Nuclear astrophysics and neutrinos

NEUTRINOS AND THEIR FLAVOR MIXING IN NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (SCIENCE) By SANDHYA CHOUBEY SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS KOLKATA

Selected Topics in Neutrino Astrophysics

This review covers a subset of the astrophysical phenomena where neutrinos play a significant role and where the underlying microphysics is nuclear physics. The current status of the solar neutrino problem, atmospheric neutrino experiments, the role of neutrinos in determining the dynamics of type-II supernovae, and recent developments in exploring neutrino propagation in stochastic media are r...

Neutrino Mixing Schemes

A revolution in our understanding of the neutrino sector is underway, driven by observations that are interpreted in terms of changes in neutrino flavors as they propagate. Since neutrino oscillations occur only if neutrinos are massive, these phenomena indicate physics beyond the Standard Model. With the present evidence for oscillations from atmospheric, solar and accelerator data, we are alr...

Neutrino Astrophysics

A general overview of neutrino physics and astrophysics is given, starting with a historical account of the development of our understanding of neutrinos and how they helped to unravel the structure of the Standard Model. We discuss why it is so important to establish if neutrinos are massive and introduce the main scenarios to provide them a mass. The present bounds and the positive indication...

Topics in Neutrino Astrophysics

Part of the interest in neutrino astrophysics has to do with the fascinating interplay between nuclear and particle physics issues — e.g., whether neutrinos are massive and undergo flavor oscillations, whether they have detectable electromagnetic moments, etc. — and astrophysical phenomena, such as the clustering of matter on large scales, the mechanisms responsible for the synthesis of nuclei,...