Neutrino oscillations: from an historical perspective to the present status

Abstract

The history of neutrino mixing and oscillations is briefly presented. Basics of neutrino mixing and oscillations and convenient formalism of neutrino oscillations in vacuum is given. The role of neutrino in the Standard Model and the Weinberg mechanism of the generation of the Majorana neutrino masses are discussed.

Comments: To be published in Special Issue on Neutrino Oscillations in Nuclear Physics B