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Wave functions of neutrino in matter

A. E. Lobanov$^1$, A. V. Chukhnova$^2$

Memoirs of the Faculty of Physics 2018. N 5.

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We study the solutions of the equation which describes the evolution of a neutrino propagating in dense homogeneous medium in the framework of the quantum field theory. In the 2-flavo model, the explicit form of the Green’s function is obtained, and as a consequence the dispersion law for a neutrino in matter is derived. Both the solutions describing the stationary states and the spin-flavor coherent states of the neutrino are found. It is shown that the stationary states of the neutrino are different from the mass states, and the wave function of a state with a definit flavor should be constructed as a linear combination of the wave functions of the stationary states with coefficients, which depend on the mixing angle in matter.

Received: 2018 July 8
Approved: 2018 December 12
PACS:
12.15.-y Electroweak interactions
13.15.+g Neutrino interactions
14.60.Pq Neutrino mass and mixing
Authors
A. E. Lobanov$^1$, A. V. Chukhnova$^2$
$^1$Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University\
$^2$Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
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