2011/11/30 by G. C. Branco, R. Gonzalez Felipe, F. R. Joaquim · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/revmodphys.84.515
58 pages; a few misprints corrected and references added; final version to appear in Reviews of Modern Physics
arxiv created 2012/04/12 · arxiv updated 2015/06/03
Several topics on CP violation in the lepton sector are reviewed. A few theoretical aspects concerning neutrino masses, leptonic mixing, and CP violation will be covered, with special emphasis on seesaw models. A discussion is provided on observable effects which are manifest in the presence of CP violation, particularly, in neutrino oscillations and neutrinoless double beta decay processes, and their possible implications in collider experiments such as the LHC. The role that leptonic CP violation may have played in the generation of the baryon asymmetry of the Universe through the mechanism of leptogenesis is also discussed.