Neutrinos in particle physics and astrophysics (theory)
Walter Winter and Jonas Heinze
WS 2016/17


 

First meeting: Monday, Oct. 24th, 2016, 11:15am, NEW 14 1'12 (Oct. 17th = Dies Academicus)
Note changed time and place: Lecture Mondays, 13:15-14:45 at DESY Zeuthen, SR 1
How to get there (H building, 2nd floor)

University webpage

Contents:
Neutrino oscillations
Solar neutrinos, MSW effect
Neutrino masses and mixings
Neutrinos meet the Standard Model
Multi-messenger astroparticle physics
Radiation models for astrophysical sources
Hadronic interactions in astrophysical sources
Baryogenesis/Leptogenesis

Credit point requirements (6 ECTS):
Participation in bi-weekly tutorials (50% of points)
Oral examination
Reading assignment, presented in short talk at end of semester

Literature:
Royal Swedish Academy of Science. The Nobel prize in physics 2015. Scientific background: neutrino oscillations
Carlo Giunti and Chung Kim. Fundamental of neutrino physics and astrophysics. Oxford
Martin Pohl. Einführung in die Hochenergieastrophysik. Shaker
Tom Gaisser. Cosmic rays and particle physics. Cambridge
Malcolm Longair. High-energy astrophysics, vol. 1 (particles, photons and their detection). Cambdrige
Walter Winter. Neutrinos from Cosmic Accelerators including Magnetic Field and Flavor Effects, Adv. High Energy Phys. (2012) 586413

- program of lecture -

Date
 Topic
 Comments
24.10.2016
 Formalities, neutrino oscillations
31.10.2016
 No lecture (holiday in Brandenburg)
07.11.2016
 Neutrino oscillations (vacuum)
 Note changed place and time: Now at DESY, Mondays 13:15, SR 1
14.11.2016
 Neutrino oscillations (matter)
21.11.2016
 Neutrino oscillations (matter, MSW effect)
28.11.2016
 Origin of mass
05.12.2016
 Neutrino masses
 Note changed place: Today in SR 4 at DESY!
12.12.2016
 Baryogenesis/Leptogenesis; neutrinoless double beta decay
09.01.2017
 Neutrinos as cosmic messengers (overview); global radiation models
16.01.2017
 Steady state, applications
23.01.2017
 Particle interactions in baryonically loaded sources
30.01.2017
 Multi-messenger astrophysics
06.02.2017
 Gamma-ray bursts as test case
13.02.2017
 Physics beyond the Standard model over cosmological distances



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