Description
After the latest experimental results, neutrino physics
became a very exciting subject and took a very rapid
expansion. Neutrino, the most elusive elementary particle
has always reserved surprises to theorists and
experimentalists. Its existence has been predicted by W.
Pauli in 1930, at a moment where only the electron and
proton were known, in order to save the energy conservation
low. Due to the very weak interaction with matter, only 26
years later the first neutrino has been detected.
In the first part of this lecture, a neutrino historical
review will be given. In the second part, the relation
between the Standard Model (particle theory) and the
oscillation formalism will be introduced. The third part
will be devoted to the experimental results extracted from
the most representative experiments. In the last part, new
projects proposed for a better understanding of neutrino
properties will be presented.
Author
Marcos Dracos
(Centre de Recherches Nucleaire, Hautes Energies)
