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Drewes, M.; Garbrecht, B.; Hernandez, P.; Kekic, M.; Lopez-Pavon, J.; Racker, J.; Rius, N.; Salvado, J.; Teresi, D. |
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ARS leptogenesis |
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2018 |
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International Journal of Modern Physics A |
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Int. J. Mod. Phys. A |
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1842002 - 46pp |
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We review the current status of the leptogenesis scenario originally proposed by Akhmedov, Rubakov and Smirnov (ARS). It takes place in the parametric regime where the right-handed neutrinos are at the electroweak scale or below and the CP-violating effects are induced by the coherent superposition of different right-handed mass eigenstates. Two main theoretical approaches to derive quantum kinetic equations, the Hamiltonian time evolution as well as the Closed-Time-Path technique are presented, and we discuss their relations. For scenarios with two right-handed neutrinos, we chart the viable parameter space. Both, a Bayesian analysis, that determines the most likely configurations for viable leptogenesis given different variants of flat priors, and a determination of the maximally allowed mixing between the light, mostly left-handed, and heavy, mostly right-handed, neutrino states are discussed. Rephasing invariants are shown to be a useful tool to classify and to understand various distinct contributions to ARS leptogenesis that can dominate in different parametric regimes. While these analyses are carried out for the parametric regime where initial asymmetries are generated predominantly from lepton-number conserving, but flavor violating effects, we also review the contributions from lepton-number violating operators and identify the regions of parameter space where these are relevant. |
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[Drewes, M.; Garbrecht, B.] Tech Univ Munich, Phys Dept, James Franck Str, D-85748 Garching, Germany, Email: m.pilar.hernandez@uv.es |
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Donini, A.; Hernandez, P.; Pena, C.; Romero-Lopez, F. |
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Nonleptonic kaon decays at large N-c |
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2016 |
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Physical Review D |
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Phys. Rev. D |
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94 |
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We study the scaling with the number of colors, N-c, of the weak amplitudes mediating kaon mixing and decay. We evaluate the amplitudes of the two relevant current-current operators on the lattice for N-c = 3-7. We conclude that the subleading 1/N-c corrections in B-k, are small, but those in the K -> pi pi amplitudes are large and fully anticoirelated in the I = 0, 2 isospin channels. We briefly comment on the implications for the Delta I = 1/2 rule. |
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[Donini, A.; Hernandez, P.; Romero-Lopez, F.] IFIC CSIC UVEG, Edificio Inst Invest,Apt 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain |
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Donini, A.; Hernandez, P.; Pena, C.; Romero-Lopez, F. |
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Dissecting the Delta I=1/2 rule at large N-c |
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2020 |
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European Physical Journal C |
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Eur. Phys. J. C |
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We study the scaling of kaon decay amplitudes with the number of colours, N-c, in a theory with four degenerate flavours, N-f = 4. In this scenario, two current-current operators, Q(+/-), mediate Delta S = 1 transitions, such as the two isospin amplitudes of non-leptonic kaon decays for K -> (pi pi)(I=0,2), A(0) and A(2.) In particular, we concentrate on the simpler K -> pi amplitudes, A(+/-), mediated by these two operators. A diagrammatic analysis of the large-N-c scaling of these observables is presented, which demonstrates the anticorrelation of the leading O(1/N-c) and O(N-f/N-c(2)) corrections in both amplitudes. Using our new N-f = 4 and previous quenched data, we confirm this expectation and show that these corrections are naturally large and may be at the origin of the Delta I = 1/2 rule. The evidence for the latter is indirect, based on the matching of the amplitudes to their prediction in Chiral Perturbation Theory, from which the LO low-energy couplings of the chiral weak Hamiltonian, g(+/-), can be determined. A NLO estimate of the K -> (pi pi)(I=0,2) isospin amplitudes can then be derived, which is in good agreement with the experimental value. |
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[Donini, Andrea; Hernandez, Pilar; Romero-Lopez, Fernando] IFIC CSIC UVEG, Edificio Inst Invest,Apt 22085, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: fernando.romero@uv.es |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Donini, A.; Hernandez, P.; Lopez-Pavon, J.; Maltoni, M.; Schwetz, T. |
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The minimal 3+2 neutrino model versus oscillation anomalies |
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2012 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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07 |
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161 - 20pp |
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Neutrino Physics; Beyond Standard Model |
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We study the constraints imposed by neutrino oscillation experiments on the minimal extension of the Standard Model that can explain neutrino masses, which requires the addition of just two singlet Weyl fermions. The most general renormalizable couplings of this model imply generically four massive neutrino mass eigenstates while one remains massless: it is therefore a minimal 3+2 model. The possibility to account for the confirmed solar, atmospheric and long-baseline oscillations, together with the LSND/MiniBooNE and reactor anomalies is addressed. We find that the minimal model can fit oscillation data including the anomalies better than the standard 3 nu model and similarly to the 3 + 2 phenomenological models, even though the number of free parameters is much smaller than in the latter. Accounting for the anomalies in the minimal model favours a normal hierarchy of the light states and requires a large reactor angle, in agreement with recent measurements. Our analysis of the model employs a new parametrization of seesaw models that extends the Casas-Ibarra one to regimes where higher order corrections in the light-heavy mixings are significant. |
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[Donini, A.; Hernandez, P.] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: andrea.donini@uam.es; |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Donini, A.; Hernandez, P.; Lopez-Pavon, J.; Maltoni, M. |
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Minimal models with light sterile neutrinos |
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2011 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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105 |
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We study the constraints imposed by neutrino oscillation experiments on the minimal extensions of the Standard Model (SM) with n(R) gauge singlet fermions (“right-handed neutrinos”), that can account for neutrino masses. We consider the most general coupling of the new fields to the SM fields, in particular those that break lepton number and we do not assume any a priori hierarchy in the mass parameters. We proceed to analyze these models starting from the lowest level of complexity, defined by the number of extra fermionic degrees of freedom. The simplest choice that has enough free parameters in principle (i.e. two mass differences and two angles) to explain the confirmed solar and atmospheric oscillations corresponds to n(R) = 1. This minimal choice is shown to be excluded by data. The next-to-minimal choice corresponds to n(R) = 2. We perform a systematic study of the full parameter space in the limit of degenerate Majorana masses by requiring that at least two neutrino mass differences correspond to those established by solar and atmospheric oscillations. We identify several types of spectra that can fit long-baseline reactor and accelerator neutrino oscillation data, but fail in explaining solar and/or atmospheric data. The only two solutions that survive are the expected seesaw and quasi-Dirac regions, for which we set lower and upper bounds respectively on the Majorana mass scale. Solar data from neutral current measurements provide essential information to constrain the quasi-Dirac region. The possibility to accommodate the LSND/MiniBoone and reactor anomalies, and the implications for neutrinoless double-beta decay and tritium beta decay are briefly discussed. |
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Della Morte, M.; Hernandez, P. |
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A non-perturbative study of massive gauge theories |
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2013 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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We consider a non-perturbative formulation of an SU(2) massive gauge theory on a space-time lattice, which is also a discretised gauged non-linear chiral model. The lattice model is shown to have an exactly conserved global SU(2) symmetry. If a scaling region for the lattice model exists and the lightest degrees of freedom are spin one vector particles with the same quantum numbers as the conserved current, we argue that the most general effective theory describing their low-energy dynamics must be a massive gauge theory. We present results of a exploratory numerical simulation of the model and find indications for the presence of a scaling region where both a triplet vector and a scalar remain light. |
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Coloma, P.; Hernandez, P.; Urrea, S. |
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New bounds on axion-like particles from MicroBooNE |
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2022 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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Axions and ALPs; Kaons |
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Neutrino experiments lie at the edge of the intensity frontier and therefore can be exploited to search for new light particles weakly coupled to the visible sector. In this work we derive new constraints on axion-like particles (ALPs) using data from the MicroBooNE experiment, from a search for e(+)e(-) pairs pointing in the direction of the NuMI absorber. In particular, we consider the addition of higher-dimensional effective operators coupling the ALP to the electroweak gauge bosons. These would induce K -> pi a from kaon decay at rest in the NuMI absorber, as well as ALP decays into pairs of leptons or photons. We discuss in detail and compare various results obtained for the decay width K -> pi a in previous literature. For the operator involving the Higgs, MicroBooNE already sets competitive bounds (comparable to those of NA62) for ALP masses between 100 and 200 MeV. We also compute the expected sensitivities from the full NuMI dataset recorded at MicroBooNE. Our results show that a search for a -> gamma gamma signal may be able to improve over current constraints from beam-dump experiments on the operator involving the ALP coupling to the W. |
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[Coloma, Pilar] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Inst Fis Teor UAM CSIC, Calle Nicolas Cabrera 1315, E-28049 Madrid, Spain, Email: pilar.coloma@ift.csic.es; |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Coloma, P.; Hernandez, P.; Muñoz, V.; Shoemaker, I.M. |
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New constraints on heavy neutral leptons from Super-Kamiokande data |
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2020 |
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European Physical Journal C |
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Eur. Phys. J. C |
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Heavy neutral leptons are predicted in many extensions of the Standard Model with massive neutrinos. If kinematically accessible, they can be copiously produced from kaon and pion decays in atmospheric showers, and subsequently decay inside large neutrino detectors. We perform a search for these long-lived particles using Super-Kamiokande multi-GeV neutrino data and derive stringent limits on the mixing with electron, muon and tau neutrinos as a function of the long-lived particle mass. We also present the limits on the branching ratio versus lifetime plane, which are helpful in determining the constraints in non-minimal models where the heavy neutral leptons have new interactions with the Standard Model. |
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[Coloma, P.; Hernandez, P.; Munoz, V.] UVEG, CSIC, IFIC, Edificio Inst Invest,Apt 22085, Valencia 46071, Spain, Email: pilar.coloma@ific.uv.es |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Coloma, P.; Donini, A.; Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Hernandez, P. |
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Precision on leptonic mixing parameters at future neutrino oscillation experiments |
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2012 |
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Journal of High Energy Physics |
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J. High Energy Phys. |
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Neutrino Physics; CP violation; Standard Model |
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We perform a comparison of the different future neutrino oscillation experiments based on the achievable precision in the determination of the fundamental parameters theta(13) and the CP phase, delta, assuming that theta(13) is in the range indicated by the recent Daya Bay measurement. We study the non-trivial dependence of the error on delta on its true value. When matter effects are small, the largest error is found at the points where CP violation is maximal, and the smallest at the CP conserving points. The situation is different when matter effects are sizable. As a result of this effect, the comparison of the physics reach of different experiments on the basis of the CP discovery potential, as usually done, can be misleading. We have compared various proposed super-beam, beta-beam and neutrino factory setups on the basis of the relative precision of theta(13) and the error on delta. Neutrino factories, both high-energy or low-energy, outperform alternative beam technologies. An ultimate precision on theta(13) below 3% and an error on delta of <= 7 degrees at 1 sigma (1 d.o.f.) can be obtained at a neutrino factory. |
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[Coloma, P.] Virginia Tech, Dept Phys, Ctr Neutrino Phys, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA, Email: coloma@vt.edu; |
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Chun, E.J.; Cvetic, G.; Dev, P.S.B.; Drewes, M.; Fong, C.S.; Garbrecht, B.; Hambye, T.; Harz, J.; Hernandez, P.; Kim, C.S.; Molinaro, E.; Nardi, E.; Racker, J.; Rius, N.; Zamora-Saa, J. |
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Probing leptogenesis |
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2018 |
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International Journal of Modern Physics A |
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Int. J. Mod. Phys. A |
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33 |
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Neutrino interactions; nonstandard-model neutrinos; right-handed neutrinos; extensions of electroweak gauge sector; supersymmetric models |
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The focus of this paper lies on the possible experimental tests of leptogenesis scenarios. We consider both leptogenesis generated from oscillations, as well as leptogenesis from out-of-equilibrium decays. As the Akhmedov-Rubakov-Smirnov (ARS) mechanism allows for heavy neutrinos in the GeV range, this opens up a plethora of possible experimental tests, e.g. at neutrino oscillation experiments, neutrinoless double beta decay, and direct searches for neutral heavy leptons at future facilities. In contrast, testing leptogenesis from out-of-equilibrium decays is a quite difficult task. We comment on the necessary conditions for having successful leptogenesis at the TeV-scale. We further discuss possible realizations and their model specific testability in extended seesaw models, models with extended gauge sectors, and supersymmetric leptogenesis. Not being able to test high-scale leptogenesis directly, we present a way to falsify such scenarios by focusing on their washout processes. This is discussed specifically for the left-right symmetric model and the observation of a heavy W-R, as well as model independently when measuring Delta L = 2 washout processes at the LHC or neutrinoless double beta decay. |
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[Chun, E. J.] Korea Inst Adv Study, Seoul 02455, South Korea, Email: jharz@lpthe.jussieu.fr |
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