Non-Standard Interaction Effects at Reactor Neutrino Experiments
Nordita seminar
Friday 05 December 2008
from 13:15
to 14:15 at
122:026
Speaker :
Tommy Ohlsson (KTH)
Abstract :
We study non-standard interactions (NSIs) at reactor neutrino experiments, and
in particular, the mimicking effects on \theta_13. We present generic formulas for
oscillation probabilities including NSIs from sources and detectors. Instructive
mappings between the fundamental leptonic mixing parameters and the effective
leptonic mixing parameters are established. In addition, NSI corrections to the
mixing angles \theta_13 and \theta_12 are discussed in detail. Finally, we show
that, even for a vanishing \theta_13, an oscillation phenomenon may still be
observed in future short baseline reactor neutrino experiments, such as Double
Chooz and Daya Bay, due to the existences of NSIs. If time allows, I will also try
to make a more general introduction to NSIs.
