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Flavor mixing in a Lee-type model

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Instituto de Fisica 'Gleb Wataghin' Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Unicamp 13083-970, Campinas, SP (Brazil)
An exactly solvable quantum field theory (QFT) model of Lee type is constructed to study how neutrino flavor eigenstates are created through interactions and how the localization properties of neutrinos follows from the parent particle that decays. The two-particle states formed by the neutrino and the accompanying charged lepton can be calculated exactly as well as their creation probabilities. We can show that the coherent creation of neutrino flavor eigenstates follows from the common negligible contribution of neutrino masses to their creation probabilities. On the other hand, it is shown that it is not possible to associate a well-defined 'flavor' to coherent superpositions of charged leptons.
OSTI ID:
21250598
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 78; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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