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Seminar

The inverse seesaw mechanism for neutrino masses

by Avelino Vicente (IFIC - CSIC / U. Valencia)

Australia/Sydney
Description

Neutrino oscillation experiments have firmly established that neutrinos have non-zero masses and mixings, hence demanding an extension of the Standard Model that accounts for them. In this talk I will concentrate on one of the most popular ways to naturally induce small neutrino masses: the inverse seesaw mechanism. After introducing the basic ideas behind the inverse seesaw, I will discuss some of its more interesting phenomenological consequences, both at high- and low-energy experiments. I will also show that the inverse seesaw can be implemented for both Majorana and Dirac neutrinos.