Resolving the LSND anomaly

por Sergio Palomares Ruiz (University of Vanderbilt)

jueves 18 may. 2006 12:00 → 13:00 Europe/Madrid

Sala Seminarios (Dpto. de Física Teórica (UVEG))

The LSND experiment showed evidence of electron antineutrino appearance, which cannot be accomodated within the standard three-neutrino framework. Many different possible explanations have been suggested since then. However, most of them have been subsequently ruled out by more recent experiments. In this talk I will review all the different suggestions appeared in the literature and comment on their problems. I will make special emphasis on one of the latest, based on heavy (mostly sterile) neutrino decay. A critical test will come soon from the MiniBooNE experiment.