The fundamental forces and particles of nature

随着最近获得的中微子振荡的证据，中微子的质量和混合已经牢固地建立起来。未来的新问题是开放的：中微子物理学中未知参数的值是多少，在标准模型之外的理论中测量到的中微子质量和混合的起源是什么，大质量中微子在天体物理物体和早期宇宙中的作用是什么？该项目将研究当前和未来实验装置的范围及其对已知和未知中微子参数的灵敏度。一旦中微子参数被足够精确地测量出来，这些信息对于理解超越标准模型的中微子质量起源和混合理论将是至关重要的。该项目将重点关注高能和低能模型，研究它们的理论动机、现象学特征和宇宙学含义。

With the evidence of neutrino oscillations which has been obtained in the recent past, neutrino masses and mixing have been firmly established. New questions are open for the future: what are the values of the unknown parameters in neutrino physics, what is the origin of the measured neutrino masses and mixing in theories beyond the Standard Model and what is the role of massive neutrinos in astrophysical objects and in the Early Universe? The project will study the reach of present and future experimental setups and their sensitivity to the known and unknown neutrino parameters. Once the neutrino parameters are measured with sufficient accuracy, this information will be critical in order to understand the theory beyond the Standard Model at the origin of neutrino masses and mixing. The project will focus on high energy and low energy models, looking at their theoretical motivations and at their phenomenological signatures and cosmological implications.