Published July 28, 2006
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Journal article
Can Gravity Distinguish between Dirac and Majorana Neutrinos?
- 1. Department of Physics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2 (Canada)
- 2. International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies, 89019 Vietri sul Mare (Saudi Arabia) (Italy)
- 3. Prairie Particle Physics Institute, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2 (Canada)
Description
We show that spin-gravity interaction can distinguish between Dirac and Majorana neutrino wave packets propagating in a Lense-Thirring background. Using time-independent perturbation theory and the gravitational phase to generate a perturbation Hamiltonian with spin-gravity coupling, we show that the associated matrix element for the Majorana neutrino differs significantly from its Dirac counterpart. This difference can be demonstrated through significant gravitational corrections to the neutrino oscillation length for a two-flavor system, as shown explicitly for SN 1987A
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.041101;
- arXiv
- arXiv:gr-qc/0605153v3;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 97
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 041101-041101.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38023523
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CORRECTIONS; FLAVOR MODEL; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTIONS; HAMILTONIANS; MATRIX ELEMENTS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATION; NEUTRINOS; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SPIN; WAVE PACKETS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BASIC INTERACTIONS; COMPOSITE MODELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; QUARK MODEL
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- Notes
- (c) 2006 The American Physical Society