Relativistic quantum theories and neutrino oscillations
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2010-04-20 v2 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Neutrino oscillations are examined under the broad requirements of Poincar\'e-invariant scattering theory in an S-matrix formulation. This approach can be consistently applied to theories with either field or particle degrees of freedom. The goal of this paper is to use this general framework to identify all of the unique physical properties of this problem that lead to a simple oscillation formula. We discuss what is in principle observable, and how many factors that are important in principle end up being negligible in practice.
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@article{arxiv.0908.1404,
title = {Relativistic quantum theories and neutrino oscillations},
author = {B. D. Keister and W. N. Polyzou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.1404},
year = {2010}
}
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