Topological phase in two flavor neutrino oscillations

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dc.contributor.author	Mehta, Poonam	-
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-01T11:28:50Z	-
dc.date.available	2009-08-01T11:28:50Z	-
dc.date.issued	2009-05	-
dc.identifier.citation	Physical Review D, 2009, Vol. 79, 096013	en
dc.identifier.issn	1550-7998	-
dc.identifier.issn	1550-2368(online)	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3828	-
dc.description	Open Access.	en
dc.description.abstract	We show that the phase appearing in neutrino flavor oscillation formulae has a geometric and topological contribution. We identify a topological phase appearing in the two flavor neutrino oscillation formula using Pancharatnam's prescription of quantum collapses between nonorthogonal states. Such quantum collapses appear naturally in the expression for appearance and survival probabilities of neutrinos. Our analysis applies to neutrinos propagating in vacuum or through matter. For the minimal case of two flavors with CP conservation, our study shows for the first time that there is a geometric interpretation of the neutrino oscillation formulae for the detection probability of neutrino species.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	American Physical Society	en
dc.relation.uri	http://arxiv.org/abs/0901.0790	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.79.096013	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009PhRvD..79i6013M	en
dc.rights	2009 The American Physical Society	en
dc.title	Topological phase in two flavor neutrino oscillations	en
dc.type	Article	en
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