Published August 15, 1993
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Journal article
Neutrino oscillations in dense neutrino gases
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, The City College of New York, New York, New York 10031 (United States)
- 2. Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (United States)
Description
We consider oscillations of neutrinos under conditions in which the neutrino density is sufficiently large that neutrino-neutrino interactions cannot be neglected. A formalism is developed to treat this highly nonlinear system. Numerical analysis reveals a rich array of phenomena. In certain gases, a self-induced Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effect occurs in which electron neutrinos are resonantly converted into muon neutrinos. In another relatively low-density gas, an unexpected parametric resonant conversion takes place. Finally, neutrino-neutrino interactions maintain coherence in one system for which a priori one expected decoherence
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 48
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1462-1477.
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 24070737
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ADIABATIC APPROXIMATION; CONVERSION; ELECTRON NEUTRINOS; HARTREE-FOCK METHOD; MUON NEUTRINOS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; NEUTRINO-NEUTRINO INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD
- Descriptors DEC
- CALCULATION METHODS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTON-LEPTON INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICS; NEUTRINOS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS