| Records |
| Author |
King, S.F.; Marfatia, D.; Rahat, M.H. |
Title  |
Toward distinguishing Dirac from Majorana neutrino mass with gravitational waves |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2024 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
| Volume |
109 |
Issue |
3 |
Pages |
035014 - 13pp |
| Keywords |
|
| Abstract |
We propose a new method toward distinguishing the Dirac versus Majorana nature of neutrino masses from the spectrum of gravitational waves (GWs) associated with neutrino mass genesis. Motivated by the principle of generating small neutrino masses without tiny Yukawa couplings, we assume generic seesaw mechanisms for both Majorana and Dirac neutrino masses. For Majorana neutrinos, we further assume a spontaneously broken gauged U(1)B-L symmetry, independently of the type of Majorana seesaw mechanism, which gives a cosmic string induced GW signal flat over a wide range of frequencies. For Dirac neutrinos, we assume the spontaneous breaking of a Z2 symmetry, the minimal symmetry choice associated with all Dirac seesaw mechanisms, which is softly broken, generating a peaked GW spectrum from the annihilation of the resulting domain walls. In fact, the GW spectra for all types of Dirac seesaws with such a broken Z2 symmetry are identical, subject to a mild caveat. As an illustrative example, we study the simplest respective type-I seesaw mechanisms, and show that the striking difference in the shapes of the GW spectra can help differentiate between these Dirac and Majorana seesaws, complementing results of neutrinoless double beta decay experiments. We also discuss detailed implications of the recent NANOGrav data for Majorana and Dirac seesaw models. |
| Address |
[King, Stephen F.; Rahat, Moinul Hossain] Univ Southampton, Sch Phys & Astron, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England, Email: s.f.king@soton.ac.uk; |
| Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
| 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 |
2470-0010 |
ISBN |
|
Medium |
|
| Area |
|
Expedition |
|
Conference |
|
| Notes |
WOS:001174877800015 |
Approved |
no |
| Is ISI |
yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
| Call Number |
IFIC @ pastor @ |
Serial |
6073 |
| Permanent link to this record |
| |
|
| |
| Author |
Mandal, S.; Miranda, O.G.; Sanchez Garcia, G.; Valle, J.W.F.; Xu, X.J. |
| Title |
Toward deconstructing the simplest seesaw mechanism |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2022 |
Publication |
Physical Review D |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. D |
| Volume |
105 |
Issue |
9 |
Pages |
095020 - 32pp |
| Keywords |
|
| Abstract |
The triplet or type-II seesaw mechanism is the simplest way to endow neutrinos with mass in the Standard Model (SM). Here we review its associated theory and phenomenology, including restrictions from S, T, U parameters, neutrino experiments, charged lepton flavor violation as well as collider searches. We also examine restrictions coming from requiring consistency of electroweak symmetry breaking, i.e., perturbative unitarity and stability of the vacuum. Finally, we discuss novel effects associated to the scalar mediator of neutrino mass generation namely, (i) rare processes, e.g., l(alpha)-> l(beta)gamma decays, at the intensity frontier, and also (ii) four-lepton signatures in colliders at the high-energy frontier. These can be used to probe neutrino properties in an important way, providing a test of the absolute neutrino mass and mass ordering, as well as of the atmospheric octant. They may also provide the first evidence for charged lepton flavor violation in nature. In contrast, neutrino nonstandard interaction strengths are found to lie below current detectability. |
| Address |
[Mandal, Sanjoy] Korea Inst Adv Study, Seoul 02455, South Korea, Email: smandal@kias.re.kr; |
| Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
| 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 |
2470-0010 |
ISBN |
|
Medium |
|
| Area |
|
Expedition |
|
Conference |
|
| Notes |
WOS:000807778600004 |
Approved |
no |
| Is ISI |
yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
| Call Number |
IFIC @ pastor @ |
Serial |
5249 |
| Permanent link to this record |
| |
|
| |
| Author |
IGISOL Collaboration (Zakari-Issoufou, A.A. et al); Algora, A.; Tain, J.L.; Valencia, E.; Agramunt, J.; Estevez, E.; Gelletly, W.; Jordan, M.D.; Molina, F.; Perez-Cerdan, A.B.; Rubio, B. |
| Title |
Total Absorption Spectroscopy Study of Rb-92 Decay: A Major Contributor to Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum Shape |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2015 |
Publication |
Physical Review Letters |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. Lett. |
| Volume |
115 |
Issue |
10 |
Pages |
102503 - 6pp |
| Keywords |
|
| Abstract |
The antineutrino spectra measured in recent experiments at reactors are inconsistent with calculations based on the conversion of integral beta spectra recorded at the ILL reactor. Rb-92 makes the dominant contribution to the reactor antineutrino spectrum in the 5-8 MeV range but its decay properties are in question. We have studied Rb-92 decay with total absorption spectroscopy. Previously unobserved beta feeding was seen in the 4.5-5.5 region and the GS to GS feeding was found to be 87.5(25)%. The impact on the reactor antineutrino spectra calculated with the summation method is shown and discussed. |
| Address |
[Zakari-Issoufou, A. -A.; Fallot, M.; Porta, A.; Bui, V. M.; Cormon, S.; Estienne, M.; Briz, J. A.; Cucoanes, A.; Shiba, T.] Univ Nantes, Ecole Mines Nantes, SUBATECH, CNRS,IN2P3, F-44307 Nantes, France, Email: porta@subatech.in2p3.fr |
| Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
| 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 |
0031-9007 |
ISBN |
|
Medium |
|
| Area |
|
Expedition |
|
Conference |
|
| Notes |
WOS:000360603500002 |
Approved |
no |
| Is ISI |
yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
| Call Number |
IFIC @ pastor @ |
Serial |
2375 |
| Permanent link to this record |
| |
|
| |
| Author |
Dombos, A.C. et al; Algora, A. |
| Title |
Total absorption spectroscopy of the beta decay of Zr-101,102 and Tc-109 |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2021 |
Publication |
Physical Review C |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Rev. C |
| Volume |
103 |
Issue |
2 |
Pages |
025810 - 20pp |
| Keywords |
|
| Abstract |
The beta decay of Zr-101,Zr-102 and Tc-109 was studied using the technique of total absorption spectroscopy. The experiment was performed at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory using the Summing NaI(Tl) (SuN) detector in the first-ever application of total absorption spectroscopy with a fast beam produced via projectile fragmentation. The beta-decay feeding intensity and Gamow-Teller transition strength distributions were extracted for these three decays. The extracted distributions were compared to three different quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) models based on different mean-field potentials. A comparison with calculations from one of the QRPA models was performed to learn about the ground-state shape of the parent nucleus. For Zr-101 and Zr-102, calculations assuming a pure shape configuration (oblate or prolate) were not able to reproduce the extracted distributions. These results may indicate that some type of mixture between oblate and prolate shapes is necessary to reproduce the extracted distributions. For Tc-109, a comparison of the extracted distributions with QRPA calculations suggests a dominant oblate configuration. The other two QRPA models are commonly used to provide beta-decay properties in r-process network calculations. This work shows the importance of making comparisons between the experimental and theoretical beta-decay distributions, rather than just half-lives and beta-delayed neutron emission probabilities, as close to the r-process path as possible. |
| Address |
[Dombos, A. C.; Spyrou, A.; Naqvi, F.; Quinn, S. J.; Liddick, S. N.; Baumann, T.; Crider, B. P.; Ginter, T.; Lyons, S.; Ong, W-J; Palmisano, A.; Pereira, J.; Prokop, C. J.; Smith, M. K.] Michigan State Univ, Natl Superconducting Cyclotron Lab, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA, Email: adombos@nd.edu |
| Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
| 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 |
2469-9985 |
ISBN |
|
Medium |
|
| Area |
|
Expedition |
|
Conference |
|
| Notes |
WOS:000621593100006 |
Approved |
no |
| Is ISI |
yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
| Call Number |
IFIC @ pastor @ |
Serial |
4757 |
| Permanent link to this record |
| |
|
| |
| Author |
Algora, A.; Ganioglu, E.; Sarriguren, P.; Guadilla, V.; Fraile, L.M.; Nacher, E.; Rubio, B.; Tain, J.L.; Agramunt, J.; Gelletly, W.; Briz, J.A.; Cakirli, R.B.; Fallot, M.; Jordan, D.; Halasz, Z.; Kuti, I.; Montaner, A.; Onillon, A.; Orrigo, S.E.A.; Cerdan, A.P.; Rice, S.; Vedia, V.; Valencia, E. |
| Title |
Total absorption gamma-ray spectroscopy study of the beta-decay of Hg-186 |
Type |
Journal Article |
| Year |
2021 |
Publication |
Physics Letters B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys. Lett. B |
| Volume |
819 |
Issue |
|
Pages |
136438 - 7pp |
| Keywords |
Betadecay; Totalabsorption spectroscopy; Shape coexistence |
| Abstract |
The Gamow-Teller strength distribution of the decay of Hg-186 into Au-186 has been determined for the first time using the total absorption gamma spectroscopy technique and has been compared with theoretical QRPA calculations using the SLy4 Skyrme force. The measured Gamow-Teller strength distribution and the half-life are described by mixing oblate and prolate configurations independently in the parent and daughter nuclei. In this theoretical framework the best description of the experimental beta strength is obtained with dominantly prolate components for both parent Hg-186 and daughter Au-186. The approach also allowed us to determine an upper limit of the oblate component in the parent state. The complexity of the analysis required the development of a new approach in the analysis of the X-ray gated total absorption spectrum. |
| Address |
[Algora, A.; Guadilla, V; Nacher, E.; Rubio, B.; Tain, J. L.; Agramunt, J.; Jordan, D.; Montaner, A.; Orrigo, S. E. A.; Cerdan, A. Perez; Valencia, E.] Univ Valencia, Inst Fis Corpuscular, CSIC, E-46071 Valencia, Spain, Email: algora@ific.uv.es; |
| Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
| Publisher |
Elsevier |
Place of Publication |
|
Editor |
|
| Language |
English |
Summary Language |
|
Original Title |
|
| Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
| Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
| ISSN |
0370-2693 |
ISBN |
|
Medium |
|
| Area |
|
Expedition |
|
Conference |
|
| Notes |
WOS:000679259200010 |
Approved |
no |
| Is ISI |
yes |
International Collaboration |
yes |
| Call Number |
IFIC @ pastor @ |
Serial |
4923 |
| Permanent link to this record |
