1–7 Jun 2014
Boston University
US/Eastern timezone

An Exercise in Frugality, what do we know about the PMNS Matrix?

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Metcalf Auditorium (Boston University)

Metcalf Auditorium

Boston University

George Sherman Union 775 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215
Board: 100
Poster Theory / Phenomenology

Speaker

Mr Mark Ross-Lonergan (IPPP Durham University)

Description

We investigate precisely what can be extracted from the current appearance and disappearance oscillation data in regards the 3x3 PMNS matrix, without explicitly assuming unitarity. Our cannonical model of this unitarity violation is an added sterile neutrino, whose mass and mixing are not fully resolvable in current generation experiments, or does not take part in oscillations. Further constraints on deviations from unitarity from lepton universality and rare lepton decays are discussed to further bound the lepton mixing matrix, and future experiments that can improve the situation are investigated.

Primary author

Mr Mark Ross-Lonergan (IPPP Durham University)

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