Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics (Ettore Majorana International Science Series (12))

Neutrino '80 held at the Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture in Erice, was the tenth of a series of International Confer­ ences on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics. It also marked the fiftieth anniversary of the first mention, by Wolfgang Pauli, of a neutral particle emitted in beta decay. The conference occurred at a very propitious time in neutrino physics: the possibility of a non-zero neutrino mass and of neutrino oscillations has obvious implications of great importance in neutrino astrophysics and cosmology, as well as in the grand unified theories. In order to encourage contacts and discussions among the various experts in different branches of neutrino physics and astrophysics, the conference was based only on plenary sessions, and mainly on review talks. Short communications were accepted only if they bore new and unexpected results which could not be covered in the appro­ priate review. I would like to thank the participants for their understanding of this often unpopular rule. I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the members of the International Advisory Committee, to George Marx, Secretary of the on-going International Neutrino Committee, to the rapporteurs and session chairmen. Thanks are especially due to Antonino Zichichi, Director of the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, for the warm and generous hospitality extended to us, and to Alberto Gabriele and Pinola Savalli for their untiring efforts to make our stay in Erice as enjoyable as fruitful. Front Matter....Pages i-xi The Early Days of Neutrino Physics....Pages 1-10 50 Years of Neutrino Physics Early Experiments....Pages 11-28 Fifty Years of Neutrino Physics: A Few Episodes....Pages 29-59 Low-Energy Neutrinos in Astrophysics....Pages 61-79 New Particles....Pages 81-106 Weak Charged Currents: Hadron Final States....Pages 107-141 Charged Current Inclusive Interactions....Pages 143-163 Weak Neutral Current-Semileptonic Interactions....Pages 165-189 Review on Purely Leptonic Interactions of Weak Neutral Currents....Pages 191-218 Parity Violation in Nuclei....Pages 219-239 Low Energy Neutrino Interactions....Pages 241-257 Lepton Conservation....Pages 259-273 Grand Unification of Quarks and Leptons fron one of Preons....Pages 275-299 Baryon Conservation (Experiments)....Pages 301-315 Comments on “The Electron Neutrino Mass from $$ ^{\text{3}} {\text{H}}\;{\text{ - }}\;^{\text{3}} {\text{He}}\;\beta - Decay\;^{{\text{( + )}}} \;14\,{\text{eV}}\; \leq \,{\text{m}}\;{\text{ - }}\;_{{\text{v}}_{\text{e}} } \; \leq \,46\;{\text{eV}}\;(99\% \,{\text{C}}{\text{.L}}{\text{.)}} $$ ”....Pages 317-320 Electro-Weak Physics in e + e - Interactions....Pages 321-339 Beam-Dump Experiments....Pages 341-360 Future Accelerators....Pages 361-379 New Neutrino Detection Technology: Application of Massive Water Detectors to Accelerator Neutrino Physics....Pages 381-398 Concluding Remarks....Pages 399-416 Back Matter....Pages 417-421