Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2009-11-23
Prog.Part.Nucl.Phys.64:325-333,2010
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
12 pages
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.ppnp.2009.12.042
One of the major open issues in neutrino physics is the possible existence of CP violation in the neutrino sector. Such an observation would have an important impact in various domains of physics, from high energy physics to cosmology. Its search requires future accelerator neutrino facilities producing intense and pure neutrino beams such as "beta-beams". Here we review the different beta-beam scenarios proposed so far and discuss the present status, with a particular emphasis on the original baseline scenario and its feasibility. Alternative strategies for the CP violation search are to be pursued as well. A possibility is to search for CP violation effects in astrophysical environments. Here we present recent analytical and numerical results obtained in the context of core-collapse supernovae. In particular, we point out the conditions under which there can be CP violating effects in dense media and show numerical results on the supernova (anti-)neutrino fluxes and on the electron fraction, relevant for the r-process nucleosynthesis.
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