QUANTUM REFLECTION OF MASSLESS NEUTRINOS FROM A TORSION-INDUCED POTENTIAL

DOI10.1142/S0217751X00001130MaRDI QIDQ4523698zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 14 January 2001

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9911061

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein-Cartan-Dirac model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

Abstract: In the context of the Einstein-Cartan-Dirac model, where the torsion of the space-time couples to the axial currents of the fermions, we study the effects of this quantum-gravitational interaction on a massless neutrino beam crossing through a medium with high number density of fermions at rest. We calculate the reflection amplitude and show that a specific fraction of the incident neutrinos reflects from this potential if the polarization of the medium is different from zero. We also discuss the order of magnitude of the fermionic number density in which this phenomenon is observable, in other theoretical contexts, for example the strong-gravity regime and the effective field theory approach.

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• Spin and torsion in general relativity. I: Foundations. II: Geometry and field equations
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