Quantum mechanics aspects and subtleties of neutrino oscillations
arXiv:1901.05232
Abstract
Neutrino oscillations appear to be a simple quantum mechanical phenomenon. However, a closer look at them reveals a number of subtle points and apparent paradoxes. Some of the basic issues of the theory of neutrino oscillations are still being debated. I discuss, from a historical perspective, how the role of quantum mechanical aspects of neutrino oscillations was realized in the course of the development of the theory of this phenomenon.
arXiv commentTalk given at the International Conference on the History of the Neutrino, Paris, France, September 5-7, 2018. LaTeX, 24 pages, 1 figure
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