Origin of Neutrino Masses

Determine the origin of neutrino masses in the context of the Standard Model of particle physics, identifying the physical mechanism by which neutrinos acquire mass.

Background

The paper motivates neutrino telescope research by noting that neutrinos are linked to fundamental gaps in the Standard Model. Among these, the origin of neutrino masses remains a key unsolved issue. Understanding how neutrinos acquire mass would have profound implications for particle physics and cosmology.

While the work presented focuses on machine learning methods (om2vec) for efficiently representing neutrino telescope event data, the improved data handling and reconstruction capabilities aim to facilitate downstream analyses that could contribute evidence relevant to this open question.

References

Neutrino telescopes search for rare interactions caused by neutrinos, an elusive particle central to many open questions in the Standard Model of particle physics, such as the origin of their masses and the matter anti-matter asymmetry of the universe.

— Learning Efficient Representations of Neutrino Telescope Events (2410.13148 - Yu et al., 17 Oct 2024) in Section 1 (Introduction), first paragraph