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 Monday 8th June

 

 

12:30-13:30 Lunch

14:00-14:30 Introduction

14:30-16:30 LFV from GUT see-saw models and from TeV see-saw models:

  • 14:30-15:00 LFV in GUT theories (G. Ross)
  • 15:00-15:30 LFV in TeV see-saw models (E. Ma)
  • 15:30-16:30 Discussion (M. Frigerio)
  • Is it possible to discriminate between GUT and TeV-scale see-saws?
  • How do these models inscribe into a more general theory?
  • Where does the smallness of neutrino masses come from, and does it require fine-tuning anywhere?
  • How can flavor mixing be implemented? Is it possible to define some "benchmark" scenarios? If so, which ones?
  • Is it possible to come up with plausible arguments for the precisions required for theta13, deltacp, and the Majorana phases?
  • What information on the origin of neutrino masses can be obtained from the mass hierarchy measurement?

 

16:30-17:00 Coffee

17:00-18:00 Neutrino physics and cosmology/astroparticle physics complementarity

  • 17:00-17:30 Neutrinos in astroparticle physics and cosmology (S. Hannestad)
  • 17:30-18:00 Discussion (P. Di Bari)
  • What measurements on neutrino properties can we expect from cosmology/astrophysics?
  • How do they compare to terrestrial information?
  • How do we estimate the systematic errors in the measurement of neutrino parameters from cosmological observations?
  • What is the impact of a non-standard evolution of the Early Universe?
  • Are there particular models with interesting signatures in astrophysics/cosmology?

 

19:30-20:30 Dinner

Tuesday 9th June

09:00-11:00 A theoretical perspective on lepton flavour physics at the TeV scale within i) SUSY models ii) extra-dimension models

  • 9:00-9:30 TeV LFV in SUSY models (S. Khalil)
  • 9:30-10:00 TeV LFV in non-SUSY BSM models (F. del Aguila)
  • 10:00-11:00 Discussion (A. Santamaria)
  • How does the generation of neutrino masses and flavour mixing at the TeV scale fit into the wider perspective of particle physics models?
  • Are there any generic features (i.e., model-independent)?
  • What can we learn about flavor in the lepton sector (model-dependent versus model-independent)?

11:00-11:30 Coffee

11:30-12:30 Leptogenesis in the context of neutrino mass models: model dependent versus model independent considerations

  • 11:30-12:00 Leptogenesis (A. Abada)
  • 12:00-12:30 Discussion (E. Nardi)
  • Under what conditions can a connection between low and high energy CP violation be established?
  • Is it obvious to believe in leptogenesis if a low energy CP violation and lepton number violation is observed?
  • Can one get additional information in the context of LFV?

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:30 Interplay between neutrino masses and other phenomenological signatures

  • 14:00-14:30 Neutrinos at the LHC (T. Schwetz)
  • 14:30-15:00 Phenomenological perspective on LFV processes (A. de Gouvea)
  • 15:00-15:30 NSI (E. Hernandez-Martinez)
  • 15:30-16:30 Discussion (T. Ohlsson)
  • Collider physics (Tevatron, LHC) and electroweak precision data
  • Establishing the source of neutrinoless double beta decay and other lepton number violating processes by using the LHC (and not only)
  • Lepton flavour violating decays
  • In the combination of different information, what are the most interesting physics scenarios from the phenomenological (=parameter) and theoretical (=model) point of view?
  • When can we expect interesting connections?
  • How to search for new physics in neutrino experiments?

 

16:30-17:00 Coffee

17:00-18:30 Round table on a preliminary discussion on performance indicators in long baseline experiments (K. Long)

  • What performance indicators are currently in use?
  • What are their advantages/disadvantages?
  • How can one compare experiments in an objective way?
  • What does it change if theta13 is discovered in the immediate future?

19:30-20:30 Dinner

 

Wednesday June 10th

09:00-10:30 Contributed talks by students and young postdocs

  • Adisorn Adulpravitchai: Non-abelian Discrete Flavor Symmetries from T^2/Z_N Orbifolds
  • Daniel Hernandez: Minimal Flavour Seesaw Models
  • Mirza Satriawan: Possible mechanism for generating a very small Dirac neutrino mass
  • Tracey Li: The low energy neutrino factory
  • Jacobo Lopez Pavon: 3+1 sterile neutrinos at NuFact
  • Steve Kom: LHC probe of SUSY neutrinoless double beta decay mechanism
  • Chris Jackson: Understanding the mechanism of neutrinoless double beta decay with SuperNEMO

10:30-11:00 Coffee

11:00-12:30 Summary of sessions and Conclusions

13:00 Lunch and conclusion of workshop