Phenomenology in models with extra dimensions

Author(s)

Pedro Simoni Pasquini

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin
• Defense date: 2013-06-28

Examining board members

Orlando Luis Goulart Peres; Vicente Pleitez; Marcelo Moraes Guzzo

• Advisor: Orlando Luis Goulart Peres

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 (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/15823-7 - Particle physics phenomenology in extra dimensions models
• Grantee: Pedro Simoni Pasquini
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master