Ii. Neutrino Propagation in Matter with General Interactions
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An analysis of the effective potential for neutrino propagation in matter, assuming a generic set of Lorentz invariant non-derivative interactions is presented. In addition to vector and axial vector couplings, also tensor interactions can give coherent effects if the medium is polarized, and the components of a tensor potential transverse to the direction of neutrino propagation can induce a neutrino spin-flip.
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Neutrino propagation in matter with general interactions
We present a general analysis of the effective potential for neutrino propagation in matter, assuming a generic set of Lorentz invariant non-derivative interactions. We find that in addition to the known vector and axial vector terms, in a polarized medium also tensor interactions can play an important role. We compute the effective potential arising from a tensor interaction. We show that the ...
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