Quantum dissipation in a neutrino system propagating in vacuum and in matter

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2016.04.030zbMATH Open1336.81104arXiv1408.0823OpenAlexW2963135106MaRDI QIDQ288476FDOQ288476

Authors: Marcelo M. Guzzo, Pedro C. de Holanda, Roberto L. N. Oliveira 

Publication date: 26 May 2016

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Considering the neutrino state like an open quantum system, we analyze its propagation in vacuum or in matter. After defining what can be called decoherence and relaxation effects, we show that in general the probabilities in vacuum and in constant matter can be written in a similar way, which is not an obvious result in this approach. From this result, we analyze the situation where neutrinos evolution satisfies the adiabatic limit and use this formalim to study solar neutrinos. We show that the decoherence effect may not be bounded by the solar neutrino data and review some results in the literature. We discuss the current results where solar neutrinos were used to put bounds on decoherence effects through a model-dependent approach. We conclude explaining how and why this models are not general and we reinterpret these constraints.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.0823

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Weak interaction in quantum theory (81V15) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

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