The standard three-neutrino (3ν) oscillation framework is being increasingly refined by results coming from different sets of experiments, using neutrinos from solar, atmospheric, accelerator and reactor sources. At present, each of the known oscillation parameters [the two squared mass gaps (δm 2 , ∆m 2 ) and the three mixing angles (θ12, θ13, θ23)] is dominantly determined by a single class of experiments. Conversely, the unknown parameters [the mass hierarchy, the θ23 octant and the CP-violating phase δ] can be currently constrained only through a combined analysis of various (eventually all) classes of experiments. In the light of recent new results coming from reactor and accelerator experiments, and of their interplay with solar and atmospheric data, we update the estimated N σ ranges of the known 3ν parameters, and revisit the status of the unknown ones. Concerning the hierarchy, no significant difference emerges between normal and inverted mass ordering. A slight overall preference is found for θ23 in the first octant and for nonzero CP violation with sin δ < 0; however, for both parameters, such preference exceeds 1σ only for normal hierarchy. We also discuss the correlations and stability of the oscillation parameters within different combinations of data sets.

Within the standard three-neutrino framework, the absolute neutrino masses and their ordering (either normal, NO, or inverted, IO) are currently unknown. However, the combination of current data coming from oscillation experiments, neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay searches, and cosmological surveys, can provide interesting constraints for such unknowns in the sub-eV mass range, down to O(10 −1 ) eV in some cases. We discuss current limits on absolute neutrino mass observables by performing a global data analysis, that includes the latest results from oscillation experiments, 0νββ decay bounds from the KamLAND-Zen experiment, and constraints from representative combinations of Planck measurements and other cosmological data sets. In general, NO appears to be somewhat favored with respect to IO at the level of ∼ 2σ, mainly by neutrino oscillation data (especially atmospheric), corroborated by cosmological data in some cases. Detailed constraints are obtained via the χ 2 method, by expanding the parameter space either around separate minima in NO and IO, or around the absolute minimum in any ordering. Implications for upcoming oscillation and non-oscillation neutrino experiments, including β-decay searches, are also discussed.

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Within the standard 3ν mass-mixing framework, we present an up-to-date global analysis of neutrino oscillation data (as of January 2016), including the latest available results from experiments with atmospheric neutrinos (Super-Kamiokande and IceCube DeepCore), at accelerators (first T2K ν and NOνA ν runs in both appearance and disappearance mode), and at short-baseline reactors (Daya Bay and RENO far/near spectral ratios), as well as a reanalysis of older KamLAND data in the light of the "bump" feature recently observed in reactor spectra. We discuss improved constraints on the five known oscillation parameters (δm 2 , |∆m 2 |, sin 2 θ 12 , sin 2 θ 13 , sin 2 θ 23 ), and the status of the three remaining unknown parameters: the mass hierarchy [sign(±∆m 2 )], the θ 23 octant [sign(sin 2 θ 23 − 1/2)], and the possible CP-violating phase δ. With respect to previous global fits, we find that the reanalysis of KamLAND data induces a slight decrease of both δm 2 and sin 2 θ 12 , while the latest accelerator and atmospheric data induce a slight increase of |∆m 2 |. Concerning the unknown parameters, we confirm the previous intriguing preference for negative values of sin δ (with best-fit values around sin δ −0.9), but we find no statistically significant indication about the θ 23 octant or the mass hierarchy (normal or inverted). Assuming an alternative (so-called LEM) analysis of NOνA data, some δ ranges can be excluded at > 3σ, and the normal mass hierarchy appears to be slightly favored at ∼ 90% C.L. We also describe in detail the covariances of selected pairs of oscillation parameters. Finally, we briefly discuss the implications of the above results on the three non-oscillation observables sensitive to the (unknown) absolute ν mass scale: the sum of ν masses Σ (in cosmology), the effective ν e mass m β (in beta decay), and the effective Majorana mass m ββ (in neutrinoless double beta decay).