2004/12/21 by Fabio Benatti, F. Benatti, R. Floreanini +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Dissipative system #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino oscillation #Oscillation (cell signaling) #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum #Quantum decoherence #Quantum mechanics #Statistical physics #hep-ph #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.71.013003
published as Phys.Rev. D71 (2005) 013003 · 14 pages, plain-TeX
arxiv created 2004/12/21 · openalex publication_date 2005/01/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The generalized dynamics describing the propagation of neutrinos in randomly fluctuating media is analyzed: It takes into account matter-induced, decoherence phenomena that go beyond the standard Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein (MSW) effect. A widely adopted density fluctuation pattern is found to be physically untenable: A more general model needs to be instead considered, leading to flavor changing effective neutrino-matter interactions. They induce new, dissipative effects that modify the neutrino oscillation pattern in a way amenable to a direct experimental analysis.