The major area of research is the phenomenology of weak interactions based upon the ideas of modern gauge theories. Among the problems being considered are neutrino masses, the origin of CP violation, lepton number violation and the solar neutrino problem.

Selected Recent Publications

Wolfenstein, L. and T. G. Trippe, "Tests of Conservation Laws" in Review of Particle Physics, Phys. Lett. B 592, pp. 81-87 (2004).

Wolfenstein, L., "Neutrino Physics", Rev. Mod. Phys 71, S140 (1999).

Wolfenstein, L., "Neutrinos in the Next Millenium" - Summary Talk, Proc. Johns Hopkins Conference, World Scientific (2000).

Suzuki, M. and Wolfenstein, L., "Final State Interaction Phase in B Decays", Phys. Rev. D 60, 74019 (1999).

Wolfenstein, L., "Transmission of Neutrinos through Matter", Pramana 54, 21 (2000).

Wolfenstein, L., "36 Years of CP Violation", Proc. Flavor Physics (Y.L. Wu ed.). World Scientific (2002), p. 3.

Wolfenstein, L., "Lessons from Kepler and the Theory of Everything", Proc. Nat Ac. Sci. 100, 5001 (2003).

Wolfenstein, L., "The Strength of the Weak Interactions", Ann. Rev. Nuc. Part. Sci. 54,1 (2004).