2004/01/30 by C. Giunti, Carlo Giunti, Giunti, Carlo
Physics and Astronomy · #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Neutrino Physics Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0401244
10 pages. Talk presented at the 11th Lomonosov Conference on Elementary Particle Physics, 21-27 August 2003, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
arxiv created 2004/01/30 · openalex publication_date 2004/01/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We review critically the main assumptions on which the standard theory of neutrino oscillations is based. We show that all assumptions are realistic, except the so-called "equal momentum assumption", which however is irrelevant. We briefly review the covariant plane-wave derivation of neutrino oscillations and a quantum field theoretical wave packet model of neutrino oscillations. We show that both approaches lead to the standard expression for the oscillation phase. The wave packet model allows also to describe the coherence of the oscillations and the localization of the production and detection processes.