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Stodolsky's Theorem and Neutrino Oscillation Phases -- for pedestrians

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

Neutrino oscillations are experimentally observable only as a result of interference between neutrino states with different masses and THE SAME ENERGY. All interference effects between neutrino states having different energies are destroyed by the intereaction between the incident neutrino and the neutrino detector. Erroneous results are frequently obtained by neglecting the neutrino-detector interactions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0212093,
  title  = {Stodolsky's Theorem and Neutrino Oscillation Phases -- for pedestrians},
  author = {Harry J. Lipkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0212093},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages, Two paragraphs of discussion on possible time measurements added at end