Beyond Delta m^2: Absolute Mass Sensitivity in Neutrino Oscillations

25 Aug 2026, 10:10
30m
S4

Speaker

Andre de Gouvea (Northwestern University)

Description

We discuss the next-to-leading-order corrections to the neutrino oscillation phase and applying the result to reactor antineutrinos. At next-to-leading order, the oscillation phase includes terms proportional to m_i^4-m_j^4 = Delta m^2_{ij}(m_i^2+m_j^2), and is therefore sensitive to the absolute mass scale. We estimate the sensitivity of JUNO to the absolute neutrino mass scale.

Author

Andre de Gouvea (Northwestern University)

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