Lepton number violation in a unified framework
Abstract
We study the time evolution of lepton family number for neutrino which forms SU(2) doublet with charged lepton. The lepton family number is defined through a weak basis of SU(2) doublet in which the charged lepton mass matrix is a real and diagonal one. The lepton family number carried by the neutrino is defined with a left-handed current of the neutrino family. We study the time evolution of the lepton family number operator for Majorana neutrino. To be definite, we introduce the mass term at and study the time evolution of the lepton family number for the later time. Since the operator in flavor eigenstate is continuously connected to that of the mass eigenstate, the creation and annihilation operators for flavor eigenstates are related to those of mass eigenstates. The total lepton number of the Majorana neutrino is conserved. By choosing a specific flavor eigenstate of neutrino as an initial state, we compute the time evolution of all lepton family numbers. They are sensitive to Majorana and Dirac phases and also are sensitive to the absolute mass and mass hierarchy of neutrinos.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2004.07664,
title = {Lepton number violation in a unified framework},
author = {Yuta Kawamura and Yamato Matsuo and Takuya Morozumi and Apriadi Salim Adam and Yusuke Shimizu and Yuya Tokunaga and Naoya Toyota},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.07664},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
We explain the reason for the withdrawal. In sec.2, the relation between creation and annihilation operators of massless neutrinos and massive Majorana neutrinos were incorrect. Then the total lepton number is not conserved. The figures and the formulae in sec.3 for lepton family numbers and the conclusion that they diverge in the zero momentum limit are also incorrect