Neutrino optics and oscillations in gravitational fields
Gaetano LambiaseDipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello” Universitá di Salerno, 84081 Baronissi (SA), ItalyG. PapiniDepartment of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2, CanadaRaffaele PunziDipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello” Universitá di Salerno, 84081 Baronissi (SA), ItalyG. ScarpettaDipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello” Universitá di Salerno, 84081 Baronissi (SA), Italy
2005en
ABI
Abstract
We study the propagation of neutrinos in gravitational fields using wave functions that are exact to first order in the metric deviation. For illustrative purposes, the geometrical background is represented by the Lense-Thirring metric. We derive explicit expressions for neutrino deflection, helicity transitions, flavor oscillations, and oscillation Hamiltonian.
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