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Matter Enhancement of T Violation in Neutrino Oscillation

arXiv:hep-ph/0009141 · doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(00)01288-0

Abstract

We study the matter enhancement of T violation in neutrino oscillation with three generations. The magnitude of T violation is proportional to Jarlskog factor J. Recently, the elegant relation, (Δ_m)_{12}(Δ_m)_{23}(Δ_m)_{31}J_{m} = Δ_{12}Δ_{23}Δ_{31}J, was derived, where Δ_{ij}=Δm^2_{ij}/(2E) and subscript m implies the quantities in matter. Using this relation, we reconsider how J_m changes as a function of the matter potential a under the approximation |Δm^2_{12}| \ll |Δm^2_{13}|. We show that the number of maxima for J_{m} depends on the magnitude of \sin^2 2 θ_{13} and there are two maxima considering the constraint on \sin^2 2θ_{13} from the CHOOZ experiment. One maximum of $J_{m} at a = O(Δ_{12}) is given by J/\sin2θ_{12}, which leads to the large enhancement of J_m in the case of the SMA MSW solution. The other maximum at a = O(Δ_{13}) is |Δ_{12}/Δ_{13}|J/\sin2θ_{13}, and the enhancement is possible, if \sin 2 θ_{13} is small enough. These maximal values are consistent with the results obtained by other methods.

arXiv comment11 pages, 10 figures, corrected some typos

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