Course contents: Neutrino Physics 2009
(This is a preliminary list and may be modified as the course
progresses.)
- Neutrinos in the Standard Model: discoveries, helicity,
limits on masses through direct measurements
- Atmospheric neutrino problem: solution through 2x2 neutrino
mixing and oscillations
- Solar neutrino problem and solution: modified neutrino mixing
in the presence of matter, propagation through constant and variable
matter density, concept of adiabaticity, Landau-Zener level
crossing
- Formulation of three-neutrino mixing, PMNS matrix, measurements
of parameters, current and future experiments, possible signals of
new physics through neutrino experiments
- Neutrino interactions with matter: quasi-elastic and deep
inelastic scattering, detection of neutrinos, measurements of
neutrino energies and arrival directions
- Neutrino mass generation: Dirac and Majorana masses,
lepton number violation, seesaw mechanisms, radiative mass generation,
exotic mass generartion mechanisms
- Neutrinos in astrophysics and cosmology: Supernova neutrinos,
relic neutrinos, neutrinos as dark matter candidates
- The future of Neutrino Physics