Thursday, February 23, 2017, 16:00
WBGB/019
Ana Teixeira, LPC Clermont
Abstract:
Massive neutrinos and leptonic mixing have provided provided the first
evidence of flavour violation in the lepton sector, opening a unique
gateway to many new phenomena, with an impact ranging from low-energy
observables to colliders, as well as cosmology and astroparticle
physics.
If observed, charged lepton flavour violation (cLFV) is a clear sign of
New Physics - beyond the Standard Mode (SM) minimally extended to
accommodate neutrino oscillation data. We begin by a brief review of
the experimental status of cLFV searches, both at low- and
high-energies, and the prospects for the upcoming years. We then
consider extensions of the SM which could potentially give rise to
observable cLFV signals: following a model-independent discussion, we
comment on the prospects of several New Physics models regarding cLFV,
with a particular emphasis on low-energy seesaw mechanisms.