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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 87: Neutrinophysik (Theorie)

T 87.5: Talk

Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 17:45–18:00, VSH 05

Testing neutrino mass generation at the GeV scale: experimental reach versus theoretical predictions — •Rasmus Westphal Rasmussen and Walter Winter — Desy, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen

We discuss the parameter space reach of future experiments searching for sterile neutrinos at the GeV scale in terms of neutrino mass models with three generations. We investigate two classes of models: one tends to be partially within reach, whereas the other case yield more refined predictions. We also highlight the importance to measure the flavor-dependent couplings of the sterile neutrinos as a model discriminator, and we clarify the impact of assumptions frequently used in the literature to show the parameter space reach for the active-sterile mixings.