Mass characteristics of active and sterile neutrinos in a phenomenological (3+1+2)-model

Abstract

On the basis of the experimental data allowing existence of the anomalies going beyond the minimally extended Standard Model with three active neutrinos with different masses, we consider the generalized model with three active and three sterile neutrinos, one of which is relatively heavy ((3+1+2)-model). We study the basic characteristics that are used to describe the massive active and sterile neutrinos, the methods to determine the absolute scale of neutrino masses and the neutrino mass estimates based on the available experimental data. Taking into account the possible contributions of the sterile neutrinos, the dependences of the neutrino mass characteristics on the sterile neutrino mass are plotted. The results obtained can be used to interpret and to predict the results of various neutrino experiments.