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Non-cyclic phases for neutrino oscillations in quantum field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-04-23 v1

Abstract

We show the presence of non-cyclic phases for oscillating neutrinos in the context of quantum field theory. Such phases carry information about the non-perturbative vacuum structure associated with the field mixing. By subtracting the condensate contribution of the flavor vacuum, the previously studied quantum mechanics geometric phase is recovered.

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@article{arxiv.0903.1578,
  title  = {Non-cyclic phases for neutrino oscillations in quantum field theory},
  author = {Massimo Blasone and Antonio Capolupo and Enrico Celeghini and Giuseppe Vitiello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.1578},
  year   = {2009}
}