Neutrino oscillation with minimal length uncertainty relation via wave packet approach

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Autor principal: Ettefaghi, M. M.
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author Ettefaghi, M. M.
author_facet Ettefaghi, M. M.
contents Theories of Quantum Gravity as well as string theory suggest the existence of a minimal measurable length and the related Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP). The universality of Quantum Gravity implies that the GUP influences every quantum mechanical process. Neutrino oscillation as a quantum phenomenon exhibits quantumness at macroscopic distances and could provide potentially a suitable room for quantum foundation explorations. In this paper, we perturbatively derive the neutrino oscillation probability based on the GUP and by treating neutrinos as wave packets. We see that the GUP modifications are dependent on the effective position width of the transition amplitude $σ_x$ such that with the smaller $σ_x$ we can obtain a stronger bound on the minimal length scale in comparison to what is expected from standard model interactions. More explicitly, one can obtain an upper bound about $5\times 10^{25}$ for the deformation parameter, $β_0$, with accelerator neutrino experiments such as MINOS, provided that $σ_x\sim 10^{-15}\text{m}$ which is reasonable since the energy of these neutrinos is of the order of a few GeV.
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spellingShingle Neutrino oscillation with minimal length uncertainty relation via wave packet approach
Ettefaghi, M. M.
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Theories of Quantum Gravity as well as string theory suggest the existence of a minimal measurable length and the related Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP). The universality of Quantum Gravity implies that the GUP influences every quantum mechanical process. Neutrino oscillation as a quantum phenomenon exhibits quantumness at macroscopic distances and could provide potentially a suitable room for quantum foundation explorations. In this paper, we perturbatively derive the neutrino oscillation probability based on the GUP and by treating neutrinos as wave packets. We see that the GUP modifications are dependent on the effective position width of the transition amplitude $σ_x$ such that with the smaller $σ_x$ we can obtain a stronger bound on the minimal length scale in comparison to what is expected from standard model interactions. More explicitly, one can obtain an upper bound about $5\times 10^{25}$ for the deformation parameter, $β_0$, with accelerator neutrino experiments such as MINOS, provided that $σ_x\sim 10^{-15}\text{m}$ which is reasonable since the energy of these neutrinos is of the order of a few GeV.
title Neutrino oscillation with minimal length uncertainty relation via wave packet approach
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.00531