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TEV NEUTRINO PHYSICS AT THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER.

Authors :
Zhi-Zhong Xing
Source :
International Journal of Modern Physics A: Particles & Fields; Gravitation; Cosmology; Nuclear Physics. 7/30/2009, Vol. 24 Issue 18/19, p3286-3296. 11p. 1 Diagram, 1 Graph.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

I argue that TeV neutrino physics might become an exciting frontier of particle physics in the era of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The origin of non-zero but tiny masses of three known neutrinos is probably related to the existence of some heavy degrees of freedom, such as heavy Majorana neutrinos or heavy Higgs bosons, via a TeV-scale seesaw mechanism. I take a few examples to illustrate how to get a balance between theoretical naturalness and experimental testability of TeV seesaws. Besides possible collider signatures at the LHC, new and non-unitary CP-violating effects are also expected to show up in neutrino oscillations for type-I, type-(I+II) and type-III seesaws at the TeV scale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0217751X
Volume :
24
Issue :
18/19
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
International Journal of Modern Physics A: Particles & Fields; Gravitation; Cosmology; Nuclear Physics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
43607080
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X09046886