Dirac and Majorana neutrinos in matter

Abstract

We consider the matter effects on neutrinos moving in background on the basis of the corresponding quantum wave equations. Both Dirac and Majorana neutrino cases are discussed. The effects for Dirac neutrino reflection and trapping as well as neutrino-antineutrino annihilation and $\nu \overline{\nu }$ pair creation in matter at the interface between two media with different densities are considered. The spin light of neutrino in matter is also discussed.

arXiv comment11 pages, 2 figures, in: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Non-Accelerator New Physics (Dubna, Russia, June 20-25, 2005). V2: typos corrected

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