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Author Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Giordano, G.; Mena, O.; Mocioiu, I.
Title Atmospheric neutrinos in ice and measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 82 Issue 9 Pages 093011 - 7pp
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Abstract The main goal of the IceCube Deep Core array is to search for neutrinos of astrophysical origins. Atmospheric neutrinos are commonly considered as a background for these searches. We show that the very high statistics atmospheric neutrino data can be used to obtain precise measurements of the main oscillation parameters.
Address [Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique] Werner Heisenberg Inst, Max Planck Inst Phys, D-80805 Munich, Germany
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000284259000002 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 332
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Author Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Li, T.; Pascoli, S.; Mena, O.
Title Improvement of the low energy neutrino factory Type Journal Article
Year 2010 Publication Physical Review D Abbreviated Journal Phys. Rev. D
Volume 81 Issue 7 Pages 073010 - 13pp
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Abstract The low energy neutrino factory has been proposed as a very sensitive setup for future searches for CP violation and matter effects. Here we study how its performance is affected when the experimental specifications of the setup are varied. Most notably, we have considered the addition of the “platinum'' nu(mu) -> nu(e) channel. We find that, while theoretically the extra channel provides very useful complementary information and helps to lift degeneracies, its practical usefulness is lost when considering realistic background levels. Conversely, an increase in statistics in the ”golden'' nu(mu) -> nu(e) channel and, to some extent, an improvement in the energy resolution, lead to an important increase in the performance of the facility, given the rich energy dependence of the "golden'' channel at these energies. We show that a low energy neutrino factory with a baseline of 1300 km, muon energy of 4.5 GeV, and either a 20 kton totally active scintillating detector or 100 kton liquid argon detector, can have outstanding sensitivity to the neutrino oscillation parameters theta(13), delta, and the mass hierarchy. For our estimated exposure of 2: 8 x 10(23) kton x decays per muon polarity, the low energy neutrino factory has sensitivity to theta(13) and delta for sin(2)(2 theta(13)) > 10(-4) and to the mass hierarchy for sin(2)(2 theta(13)) > 10(-3)
Address [Martinez, Enrique Fernandez] Max Planck Inst Phys & Astrophys, Werner Heisenberg Inst, D-80805 Munich, Germany, Email: enfmarti@mppmu.mpg.de
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Publisher Amer Physical Soc Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1550-7998 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes ISI:000277201900018 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ elepoucu @ Serial 458
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Author Coloma, P.; Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Gonzalez-Lopez, M.; Hernandez-Garcia, J.; Pavlovic, Z.
Title GeV-scale neutrinos: interactions with mesons and DUNE sensitivity Type Journal Article
Year 2021 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. C
Volume 81 Issue 1 Pages 78 - 24pp
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Abstract The simplest extension of the SM to account for the observed neutrino masses and mixings is the addition of at least two singlet fermions (or right-handed neutrinos). If their masses lie at or below the GeV scale, such new fermions would be produced in meson decays. Similarly, provided they are sufficiently heavy, their decay channels may involve mesons in the final state. Although the couplings between mesons and heavy neutrinos have been computed previously, significant discrepancies can be found in the literature. The aim of this paper is to clarify such discrepancies and provide consistent expressions for all relevant effective operators involving mesons with masses up to 2 GeV. Moreover, the effective Lagrangians obtained for both the Dirac and Majorana scenarios are made publicly available as FeynRules models so that fully differential event distributions can be easily simulated. As an application of our setup, we numerically compute the expected sensitivity of the DUNE near detector to these heavy neutral leptons.
Address [Coloma, Pilar] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Edificio Inst Invest,Catedrat Jose Beltran 2, Valencia 46980, Spain, Email: pilar.coloma@ift.csic.es;
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Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1434-6044 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000613016200003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4704
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Author Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Lopez-Pavon, J.; No, J.M.; Ota, T.; Rosauro-Alcaraz, S.
Title nu Electroweak baryogenesis: the scalar singlet strikes back Type Journal Article
Year 2023 Publication European Physical Journal C Abbreviated Journal Eur. Phys. J. C
Volume 83 Issue 8 Pages 715 - 23pp
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Abstract We perform a comprehensive scan of the parameter space of a general singlet scalar extension of the Standard Model to identify the regions which can lead to a strong first-order phase transition, as required by the electroweak baryogenesis mechanism. We find that taking into account bubble nucleation is a fundamental constraint on the parameter space and present a conservative and fast estimate for it so as to enable efficient parameter space scanning. The allowed regions turn out to be already significantly probed by constraints on the scalar mixing from Higgs signal strength measurements. We also consider the addition of new neutrino singlet fields with Yukawa couplings to both scalars and forming heavy (pseudo)-Dirac pairs, as in the linear or inverse Seesaw mechanisms for neutrino mass generation. We find that their inclusion does not alter the allowed parameter space from early universe phenomenology in a significant way. Conversely, there are allowed regions of the parameter space where the presence of the neutrino singlets would remarkably modify the collider phenomenology, yielding interesting new signatures in Higgs and singlet scalar decays.
Address [Fernandez-Martinez, E.; No, J. M.; Ota, T.] Univ Autonoma Madrid, CSIC, Dept Fis Teor, IFT UAM, Madrid 28049, Spain, Email: rosauro@ijclab.in2p3.fr
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Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1434-6044 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:001045200700003 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 5609
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Author Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Lopez-Pavon, J.; Ota, T.; Rosauro-Alcaraz, S.
Title nu electroweak baryogenesis Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Journal of High Energy Physics Abbreviated Journal J. High Energy Phys.
Volume 10 Issue 10 Pages 063 - 28pp
Keywords (up) Beyond Standard Model; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; CP viola- tion; Neutrino Physics
Abstract We investigate if the CP violation necessary for successful electroweak baryo- genesis may be sourced by the neutrino Yukawa couplings. In particular, we consider an electroweak scale Seesaw realization with sizable Yukawas where the new neutrino singlets form (pseudo)-Dirac pairs, as in the linear or inverse Seesaw variants. We find that the baryon asymmetry obtained strongly depends on how the neutrino masses vary within the bubble walls. Moreover, we also find that flavour effects critically impact the final asymmetry obtained and that, taking them into account, the observed value may be obtained in some regions of the parameter space. This source of CP violation naturally avoids the strong constraints from electric dipole moments and links the origin of the baryon asymmetry of the Universe with the mechanism underlying neutrino masses. Interestingly, the mixing of the active and heavy neutrinos needs to be sizable and could be probed at the LHC or future collider experiments.
Address [Fernandez-Martinez, E.; Ota, T.; Rosauro-Alcaraz, S.] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Fis Teor, IFT UAM CSIC, Madrid 28049, Spain, Email: enrique.fernandez-martinez@uam.es;
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Publisher Springer Place of Publication Editor
Language English Summary Language Original Title
Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title
Series Volume Series Issue Edition
ISSN 1029-8479 ISBN Medium
Area Expedition Conference
Notes WOS:000582727900001 Approved no
Is ISI yes International Collaboration yes
Call Number IFIC @ pastor @ Serial 4582
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