Published February 7, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

A model of superluminal neutrinos

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 (United States)
  • 2. Fakultät für Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund (Germany)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 (United States)

Description

Motivated by the tentative observation of superluminal neutrinos by the OPERA experiment, we present a model of active-sterile neutrino oscillations in which sterile neutrinos are superluminal and active neutrinos appear superluminal by virtue of neutrino mixing. The model demonstrates some interesting possibilities and challenges that apply to a large class of models aiming to explain the OPERA result.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.01.028

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2012.01.028;
arXiv
arXiv:1112.0527v1;
PII
S0370-2693(12)00041-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
707
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 553-557
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Syrian Arab Republic
INIS RN
43098456
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
NEUTRINO DETECTION; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; NEUTRINOS
Descriptors DEC
DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; RADIATION DETECTION

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