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Neutrinos with Zee-Mass Matrix in Vacuum and Matter

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

Neutrino mass matrix generated by the Zee (radiative) mechanism has zero (in general, small) diagonal elements and a natural hierarchy of the nondiagonal elements. It can be considered as an alternative (with strong predictive power) to the matrices generated by the see-saw mechanism. The propagation in medium of the neutrinos with the Zee-mass matrix is studied. The flavor neutrino transitions are described analytically. In the physically interesting cases the probabilities of transitions as functions of neutrino energy can be represented as two-neutrino probabilities modulated by the effect of vacuum oscillations related to the small mass splitting. Possible applications of the results to the solar, supernova, atmospheric and relic neutrinos are discussed. A set of the predictions is found which could allow to identify the Zee-mass matrix and therefore the corresponding mechanism of mass generation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9403311,
  title  = {Neutrinos with Zee-Mass Matrix in Vacuum and Matter},
  author = {Alexei Yu. Smirnov and Zhijian Tao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9403311},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

25 pages (3 figures available upon request), LaTeX, IC/94/42