Davide Meloni
The University of RomaTre, Mathematics and Physics, Faculty Member
We present a model based on the flavour group S3 X Z3 X Z6 to explain the main features of fermion masses and mixing. In particular, in the neutrino sector the breaking of the S3 symmetry is responsible for a naturally small r=\Delta... more
We present a model based on the flavour group S3 X Z3 X Z6 to explain the main features of fermion masses and mixing. In particular, in the neutrino sector the breaking of the S3 symmetry is responsible for a naturally small r=\Delta m^2_sol/\Delta m^2_atm and suitable next-to-leading order corrections bring \theta 13 at the level of ~ 0.13, fully compatible with the recent Daya Bay result. In the quark sector, the model accommodates the different mass hierarchies in the up and down quark sectors as well as the Cabibbo angle and Vcb (or Vub, depending on the charge assignment of the right-handed b-quark) in the correct range.
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The availability of the double-differential charged-current neutrino cross section, measured by the MiniBooNE collaboration using a carbon target, allows for a systematic comparison of nuclear effects in quasi-elastic electron and... more
The availability of the double-differential charged-current neutrino cross section, measured by the MiniBooNE collaboration using a carbon target, allows for a systematic comparison of nuclear effects in quasi-elastic electron and neutrino scattering. The results of our study, based on the impulse approximation scheme and a state-of-the-art model of the nuclear spectral functions, suggest that the electron cross section and the flux averaged neutrino cross sections, corresponding to the same target and comparable kinematical conditions, cannot be described within the same theoretical approach using the value of the nucleon axial mass obtained from deuterium measurements. We analyze the assumptions underlying the treatment of electron scattering data, and argue that the description of neutrino data will require a new {\em paradigm}, suitable for application to processes in which the lepton kinematics is not fully determined.
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The acceleration of radionuclides in a beta beam provides an alternative experimental design to superbeam and neutrino factory long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. Only single baseline beta beam scenarios have been considered... more
The acceleration of radionuclides in a beta beam provides an alternative experimental design to superbeam and neutrino factory long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. Only single baseline beta beam scenarios have been considered thus far although a storage ring could source at least two baselines. The multitude of possible detector sites in Europe potentially allows for numerous baselines for future long baseline experiments sourced at CERN. Here, we will consider an example taking the CERN-Canfranc and CERN-Boulby baselines. We present results that indicate good sensitivity to the mass hierarchy for values of sin2 2θ13 as small as 10-3 and CP-violation discovery for sin2 2θ13 down to 10-4. These results are achieved with a single helicity since the second baseline provides the synergies usually associated with an anti-neutrino run.
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We study the measurement of the atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters, $\theta_{23}$ and $\Delta m^2_{23}$, at the $\nu_\mu$ disappearance channel at three conventional beam facilities, the SPL, T2K-phase I and NO$\nu$A. These two... more
We study the measurement of the atmospheric neutrino oscillation parameters, $\theta_{23}$ and $\Delta m^2_{23}$, at the $\nu_\mu$ disappearance channel at three conventional beam facilities, the SPL, T2K-phase I and NO$\nu$A. These two parameters have been shown to be of crucial importance in the measurement of two of the unknowns of the PMNS mixing matrix, $\theta_{13}$ and the leptonic CP-violating phase $\delta$. In our analyis, the effect of the two discrete ambiguities, ${\rm sign}(\Delta m^2_{23})$ and ${\rm sign}(\tan 2 \theta_{23})$, is explicitly taken into account. We analyse also the $\nu_\mu$ disappearance channel at the Neutrino Factory, and combine it with the ``golden'' $\nu_e \to \nu_\mu$ and ``silver'' $\nu_e \to \nu_\tau$ appearance channels to study its impact on the measurement of $\theta_{13}$ and $\delta$. Eventually, we present the sensitivity of the four facilities to different observables: $\theta_{13}$, $\delta$, maximal $\theta_{23}$, the sign of the atmospheric mass difference, $s_{atm}$, and the $\theta_{23}$-octant, $s_{oct}$.
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In this talk I show how considering at the same time the $\nu_e \to \nu_\tau$ and the $\nu_e \to \nu_\mu$ oscillation channels the errors in the leptonic CP-violating phase $\delta$ measurement could significantly be reduced.
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The availability of the double-differential charged-current neutrino cross section, measured by the MiniBooNE Collaboration by using a carbon target, allows for a systematic comparison of nuclear effects in quasielastic electron and... more
The availability of the double-differential charged-current neutrino cross section, measured by the MiniBooNE Collaboration by using a carbon target, allows for a systematic comparison of nuclear effects in quasielastic electron and neutrino scattering. The results of our study, based on the impulse approximation scheme and a state-of-the-art model of the nuclear spectral functions, suggest that the electron cross section and the flux averaged neutrino cross sections, corresponding to the same target and comparable kinematical conditions, cannot be described within the same theoretical approach using the value of the nucleon axial mass obtained from deuterium measurements. We analyze the assumptions underlying the treatment of electron-scattering data and argue that the description of neutrino data will require a new paradigm, suitable for application to processes in which the lepton kinematics is not fully determined.
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We analyze the influence of nuclear effects on the determination of the nucleon axial mass from nuclear cross sections. Our work is based on a formalism widely applied to describe electron-nucleus scattering data in the impulse... more
We analyze the influence of nuclear effects on the determination of the nucleon axial mass from nuclear cross sections. Our work is based on a formalism widely applied to describe electron-nucleus scattering data in the impulse approximation regime. The results of numerical calculations show that correlation effects, not taken into account by the relativistic Fermi gas model, sizably affect the Q2 dependence of the cross section. However, their inclusion does not appear to explain the large values of the axial mass recently reported by the K2K and MiniBooNE Collaborations.
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We upgrade the study of the physical reach of a neutrino factory considering the possibility to distinguish a three (active) neutrino oscillation scenario from the scenario in which a light sterile neutrino is also present. The... more
We upgrade the study of the physical reach of a neutrino factory considering the possibility to distinguish a three (active) neutrino oscillation scenario from the scenario in which a light sterile neutrino is also present. The distinction is easily performed in the so-called 2+2 scheme, but also in the more problematic 3+1 scheme it can be attained in some regions
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