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Neutrino oscillation probabilities through the looking glass

Stephen ParkePeter B. DentonChristoph A. TernesGabriela Barenboim

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PhysicsNuclear and High Energy Physics010308 nuclear & particles physicsOscillationmedia_common.quotation_subjectFOS: Physical sciencesContext (language use)01 natural scienceslcsh:QC1-999Theoretical physicsHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)0103 physical sciencesSimplicityAnalysis toolsNeutrino010306 general physicsNeutrino oscillationlcsh:Physicsmedia_common

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In this paper we review different expansions for neutrino oscillation probabilities in matter in the context of long-baseline neutrino experiments. We examine the accuracy and computational efficiency of different exact and approximate expressions. We find that many of the expressions used in the literature are not precise enough for the next generation of long-baseline experiments, but several of them are while maintaining comparable simplicity. The results of this paper can be used as guidance to both phenomenologists and experimentalists when implementing the various oscillation expressions into their analysis tools.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-04-01
10.1016/j.physletb.2019.03.002http://hdl.handle.net/10261/196626