Back-to-back pair correlation of Majorana neutrinos with transit magnetic moments

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.84.077302· OSTI ID:21607840

Lee, Hyun Kyu ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea and Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Pohang 790-784 (Korea, Republic of)

The pair production of Majorana neutrinos with transit magnetic moments from the annihilation of charged particles in colliding experiments is discussed using the Pauli interaction, through which the neutral neutrinos with magnetic moments can be probed by the photon. The pair of neutrinos with different flavors are produced due to the transit magnetic moment coupling. We discuss the correlations of flavors in pairs produced back-to-back in the center of the mass frame, where the angular distribution peaks at {theta}={pi}/2 with respect to the beam direction. We demonstrate that the flavor mixing angle can be inferred by measuring the flavor correlation in pairs.

• OSTI ID: 21607840
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 84; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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ANNIHILATION
BEAMS
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CHARGED PARTICLES
COMPOSITE MODELS
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COUPLING
DISTRIBUTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
FLAVOR MODEL
INTERACTIONS
LEPTONS
MAGNETIC MOMENTS
MAJORANA THEORY
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MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NEUTRINOS
PAIR PRODUCTION
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
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PHOTONS
QUARK MODEL
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