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Bazzocchi, F., Cerdeño, D. G., Muñoz, C., & Valle, J. W. F. (2010). Calculable inverse-seesaw neutrino masses in supersymmetry. Phys. Rev. D, 81(5), 051701–5pp.
Abstract: We provide a scenario where naturally small and calculable neutrino masses arise from a supersymmetry-breaking renormalization-group-induced vacuum expectation value. The construction consists of an extended version of the next-to-minimal supersymmetric standard model and the mechanism is illustrated for a universal choice of the soft supersymmetry-breaking parameters. The lightest supersymmetric particle can be an isosinglet scalar neutrino state, potentially viable as WIMP dark matter through its Higgs new boson coupling. The scenario leads to a plethora of new phenomenological implications at accelerators including the Large Hadron Collider.
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ANTARES Collaboration(Aguilar, J. A. et al), Bigongiari, C., Emanuele, U., Gomez-Gonzalez, J. P., Hernandez-Rey, J. J., Mangano, S., et al. (2010). Measurement of the atmospheric muon flux with a 4 GeV threshold in the ANTARES neutrino telescope. Astropart Phys., 33(2), 86–90.
Abstract: A new method for the measurement of the muon flux in the deep-sea ANTARES neutrino telescope and its dependence on the depth is presented. The method is based oil the observation of coincidence signals in adjacent storeys of the detector. This yields an energy threshold of about 4 GeV. The main sources of optical background are the decay of K-40 and the bioluminescence in the sea water. The K-40 background is used to calibrate the efficiency of the photo-multiplier tubes.
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Aristizabal Sierra, D., Bazzocchi, F., de Medeiros Varzielas, I., Merlo, L., & Morisi, S. (2010). Tri/Bi-maximal lepton mixing and leptogenesis. Nucl. Phys. B, 827(1-2), 34–58.
Abstract: In models with flavour symmetries added to the gauge group of the Standard Model the CP-violating asymmetry necessary for leptogenesis may be related with low-energy parameters. A particular case of interest is when the flavour symmetry produces exact Tri/Bi-maximal lepton mixing leading to a vanishing CP-violating asymmetry. In this paper we present a model-independent discussion that confirms this always occurs for unflavoured leptogenesis in type I see-saw scenarios, noting however that Tri/Bi-maximal mixing does not imply a vanishing asymmetry in general scenarios where there is interplay between type I and other see-saws. We also consider a specific model where the exact Tri/Bi-maximal mixing is lifted by corrections that can be parametrised by a small number of degrees of freedom and analyse in detail the existing link between low and high-energy parameters – focusing on how the deviations from Tri/Bi-maximal are connected to the parameters governing leptogenesis.
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Cases, R., Ros, E., & Zuñiga, J. (2011). Measuring radon concentration in air using a diffusion cloud chamber. Am. J. Phys., 79(9), 903–908.
Abstract: Radon concentration in air is a major concern in lung cancer studies. A traditional technique used to measure radon abundance is the charcoal canister method. We propose a novel technique using a diffusion cloud chamber. This technique is simpler and can easily be used for physics demonstrations for high school and university students.
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NEMO-3 Collaboration(Arnold R. et al), Martin-Albo, J., & Novella, P. (2011). Measurement of the beta beta Decay Half-Life of (130)Te with the NEMO-3 Detector. Physical Review Letters, 107(6), 062504.
Abstract: We report results from the NEMO-3 experiment based on an exposure of 1275 days with 661 g of (130)Te in the form of enriched and natural tellurium foils. The beta beta decay rate of (130)Te is found to be greater than zero with a significance of 7.7 standard deviations and the half-life is measured to be T(1/2)(2v)=[7.0 +/- 0.9(stat) +/- 1: 1(syst)] x 10(20) yr. This represents the most precise measurement of this half- life yet published and the first real-time observation of this decay.
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