Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 207, 2019
Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescopes (VLVnT-2018)
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Article Number | 04004 | |
Number of page(s) | 11 | |
Section | Neutrino Oscillations and Dark Matter Search | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920704004 | |
Published online | 10 May 2019 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920704004
The Sterile Neutrino: A short introduction
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
* e-mail: dnaumov@jinr.ru
Published online: 10 May 2019
This is a pedagogical introduction to the main concepts of the sterile neutrino - a hypothetical particle, coined to resolve some anomalies in neutrino data and retain consistency with observed widths of the W and Z bosons. We briefly review existing anomalies and the oscillation parameters that best describe these data. We discuss in more detail how sterile neutrinos can be observed, as well as the consequences of its possible existence. In particular, we pay attention to a possible loss of coherence in a model of neutrino oscillations with sterile neutrinos, where this effect might be of a major importance with respect to the 3ν model. The current status of searches for a sterile neutrino state is also briefly reviewed.
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