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Neutrino oscillations are studied employing sources of low energy monoenergetic neutrinos following electron capture by the nucleus and measuring electron recoils. Since the neutrino energy is very low the oscillation length appearing in…

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Conventionally, experiments probing the quantum nature of gravity were thought to be prohibitive due to the extremely high energy scales involved. However, recent and rapid advances at the intersection of quantum information and gravity,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-03 Ashmeet Singh

It is shown that criticism in the paper: "On observation of neutron quantum states in the Earth's gravitational field." Phys.Rev.D {\bf 81} 052008 (2010) of the experiment with neutrons to observe bound levels in gravity field is not…

General Physics · Physics 2011-01-06 V. K. Ignatovich

A review of the recent achievements in high energy neutrino physics and, partly, neutrino astrophysics is presented. It is argued that experiments with high energy neutrinos of natural origin can be used for a search of new physics effects…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. V. Bugaev

Neutrino physics has seen an explosion of activity and new results in the last decade. In this report the current state of the field is summarized, with a particular focus on progress in the last two years. Prospects for the near term…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Steve Brice

Neutrino physics is now poised to move into the precision regime. Active attempts are under way to commence the era of precision neutrino measurement science which will surely widen the horizon of our knowledge about neutrinos. A number of…

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Status of neutrino oscillation study is briefly reviewed. Some aspects relevant to tau physics are also described.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-12-03 Osamu Yasuda

We describe the recent experiments which claimed an observation of a tetra-neutron signal. Production reactions like transfer, knockout, fragmentation or photodisintegration have been used at very different experiments and facilities to…

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Recent results of atmospheric neutrino experiments are reviewed and their possible interpretations are discussed, main emphasis being put on the neutrino oscillation hypothesis.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 E. Kh. Akhmedov

The physics of neutrino oscillation is summarized, and then the results of oscillation experiments, including the most recent results, are discussed. The possibility that neutrinos are their own antiparticles is examined. What we have…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-07-14 Boris Kayser

Spontaneous emission of graviton rates for the quantum bouncer states are evaluated.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Pignol , K. V. Ptotasov , V. V. Nesvizhevsky

In the paper by V.V. Nesvizhevsky et al., Phys. Rev. D 67, 102002 (2003), it is argued that the lowest quantum state of neutrons in the Earth's gravitational field has been experimentally identified. While this is most likely correct, it is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Johan Hansson , David Olevik , Christian Türk , Hanna Wiklund

Search for the Electric Dipole Moment of nuclear particles is at the forefront of incessant quest for CP violation beyond Standard Model. The ultimate target is to reach a sensitivity to the electric dipole moment of neutrons, protons,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-08-07 N. N. Nikolaev , S. N. Vergeles

The lecture presents an overview of the quest for the new physics in low energy neutron phenomena. In addition to the traditional topics the quantum damping of $n$ $\bar{n}$ oscillations is discussed.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-11-22 B. O. Kerbikov

Neutral-current neutrino scattering from the deuteron leading to proton-neutron final states is considered using an approach that incorporates relativistic dynamics and consequently provides robust modeling at relatively high energies and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-07-01 Sabine Jeschonnek , J. W. Van Orden , T. W. Donnelly

In this paper, we aim to explore the interplay between neutrinos and quantum gravity, illustrating some proposals about the use of these particles as probes for the supposed quantized structure of spacetime. The residual signatures of a…

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Different experiments are ongoing to measure the effect of gravity on cold neutral antimatter atoms such as positronium, muonium and antihydrogen. Among those, the project GBAR in CERN aims to measure precisely the gravitational fall of…

We propose a method for observation of the quasi-stationary states of neutrons, localized near the curved mirror surface. The bounding effective well is formed by the centrifugal potential and the mirror Fermi-potential. This phenomenon is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. V. Nesvizhevsky , A. K. Petukhov , K. V. Protasov , A. Yu. Voronin

We suggest that the presence of a quantum gravity induced minimal length can be explored using neutrino oscillation probabilities. Neutrinos seem ideally suited for this investigation because they can propagate freely over large distances…

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