Dirac right-handed neutrinos in a U(1)_{B-L} Z' portal model produce observable ΔN_eff that, together with direct/indirect detection and collider bounds, carves out testable WIMP and FIMP dark-matter regions.
Observation of electron-antineutrino disappearance at Daya Bay
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The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment has measured a non-zero value for the neutrino mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ with a significance of 5.2 standard deviations. Antineutrinos from six 2.9 GW$_{\rm th}$ reactors were detected in six antineutrino detectors deployed in two near (flux-weighted baseline 470 m and 576 m) and one far (1648 m) underground experimental halls. With a 43,000 ton-GW_{\rm th}-day livetime exposure in 55 days, 10416 (80376) electron antineutrino candidates were detected at the far hall (near halls). The ratio of the observed to expected number of antineutrinos at the far hall is $R=0.940\pm 0.011({\rm stat}) \pm 0.004({\rm syst})$. A rate-only analysis finds $\sin^22\theta_{13}=0.092\pm 0.016({\rm stat})\pm0.005({\rm syst})$ in a three-neutrino framework.
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MINERvA compares quasielastic-like cross sections at two neutrino beam energies and finds discrepancies pointing to overestimated final state interactions for protons and pions.
Mu-tau interchange symmetry in the lepton mixing matrix leads to a potential divergence when tracing individual muon and tau neutrino fractions from astrophysical sources, so that only their sum plus the electron fraction can be extracted in the exact symmetry limit.
A new minimal neutrino mass matrix texture is introduced that enforces equal Majorana phases within a partial TBM scheme and is realized via hybrid Type-I and Type-II seesaw under an extended discrete symmetry.
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Inelasticity and neutron multiplicity distributions differ between neutrino and antineutrino charged-current events in liquid scintillator, enabling quantitative discrimination for atmospheric oscillation studies.
In a two-triplet Type-II seesaw, resonant leptogenesis at the TeV scale dynamically requires small Yukawa couplings that suppress observable lepton flavor violation as a direct consequence of successful baryogenesis.
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Potential divergence in tracing $\mu$ and $\tau$ flavors of astrophysical neutrinos
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Equal Majorana Phases from a Minimal and Predictive Neutrino Texture
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Neutrino monitoring of explosions for excluding fission yield
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$SO(10)$-inspired leptogenesis
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