Current Aspects of Neutrino Physics

This book covers the currently most interesting aspects of neutrino physics written by leading experts of the field. The book starts with a history of neutrinos and then develops from the fundamentals to the direct determination of masses and lifetimes. The role of neutrinos in fundamental astrophys...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Caldwell, David O. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2001, 2001
Edition:1st ed. 2001
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Pauli’s Ghost: The Conception and Discovery of Neutrinos
  • 2 The Nature of Massive Neutrinos
  • 3 Direct Measurements of Neutrino Mass
  • 4 Neutrino Oscillations and the Solar Neutrino Problem
  • 5 The Atmospheric Neutrino Anomaly: Muon Neutrino Disappearance
  • 6 Studies of Neutrino Oscillations at Reactors
  • 7 Studies of Neutrino Oscillations at Accelerators
  • 8 Double Beta Decay: Theory, Experiment and Implications
  • 9 Neutrino Mixing Schemes
  • 10 Theories of Neutrino Masses and Mixings
  • 11 Neutrino Flavor Transformation in Supernovae and the Early Universe
  • 12 Hot Dark Matter in Cosmology
  • 13 High Energy Neutrino Astronomy: Towards Kilometer-Scale Detectors