Neutrinos: Fast & Curious

Abstract

The Standard Model has been effective way beyond expectations in foreseeing the result of almost all the experimental tests done up so far. In it, neutrinos are massless. Nonetheless, in recent years we have collected solid proofs indicating little but non zero masses for the neutrinos (when contrasted with those of the charged leptons). These masses permit neutrinos to change their flavor and oscillate, indeed a unique treat. In these lectures, I discuss the properties and the amazing potential of neutrinos in and beyond the Standard Model.

arXiv comment22 pages, contribution to the 2016 European School of High-Energy Physics, Skeikampen, Norway , 15 - 28 June 2016, to appear as a CERN Yellow Report. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1504.07037

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