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A nonlocal theory of fermion mixing

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-04-18 v2

Abstract

We study a nonlocal generalization of two flavor fermion mixing and compute the transition probability by means of the path integral formalism. In our treatment, we delocalize only the mixing term, and consider a perturbative interaction with a small mixing angle. The oscillation formula derived reduces to the correct local form when the appropriate limit is considered. We apply our formalism to some string-inspired delocalization kernels and discuss the phenomenological deviations from the local theory.

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@article{arxiv.2207.04863,
  title  = {A nonlocal theory of fermion mixing},
  author = {Antonio Capolupo and Aniello Quaranta and Raoul Serao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.04863},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

Preliminary analysis overcome by new work in progress