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Main Authors: Wang, Ya-Ru, Li, Ze-Wen, Rong, Shu-Jun
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23905
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author Wang, Ya-Ru
Li, Ze-Wen
Rong, Shu-Jun
author_facet Wang, Ya-Ru
Li, Ze-Wen
Rong, Shu-Jun
contents Gravitational lensing serves as a powerful probe of compact astrophysical objects and dark matter distributions. As relativistic counterparts to photons, neutrinos experiencing lensing offer a complementary means to investigate the properties of curved spacetimes. This paper studies neutrino oscillations within the spacetime geometry described by the Hu-Sawicki f(R) gravity model, focusing on the modifications induced by gravitational lensing. We calculate the oscillation phases for both radial and non-radial neutrino propagation and derive the corresponding flavor transition probabilities for 2-flavor and 3-flavor scenarios under the weak-field approximation. Our analysis demonstrates that the lensing-affected oscillation probabilities exhibit a clear dependence on the Hu-Sawicki model parameter $λ$ , the neutrino mass hierarchy, and the absolute value of the lightest neutrino mass. Furthermore, extending the analysis beyond the weak-field regime reveals that strong-field gravitational lensing amplifies these effects. These results suggest that measurements of lensed neutrino signals could provide a novel avenue for testing modified gravity models and constraining fundamental neutrino parameters.
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spellingShingle Effects of gravitational lensing on neutrino oscillation in Hu-Sawicki f(R) gravity
Wang, Ya-Ru
Li, Ze-Wen
Rong, Shu-Jun
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Gravitational lensing serves as a powerful probe of compact astrophysical objects and dark matter distributions. As relativistic counterparts to photons, neutrinos experiencing lensing offer a complementary means to investigate the properties of curved spacetimes. This paper studies neutrino oscillations within the spacetime geometry described by the Hu-Sawicki f(R) gravity model, focusing on the modifications induced by gravitational lensing. We calculate the oscillation phases for both radial and non-radial neutrino propagation and derive the corresponding flavor transition probabilities for 2-flavor and 3-flavor scenarios under the weak-field approximation. Our analysis demonstrates that the lensing-affected oscillation probabilities exhibit a clear dependence on the Hu-Sawicki model parameter $λ$ , the neutrino mass hierarchy, and the absolute value of the lightest neutrino mass. Furthermore, extending the analysis beyond the weak-field regime reveals that strong-field gravitational lensing amplifies these effects. These results suggest that measurements of lensed neutrino signals could provide a novel avenue for testing modified gravity models and constraining fundamental neutrino parameters.
title Effects of gravitational lensing on neutrino oscillation in Hu-Sawicki f(R) gravity
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23905