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Self-Maintained Coherent Oscillations in Dense Neutrino Gases

arXiv:hep-ph/9506262 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.52.621

Abstract

We present analytical solutions to the nonlinear equations describing the behavior of a gas of neutrinos with two flavors. Self-maintained coherent flavor oscillations are shown to occur when the gas density exceeds a critical value determined by the neutrino masses and the mean neutrino energy in the gas. Similar oscillations may have occurred in the early Universe.

To appear in Physical Review D, July 1995