Published April 6, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Non-cyclic phases for neutrino oscillations in quantum field theory

  • 1. Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica and INFN, Universita di Salerno, Fisciano 84084 (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Universita di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy)

Description

We show the presence of non-cyclic phases for oscillating neutrinos in the context of quantum field theory. Such phases carry information about the non-perturbative vacuum structure associated with the field mixing. By subtracting the condensate contribution of the flavor vacuum, the previously studied quantum mechanics geometric phase is recovered.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2009.03.004

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2009.03.004;
arXiv
arXiv:0903.1578v1;
PII
S0370-2693(09)00251-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
674
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 73-79
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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