Behavior of Neutrinos in Stochastic Magnetic Fields
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2022-02-23 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
If massive neutrinos possess magnetic moments, they can undergo spin flip in a magnetic field. The magnetic fields needed for a meaningful measurement of neutrino moments could be very high and may occur in astronomical objects such as some supernovae or active galactic nuclei: they are typically chaotic ones. We develop the general theory of the passage of neutrinos through such fields. We also develop a simple model which becomes solvable in the high energy limit. Both helicities occur with equal probability, independently of the initial distribution. Observational consequences are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9703382,
title = {Behavior of Neutrinos in Stochastic Magnetic Fields},
author = {G. Domokos and S. Kovesi-Domokos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9703382},
year = {2022}
}
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