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We consider the neutrino physics of models with a sequentially broken U(2) flavor symmetry. Such theories yield the observed pattern of quark and lepton masses, while maintaining sufficient degeneracies between superparticles of the first…

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In an environment with high-density neutrinos formed in a core-collapse supernova (CCSN), the neutrinos exhibit nonlinear and complex oscillation behaviors due to their self-interactions. The onset of this nonlinear oscillation can be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-04-28 Taiki Morinaga

We study neutrino flavor oscillations using the approach based on the quantum field theory (QFT), where neutrinos are taken to be virtual particles. One deals with the propagators of neutrino mass eigenstates in this formalism. Previously,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-10 Maxim Dvornikov

Accurate neutrino transport is crucial for reliably modeling explosive astrophysical events like core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) and neutron star mergers (NSMs). However, in these extremely neutrino-dense systems, flavor oscillations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-29 Lucas Johns , Sherwood Richers , Meng-Ru Wu

Oscillating neutrino beams exhibit quantum coherence over distances of thousands of kilometers. Their unambiguously quantum nature suggests an appealing test system for direct quantum simulation. Such techniques may enable presently…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-13 M. J. Molewski , B. J. P. Jones

The quantum speed limits (QSLs) set fundamental lower bounds on the time required for a quantum system to evolve from a given initial state to a final state. In this work, we investigate $CP$ violation and the mass ordering problem of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-03 Subhadip Bouri , Abhishek Kumar Jha , Subhashish Banerjee

We consider collective oscillations of neutrinos, which are emergent nonlinear flavor evolution phenomena instigated by neutrino-neutrino interactions in astrophysical environments with sufficiently high neutrino densities. We investigate…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-22 Y. Pehlivan , A. B. Balantekin , Toshitaka Kajino

Supernovae of Type II is a phenomenon that occurs at the end of evolution of massive stars when the iron core of the star exceeds a mass limit. After collapse of the core under gravity the shock wave alone does not succeed in expelling the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Baldo , V. Palmisano

We present a numerical survey of the nonlinear flavor development of dense neutrino gases. This study is based on the stationary, two-dimensional ($x$ and $z$), two-beam, monochromatic neutrino line model with a periodic boundary condition…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-08-28 Joshua D. Martin , Sajad Abbar , Huaiyu Duan

The flavor evolution of neutrinos in core collapse supernovae and neutron star mergers is a critically important unsolved problem in astrophysics. Following the electron flavor evolution of the neutrino system is essential for calculating…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-29 Evan Grohs , Sherwood Richers , Sean M. Couch , Francois Foucart , James P. Kneller , G. C. McLaughlin

There is growing interest in viable quantum theories with PT-symmetric non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, but a formulation of transition matrix elements consistent with positivity and perturbative unitarity has so far proved elusive. This Letter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-18 Jean Alexandre , Madeleine Dale , John Ellis , Robert Mason , Peter Millington

In a core collapse supernova, collective oscillations of neutrinos emitted by the proto-neutron star significantly modifies the partition of energy between different flavors in a way which is potentially important for the nucleosynthesis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-29 T. Bulmus , Y. Pehlivan

We argue that the small fraction of neutrinos that undergo direction-changing scattering outside of the neutrinosphere could have significant influence on neutrino flavor transformation in core-collapse supernova environments. We show that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-07-31 John F. Cherry , J. Carlson , Alexander Friedland , George M. Fuller , Alexey Vlasenko

We present a new formulation for deriving neutrino oscillation probabilities relativistically, based not on the Schr\"odinger equation but on the Dirac equation. In the context of two generations, we calculate the oscillation probabilities…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-11-14 Keiichi Kimura , Akira Takamura

In environments with prodigious numbers of neutrinos, such as core-collapse supernovae, neutron star mergers, or the early universe, neutrino-neutrino interactions are dynamically significant. They can dominate neutrino flavor evolution and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-18 Pooja Siwach , A. Baha Balantekin , Amol V. Patwardhan , Anna M. Suliga

We review the application of the relativistic quantum mechanics method for the description of neutrino oscillations for the studies of spin-flavor oscillations in background matter under the influence of a plane electromagnetic wave. Basing…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-15 Maxim Dvornikov

I report on recent theoretical results about neutrino mixing and oscillations. I show that in Quantum Field Theory, mixing transformations are not trivial and the vacuum for the mixed fields has a condensate structure. This fact has…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Massimo Blasone

Rapid progress has been made during recent years in the understanding of the flavour oscillations that occur as neutrinos traverse through supernova. The previous paradigm has given way and it is now clear that the neutrino signals we shall…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-07-19 Huaiyu Duan , James P Kneller

Over cosmic distances, astrophysical neutrino oscillations average out to a classical flavor propagation matrix $\mathscr{P}$. Thus, flavor ratios injected at the cosmic source $W_e,W_\mu,W_\tau$ evolve to flavor ratios at Earthly detectors…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-04 Lingjun Fu , Chiu Man Ho , Thomas J. Weiler

In this talk, we consider the interplay of fundamental and matter-induced T-violating effects in neutrino oscillations in matter. We present a simple approximative analytical formula for the T-violating probability asymmetry for three…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Tommy Ohlsson