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The wave packet approach to neutrino oscillations provides an enlightening description of quantum decoherence induced, during propagation, by localization effects. Within this approach, we show that a deeper insight into the dynamical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-18 Massimo Blasone , Fabio Dell'Anno , Silvio De Siena , Fabrizio Illuminati

We consider the Hamiltonian for neutrino oscillations in matter in the case of arbitrary potentials including off-diagonal complex terms. We derive the 'matter basis' Hamiltonian in terms of quantities one can derive from the flavor basis…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 S. Galais , J. Kneller , C. Volpe

We discuss the relationship between a symmetry in the neutrino flavour evolution equations and neutrino flavour oscillations in the collective precession mode. This collective precession mode can give rise to spectral swaps (splits) when…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-25 Huaiyu Duan , George M. Fuller , Yong-Zhong Qian

The oscillating probabilities of lepton flavor changing neutrino oscillation processes, where neutrinos are detected by charged-current and neutral-current interactions, are calculated in a quantum field-theoretical approach to neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-11-07 Vadim O. Egorov , Igor P. Volobuev

The definition and derivation of flavor neutrino states in the framework of standard Quantum Field Theory is reviewed, clarifying some subtle points. It is shown that a flavor neutrino state that describes a neutrino produced or detected in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Carlo Giunti

We study neutrino flavor evolution in the quantum many-body approach using the full neutrino-neutrino Hamiltonian, including the usually neglected terms that mediate non-forward scattering processes. Working in the occupation number…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-15 Vincenzo Cirigliano , Srimoyee Sen , Yukari Yamauchi

Providing an accurate modeling of neutrino physics in dense astrophysical environments such as binary neutron star mergers presents a challenge for hydrodynamic simulations. Nevertheless, understanding how flavor transformation can occur…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-15 Julien Froustey , Sherwood Richers , Evan Grohs , Samuel Flynn , Francois Foucart , James P. Kneller , Gail C. McLaughlin

The most general case of self-induced neutrino flavor evolution is described by a set of kinetic equations for a dense neutrino gas evolving both in space and time. Solutions of these equations have been typically worked out assuming that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-19 Gianpiero Mangano , Alessandro Mirizzi , Ninetta Saviano

We all know that in the dense anisotropic interior of the star, neutrino-neutrino forward-scattering can lead to fast collective neutrino oscillations, which has striking consequences on flavor dependent neutrino emission and can be crucial…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-06 Soumya Bhattacharyya

We consider neutrino oscillations as non stationary phenomenon based on Schrodinger evolution equation and mixed states of neutrinos with definite flavors. We show that time-energy uncertainty relation plays a crucial role in neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 S. M. Bilenky

On the basis of quantum field theory, we consider a unified description of various processes accompanied by neutrinos, namely weak decays and oscillation processes. The structures of the expectation values of flavor-neutrino numbers with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-02-04 Kanji Fujii , Norihito Toyota

In a previous paper, we gave a new theoretical framework in which three neutrino mixing in matter are discussed. Rigorous analytical solutions are obtained. In present paper an approximate method is developed for studying three flavor…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Cheng

We discuss a new kind of astrophysical transport problem: the coherent evolution of neutrino flavor in core collapse supernovae. Solution of this problem requires a numerical approach which can simulate accurately the quantum mechanical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-09 Huaiyu Duan , George M. Fuller , J. Carlson

The impact of neutrino flavor conversion on the supernova mechanism is yet to be fully understood. We present multi-energy and multi-angle solutions of the neutrino quantum kinetic equations in three flavors, without employing any…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-15 Shashank Shalgar , Irene Tamborra

Neutrino interactions with an external environment can in influence the neutrino oscillation pattern and the oscillations can be damped as a result of the neutrino quantum decoherence. In particular, the quantum decoherence of neutrino…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-05-20 Konstantin Stankevich , Alexander Studenikin

We present an expression for the transition probability between Dirac or Majorana neutrino flavors obtained from first principles within quantum field theory. Our derivation is based on a standard quantum mechanical setup and includes the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-10-23 Luca Visinelli , Paolo Gondolo

We present approximative solutions to the neutrino evolution equation calculated by different methods. In a two neutrino framework, using the physical parameters which gives the main effects to neutrino oscillations from nu{e} to another…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Verissimo M. de Aquino , J. S. S. de Oliveira

Flavor-dependent neutrino emission is critical to the evolution of a supernova and its neutrino signal. In the dense anisotropic interior of the star, neutrino-neutrino forward-scattering can lead to fast collective neutrino oscillations,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-02-22 Soumya Bhattacharyya , Basudeb Dasgupta

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

Neutrino propagation in the Galactic and extragalactic magnetic fields is considered. We extend an approach developed in \cite{Popov:2019nkr} to describe neutrino flavour and spin oscillations using wave packets. The evolution equations for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-14 Artem Popov , Alexander Studenikin