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1 NEUTRINO PHYSICS Anatoly V. Borisov Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia Lecture AB-I. Properties of neutrinos. Lecture AB-II. Rare meson decays mediated by Majorana neutrinos. Lecture AB-III. Heavy Majorana neutrinos in high-energy lepton-proton and proton-proton collisions.
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Page 1: NEUTRINO PHYSICS · The recent (1998-2002) observation of neutrino oscillations (predicted by B. Pontecorvo in 1957) implies that neutrinos are massive and mixed particles. The neutrino

1

NE

UT

RIN

O P

HY

SIC

S

An

ato

ly V

. B

ori

sov

Dep

art

men

t of

Th

eore

tica

l P

hy

sics

, F

acu

lty

of

Ph

ysi

cs,

M. V

. L

om

on

oso

v M

osc

ow

Sta

te U

niv

ersi

ty,

Mo

scow

, R

uss

ia

Lec

ture

AB

-I. P

rop

erti

es o

f n

eutr

ino

s.

Lec

ture

AB

-II.

R

are

mes

on

dec

ays

med

iate

d b

y M

ajo

ran

a n

eutr

ino

s.

Lec

ture

AB

-III

. H

eavy M

ajo

ran

a n

eutr

ino

s in

hig

h-e

ner

gy l

epto

n-p

roto

n a

nd

pro

ton

-pro

ton

co

llis

ion

s.

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2

Lec

ture

AB

-I

PR

OP

ER

TIE

S O

F

NE

UT

RIN

OS

OU

TL

INE

Bri

ef h

isto

ry

� N

eutr

ino

fla

vo

rs

� C

hir

ali

ty a

nd

hel

icit

y

� O

bse

rva

tio

n o

f n

eutr

ino

osc

illa

tio

ns:

no

nze

ro n

eutr

ino

mass

es a

nd

m

ixin

g

� L

imit

s o

n t

he

neu

trin

o m

ass

es

� T

he

natu

re o

f n

eutr

ino m

ass

es:

Dir

ac

or

Ma

jora

na?

� T

he

“se

esaw

” m

ech

an

ism

for

neu

trin

o m

ass

es

� C

on

clu

sio

n

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3

Bri

ef h

isto

ry

T

he

firs

t ev

iden

ce f

or

the

neu

trin

os

ap

pea

red

in

th

e st

ud

y o

f n

ucl

ear

bet

a

dec

ay

s (1

92

0’s

): (

,)

(,

1)?(

)→

±+

+�

AZ

AZ

en

oth

ing

else

visi

ble

wit

h a

con

tin

uu

m �

e s

pec

tru

m r

an

gin

g f

rom

e

m u

p t

o

max

.≡

−�

ei

fE

QM

M

N

iels

Bo

hr

spec

ula

ted

ab

ou

t th

e p

oss

ibil

ity o

f en

ergy n

on

con

serv

ati

on

.

I

n D

ecem

ber

19

30 W

olf

gan

g P

au

li s

ugg

este

d t

he

exis

ten

ce o

f a u

nob

serv

ed

neu

tral

an

d v

ery

lig

ht

pa

rtic

le w

ith

sp

in ½

ta

kin

g i

nto

acc

ou

nt

con

serv

ati

on

of

elec

tric

ch

arg

e, e

ner

gy

(m

ax0

−�

eQ

E)

an

d a

ngu

lar

mom

entu

m (

an

d

sta

tist

ics)

. T

his

new

part

icle

wa

s n

am

ed n

eutr

ino (

“sm

all

neu

tro

n”

in

Ita

lia

n)

by

En

rico

Fer

mi

in 1

932

.

I

n 1

934

E. F

erm

i p

rop

ose

d t

he

firs

t th

eory

of

bet

a d

eca

y a

nd

wea

k

inte

ract

ion

s in

gen

era

l. T

he

inte

ract

ion

L

ag

ran

gia

n o

f F

erm

i’s

theo

ry

2Fw

eak

GL

JJ

µ µµµµ µµµ+

=−

is t

he

pro

du

ct o

f tw

o w

eak

cu

rren

ts a

t th

e sa

me

spa

ce-t

ime

poin

t, i

. e.

, 4

-

ferm

ion

in

tera

ctio

n w

ith

zer

o r

ad

ius

(in

fa

ct, ver

y s

hort

ra

ng

ed).

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4

Th

e co

up

lin

g s

tren

gth

(F

erm

i co

nst

an

t)

5

52

2

10

1.1

6637(1

)10

GeV

.�

F

p

Gm

− −−−−

−−

−−

−−

−=

×=

×=

×=

×

Fer

mi’

s th

eory

pre

dic

ted

th

e ex

iste

nce

of

an

tin

eutr

ino

s an

d s

ucc

essf

ull

y

des

crib

ed b

eta

dec

ay

s:

(,

)(

,1)

,

(,

)(

,1)

,

(8

86.7

15

+ −

→−

++

→+

++

→+

+=

sm

in).

e e

en

AZ

AZ

e

AZ

AZ

e

np

e

ν ννν ν ννν

ντ

ντ

ντ

ντ

It a

lso

pre

dic

ted

oth

er w

eak

pro

cess

es,

in p

art

icu

lar

the

inve

rse

bet

a d

ecay

s

such

as:

, .

+ −

+→

+

+→

+

e e

pe

n

ne

p

ν ννν ν ννν

Th

e d

irec

t d

etec

tio

n o

f (a

nti

)neu

trin

os

was

per

form

ed b

y C

. C

ow

an

an

d F

.

Rei

nes

in

1956

th

rou

gh

th

e co

inci

den

t o

bse

rva

tion

of

a p

osi

tro

n a

nd

a p

ho

ton

(in

fact

, w

ith

a f

ew µ µµµ

sec

del

ay)

emit

ted

in

su

bse

qu

ent

react

ion

s

112

113

.+

+→

+�

+→

+C

dC

de

pe

nn

νγ

νγ

νγ

νγ

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5

Th

ey u

sed

th

e n

ucl

ear

react

or

(Sava

nn

ah

Riv

er, S

ou

th C

aro

lin

a)

as

an

an

tin

eutr

ino

so

urc

e a

nd

200 l

iter

s of

wate

r w

ith

40

kg o

f d

isso

lved

Cd

Cl 2

as

a

det

ecto

r.

F

red

eric

k R

ein

es w

as

aw

ard

ed t

he

199

5 N

ob

el P

rize

in

Ph

ysi

cs “

for

the

det

ecti

on

of

the

neu

trin

o”

.

T

he

det

ail

ed s

tud

ies

of

bet

a d

ecay

s es

tab

lish

ed t

he

−V

A s

tru

ctu

re o

f w

eak

inte

ract

ion

s le

ad

ing

to

pari

ty v

iola

tion

(C

. N

. Y

an

g a

nd

T.-

D. L

ee r

ecei

ved

th

e

1957

Nob

el P

rize

in

Ph

ysi

cs “

for

thei

r p

enet

rati

ng

in

ves

tiga

tio

n o

f th

e so

-ca

lled

pa

rity

law

s w

hic

h h

as

led

to i

mp

ort

an

t d

isco

ver

ies

rega

rdin

g t

he

elem

enta

ry

pa

rtic

les”

).

T

he

mod

ern

th

eory

of

wea

k i

nte

ract

ion

s is

a p

art

of

the

non

-ab

elia

n g

au

ge

theo

ry o

f el

ectr

ow

eak

in

tera

ctio

ns

dev

elo

ped

in

th

e 1

960’s

b

y S

hel

don

L.

Gla

sho

w, A

bd

us

Sa

lam

, S

tev

en W

ein

ber

g (

the

1979

Nob

el P

rize

in

Ph

ysi

cs “

for

thei

r co

ntr

ibu

tio

ns

to t

he

theo

ry o

f th

e u

nif

ied

wea

k a

nd

ele

ctro

mag

net

ic

inte

ract

ion

bet

wee

n e

lem

enta

ry p

art

icle

s, i

ncl

ud

ing,

inte

r a

lia

, th

e p

red

icti

on

of

the

wea

k n

eutr

al

curr

ent”

).

R

eno

rma

liza

bil

ity

of

the

sta

nd

ard

ele

ctro

wea

k m

od

el (

SM

) b

ase

d o

n t

he

gau

ge

gro

up

(2

)(1

)L

YS

UU

×(s

pon

tan

eou

sly b

rok

en t

o

(1) em

U)

wa

s p

roved

by

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6

Ger

ard

us

‘t H

oo

ft a

nd

Mart

inu

s J. G

. V

eltm

an

in

th

e b

egin

nin

g o

f 1970

’s (

the

1999

Nob

el P

rize

in

Ph

ysi

cs “

for

elu

cid

ati

ng

th

e q

ua

ntu

m s

tru

ctu

re o

f

elec

tro

wea

k i

nte

ract

ion

s in

ph

ysi

cs”

).

Neu

trin

o f

lavo

rs

Up

to n

ow

th

ree

dis

tin

ct t

yp

es o

f n

eutr

inos

(an

d c

orr

esp

on

din

g a

nti

neu

trin

os)

hav

e b

een

det

ecte

d:

,,

τµ

τµ

τµ

τν

νν

νν

νν

νν

νν

ν (

,,

τµ

τµ

τµ

τν

νν

νν

νν

νν

νν

ν).

Ele

ctro

n n

eutr

ino

sa

nd

an

tin

eutr

inos

are

pro

du

ced

in

bet

a b

ecay

s (s

ee b

elo

w)

an

d i

n o

ther

dec

ay

s, e

. g.:

0

0

,,

,,

,.

ee

ee

ee

ee

Ke

Ke

ee

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

πν

πν

πν

πν

πν

πν

πν

πν

πν

πν

πν

πν

πν

πν

πν

πν

µν

νµ

νν

µν

νµ

νν

µν

νµ

νν

µν

νµ

νν

++

−−

++

−−

++

−−

→+

→+

→+

+→

++

→+

+→

++

It w

as

sup

pose

d t

ha

t ν

νν

νν

νν

ν≠

: 37

37

37

37

− −

+→

+

+→

+

(R.

Davis

, J

r., 195

2),

(R. D

avis

, Jr.

, D

. S

. H

arm

er,

an

d K

. C

. H

off

man

n, 19

68)

e e

Cl

Ar

e

Cl

Ar

e

ν ννν ν ννν

[th

e ex

per

imen

t w

as

pro

po

sed

by

B. P

on

teco

rvo

in

1946

].

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7

Mu

on

(a

nti

)neu

trin

os:

,,

,,

,.

ee

KK

ee

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

πµ

νπ

µν

πµ

νπ

µν

πµ

νπ

µν

πµ

νπ

µν

µν

µν

µν

µν

µν

µν

µν

µν

µν

νµ

νν

µν

νµ

νν

µν

νµ

νν

µν

νµ

νν

++

−−

++

−−

++

−−

→+

→+

→+

→+

→+

+→

++

Th

e ex

per

imen

tal

evid

ence

th

at

eµ µµµ

νν

νν

νν

νν

≠ :

b

ut

NX

Ne

µµ

µµ

µµ

µν

µν

νµ

νν

µν

νµ

ν−

−+

→+

+→

+

(L. L

eder

man

, M

. S

chw

arz

, a

nd

J.

Ste

inb

erg

er, 1962

).

Ta

u n

eutr

ino

s:

,

,

had

ron

s.

ee

τµ

ττ

µτ

τµ

ττ

µτ

τ τττ

τν

ντ

µν

ντ

νν

τµ

νν

τν

ντ

µν

ντ

νν

τµ

νν

τν

τν

τν

τν

−−

−−

→+

+→

++

→+

Th

e th

ird

ch

arg

ed l

epto

n τ τττ

− w

as

dis

cov

ered

in

19

75

at

Sta

nfo

rd. D

irec

t

evid

ence

fo

r th

e ta

u n

eutr

ino w

as

ob

tain

ed i

n 2

00

1 b

y t

he

DO

NU

T c

oll

ab

ora

tio

n

at

Fer

mil

ab

th

rou

gh

th

e ob

serv

ati

on

of

τ τττ-a

pp

eara

nce

in

nu

clea

r em

uls

ion

s:

.N

Xτ τττ

ντ

ντ

ντ

ντ

+→

+

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8

Th

e ty

pe

of

a n

eutr

ino

ν ννν� i

s ca

lled

fla

vor.

In

th

e S

M t

her

e a

re t

hre

e n

eutr

ino

fla

vo

rs (

,,

τµ

τµ

τµ

τ=�

) ass

oci

ate

d w

ith

th

e co

rres

po

nd

ing c

ha

rged

lep

ton

s in

th

ree

elec

tro

wea

k-i

sosp

in d

ou

ble

ts:

,

,.

e

LL

Le

µ µµµτ τττ

ν νννν

νν

νν

νν

ν τ τττµ µµµ

−−

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

��

Neu

trin

os

ν ννν� h

ave

two t

yp

es o

f in

tera

ctio

ns

med

iate

d b

y c

ha

rged

W± b

oso

ns

(ch

arg

ed c

urr

ent

inte

ract

ion

s) a

nd

by

a n

eutr

al

0Z

boso

n (

neu

tra

l cu

rren

t

inte

ract

ion

s):

55

5

11

,2

22

1,

cos

2

CC

NC

W

gL

WW

gL

Z

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µµ

µ µµµµ µµµ

γγ

γγ

γγ

γγ

γν

νγ

γν

νγ

γν

νγ

γν

νγ

γ γγγν

γν

νγ

νν

γν

νγ

νθ θθθ

−+

��

��

−−

=−

+

��

��

��

��

��

��

−=

−�

��

��

��

��

wh

ere

the

cou

pli

ng c

on

stan

t /s

inW

ge

θ θθθ=

, W

θ θθθ i

s th

e w

eak

(W

ein

ber

g)

an

gle

(2

sin

0.2

3)

Wθ θθθ�

, e

is

the

po

sitr

on

ele

ctri

c ch

arg

e.

B

y d

efin

itio

n, th

e fl

avo

r of

a n

eutr

ino i

s th

e ty

pe

of

the

cha

rged

lep

ton

th

at

is

con

nec

ted

to

th

e sa

me

cha

rged

cu

rren

t v

erte

x:

,

.W

νν

νν

νν

ν+

+−

−→

+→

+�

��

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9

Nu

mb

er o

f li

gh

t n

eutr

inos

Th

e p

art

ial

wid

th o

f th

e d

eca

y Z

νν

νν

νν

νν

→+�

� is

ca

lcu

lab

le i

n t

he

SM

:

3

165

.91

22

MeV

FZ

Gm

ν νννπ πππ

Γ=

=.

Th

e in

vis

ible

wid

th o

f th

e d

eca

y i

nto

all

neu

trin

o f

ina

l st

ate

s:

499.0

1.5

.in

vM

eVN

νν

νν

νν

νν

Γ=

Γ=

±

It i

s o

bta

ined

ex

per

imen

tall

y f

rom

stu

die

s o

f si

ng

le-p

ho

ton

even

ts f

rom

th

e

react

ion

e

νγ

νν

γν

νγ

νν

γ+

−→

or

by

su

btr

act

ing

th

e co

ntr

ibu

tion

of

all

vis

ible

ch

an

nel

s

(,

;,

,;

,,

,,

)Z

Zqq

eq

ud

sc

τµ

τµ

τµ

τ+

−→

→=

=��

� f

rom

th

e m

easu

red

to

tal

wid

th,

inv

vis

−Γ

.

T

he

nu

mb

er o

f th

e li

gh

t act

ive

neu

trin

os

(th

at

hav

e th

e u

sua

l el

ectr

ow

eak

inte

ract

ion

s) i

s (s

ee F

ig. 1):

3

.01.

inv

Nν ννν

ν ννν

Γ=

PD

G (

2004

):

2.9

94

0.0

12

(),

2.9

20

.07

().

inv

SM

fit

s to

LE

P d

ata

Dir

ect

mea

sure

men

t of

N N

ν ννν ν ννν

Γ

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1

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Ma

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ter

m (

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m [

M. G

ell-

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nn

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on

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lan

sky

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), T

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ap

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ase

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n t

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ac-

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,,

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4

0

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e m

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1

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1

H.c

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sn

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