[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Theory Seminar today at 13:00

Wed Nov 3 05:00:00 PDT 2021

Date/Time: Wed 2021-11-03 at 13:00

Location:  Remote              

Speaker:   Michael Shamma (TRIUMF)

Title:     Unraveling the Dirac Neutrino with Cosmological and Terrestrial Detectors

Abstract: We point out a correlation between the effective number of relativistic degrees of species, the cosmologically measured effective neutrino mass, and the terrestrially measured neutrino mass sum and effective electron neutrino mass, which arises in the Dirac neutrino hypothesis. If the neutrinos are Dirac particles, and if the active neutrinos' sterile partners were once thermalized in the early universe, then this new cosmological relic would simultaneously contribute to the effective number of relativistic species, and also lead to a correlation between the cosmologically-measured effective sterile neutrino mass and the terrestrially-measured active neutrino mass sum. We emphasize that specifically correlated deviations in these quantities above their standard predictions could be the harbinger revealing the Dirac nature of neutrinos. We provide several benchmark examples, including Dirac leptogenesis, that predict a thermal relic population of the sterile partners, and we discuss the relevant observational prospects with current and near-future experiments. If the correlation highlighted in this work is observed in future surveys, it could be interpreted as supporting evidence of Dirac neutrino masses.

https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62535266430?pwd=THVrUzhMdjAyVkNnM05OUWRZYUppZz09

Meeting ID: 625 3526 6430
Passcode: 307647

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