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Neutrino oscillations and entanglement

NázevTitle
Neutrino oscillations and entanglementNeutrino oscillations and entanglement
Druh výsledkuResult type
Příspěvek ve sborníkuProceedings paper
AutořiAuthors
F. Šimkovic
DOIDOI
10.22323/1.473.0018
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
In: 12th Neutrino Oscillation Workshop (NOW2024). Trieste: Sissa Medialab Srl, 2025. p. 1-3. vol. 473. ISSN 1824-8039.
JazykLanguage
eng
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-105001538332
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/25:00383607!RIV26-MSM-21670___
ProjektProject
Inženýrské aplikace fyziky mikrosvětaEngineering applications of microworld physics; Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane - účast ČRLaboratoire Souterrain de Modane – participation of the Czech Republic

AbstraktAbstract

The concept of neutrino oscillations is revisited. Using the Quantum Field Theory approach and applying plane waves for the initial and final states, the processes of neutrino production, propagation, and detection are described through a single Feynman diagram. The updated S-matrix approach ensures energy and momentum are conserved during neutrino oscillations. A master formula is provided to calculate the rate of charged lepton production for neutrinos oscillating over a macroscopic distance L. The process π+ + n → μ+ + e− + p serves to highlight this formalism, and the results obtained manifest the entanglement of the three involved processes: the production, propagation, and absorption of neutrinos.

The concept of neutrino oscillations is revisited. Using the Quantum Field Theory approach and applying plane waves for the initial and final states, the processes of neutrino production, propagation, and detection are described through a single Feynman diagram. The updated S-matrix approach ensures energy and momentum are conserved during neutrino oscillations. A master formula is provided to calculate the rate of charged lepton production for neutrinos oscillating over a macroscopic distance L. The process π+ + n → μ+ + e− + p serves to highlight this formalism, and the results obtained manifest the entanglement of the three involved processes: the production, propagation, and absorption of neutrinos.