The existence of at or curved extra spatial dimensions provides new insights into several of the problems which face the Standard Model of particle physics, including the gauge hierarchy problem, the smallness of neutrino masses, and the dark matter problem. However, higher-dimensional gauge theories are not renormalizable and can only be considered as low-energy effective theories, with limited applicability. Dimensional deconstruction provides a class of manifestly gauge invariant possible ultraviolet completions of higher-dimensional gauge theories, formulated within conventional quantum eld theory. In dimensional deconstruction, the fundamental theory is a four-dimensional quantum eld theory and extra spatial dimensions are generated dynamically at low energies. In this thesis, we study di erent applications of dimensional deconstruction in the contexts of neutrino masses, mixing and oscillations, Kaluza{Klein dark matter, and e ective eld theories for discretized higher-dimensional gravity. A different possibility to understand the smallness of neutrino masses is provided by the see-saw mechanism. This is a genuinely four-dimensional mechanism, where the light neutrino masses are induced by the addition of heavy right-handed Majorana neutrinos or by other heavy degrees of freedom, such as scalar SU(2)L triplet elds. It has the attractive feature of simultaneously providing a mechanism for generating the observed baryon asymmetry of the Universe. We study in this context a specific left-right symmetric see-saw model. / QC 20100716

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:14:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 978847 bytes, checksum: 3c8166c6c938e9a2ddd388bff2104829 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-11-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Studied in this work two mechanisms for generating mass for the neutrinos which are extentions of the SM. The first chapter is a presentation of the Standard Model with its contents and properties. The second chapter discusses an extension with the insertion of the right-handed neutrino component that implies in Dirac s massive particle and a Majorana mass term, which combines with the first term to result in Type I Seesaw. In The third chapter the extension is made by adition of a triplet of scalars that generates to a Majorana mass term for neutrinos leading to Type II Seesaw. In The last chapter we study the effective operator at low energies that generates as a more elegant and short mass for neutrinos associate without which the fundamental theory that leads to that operator. / Estudamos neste trabalho dois mecanismos para geração de massa para neutrinos que são extensões do MP. O segundo capítulo é uma apresentação do Modelo Padrão com seu conteúdo e principais aspectos. No terceiro capítulo abordamos uma extensão com a inserção da componente de mão-direita do neutrino implicando em neutrinos massivos de Dirac, e num termo de massa de Majorana cuja combinação com o primeiro termo resulta no Mecanismo de Seesaw tipo I. No quarto capítulo a extensão é feita pela adição de um tripleto de escalares por SU(2) fornecendo um termo de massa de Majorana para os neutrinos levando ao Mecanismo de Seesaw tipo II. O último capítulo apresentamos o operador efetivo em baixas energias que fornece a massa pequena dos neutrinos sem associar qual a teoria fundamental que leva a este operador.

Esta tese apresenta uma análise estatística detalhada dos dados de experimentos com neutrinos solares mais recentes, com duas diferentes soluções para oscilações de neutrinos, ambas caracterizadas por um grande comprimento de oscilação. A primeira baseada no mecanismo de oscilação padrão, ou seja, induzida por massa, sendo esta estudada nos casos de duas e três gerações e dentro do regime de quase-vácuo. E a segunda, uma exótica, que usa como mecanismo de oscilação uma possível violação do princípio de equivalência, que foi analisada somente para o caso de duas gerações, sendo este discutido para transições entre neutrinos ativos, e entre neutrinos ativos e estéreis. Nossos resultados mostraram que ambas soluções são consistentes com os dados de neutrinos solares e, também, no caso específico do quase-vácuo, observamos que a hipótese de três gerações ficou desfavorecida. / This thesis presents a well detailed statistical analysis using the recent data from solar neutrino experiments. This analysis was done in the framework of two different solutions of neutrino oscillations, both characterized by a long oscillation wavelength. The first was based on the standard mass induced oscillation mechanism, here we worked in the scheme of two and three neutrino generations within the quasivacuum regime. The second was an exotic mechanism, where the neutrino oscillation is due to a possible breakdown of the equivalence principle, this alternative was analyzed only for two neutrino generations, in the cases for the conversion among active neutrino and active to sterile neutrino. Our results show a good agreement between the solar neutrino data and both solutions, also in the specific case of quasivacuum, we found that the hypothesis for the three neutrino generation is disfavored.

Orientador: Marcelo Moraes Guzzo / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-01T21:05:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Zavanin_EduardoMarcio_D.pdf: 12290577 bytes, checksum: e37b2af24ec03321ad993ebd98fbc0dc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / Resumo: O objetivo desse trabalho é estudar um mecanismo alternativo à hipótese de neutrino estéril para a solução das anomalias dos antineutrinos de reatores, da anomalia do Gálio e da anomalia dos aceleradores. Vamos também entender como encaixar esse mecanismo na teoria da física de partículas através de interações não padrão. Além disso, vamos estudar o duplo decaimento beta sem a emissão de neutrinos e colocar vínculos para a massa efetiva de Majorana. Não obstante, vamos entender os limites que o experimento ECHo fornecerá para medidas direta da massa dos neutrinos / Abstract: The objective of this work is the study of an alternative mechanism, that is not the hypothesized sterile neutrino, to solve the reactor anti-neutrino anomaly, the Gallium anomaly and the LSND anomaly. We will also understand how to fit this mechanism in the theory of particle physics through non standard interactions. In addition, we will study the neutrino-less double beta decay and set constraints to the effective Majorana neutrino mass. Furthermore we will understand the limits that the ECHo experiment will provide for direct measurements of the neutrino mass / Doutorado / Física / Doutor em Ciências / 2013/02518-7 / 1189631/2013 / FAPESP / CAPES

Orientador: Orlando Luis Goulart Peres / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T00:42:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pasquini_PedroSimoni_M.pdf: 4615786 bytes, checksum: d94409b2794db9d8be03e41a933166d1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Apesar do grande sucesso alcançado pela teoria do modelo padrão baseada nas simetrias SU&subC;(3)? SU&subL;(2)? U(1), ainda existem alguns desafios a serem conquistados. Uma maneira direta de resolver os problemas é interpretar o modelo padrão (SM) como um modelo efetivo cuja validade chega até uma escala de energia E ¿ ?, na qual ele deixa de ser válido. Suspeita-se de que ? ~ TeV, e poderá ser observada nova física com as análises do Large Hadron Collider (LHC). No sentido de teoria efetiva do SM, é possível explicar a origem da oscilação de neutrinos [2] via mecanismo de Higgs, combinado com o modelo See-saw[1]. Esse mecanismo produz um operador 5-dimensional renormalizável que gera os ângulos de mistura dos neutrinos. Esse trabalho faz um estudo sobre a evolução dos ângulos de mistura dos neutrinos com a energia, via equações do grupo de renormalização. Comparando o modelo padrão com sua possível extensão, o modelo supersimétrico e modelos com uma dimensão espacial extra. A evolução dos ângulos de mistura é bem sutil mesmo para altas energias na ordem de 14TeV, ~ 2:5% para os modelos padrão e supersimétrico, com evolução com a escala na forma logarítmica e, um pouco mais acentuada, ~ 15% para o modelos com dimensões extras, cujo resultado esperado pela dependência quadrática na escala de energia problema. A análise foi feita para alguns valores nos raios das dimensões extras, e foi visto, como o esperado, que quanto menor o raio, menor é a mudança visível a baixas energias. Tais resultados podem ajudar na seleção de modelos, entretanto a variação no ângulo de mistura não é observável fora dos erros experimentais atuais- de medições já realizadas sobre oscilação de neutrinos. A variação entre os modelos é, portanto, leve, de forma que não é possível verifica-la com os dados atuais / Abstract: In spite of the great success reached by the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, there are some puzzles that seems as a new physics at the ~ TeV scale, such as the origin of neutrino mass and neutrino oscillations. The framework for dealing with those effects are the interpretation of the SM as an effective theory valid at maximum energy E ¿ ?, where ? ~ TeV. In this work we study the evolution of neutrino masses and their mixing angles, which are supposed to be generated via the 5-dimensional Weinberg operator as a consequence of the see-saw mechanism. The studied models are: (1) A minimal extension of the standard model with three heavy steril neutrinos, (2) Minimal Supersymmetric Standar Model, (3) Minimal Unified Extra Dimensions in 5D. We show that the running of the mixing are very sutil in the _rst two models, less then 10% for ?12, and a bit bigger, of order of 10%, also ?12, in a power law growth with energy, as expected by the effectiviness nature of the model. The neutrino mass square diference tend to decrease, but not enough to reach a equality of masses in some energy scale near ~ TeV / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física

L'expérience JUNO est une expérience basée sur un détecteur à scintillateur liquide ayant pour objectif principal de déterminer la hiérarchie de masse des neutrinos. JUNO atteindra une sensibilité de trois écarts standards en 6 ans, avec une résolution en énergie sans précédent, meilleure que 3% à 1MeV. Le détecteur central de JUNO est un détecteur à scintillateur liquide de 20 kilotonnes, construit avec une couverture de photocathode élevée (78%) et une bonne transparence. La couverture de photocathode est assurée par 18000 photomultiplicateurs de 20 pouces et 25000 de 3 pouces, ce qui permet d'atteindre un rendement d'environ 1200 photoélectrons par MeV. Malgré les 700m d'épaisseur de roche protégeant le détecteur des rayonnements cosmiques, le bruit de fond induit par les muons atmosphériques est toujours considéré comme non négligeable par rapport au signal attendu pour la détermination de la hiérarchie de masse. Pour faire face à ce bruit de fond, un détecteur appelé "Top Tracker" permet d'améliorer la détection de ces muons. Cette thèse concerne les travaux d'optimisation pour cette expérience actuellement en cours de construction, et dont les prises de données commenceront en 2021.Pour les photomultiplicateurs de 20 pouces, deux nouvelles géométries de concentrateurs de lumière sont étudiées afin de vérifier leurs performances pour augmenter le rendement photoélectronique et donc la résolution en énergie de JUNO. La distribution spatiale et le schéma de câblage des photomultiplicateurs de 3 pouces font aussi l'objet d'études pour assurer une performance optimale du système.Cette thèse aborde ensuite la conception du système de déclenchement du Top Tracker. En effet, ce détecteur doit posséder un tel système pour rejeter les signaux produits par la radioactivité naturelle dans la caverne. Les résultats montrent qu'un système à 2 niveaux doté d'algorithmes optimisés est efficace pour la suppression de ces signaux et qu'il est ainsi possible d'obtenir une efficacité de détection des muons de 93%. Une discussion sur la contribution du Top Tracker à la suppression et à la mesure du bruit de fond induit par les muons atmosphériques est également incluse. / The JUNO experiment is a multi-purpose liquid scintillator neutrino experiment with the main objective of determining the neutrino mass hierarchy (nuMH) with a significance better than 3sigma. To achieve this goal, it is crucial that JUNO has an unprecedented energy resolution of 3% at 1 MeV. Therefore, the JUNO Central Detector (CD) will be built with 20000 ton high transparency liquid scintillator and high photomultiplier tube (PMT) photocathode coverage of 78%, which is provided by 18000 20"-PMTs (LPMTs) and 25000 3"-PMTs (SPMTs). At the same time, the background induced by atmospheric muons should be vetoed by using reconstructed muon tracks. The Top Tracker (TT) is a muon tracker installed on top of the CD for precise muon tracking.This thesis details firstly the optimisation of the LPMT and the SPMT systems, which are directly related to the antineutrino calorimetry. New designs of light concentrator tailored for the JUNO LPMT are studied in order to verify their performance on increasing the JUNO photoelectron yield. By comparing different configurations, the relation between the SPMT system performance and the non-uniform distribution of the SPMT emplacements is studied, and the scheme used for cabling between SPMTs and their Under Water Boxes (UWBs) is studied to ensure a minimal performance degradation in case of UWB failure.Afterwards, this thesis reports on the design and optimisation of the TT trigger algorithms. Due to the background induced by natural radioactivity in the JUNO cavern, the TT cannot work correctly without a trigger system. The results show that a 2-level trigger with the optimised trigger algorithm is effective for the background suppression and thus a muon detection efficiency of 93% can be achieved.A discussion about the TT contribution to the suppression and the measurement of the atmospheric muon-induced background, is also included.

<p>In recent years, there has been a large interest in the subject of extra dimensions in particle physics. In particular, a number of models have been suggested which provide solutions to some of the problems with the current Standard Model of particle physics, and which could be tested in the next generation of high-energy experiments. Among the most important of these models are the large extra dimensions model by Arkani-Hamed, Dimopoulos, and Dvali, the universal extra dimensions model, and models allowing right-handed neutrinos to propagate in the extra dimensions. In this thesis, we study phenomenological aspects of these three models, or simple modifications of them.</p><p> </p><p>The Arkani-Hamed-Dimopoulos-Dvali model attempts to solve the gauge hierarchy problem through a volume suppression of Newton's gravitational constant, lowering the fundamental Planck scale down to the electroweak scale. However, this solution is unsatisfactory in the sense that it introduces a new scale through the radius of the extra dimensions, which is unnaturally large compared to the electroweak scale. It has been suggested that a similar model, with a hyperbolic internal space, could provide a more satisfactory solution to the problem, and we consider the hadron collider phenomenology of such a model.</p><p> </p><p>One of the main features of the universal extra dimensions model is the existence of a potential dark matter candidate, the lightest Kaluza-Klein particle. In the so-called minimal universal extra dimensions model, the identity of this particle is well defined, but in more general models, it could change. We consider the indirect neutrino detection signals for a number of different such dark matter candidates, in a five- as well as a six-dimensional model.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, right-handed neutrinos propagating in extra dimensions could provide an alternative scenario to the seesaw mechanism for generating small masses for the left-handed neutrinos. Since extra-dimensional models are non-renormalizable, the Kaluza-Klein tower is expected to be cut off at some high-energy scale. We study a model where a Majorana neutrino at this cutoff scale is responsible for the generation of the light neutrino masses, while the lower modes of the tower could possibly be observed in the Large Hadron Collider. We investigate the bounds on the model from non-unitarity effects, as well as collider signatures of the model.</p>

This thesis is an investigation of the subject of extra dimensions in particle physics. In recent years, there has been a large interest in this subject. In particular, a number of models have been suggested that provide solutions to some of the problem with the current Standard Model of particle physics. These models typically give rise to experimental signatures around the TeV energy scale, which means that they could be tested in the next generation of high-energy experiments, such as the LHC. Among the most important of these models are the universal extra dimensions model, the large extra dimensions model by Arkani-Hamed, Dimopolous, and Dvali, and models where right-handed neutrinos propagate in the extra dimensions. In the thesis, we study phenomenological aspects of these models, or simple modifications of them. In particular, we focus on Kaluza–Klein dark matter in universal extra dimensions models, different aspects of neutrino physics in higher dimensions, and collider phenomenology of extra dimensions. In addition, we consider consequences of the enhanced renormalization group running of physical parameters in higher-dimensional models. / QC 20120427

This thesis is devoted to the theory and phenomenology of neutrino physics. While the standard model of particle physics has been extremely successful, it fails to account for massive neutrinos, which are necessary to describe the observations of neutrino oscillations made by several different experiments. Thus, neutrino physics is a possible window for exploring the physics beyond the standard model, making it both interesting and important for our fundamental understanding of Nature. Throughout this thesis, we will discuss different aspects of neutrino physics, ranging from taking all three types of neutrinos into account in neutrino oscillation experiments to exploring the possibilities of neutrino mass models to produce a viable source of the baryon asymmetry of the Universe. The emphasis of the thesis is on neutrino oscillations which, given their implication of neutrino masses, is a phenomenon where other results that are not describable in the standard model could be found, such as new interactions between neutrinos and fermions. / QC 20100630

Experiments on neutrino oscillations have confirmed that neutrinos have small, but non-zero masses, and that the interacting neutrino states do not have definite masses, but are mixtures of such states.The seesaw models make up a group of popular models describing the small neutrino masses and the corresponding mixing.In these models, new, heavy fields are introduced and the neutrino masses are suppressed by the ratio between the electroweak scale and the large masses of the new fields. Usually, the new fields introduced have masses far above the electroweak scale, outside the reach of any foreseeable experiments, making these versions of seesaw models essentially untestable. However, there are also so-called low-scale seesaw models, where the new particles have masses above the electroweak scale, but within the reach of future experiments, such as the LHC.In quantum field theories, quantum corrections generally introduce an energy-scale dependence on all their parameters, described by the renormalization group equations. In this thesis, the energy-scale dependence of the neutrino parameters in two low-scale seesaw models, the low-scale type I and inverse seesaw models, are considered. Also, the question of whether the neutrinos are Majorana particles, \ie , their own antiparticles, has not been decided experimentally. Future experiments on neutrinoless double beta decay could confirm the Majorana nature of neutrinos. However, there could also be additional contributions to the decay, which are not directly related to neutrino masses. We have investigated the possible future bounds on the strength of such additional contributions to neutrinoless double beta decay, depending on the outcome of ongoing and planned experiments related to neutrino masses. / QC 20110812