LETTER: Neutrino Oscillations Induced by Gravitational Recoil Effects

@article{Lambiase2001LETTERNO,
  title={LETTER: Neutrino Oscillations Induced by Gravitational Recoil Effects},
  author={Gaetano Lambiase},
  journal={General Relativity and Gravitation},
  year={2001},
  volume={33},
  pages={2151-2156}
}
  • G. Lambiase
  • Published 18 July 2001
  • Physics
  • General Relativity and Gravitation
Quantum gravitational fluctuations of the space-time background, described by virtual D branes, may induce the neutrino oscillations if a tiny violation of the Lorentz invariance (or a violation of the equivalence principle) is required. In this approach, the oscillation length of massless neutrinos turns out to be proportional to E−2M, where E is the neutrino energy and M is the mass scale characterizing the topological fluctuations in the vacuum. Such a functional dependence on the energy is… 
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