Neutrino interaction with background matter in a noninertial frame
arXiv:1503.01431 · doi:10.1142/S0217732315300177
Abstract
We study Dirac neutrinos propagating in rotating background matter. First we derive the Dirac equation for a single massive neutrino in the noninertial frame, where matter is at rest. This equation is written in the effective curved space-time corresponding to the corotating frame. We find the exact solution of the Dirac equation. The neutrino energy levels for ultrarelativistic particles are obtained. Then we discuss several neutrino mass eigenstates, with a nonzero mixing between them, interacting with rotating background matter. We derive the effective Schrödinger equation governing neutrino flavor oscillations in rotating matter. The new resonance condition for neutrino oscillations is obtained. We also examine the correction to the resonance condition caused by the matter rotation.
10 pages, Int.J.Mod.Phys.: Conf.Series LaTeX style, shortened version of arXiv:1408.2735 , prepared for proceedings of International Conference on Massive Neutrinos (Singapore, 2015), minimal changes, matches version published in MPLA
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