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Quantum gravity corrections to neutrino propagation

arXiv:gr-qc/9909079 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2318

Abstract

Massive spin-1/2 fields are studied in the framework of loop quantum gravity by considering a state approximating, at a length scale much greater than Planck length cm, a spin-1/2 field in flat spacetime. The discrete structure of spacetime at yields corrections to the field propagation at scale . Next, Neutrino Bursts (GeV) accompaning Gamma Ray Bursts that have travelled cosmological distances, l.y., are considered. The dominant correction is helicity independent and leads to a time delay w.r.t. the speed of light, , of order s. To next order in the correction has the form of the Gambini and Pullin effect for photons. Its contribution to time delay is comparable to that caused by the mass term. Finally, a dependence is found for a two-flavour neutrino oscillation length.

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