Theory of Neutrino Flavor Mixing
| dc.creator | Cardall, Christian Y. | |
| dc.date | 2001-06-30 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:44:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:44:53Z | |
| dc.description | The depth of our theoretical understanding of neutrino flavor mixing should match the importance of this phenomenon as a herald of long-awaited empirical challenges to the standard model of particle physics. After reviewing the familiar, simplified quantum mechanical model and its flaws, I sketch the deeper understanding of both vacuum and matter-enhanced flavor mixing that is found in the framework of scattering theory. While the simplified model gives the ``correct answer'' for atmospheric, solar, and accelerator/reactor neutrino phenomena, I argue that a key insight from the deeper picture will simplify the treatment of neutrino transport in astrophysical environments---supernovae, for example---in which neutrinos play a dynamically important role. | |
| dc.description | 18 pages. Written contribution to the proceedings of ``Frontiers of Contemporary Physics--II,'' held March 5-10, 2001 at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0107004 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0107004 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/40747 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology | |
| dc.title | Theory of Neutrino Flavor Mixing | |
| dc.type | text |