Neutrino decoherence in presence of strong gravitational fields

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2019.135150MaRDI QIDQ2188484zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Amélie Chatelain, Maria Cristina Volpe

Publication date 11 June 2020

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.12152

zbMATH Keywords

neutrino masses and mixingsneutrino decoherenceneutrino propagation in curved spacetime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

Abstract: We explore the impact of strong gravitational fields on neutrino decoherence. To this aim, we employ the density matrix formalism to describe the propagation of neutrino wave packets in curved spacetime. By considering Gaussian wave packets, we determine the coherence proper time, neglecting the effect of matter outside the compact object. We show that strong gravitational fields nearby compact objects significantly influence neutrino coherence.

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