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Introduction to neutrino physics
While neutrino masses have been experimentally established more than 20 years ago, the origin of neutrino masses is unknown. The two lectures provide an introduction to neutrino physics.
In the first lecture we will discuss the Standard Model interactions of neutrinos, the difference between Dirac and Majorana neutrinos, neutrino oscillations and provide an overview of the current state of neutrino physics.
The topic of the second lecture will be the theory of neutrino masses. We will discuss different mechanisms to generate neutrino masses including the seesaw mechanism and its variants as well as radiative generation of neutrino masses.
Bio: Dr Michael Schmidt is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales Sydney. He obtained his Physik Diplom and PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics at the Technische Universität München in Germany, was a Research Fellow at the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology at the University of Durham and the University of Melbourne, and a Lecturer at the University of Sydney. Michael is well known for his research on quantum corrections to neutrino masses, the correct definition of a (generalized) CP symmetry in presence of a discrete flavour symmetry, and neutrino mass model building. Recently, he has been focussing on charged lepton flavour physics and the physics of semi-leptonic and rare B meson decays.
Host: Prof. Xiaogang He