Symmetries in intermediate and high energy physics

A. Faessler, T. S. Kosmas, G. K. Leontaris (auth.)3540666982, 9783540666981

This book contains comprehensive reviews of modern topics in nuclear physics, particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Special emphasis is put on the role of several symmetries in physics at intermediate and high energies and on neutrino physics, with its implications in nuclear astrophysics and cosmology. Many applications of the theories and experiments are included, along with interesting information on recent developments with respect to current problems in modern physics. The book is therefore especially useful to new scientists and graduate students.

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Table of contents :
Super-Kamiokande neutrino oscillations and the supersymmetric model….Pages 1-14
New developments in neutrino physics….Pages 15-33
Neutrino masses: from fantasy to facts….Pages 35-68
Perspectives of double beta and dark matter search as windows to new physics….Pages 69-104
Improved tests of muon and electron flavor symmetry in muon processes….Pages 105-128
Chiral symmetries in nuclear physics….Pages 129-167
Fundamental nuclear structure symmetries in double-beta decay processes….Pages 169-198
Recent highlights on neutrino-nucleus interactions….Pages 199-225
Leptogenesis in supersymmetric hybrid inflation….Pages 227-245
Phenomenological and cosmological aspects of the breaking of the electroweak and global symmetries in the MSSM and the NMSSM….Pages 247-284
World-volume supermembrane instantons in the light-cone frame….Pages 285-299