Published February 21, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Evolution of a dense neutrino gas in matter and electromagnetic field

  • 1. Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, CP 66318, CEP 05315-970 São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
  • 2. N.V. Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation (IZMIRAN), 142190 Troitsk, Moscow Region (Russian Federation)

Description

We describe the system of massive Weyl fields propagating in a background matter and interacting with an external electromagnetic field. The interaction with an electromagnetic field is due to the presence of anomalous magnetic moments. To canonically quantize this system first we develop the classical field theory treatment of Weyl spinors in frames of the Hamilton formalism which accounts for the external fields. Then, on the basis of the exact solution of the wave equation for a massive Weyl field in a background matter we obtain the effective Hamiltonian for the description of spin-flavor oscillations of Majorana neutrinos in matter and a magnetic field. Finally, we incorporate in our analysis the neutrino self-interaction which is essential when the neutrino density is sufficiently high. We also discuss the applicability of our results for the studies of collective effects in spin-flavor oscillations of supernova neutrinos in a dense matter and a strong magnetic field.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.10.025

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.10.025;
arXiv
arXiv:1108.5043v3;
PII
S0550-3213(11)00595-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
855
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 760-773
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

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