ICTP Lectures on Theoretical Aspects of Neutrino Masses and Mixings ∗
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Recent neutrino oscillation experiments are yielding valuable information on the nature of neutrino masses and mixings even though we are far from a complete understanding of the new physics implied by them. In these lectures, I summarize the current theoretical status of neutrino mass physics. ∗Lectures delivered at the NEUPAST school at the Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste in October, 2002; parts of the material were also presented at Beyond02 workshop in Oulu, Finland and SUSY02 conference in DESY, Germany †e-mail:[email protected]
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