Neutrino Chiral Oscillations
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2014-11-17 v1
Abstract
A localized wave packet exhibits under certain conditions zitterbewegung. A similar phenomenon occurs for the chirality of a massive particle. In the case of massive neutrinos, since they are detected via the V-A weak charged currents, this oscillation may even explain the ``missing'' solar neutrino experiments. The neutrino remains a mass eigenstate but contains an almost sterile right-handed component. This qualitative discussion opens up a number of interesting physical considerations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9605255,
title = {Neutrino Chiral Oscillations},
author = {De Leo Stefano and Rotelli Pietro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9605255},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
8 pages, Revtex, 1 figure as ps-file (epsf.sty)