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Massless neutrino oscillations

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

Quantum dynamical semigroups provide a general framework for studying the evolution of open systems. Neutrino propagation both in vacuum and in matter can be analyzed using these techniques: they allow a consistent treatment of non-standard, dissipative effects that can alter the pattern of neutrino oscillations. In particular, initially massless neutrinos can give rise to a nonvanishing flavour transition probability, involving in addition the Majorana CP-violating mixing phase.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0105303,
  title  = {Massless neutrino oscillations},
  author = {F. Benatti and R. Floreanini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0105303},
  year   = {2009}
}

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27 pages, plain-TeX, no figures

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