PIRSA:13090065

The Era of Three Generations: Possible hints from neutrinos in elucidating the matter/antimatter asymmetry of the Universe

(2013). The Era of Three Generations: Possible hints from neutrinos in elucidating the matter/antimatter asymmetry of the Universe. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/13090065

The Era of Three Generations: Possible hints from neutrinos in elucidating the matter/antimatter asymmetry of the Universe. Perimeter Institute, Sep. 11, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13090065 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:13090065,
            doi = {10.48660/13090065},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/13090065},
            author = {},
            keywords = {Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {The Era of Three Generations: Possible hints from neutrinos in elucidating the matter/antimatter asymmetry of the Universe},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2013},
            month = {sep},
            note = {PIRSA:13090065 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
Talk numberPIRSA:13090065
DOI10.48660/13090065
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series
Subject

Abstract

Despite being one of the most abundant constituents of the Universe and more than a half a century of study, some of the most fundamental properties of the neutrino have only been recently uncovered, and others still remain unresolved. I will discuss important developments in the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations, a transmutation process that allows neutrinos to change between three types as they propagate in time. In particular, recent discoveries have opened up the possibility of CP violation in neutrino oscillations, asymmetries in the behavior of neutrinos and their anti-matter counterparts. CP violation, along with other unresolved properties of the neutrino, may play a central role in how the universe came to a matter-dominated state. I will also discuss a new generation of experiments that may allow us to establish whether CP violation does indeed occur in neutrino oscillations.