Neutrino oscillations in matter
Journal Article
·
· Phys. Rev., D; (United States)
The effect of coherent forward scattering must be taken into account when considering the oscillations of neutrinos traveling through matter. In particular, for the case of massless neutrinos for which vacuum oscillations cannot occur, oscillations can occur in matter if the neutral current has an off-diagonal piece connecting different neutrino types. Applications discussed are solar neutrinos and a proposed experiment involving transmission of neutrinos through 1 000 km of rock.
- Research Organization:
- Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
- OSTI ID:
- 7085678
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Vol. 17:9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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