 10 years: Neutrino factory Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.13/24

The Solar Neutrino Problem The Sun is a source of neutrinos (solar neutrinos). The solar neutrinos can be detected on Earth using underground detectors. However, the measured fluxes of the solar neutrinos and the theoretical estimates for the solar neutrino fluxes are different. The measured flux is about one-half of the expected flux. This is the solar neutrino problem. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.14/24

The Solar Neutrino Problem The Sun is a source of neutrinos (solar neutrinos). The solar neutrinos can be detected on Earth using underground detectors. However, the measured fluxes of the solar neutrinos and the theoretical estimates for the solar neutrino fluxes are different. The measured flux is about one-half of the expected flux. This is the solar neutrino problem. SSM (BP2000): (Bahcall, Pinsonneault & Basu, 2001) Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.14/24

$ $ $ $ $ The Solar Neutrino Problem Experimental results: (Bilenky, Giunti & Grimus, 1999) Experiment Homestake SAGE GALLEX Kamiokande Super-Kamiokande Ratio $ $ $ Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.14/24

$ $ $ $ $ The Solar Neutrino Problem Experimental results: (Bilenky, Giunti & Grimus, 1999) Experiment Homestake SAGE GALLEX Kamiokande Super-Kamiokande Ratio $ $ $ Solution: Neutrino oscillations (Best channels: with and $ [LMA]) 10-3 10-4 10-5 10-6 10-7 10-8 10-9 10-10 10-11 10-12 10-4 10-3 10-2 10-1 1 10. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.14/24

The Solar Neutrino Problem SNO: (Ahmad et al., 2001, 2002) CC: 21 NC ES: 8 SNO φ CC SNO φ ES s -1 ) 7 cm -2 6 6 (10 5 SNO φ NC φµτ 4 φ SSM 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ) -1 s -2 cm 6 (10 φ e Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.14/24

The Solar Neutrino Problem The Sun as seen by the Super-Kamiokande detector! Note! The detector is located in an old gold mine a few kilometers below the surface of the Earth. Sun-light will never reach the detector, but solar neutrinos will. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.14/24

The Atmospheric Neutrino Problem Atmospheric neutrinos are produced in the following reaction chain: cosmic rays air (! (! Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.15/24

& The Atmospheric Neutrino Problem Atmospheric neutrinos are produced in the following reaction chain: air cosmic rays Naively, one concludes from the above reaction chain that #%$ "!! The ratio of ratios : +$ )(* '. -, Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.15/24

The Atmospheric Neutrino Problem Atmospheric neutrino problem Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.15/24

The Atmospheric Neutrino Problem Experimental results: Atmospheric neutrino problem Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.15/24

The Atmospheric Neutrino Problem Experimental results: Atmospheric neutrino problem Solution: Neutrino oscillations (Best channel: with $ ( and ) Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.15/24

The Atmospheric Neutrino Problem Super-Kamiokande (1289 days): (Toshito, 2001) Number of Events Number of Events 450 Sub-GeV e-like 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0-1 -0.5 0 cosθ 0.5 1 Multi-GeV e-like 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 cosθ Number of Events Number of Events 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Sub-GeV µ-like -1-0.5 0 0.5 1 cosθ 350 Multi-GeV µ-like + PC 300 250 200 150 100 50 0-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 cosθ Flux(10-13 cm -2 s -1 sr -1 ) 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Upward Through Going µ -1-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 cosθ 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 Upward Stopping µ -1-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 cosθ Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.15/24

The Accelerator SBL (LSND) Neutrino Problem The only positive signature of neutrino oscillations at a laboratory experiment comes from the LSND experiment at Los Alamos. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.16/24

The Accelerator SBL (LSND) Neutrino Problem The only positive signature of neutrino oscillations at a laboratory experiment comes from the LSND experiment at Los Alamos. However, only corresponds to events, which with. (Aguilar et al., 2001) Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.16/24

The Accelerator SBL (LSND) Neutrino Problem The only positive signature of neutrino oscillations at a laboratory experiment comes from the LSND experiment at Los Alamos. However, only corresponds to events, which with. (Aguilar et al., 2001) Problem: A new mass squared difference,. More than three flavors is necessary! Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.16/24

The Accelerator SBL (LSND) Neutrino Problem The only positive signature of neutrino oscillations at a laboratory experiment comes from the LSND experiment at Los Alamos. However, only corresponds to events, which with. (Aguilar et al., 2001) Problem: A new mass squared difference,. More than three flavors is necessary! Solution: The LSND experiment is wrong! (easiest and most possible); sterile neutrinos, CPT violation,... (not so possible) Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.16/24

The Accelerator SBL (LSND) Neutrino Problem The KARMEN experiment has excluded most of the region of the parameter space, which is favored by the LSND experiment. The results of the LSND experiment will be further tested by the MiniBooNE experiment, which starts running in August 2002. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.16/24

Results from Analyses Solar neutrinos: - oscillations " LMA: and (Bahcall, Gonzalez-Garcia & Peña-Garay, 2001, 2002) Further tests: KamLAND experiment Atmospheric neutrinos: - oscillations and (Fukuda et al., 1998; Toshito, 2001; Shiozawa, 2002) Further tests: Long-baseline experiments Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.17/24

Results from Analyses LSND experiment: - oscillations and (Athanassopoulos et al., 1996, 1998; Aguilar et al., 2001) Further tests: MiniBooNE experiment Reactor neutrinos (CHOOZ experiment): (Apollonio et al., 1999) Three flavor models decouple into two two flavor models. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.17/24

masses CHEP 02 Wark s Conclusions and mixings Dave War University of Sussex/ Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.18/24

Neutrino Oscillation Parameters Definition (neutrino mass squared differences): where mass eigenstate. ( ) is the mass of the th neutrino Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.19/24

Neutrino Oscillation Parameters Definition (neutrino mass squared differences): where mass eigenstate. ( ) is the mass of the Neutrino mass squared differences: th neutrino : The small (or solar ) mass squared difference : The large (or atmospheric ) mass squared difference Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.19/24

Neutrino Oscillation Parameters Definition (neutrino mass squared differences): where mass eigenstate. ( ) is the mass of the Neutrino mass squared differences: th neutrino : The small (or solar ) mass squared difference : The large (or atmospheric ) mass squared difference Consequence: Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.19/24

Neutrino Oscillation Parameters Leptonic mixing parameters: : The solar mixing angle : The reactor mixing angle : The atmospheric mixing angle : The (leptonic) CP violation phase Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.19/24

Neutrino Oscillation Parameters Leptonic mixing parameters: : The solar mixing angle : The reactor mixing angle : The atmospheric mixing angle : The (leptonic) CP violation phase The standard parameterization: ). (for and where Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.19/24

Neutrino Oscillation Parameters 2 neutrino mass squared differences and 4 leptonic mixing parameters, i.e., in total 6 neutrino oscillation parameters. Note! Two neutrino flavors: 1 mass squared difference and 1 leptonic mixing parameter. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.19/24

Neutrino Oscillation Parameters Transformation of any unitary matrix to the standard parameterization: (Ohlsson & Seidl, 2002) Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.19/24

Neutrino Oscillation Parameters Transformation of any unitary matrix to the standard parameterization: (Ohlsson & Seidl, 2002) The parameters of the standard parameterization: Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.19/24

Present Values of the Neutrino Oscillation Parameters Parameter Best-fit value Range (99.73% CL) #%$ (90% CL) $ $ #%$ (99.73% CL) - (90% CL) - - Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.20/24

Present Values of the Neutrino Oscillation Parameters Parameter Best-fit value Range (99.73% CL) #%$ (90% CL) $ $ #%$ (99.73% CL) - (90% CL) - - are large and Bilarge leptonic mixing, i.e., is small. and Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.20/24

Present Values of the Neutrino Oscillation Parameters Parameter Best-fit value Range and #%$ #%$ $ $ (99.73% CL) (90% CL) (99.73% CL) - (90% CL) - - Bilarge leptonic mixing, i.e., is small. and are large Note! Leptons (MNS): 2 large mixing angles and 1 small mixing angle Quarks (CKM): 3 small mixing angles Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.20/24

Other Scenarios Neutrino decay (see, e.g., Lindner, Ohlsson & Winter, 2001, 2002) Neutrino decoherence (see, e.g., Ohlsson, 2001) Spin-flavor precession (Lim & Marciano, 1988; Akhmedov, 1988) Flavor changing neutrino interactions Non-standard neutrino interactions CPT violation (see, e.g., Bilenky, Freund, Lindner, Ohlsson & Winter, 2002). Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.21/24

Neutrinos in Astrophysics What is the absolute neutrino mass scale? Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.22/24

Neutrinos in Astrophysics What is the absolute neutrino mass scale? SN1987A SN1987A data Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.22/24

Neutrinos in Astrophysics What is the absolute neutrino mass scale? SN1987A SN1987A data Future galactic supernovae (Super-Kamiokande) Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.22/24

Neutrinos in Astrophysics The sum of the neutrino masses: where the eigenstates. s are the masses of the neutrino mass Note! This quantity is often used in astrophysics and cosmology. Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.22/24

Neutrinos in Astrophysics From CMBR and large scale structure measurements: (@ 95% C.L.) (Hannestad, 2002) From CMBR, galaxy clustering, and Lyman measurements: -forest (@ 95% C.L.) (Wang, Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, 2002) From the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey measurements: (@ 95% C.L.) (Elgarøy et al., 2002) Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.22/24

Neutrinos in Astrophysics In the future, combination of CMBR from MAP/Planck satellite with Sloan Digital Sky Survey measurements: (Hu, Eisenstein & Tegmark, 1998) Note! An order of magnitude less than the present measurements! Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.22/24

Summary The number of light neutrino flavors are three. Neutrinos are massive and mixed. Neutrino oscillations occur among different flavors. The SM has to be extended in order to include massive neutrinos. New data soon from the following interesting experiments: KamLAND, MiniBooNE,... In the far future: long-baseline experiments and a neutrino factory. In the meantime, theoretical development! Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.23/24

Neutrino Physics in Progress 600 Neutrino @ hep-ph [2002-07-30] (Number of papers at hep-ph per year containing the word "neutrino" in the title.) 500 Number of papers 400 300 200 100 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Year Now: papers/year in neutrino physics! Tommy Ohlsson - Uppsala 2002-10-03 p.24/24