TY - JOUR
T1 - Neutrino oscillations in curved spacetime
T2 - A heuristic treatment
AU - Cardall, Christian Y.
AU - Fuller, George M.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - We discuss neutrino oscillations in curved spacetime. Our heuristic approach can accommodate matter effects and gravitational contributions to neutrino spin precession in the presence of a magnetic field. By way of illustration, we perform explicit calculations in the Schwarzschild geometry. In this case, gravitational effects on neutrino oscillations are intimately related to the redshift. We discuss how spacetime curvature could affect the resonance position and adiabaticity of matter-enhanced neutrino flavor conversion.
AB - We discuss neutrino oscillations in curved spacetime. Our heuristic approach can accommodate matter effects and gravitational contributions to neutrino spin precession in the presence of a magnetic field. By way of illustration, we perform explicit calculations in the Schwarzschild geometry. In this case, gravitational effects on neutrino oscillations are intimately related to the redshift. We discuss how spacetime curvature could affect the resonance position and adiabaticity of matter-enhanced neutrino flavor conversion.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0007167651&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.55.7960
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.55.7960
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0007167651
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 55
SP - 7960
EP - 7966
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
IS - 12
ER -